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Timon McPhearson

Timon McPhearson

Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology, Tishman Environment and Design Center, The New School

mcpheap@newschool.edu

212-229-5321 x3220

Tishman Environment and Design Center
The New School
66 W 12th St
New York, NY 10011

Titles

  • Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology, Tishman Environment and Design Center, The New School

Biography

For more than ten years Dr. McPhearson's academic and professional research has attempted to understand how ecological systems work and how to conserve biodiversity and restore damaged ecosystems and their associated functions. His research, teaching, and activism centers on the premise that humans are integrated components of ecosystems and therefore must recognize and take responsibility for the intimate role they play in the structuring and functioning of all ecosystems. This is nowhere more apparent than in urban areas. Cities are home to more than 50% of humanity. Hence, most people’s experience of nature is urban. This requires that cities become models of highly sustainable human ecosystems. Therefore, his current research efforts are focused on better understanding urban socio-ecologies and specifically on protecting and restoring ecological functions and services in the urban forests of New York City.

Prior to joining The New School, McPhearson spent three years as a Columbia University Science Fellow teaching environmental and ecological science and conducting research at Columbia’s Earth Institute. He has also worked as an ecologist at the American Museum of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, is a former National Science Foundation Fellow, and continues to work with local policymakers, planners, and designers on urban sustainability research and education.

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecological Cooperation, Columbia University, 2008
  • PhD, Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, 2004
  • BS, Environmental Biology, Taylor University, 1997

Expertise

Journal Articles

In Press

Frantzeskaki, N., D. L. Childers, F. Hoover, S. T. Pickett, O. Anderson, A. Barau, J. M. Grove, J. Ginsberg, M. Lodder, A. E. Lugo, P. T. McPhearson, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Quartier, S. Schepers, A. Sharifi and K. van de Sijpe. Three pathways for a transformative shift in urban ecology towards a more active and relevant future for the field and for citie. Ambio

Pickett, S. T., A. T. Simone, P. Anderson, A. Sharifi, A. Barau, F. Hoover, D. L. Childers, P. T. McPhearson, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, C. Pacteau, J. M. Grove, N. Frantzeskaki, H. Nagendra and J. Ginsberg. The relational shift in urban ecology: From place and structure to multiple modes of co-production for positive urban futures. Ambio

2023

Chester, M. V., T. R. Miller, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, A. Helmrich, D. M. Iwaniec, T. McPhearson, E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm and S. A. Markolf. 2023. Sensemaking for entangled urban social, ecological, and technological systems in the Anthropocene. npj Urban Sustainability 3:Art. 39. DOI: 10.1038/s42949-023-00120-1. (link )

Grabowski, Z. J., P. T. McPhearson and S. T. Pickett. 2023. Transforming US urban green infrastructure planning to address equity. Landscape and Urban Planning 229:104591. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104591. (link )

Hoover, F., S. A. Meerow, E. Coleman, Z. J. Grabowski and P. T. McPhearson. 2023. Why go green? Comparing rationales and planning criteria for green infrastructure in U.S. city plans. Landscape and Urban Planning 237(Sep):104781. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104781. (link )

2022

Balk, D., D. Tagtachian, L. Jiang, P. J. Marcotullio, E. M. Cook, B. Jones, A. Mustafa and P. T. McPhearson. 2022. Frameworks to envision equitable urban futures in a changing climate: A multi-level, multidisciplinary case study of New York City. Frontiers in Built Environment 8. DOI: 10.3389/fbuil.2022.949433. (link )

Branny, A., M. S. Møller, S. Korpilo, P. T. McPhearson, N. Gulsrud, A. Olafsson, C. M. Raymond and E. Andersson. 2022. Smarter greener cities through a social-ecological-technological systems approach. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 55:101168. DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101168. (link )

Frantzeskaki, N. and P. T. McPhearson. 2022. Mainstream Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Resilience. BioScience 72(2):113–115. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab105. (link )

Grabowski, Z. J., K. Wijsman, C. Tomateo and P. T. McPhearson. 2022. How deep does justice go? Addressing ecological, indigenous, and infrastructural justice through nature-based solutions in New York City. Environmental Science & Policy 138(December):171-181. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.09.022. (link )

Grilo, F., P. T. McPhearson, M. Santos-Reis and C. Branquinho. 2022. A trait-based conceptual framework to examine urban biodiversity, socio-ecological filters, and ecosystem services linkages. npj Urban Sustainability 2(32):. DOI: 10.1038/s42949-022-00077-7. (link )

