Project examines urban residents' vulnerability to heat

October 27, 2008

Congratulations to Sharon Harlan and team for their $1.4 million National Science Foundation collaborative grant with the University of California, Riverside! Their project—which studies inner-city residents' vulnerability to heat—is one of only 10 selected nationwide for funding through the NSF's Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems Program.

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Research Team:

·             Sharon Harlan (ASU, School of Human Evolution and Social Change)

·             Darrel Jenerette (University of California, Riverside, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences)

·             Susan Grossman-Clarke (ASU, Global Institute of Sustainability)

·             Tim Lant (ASU, Global Institute of Sustainability Decision Theater)

·             Chris Martin (ASU, Department of Applied Biological Sciences)

·             William Stefanov (Image Science and Analysis Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center)

·             Karrin Alstad (University of California, Riverside, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences)

·             Wade Bannister (ASU Center for Health Information and Research)

·             Bob Bolin (ASU, School of Human Evolution and Social Change)

·             Gerardo Chowell-Puente (ASU, School of Human Evolution and Social Change)

·             Monica Elser (ASU, Global Institute of Sustainability)

·             William Johnson (ASU Center for Health Information and Research)

·             Joellen Russell (University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences)

·             Anthony Brazel (ASU, Department of Geographical Sciences)

·             Patricia Gober (ASU, School of Geographical Sciences)

·             Nancy Grimm (ASU, School of Life Sciences)

·             Juan Declet-Barreto (ASU, School of Human Evolution and Social Change)

·             Darren Ruddell (ASU, School of Geographical Sciences)

Rebecca Howe, rebecca.howe@asu.edu
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