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Paul Coseo

Paul Coseo

Assistant Professor, The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

Paul.Coseo@asu.edu

The Design School
Arizona State University
PO Box 871605
Tempe, AZ 85287-1605

Titles

  • Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
  • Assistant Professor, The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
  • Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation

Biography

Paul Coseo examines how the design of cities impact natural processes and social communities. He approaches research, teaching, and practice with a humble appreciation for how our urban designs impact the sustainability of natural and social environments. Recently, he investigated how physical characteristics of eight Chicago neighborhoods contributed to urban heat islands and heat vulnerability. His other areas of interest include adaptation to climate change, environmental negotiation, community engagement, and social justice. Coseo teaches landscape architecture courses on ecological planning and design.

Education

  • PhD, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan, 2013
  • MLA, Landscape Architecture, University of Michigan, 2004
  • BS, Meteorology, Central Michigan University, 1996

Expertise

Journal Articles

2022

Dzyuban, Y., D. M. Hondula, J. K. Vanos, A. Middel, P. J. Coseo, E. R. Kuras and C. L. Redman. 2022. Evidence of alliesthesia during a neighborhood thermal walk in a hot and dry city. Science of The Total Environment 834:155294. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155294. (link )

2021

Dzyuban, Y., D. M. Hondula, P. J. Coseo and C. L. Redman. 2021. Public transit infrastructure and heat perceptions in hot and dry climates. International Journal of Biometeorology DOI: 10.1007/s00484-021-02074-4. (link )

2020

Hamstead, Z. and P. J. Coseo. 2020. Critical Heat Studies: Making Meaning of Heat for Management in the 21st Century — Special Issue of the Journal of Extreme Events Dedicated to Heat-as-Hazard. Journal of Extreme Events 6(03n04):. DOI: 10.1142/S2345737620030013. (link )

2019

Hamstead, Z. and P. J. Coseo. 2019. Critical heat studies: Making meaning of heat for management in the 21st century -- special issue of the Journal of Extreme Events dedicated to Heat-as-hazard. Journal of Extreme Events 6(03n04):2003001. DOI: 10.1142/S2345737620030013. (link )

Hamstead, Z., P. J. Coseo, S. Alkhaled, E. F. Boamah, D. M. Hondula, A. Middel and N. Rajkovich. 2019. Thermally resilient communities: Creating a socio-technical collaborative response to extreme temperatures. Buildings and Cities 1(1):218-232. DOI: 10.5334/bc.15. (link )

Larson, K. L., E. A. Corley, R. Andrade, S. J. Hall, A. M. York, S. A. Meerow, P. J. Coseo, D. L. Childers and D. M. Hondula. 2019. Subjective evaluations of ecosystem services and disservices: an approach to creating and analyzing robust survey scales. Ecology and Society 24(2):Art 7. DOI: 10.5751/ES-10888-240207. (link )

Larson, K. L., E. A. Corley, S. J. Hall, A. M. York, R. Andrade, D. L. Childers, P. J. Coseo, D. M. Hondula and S. A. Meerow. 2019. Subjective evaluations of ecosystem services and disservices: an approach to creating robust survey scales. Ecology and Society 24(2):7. DOI: 10.5751/ES-10888-240207. (link )

2014

Coseo, P. and L. Larsen. 2014. How factors of land use/land cover, building configuration, and adjacent heat sources and sinks explain urban heat islands in Chicago. Landscape and Urban Planning 125(May):117-129. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.02.019. (link )

2013

Karwat, D. M., L. S. Sherman, L. Cole, K. C. Bardiane, P. J. Coseo and L. S. Larsen. 2013. A lesson in service learning and community engagement. Michigan Journal of Sustainability 1:151-159. DOI: 10.3998/mjs.12333712.0001.011. (link )

Larsen, L., L. S. Sherman, L. Cole, D. Karwat, K. Badiane and P. Coseo. 2013. Social justice and sustainability in poor neighborhoods: Learning and living in southwest Detroit. Journal of Planning Education and Research 34(1):5-18. DOI: 0.1177/0739456X13516498. (link )

Book Chapters

2023

Coseo, P. J. and Z. Hamstead. 2023. Just, nature-based solutions as critical urban infrastructure for cooling and cleaning airsheds. Pp. 106-146 In: McPhearson, P. T., N. Frantzeskaki and N. Kabisch eds., Nature-based Solutions for Cities. Edgar Elgar Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 80037 675 5.