Krueger, E., P. T. McPhearson and S. A. Levin. 2022. Integrated assessment of urban water supply security and resilience: towards a streamlined approach. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac78f4. (link )

McPhearson, P. T., E. M. Cook, M. Berbés-Blázquez, C. Cheng, N. B. Grimm, E. Andersson, O. Barbosa, D. G. Chandler, H. Chang, M. V. Chester, D. L. Childers, S. R. Elser, N. Frantzeskaki, Z. J. Grabowski, P. M. Groffman, R. L. Hale, D. M. Iwaniec, N. Kabisch, C. Kennedy, S. A. Markolf, M. Matsler, L. McPhillips, T. R. Miller, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, E. J. Rosi and T. G. Troxler. 2022. A social-ecological-technological systems framework for urban ecosystem services. One Earth 5(5):505-518. DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.007. (link )

Ortiz, L., H. Gamarro, J. E. Gonzalez and P. T. McPhearson. 2022. Energy burden and air conditioning adoption in New York City under a warming climate. Sustainable Cities and Society 76:103465. DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.103465. (link )

Pineda-Pinto, M., N. Frantzeskaki, M. Chandrabose, P. Herreros-Cantis, P. T. McPhearson, C. A. Nygaard and C. Raymond. 2022. Planning Ecologically Just Cities: A Framework to Assess Ecological Injustice Hotspots for Targeted Urban Design and Planning of Nature-Based Solutions. Urban Policy and Research DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2022.2093184. (link )

Treglia, M. L., P. T. McPhearson, E. W. Sanderson, G. Yetman and E. N. Maxwell. 2022. Examining the distribution of green roofs in New York City through a lens of social, ecological, and technological filters. Ecology and Society 27(3):20. DOI: 10.5751/ES-13303-270320. (link )

2021

Andersson, E., S. Borgstrom, D. Haase, J. Langemeyer, A. Mascarenhas, P. T. McPhearson, M. Wolff, E. Laszkiewicz, J. Kronenberg, D. N. Barton and P. Herreros-Cantis. 2021. A context-sensitive systems approach for understanding and enabling ecosystem service realization in cities. Ecology and Society 26(2):. DOI: 10.5751/ES-12411-260235. (link )

Andersson, E., S. Borgstrom, D. Haase, J. Langemeyer, M. Wolff and P. T. McPhearson. 2021. Urban resilience thinking in practice: ensuring flows of benefit from green and blue infrastructure. Ecology and Society 26(4):. DOI: 10.5751/ES-12691-260439. (link )

Andersson, E., D. Haase, P. Anderson, C. Cortinovis, J. Goodness, D. Kendal, A. Lausch, P. T. McPhearson, D. Sikorska and T. Wellmann. 2021. What are the traits of a social-ecological system: towards a framework in support of urban sustainability. npj Urban Sustainability 1(14):. DOI: 10.1038/s42949-020-00008-4. (link )

Chang, H., A. Pallathadka, J. Sauer, N. Grimm, R. Zimmerman, C. Cheng, D. M. Iwaniec, Y. Kim, R. Lloyd, P. T. McPhearson, B. Rosenzweig, T. Troxler, C. Welty, R. Brenner and P. Herreros-Cantis. 2021. Assessment of urban flood vulnerability using the social-ecological-technological systems framework in six US cities. Sustainable Cities and Society 68(May):102786. DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.102786. (link )

Egerer, M., D. Haase, P. T. McPhearson, N. Frantzeskaki, E. Andersson, H. Nagendra and A. Ossola. 2021. Urban change as an untapped opportunity for climate adaptation. npj Urban Sustainability 1(22):. DOI: 10.1038/s42949-021-00024-y. (link )

Elmqvist, T., E. Andersson, P. T. McPhearson, X. Bai, L. M. Bettencourt, E. Brondizio, J. Colding, G. Daily, C. Folke, N. B. Grimm, D. Haase, D. Ospina, S. Parnell, S. Polasky, K. C. Seto and S. E. van der Leeuw. 2021. Urbanization in and for the Anthropocene. npj Urban Sustainability 1(6):. DOI: 10.1038/s42949-021-00018-w. (link )

Frantzeskaki, N., P. T. McPhearson and N. Kabisch. 2021. Urban sustainability science: prospects for innovations through a system’s perspective, relational and transformations’ approaches. Ambio 50:1650–1658. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01521-1. (link )

