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Rethinking Growth in the Desert: How Water Scarcity Is Reshaping the Future of Phoenix

by Hallie Eakin & Vanessa Lueck

Motivation In what ways are environmental stressors re-shaping relationships among urban actors, and what are the implications for disrupting conventional patterns of urban growth? Climatic extremes and associated disasters are increasingly shaping the future of urban development in the United States. In Central Arizona, now… Read More »Rethinking Growth in the Desert: How Water Scarcity Is Reshaping the Future of Phoenix

What’s That Russian Oligarch’s Yacht Doing in the Port of Ponce? Hydrocolonial Currents, LNG, and the New Global Order

by David Southgate

Two months after Russia invaded Ukraine, one of the world’s largest superyachts quietly moored at the Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico. EU economic sanctions froze the Russian owner’s assets, cutting off funds that could support Russia’s war effort and halting payments to Le Grand Bleu’s… Read More »What’s That Russian Oligarch’s Yacht Doing in the Port of Ponce? Hydrocolonial Currents, LNG, and the New Global Order

Erasing Communities: How Progress Displaced the Playeros of Ponce

by David Southgate

In a previous blog (The Port that Transformed Barrio Playa’s Shoreline),I examined the physical transformation of Barrio Playa, Ponce, through a hydrocolonial lens. The discussion attempts to illuminate how U.S. colonial expansion and port development reengineered the coastline and displaced vulnerable communities in the name… Read More »Erasing Communities: How Progress Displaced the Playeros of Ponce

The Port that Transformed Barrio Playa’s Shoreline

by David Southgate

The shipping cranes and cargo terminal at Puerto Rico’s Port of Ponce are linked to a powerful, official discourse that can be traced across a century. Less visible is the dispossession required to create port infrastructure, dispossession that is largely absent from academic and planning… Read More »The Port that Transformed Barrio Playa’s Shoreline

What I Do and How: Embedded Research for Hazard Adaptation

by David Southgate

Let me begin by plainly stating what I do, something I hinted at in my first blog, “The Ethical Disclosure that Begins this Story.” In the past year I deepened relations in my geographically focused area of investigation, Barrio Playa in the Municipality of Ponce,… Read More »What I Do and How: Embedded Research for Hazard Adaptation

Attending the Greenbuild Conference in Philadelphia in November 2024

by Revathi Machan

In November 2024, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) held their Greenbuild International Conference andExpo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania––my home for two years now, so, of course. I had to go. USGBC is the organization that developed the LEED certification that is now commonly used all… Read More »Attending the Greenbuild Conference in Philadelphia in November 2024

Georgism and the Coming Climate Diaspora (Part II of II)

by Josie F

Today is Monday, January 13th. This morning’s news cycle announced that the death toll in the Los Angeles fires continues to climb, and while some are now contained, strong winds through Wednesday threaten to make the remaining blazes even more dangerous. The ultimate magnitude of… Read More »Georgism and the Coming Climate Diaspora (Part II of II)

Georgism and the Coming Climate Diaspora (Part I of II)

by Josie F

As the rest of the country watches L.A. burn with horrified, rapt attention, it is with a mix of compassion and heartbreak, and more than just a tinge of foreboding. This is, after all, exactly what we’ve been told would happen as a result of… Read More »Georgism and the Coming Climate Diaspora (Part I of II)

Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Fostering Emotional Resilience Through Community Hubs in Puerto Rico’s Coastal Neighborhoods

by David Southgate

Community resilience hubs have emerged as powerful means to address social and environmental inequities in the face of climate change. Yet despite their virtues and popularity, I’ve begun to question if resilience hubs effectively respond to neighbors’ climate traumas in ways that foster emotional resilience.… Read More »Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Fostering Emotional Resilience Through Community Hubs in Puerto Rico’s Coastal Neighborhoods

Climate Change and Community Mental Health: Important Learnings from Leaders on the Frontline

by David Southgate

By David Southgate As the climate crisis intensifies, it is time to recognize the emotional and psychological toll on communities facing the brunt of these impacts. Environmental challenges, from rising sea levels and extreme weather to pollution and resource depletion, affect physical and psychological health.… Read More »Climate Change and Community Mental Health: Important Learnings from Leaders on the Frontline