Research Team
Co-Chairs : Mei-Po Kwan(Geography), and Barbara Minsker(CEE)
Initial participants : Craig Gunderson(ACE), Nora El-Gohary(CEE), William Sullivan(LA), Scott Poole(Communications), Luis Rodriguez(ABE), Kate Williams(GSLIS), Jim Miller(NRES), Bev Wilson and Bumsoo Lee(URP), Julie Cidell (Geography), and Marilyn O’Hara(VetMed)Grand Challenges
Identifying trends and causes, and evaluating solutions, to chronic human and ecosystem health problems in urban areas (e.g., asthma, diabetes, obesity, loss of species diversity and types).
Research Questions
What data, models, technologies, designs, strategies, or policies would most effectively improve understanding and solution of complex human and ecosystem health problems?
What would a healthy, sustainable, and resilient city look like, and how can we measure progress towards such a goal?