Research Team
Co-Chairs : Luis Rodriguez(ABE), and Anna-Maria Marshall(Sociology)
Initial participants : Craig Gunderson(ACE), Daniel Work and Bill Buttlar(CEE), Sam Wortman(Crop Sciences), Jong Lee(NCSA), Shaowen Wang(Geography), Brian Anderson(INHS), Jim Miller(NRES), Gary Miller(PRI), and Bev Wilson and Bumsoo Lee(URP)Grand Challenges
Addressing chronic problems that bridge urban and rural areas, such as pollution (e.g., hypoxia in regions downstream of urban areas), water resource conflicts, and traffic congestion problems.
Research Questions
How can the costs of goods and services provided in urban centers reflect the full environmental and social costs of production and delivery?
What would be the impacts of such an approach on urban and rural communities?
What are the trade-offs between urban pollutant sources (e.g., traffic and wastewater treatment emissions, urban runoff) versus rural sources (e.g., agricultural runoff), and how would they be affected by a life cycle costing approach?