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This presentation will demonstrate a means for understanding everyday challenges facing those disproportionately impacted by extreme climate-induced events, such as heat waves, wildfire smoke, and pluvial flooding. Drawing on cases from Los Angeles, Jackson, MS, and the Portland metropolitan region, the presentation will exhibit the promise in an evidence-based framework that contextualizes the emerging factors that amplify extreme weather events. This work is rooted in the Sustaining Urban Places Research Lab at Portland State University, which fosters collaboration, interdisciplinary research, and community engagement, and stands as a model for advancing a community-centered approach to building resilience and adaptation within small and large communities.
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Professor of Geography and Director of the Sustaining Urban Places Research Lab at Portland State University
His teaching, research, and consulting activities address socially just solutions to environmental health challenges through examining the intersection of exposure to climate-induced events (e.g., wildfire smoke, extreme heat, pluvial flooding, etc.), community science, and landscape ecology. He has published over 100 scientific journal articles, five books, and his work has been highlighted by The New York Times, Scientific American, Guardian, National Geographic, and dozens of other national and international media outlets. In 2023 he was appointed by the US Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council and has also served as a co-author on the National Climate Assessment, and publications from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. He also serves as the founder and current advisor to CAPA Strategies, a climate adaptation consulting firm. During his spare time, he revels in the mountains and waters of the Pacific Northwest, and pines for wood-fired pizza and picnic tables.Â
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