2020

Hamstead, Z. and P. J. Coseo. 2020. Building policies, plans, and cities to manage extreme weather events: Perspectives from urban planning and landscape architecture. Pp. 261-283 In: Smith, C. H. and P. K. Ram eds., Transforming Global Health: Interdisciplinary Challenges, Perspectives, and Strategies. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-32111-6.

Posters

2020

Berbés-Blázquez, M., N. B. Grimm, Y. Kim, P. J. Coseo, E. M. Cook and D. M. Iwaniec. 2020. Tell me what you want, what you really, really want: Comparing practitioner-identified strategies before, during, and after scenario workshops. Poster presented at the Twenty-second Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 17, 2020, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Cheng, C., A. Trakas, P. J. Coseo and K. M. Kelley. 2020. Designing green infrastructure for a desert city: Design experiment of hydro-ecological performance evaluation for biodetention details at Flood Control District of Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona. Poster presented at the Twenty-second Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 17, 2020, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. Citrin, G., E. J. Laurens a, January 17, 2020, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Lebeiko, L., P. J. Coseo, A. Middel, J. K. Vanos, D. M. Hondula, B. Kay, F. A. Schneider, S. Alkhaled, A. Udupa, J. Labato, L. Kurtz, A. Aldakheelallah and J. Marturano. 2020. Adapting urban infrastructure for local and global climate change: Climate action planning for extreme heat in urban environments. Poster presented at the Twenty-second Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 17, 2020, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Vanos, J. K., C. Cheng, S. Cloutier, P. J. Coseo, B. J. Grant, A. Hess, A. Ross and J. Labato. 2020. Microscale urban adaptations to mitigate heat and air pollution exposures and improve children’s health: An overview. Poster presented at the Twenty-second Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 17, 2020, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2019

Coseo, P. J., M. Berbés-Blázquez, Y. Dzyuban, N. B. Grimm, A. Hargrove and Y. Kim. 2019. Scenario design through interdisciplinary community-research-teaching collaborations. Poster presented at the 21st Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 11, 2019, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ.

2018

Larson, K. L., R. Andrade, S. A. Meerow and P. J. Coseo. 2018. Perceived ecosystem services and disservices: Preliminary findings and reliable survey measures. Poster presented at the 20th Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 5, 2018, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Sanchez, C. A., P. J. Coseo and C. Cheng. 2018. Understanding co-production in urban ecological design: Design processes to support “Designed Experiments”. Poster presented at the 20th Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Session, January 5, 2018, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Presentations

2020

Dzyuban, Y., D. M. Hondula, M. Messerschmidt, J. K. Vanos, A. Middel and P. J. Coseo. 2020. Heat walk: Perception of thermal comfort in relation to street infrastructure. Presentation at the American Meteorological Society 100th Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2020, Boston, MA. (link )

2019

McPhillips, L., P. J. Coseo, M. Berbés-Blázquez and N. B. Grimm. 2019. Urban resilience through transdisiciplinary partnerships and socio-eco-technical solutions. Presentation at the ESAUSSE 2019, August 11-16, 2019, Louisville, KY. (link )

Reports

2017

Larson, K., R. Andrade, A. York, D. Childers, P. Coseo, S. Earl, M. Ehlenz, N. Grimm, S. Hall, S. Harlan, D. Hondula, S. Lerman, D. Pfeiffer, J. Ripplinger, V. K. Smith, P. Warren, M. Watkins, D. White, S. Wittlinger, M. Wright and A. Wutich. 2017. The Phoenix Area Social Survey IV: Linking Social and Biophysical Dynamics in Urban Neighborhoods. (link )