In a new article published in the International Journal of Biometeorology, SSI Assistant Professor Darren Ruddell shows that despite the best intentions of drought-tolerant landscaping programs, they do not automatically result in reduced water or energy consumption in arid cities. The paper has broad implications for urban planning to reduce water and energy consumptions and illustrates that…
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Recent Posts by Amy Kramer
Research Update: Rail Yards Disproportionately Affect Air Quality For Poor and Minorities
In a cross-cutting collaboration with USC’s Department of Preventive Medicine, SSI researchers mapped the demographics of communities subjected to high cancer risk around rail yards in California. Those communities exposed to such risk, defined as a 100-in–a-million cancer risk from the air pollution, were made up of significantly poorer residents than the counties in which the…
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Knoblock Honored with AAAI Robert S. Engelmore Memorial Lecture Award
Research Professor Craig Knoblock has been selected as the 2014 recipient of the Robert S. Engelmore Memorial Lecture Award from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Knoblock will present a special hour-long lecture at the AAAI annual meeting in honor of one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence research, Dr. Robert S. Engelmore.…
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Research Update: Spatial Variation in Funding Food Security Organizations in Johannesburg, South Africa
Non-governmental food security organizations provide important services in the global south. In Johannesburg, they operate a range of services, including urban agriculture, food redistribution, and basic-need programs. SSI lecturer Dr. Daniel Warshawsky has studied these organizations in detail, including significant field work. His most recent research paper has just been published in The Professional Geographer: Measuring the…
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