Exploring offshore wind energy tradeoffs.
We explored how siting the first-in-the-nation offshore wind energy farm might impact views from along the coastline. We developed an approach for deriving visibility maps based on the location and duration of viewing by residents and visitors. We illuminated tradeoffs by comparing these visibility maps to wind energy value maps.
Articulating the benefits of urban nature to inform urban planning.
We worked with the World Bank, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and local planners in Guangzhou in two different contexts: the Haizhu wetland and the New Knowledge City.
We partnered with the World Bank to write a policy brief for leaders interested in combining goals for biodiversity conservation and urban development to create more sustainable, livable cities. Our project partner was The World Bank.
Developed an ecosystem-based, sustainable management plan for a key biodiversity region in the west of Belize, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank, the Economic Development Council of the Government of Belize, the University of Belize, and local communities.
Assessed risk from coastal hazards and the role that ecosystems play in reducing risk for vulnerable communities along the entire coast of the US to inform the US National Climate Assessment. Partners: Stanford University, The Nature Conservancy.
Technical support to apply the RIOS watershed planning tool to guide climate adaptation planning. Partners: Stanford University, The Nature Conservancy. Collaborator: International Tropical Agriculture Center (CIAT), and The World Bank.
Developing an approach for optimizing land use planning by accounting for trade-offs among food production and other ecosystem services, eventually extending to the Caete Basin in Peru and the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor region of Tanzania. Partners: The Nature Conservancy and Stanford University. Collaborators: CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture), IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute), the Water, Land and Ecosystems Program of CGIAR.
