Environmental Challenges and Prospects for Community Relocation in Houston and Port Arthur, Texas Proceedings of a Workshop (2022) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B: Participant Biographies
Appendix B: Participant Biographies
Pages 45-56
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is an associate research scientist at the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas at Texas A&M University. His research draws on the broader theory of urban planning and hazard resiliency to propose the best mitigation and adaptation strategies using quantitative and geospatial methodologies to identify the interactions between the built environment and natural hazards.
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is the founding and managing partner of Climate Adaptation Partners, a NYC-based woman-owned business that focuses on planning, advocacy, and partnership-building for climate adaptation. She is a member of the Resilient America Roundtable, a cochair of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Climate Impact Assessment Health and Safety Technical Working Group, a co-chair of the Health Working Group of New York City Panel on Climate Change, a lead author for the upcoming UCCRN ARC 3.3 as related to Climate Change, Cities and COVID-19, and on the faculty of University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Weitzman School of Design.
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She is a National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship fellow, a National Academies of Sciences Gulf Research Science Policy fellow, and a Harte Research Institute Furgason fellow. She also holds certification from the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the National Disaster Preparedness Center.
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Her work is centered in demography and extends to spatial, environmental, rural, and applied demography, and focuses on two central themes: population-environment interactions, most centrally the relationship between demographic, economic, and environmental forces; and spatial and temporal dimensions of social and economic inequality, most centrally historical and local forces perpetuating racial disparities. In her work, Curtis adopts place-based theoretical frameworks and employs advanced spatial and spatiotemporal statistical approaches to analyze questions about inequality, which has profound and far-reaching impacts on population wellbeing.
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has been active in Houston's food production community for the past decade with an emphasis on community-based agriculture job training to increase residents' economic opportunities and increase community resiliency. Currently, Glenn serves as the area manager for Houston ISD Nutrition Services Food and Agriculture Literacy Center, which has programs that teach students about where food comes from, how it gets to their plates, and how food can be nutritiously prepared.
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Kelley founded CIDA, as he was inspired to rebuild and revitalize his hometown; he "began to challenge the environmental violations of the plants that loom over the community he calls home." Since Kelley started this fight, he has arranged for CIDA to join the international Shell Global Accountability Campaign, spoken at multiple Shell Annual Meetings, testified before the U.S. Senate on behalf of impoverished communities, and received multiple awards and honors, including the 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize and Presidential recognition.
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Her work has included assisting Newtok Village, Alaska, with relocating to Mertarvik, Alaska; establishing a climate change program for an A laskan inter-tribal organization; assisting tribes with hazard mitigation and adaption planning; working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on environmental review for Louisiana coastal restoration projects; and working on reports for international agreements
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is the Regents' Professor and Harry West Professor of City and Regional Planning and Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her extensive regional resilience and sustainability research focuses on water resources, energy, transportation, economic development, and mobility-as-a-service.
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on families, communities, and the environment. She is also the VORTEX-SE engagement coordinator, for which she is creating a model for regional extension programming focused on severe weather, synthesizing research findings to inform application at the local level, and working to create safe sheltering options for vulnerable populations.
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is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at North C arolina State University. His research focuses on hazard mitigation, disaster recovery, and climate change adaptation and the integration of research and practice through deep community engagement.
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is an urban planner and public health analyst with Harris County Public Health. Her work focuses on addressing health and socioeconomic inequities through community engagement, planning, and partnership building.
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Her research focuses on the intersection of affordable housing and disasters, emphasizing how development patterns and structural racism have placed our most vulnerable populations at greater risk of damage and subjected them to long or incomplete recoveries. She serves as a board member of Texas Housers, one of the nation's preeminent housing advocacy organizations, and is engaged with the American Planning Association's Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery Planning Division, the National Low-Income Housing Coalition, and the National Institutes for Standards and Technology Center of Excellence for Community Resilience Planning.
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