Galaz, V., M. A. Centeno, P. W. Callahan, A. Causevic, T. Patterson, I. Brass, S. Baum, D. Farber, J. Fischer, D. Garcia, P. T. McPhearson, D. Jimenez, B. King, P. Larcey and K. Levy. 2021. Artificial intelligence, systemic risks, and sustainability. Technology in Society 67:101741. DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101741. (link )

Grabowski, Z. J., P. T. McPhearson, K. Wijsman, L. Ortiz and P. Herreros-Cantis. 2021. The Case of Green Infrastructure in NYC (USA): Ecological spontaneity and infrastructuralization in the context of settler colonialism, capitalism, and white supremacy.

Grêt-Regamey, A., M. Switalski, N. Fagerholm, S. Korpilo, S. Juhola, M. Kyttä, N. Käyhkö, P. T. McPhearson, M. Nollert, T. Rinne, N. Soininen, T. Toivonen, A. Räsänen, E. Willberg and C. M. Raymond. 2021. Harnessing sensing systems towards urban sustainability transformation. npj Urban Sustainability 1(40):. DOI: 10.1038/s42949-021-00042-w. (link )

Herreros-Cantis, P. and P. T. McPhearson. 2021. Mapping supply of and demand for ecosystem services to assess environmental justice in New York City. Ecological Applications 31(6):e02390. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2390. (link )

Hoover, F., S. A. Meerow, Z. J. Grabowski and P. T. McPhearson. 2021. Environmental justice implications of siting criteria in urban green infrastructure planning. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 23(5):665-682. DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.1945916. (link )

Kronenberg, J., E. Andersson, D. N. Barton, S. Borgstrom, J. Langemeyer, T. Björklund, D. Haase, C. Kennedy, K. Koprowska, . , P. T. McPhearson, E. E. Stange and M. Wolff. 2021. The thorny path toward greening: unintended consequences, trade-offs, and constraints in green and blue infrastructure planning, implementation, and management. Ecology and Society 26(2):. DOI: 10.5751/ES-12445-260236. (link )

Lin, B. B., A. Ossola, M. Alberti, E. Andersson, X. Bai, C. Dobbs, T. Elmqvist, K. L. Evans, N. Frantzeskaki, R. A. Fuller, K. J. Gaston, D. Haase, C. Jim, C. C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, H. Nagendra, J. Niemela, P. T. McPhearson, W. R. Moomaw and P. Tan. 2021. Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change. The Lancet Planetary Health 5(7):e479-e486. DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00135-2. (link )

McPhearson, P. T., C. M. Raymond, N. Gulsrud, C. Albert, N. Coles, N. Fagerholm, M. Nagatsu, A. Olafsson, N. Soininen and K. Vierikko. 2021. Radical changes are needed for transformations to a good Anthropocene. npj Urban Sustainability 1(1):. DOI: 10.1038/s42949-021-00017-x. (link )

Mustafa, A., A. Ebaid, H. Omrani and P. T. McPhearson. 2021. A multi-objective Markov Chain Monte Carlo cellular automata model: Simulating multi-density urban expansion in NYC. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 87(May):101602. DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2021.101602. (link )

Pineda-Pinto, M., P. Herreros-Cantis, P. T. McPhearson, N. Frantzeskaki, J. Wang and W. Zhou. 2021. Examining ecological justice within the social-ecological-technological system of New York City, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 215(Nov):104228. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104228. (link )

Rosenzweig, B., P. Herreros-Cantis, Y. Kim, A. Cohn, K. Grove, J. Brock, J. Yesuf, P. Mistry, C. Welty, P. T. McPhearson, J. Sauer and H. Chang. 2021. The Value of Urban Flood Modeling. Earth’s Future 9(1):e2020EF001739. DOI: 10.1029/2020EF001739. (link )

Spotswood, E. N., M. Benjamin, L. Stoneburner, M. M. Wheeler, E. E. Beller, D. Balk, P. T. McPhearson, M. Kuo and R. McDonald. 2021. Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less-green neighbourhoods in the United States. Nature Sustainability DOI: 10.1038/s41893-021-00781-9. (link )

Venter, Z. S., D. N. Barton, L. Martinez-Izquierdo, J. Langemeyer, F. Baro and P. T. McPhearson. 2021. Interactive spatial planning of urban green infrastructure – Retrofitting green roofs where ecosystem services are most needed in Oslo. Ecosystem Services 50:101314. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101314. (link )

Zhou, W., G. Huang, S. T. Pickett, J. Wang, M. L. Cadenasso, P. T. McPhearson, J. M. Grove and J. Wang. 2021. Urban tree canopy has greater cooling effects in socially vulnerable communities in the US. One Earth 4(12):1764-1775. DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.11.010. (link )

Zhou, W., S. T. Pickett and P. T. McPhearson. 2021. Conceptual frameworks facilitate integration for transdisciplinary urban science. npj Urban Sustainability 1(1):. DOI: 10.1038/s42949-020-00011-9. (link )

2020

Herreros-Cantis, P., V. Olivotto, Z. J. Grabowski and P. T. McPhearson. 2020. Shifting landscapes of coastal flood risk: environmental (in)justice of urban change, sea level rise, and differential vulnerability in New York City. Urban Transformations 2(9):. DOI: doi.org/10.1186/s42854-020-00014-w. (link )

Langemeyer, J., D. Wedgwood, P. T. McPhearson, F. Baro, A. L. Madsen and D. N. Barton. 2020. Creating urban green infrastructure where it is needed – A spatial ecosystem service-based decision analysis of green roofs in Barcelona. Science of The Total Environment 707. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135487. (link )

2019

Andersson, E., J. Langemeyer, S. Borgstrom, P. T. McPhearson, D. Haase, J. Kronenberg, D. N. Barton, M. Davis, S. Naumann, L. Röschel and F. Baro. 2019. Enabling urban green and blue infrastructure to improve contributions to human well-being and equity in urban systems. BioScience 69(7):566-574. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz058. (link )

Childers, D. L., P. Bois, H. E. Hartnett, P. T. McPhearson, G. S. Metson and C. A. Sanchez. 2019. Urban ecological infrastructure: An inclusive concept for the non-built urban environment. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 7(1):46. DOI: 10.1525/elementa.385. (link )

Creutzig, F., S. Lohrey, X. Bai, A. Baklanov, R. Dawson, S. Dhakal, W. F. Lamb, P. T. McPhearson, J. Minx, E. Munoz and B. Walsh. 2019. Upscaling urban data science for global climate solutions. Global Sustainability 2(e2):1-25. DOI: 10.1017/sus.2018.16. (link )

Elmqvist, T., E. Andersson, N. Frantzeskaki, P. T. McPhearson, P. Olsson, O. Gaffney, K. Takeuchi and C. Folke. 2019. Sustainability and resilience for transformation in the urban century. Nature Sustainability 2(4):267-273. DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0250-1. (link )

Frantzeskaki, N., P. T. McPhearson, M. J. Collier, D. Kendal, H. Bulkeley, A. Dumitru, C. Walsh, K. Noble, E. van Wyk, C. Ordóñez, C. Oke and L. Pintér. 2019. Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Linking Science, Policy, and Practice Communities for Evidence-Based Decision-Making. BioScience 69(6):455-466. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz042. (link )

Hölscher, K., N. Frantzeskaki, P. T. McPhearson and D. Loorbach. 2019. Capacities for urban transformations governance and the case of New York City. Cities 94(November):186-199. DOI: 10.1016/J.CITIES.2019.05.037. (link )

Hölscher, K., N. Frantzeskaki, P. T. McPhearson and D. Loorbach. 2019. Tales of transforming cities: Transformative climate governance capacities in New York City, U.S. and Rotterdam, Netherlands. Journal of Environmental Management 231:843-857. DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2018.10.043. (link )

Keeler, B. L., P. Hamel, P. T. McPhearson, M. Hamann, M. Donahue, K. A. Meza Prado, K. K. Arkema, G. N. Bratman, K. Brauman, J. C. Finlay, A. D. Guerry, S. E. Hobbie, J. A. Johnson, G. K. MacDonald, R. McDonald, N. Neverisky and S. A. Wood. 2019. Social-ecological and technological factors moderate the value of urban nature. Nature Sustainability 2:29-38. DOI: 10.1038/s41893-018-0202-1. (link )

Langemeyer, J., D. Wedgwood, P. T. McPhearson, F. Baro, A. L. Madsen and D. N. Barton. 2019. Creating nature-based solutions where they are needed – A spatial ecosystem service-based decision analysis of green roofs in Barcelona. Science of the Total Environment 707:135487. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135487. (link )

Rosenzweig, B., B. L. Ruddell, L. McPhillips, R. J. Hobbins, P. T. McPhearson, Z. Cheng, H. Chang and Y. Kim. 2019. Developing knowledge systems for urban resilience to cloudburst rain events. Environmental Science & Policy 99(Sep):150-159. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2019.05.020. (link )

2018

Andersson, E. and P. T. McPhearson. 2018. Making sense of biodiversity: The affordances of systems ecology. Frontiers in Psychology 9. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00594. (link )

Depietri, Y., K. Dahal and P. T. McPhearson. 2018. Multi-hazard risks in New York City. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 18(12):3363–3381. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-2018-193. (link )

Depietri, Y. and P. T. McPhearson. 2018. Changing urban risk: 140 years of climatic hazards in New York City. Climatic Change 148(1-2):95–108. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-018-2194-2. (link )

Donahue, M., B. L. Keeler, S. A. Wood, D. Fisher, Z. Hamstead and P. T. McPhearson. 2018. Using social media to understand drivers of urban park visitation in the Twin Cities, MN. Landscape and Urban Planning 175:1-10. DOI: 10.1016/J.LANDURBPLAN.2018.02.006. (link )

Elmqvist, T., J. Siri, E. Andersson, P. Anderson, X. Bai, P. Kishore Das, T. Gatere, A. Gonzalez, J. Goodness, S. N. Handel, E. Hermansson-Török, J. Kavonic, J. Kronenberg, E. Lindgren, R. Maher, C. Mbow, P. T. McPhearson, J. Mulligan, G. Nordenson, M. Spires, U. Stenkula, K. Takeuchi and C. Vogel. 2018. Urban Tinkering. Sustainability Science 13(6):1549-1564. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-018-0611-0. (link )

Hamstead, Z., C. J. Farmer and P. T. McPhearson. 2018. Landscape-Based Extreme Heat Vulnerability Assessment. Journal of Extreme Events 5(4):1850018. DOI: 10.1142/S2345737618500185. (link )

Hamstead, Z., D. Fisher, R. T. Ilieva, S. A. Wood, P. T. McPhearson and P. Kremer. 2018. Geolocated social media as a rapid indicator of park visitation and equitable park access. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 72(Nov):38-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.01.007. (link )

Hara, Y., P. T. McPhearson, Y. Sampei and B. McGrath. 2018. Assessing urban agriculture potential: a comparative study of Osaka, Japan and New York City, United States. Sustainability Science 13(4):937-952. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-018-0535-8. (link )

Ilieva, R. and P. T. McPhearson. 2018. Social-media data for urban sustainability. Nature Sustainability 1(10):553-565. DOI: 10.1038/s41893-018-0153-6. (link )

McPhillips, L., H. Chang, M. V. Chester, Y. Depietri, E. Friedman, N. B. Grimm, J. S. Kominoski, P. T. McPhearson, P. Mendez-Lazaro, E. J. Rosi and J. Shafiei Shiva. 2018. Defining extreme events: A cross-disciplinary review. Earth's Future 6(3):441-455. DOI: 10.1002/2017EF000686. (link )

2017

Elmqvist, T., E. Andersson, O. Gaffney and P. T. McPhearson. 2017. Development: Sustainability and resilience differ. Nature 546:352. DOI: 10.1038/546352d. (link )

Gittleman, M., C. J. Farmer, P. Kremer and P. T. McPhearson. 2017. Estimating Stormwater Runoff for Community Gardens in New York City. Urban Ecosystems 20(1):129-139. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-016-0575-8. (link )

Groffman, P. M., M. L. Cadenasso, J. Cavender-Bares, D. L. Childers, N. B. Grimm, J. M. Grove, S. E. Hobbie, L. R. Hutyra, G. D. Jenerette, P. T. McPhearson, D. E. Pataki, S. T. Pickett, R. V. Pouyat, E. Rosi-Marshall and B. L. Ruddell. 2017. Moving towards a new urban systems science. Ecosystems 20(1):38-43. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-0053-4. (link )

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. Hurricanes: enlist nature's protection. Nature 550(43):. DOI: doi:10.1038/550043c. (link )

McPhearson, P. T., D. M. Iwaniec and X. Bai. 2017. Positive visions for guiding urban transformations toward sustainable futures. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 22:33-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.04.004. (link )

Romero-Lankao, P., P. T. McPhearson and D. J. Davidson. 2017. The food-energy-water nexus and urban complexity. Nature Climate Change 7(4):233-235. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3260. (link )

2016

Bennett, E. M., M. Solan, R. Biggs, P. T. McPhearson, A. Norstrom, P. Olsson, L. Pereira, G. D. Peterson, C. Raudsepp-Hearne, F. Biermann, S. R. Carpenter, E. Ellis, T. Hichert, V. Galaz, M. Lahsen, M. Milkoreit, B. Martin-Lopez, K. A. Nicholas, R. Preiser, G. Vince, J. Vervoort and J. Xu. 2016. Bright Spots: Seeds of a Good Anthropocene. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14(8):441–448. DOI: 10.1002/fee.1309. (link )

Frantzeskaki, N., N. Kabisch and P. T. McPhearson. 2016. Advancing urban environmental governance: Understanding theories, practices and processes shaping urban sustainability and resilience. Environmental Science & Policy 62(Aug):1-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.05.008. (link )

Kremer, P., Z. Hamstead, D. Haase, P. T. McPhearson, N. Frantzeskaki, E. Andersson, N. Kabisch, N. Larondelle, E. L. Rall, A. Voigt, F. Baro, C. Bertram, E. Gomez-Baggethun, R. Hansen, A. Kaczorowska, J. Kain, J. Kronenberg, J. Langemeyer, S. Pauleit, K. Rehdanz, M. Schewenius, C. van Ham, D. Wurster and T. Elmqvist. 2016. Key insights for the future of urban ecosystem services research. Ecology and Society 21(2):29. DOI: 10.5751/ES-08445-210229. (link )

Larondelle, N., D. Haase, Z. Hamstead, P. Kremer and P. T. McPhearson. 2016. Eine neue Stadtstruktur klassifikation zur Analyse der Beziehung zwischen ökologischer Funktion, Bebauung und Bodenbedeckungsstruktur: Eine vergleichende Studie von Berlin und New York City. Stadtforschung Und Statistik 2:64-75.

McPhearson, P. T., D. Haase, N. Kabisch and A. Gren. 2016. Editorial: Advancing understanding of the complex nature of urban systems. Ecological Indicators 70(Nov):566-573. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.03.054. (link )

McPhearson, P. T., S. Parnell, D. Simon, O. Gaffney, T. Elmqvist, X. Bai, D. Roberts and A. Revi. 2016. Scientists must have a say in the future of cities. Nature 538(7624):165-166. DOI: 10.1038/538165a.

McPhearson, P. T., S. T. Pickett, N. B. Grimm, J. Niemala, M. Alberti, T. Elmqvist, C. Weber, D. Haase, J. Breuste and S. Qureshi. 2016. Advancing urban ecology toward a science of cities. BioScience 66(3):198-212. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biw002. (link )

2015

McHale, M. R., S. T. Pickett, O. Barbosa, D. N. Bunn, M. L. Cadenasso, D. L. Childers, M. Gartin, G. R. Hess, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. N. Peterson, A. K. Poole, L. Rivers III, S. T. Shutters and W. Zhou. 2015. The new global urban realm: Complex, connected, diffuse, and diverse social-ecological systems. Sustainability 7(5):5211-5240. DOI: 10.3390/su7055211. (link )

2014

McPhearson, T., Z. A. Hamstead and P. Kremer. 2014. Urban ecosystem services for resilience planning and management in New York City. Ambio 43(4):502-515. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0509-8. (link )

2013

Crossman, N. D., B. Burkhard, S. Nedkov, L. Willemen, K. Petz, I. Palomo, E. G. Drakou, B. Martin-Lopez, T. McPhearson, K. Boyanova, R. Alkemade, B. Egoh, M. B. Dunbar and J. Maes. 2013. A blueprint for mapping and modelling ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services 4(June):4-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.02.001. (link )

Kremer, P., Z. A. Hamstead and T. McPhearson. 2013. A social-ecological assessment of vacant lots in New York City. Landscape and Urban Planning 120(December):218-233. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.05.003. (link )

McPhearson, T., P. Kremer and Z. A. Hamstead. 2013. Mapping ecosystem services in New York City: Applying a social-ecological approach in urban vacant land. Ecosystem Services 6(September):11-26. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.06.005. (link )

2010

McPhearson, T., M. Feller, A. Felson, R. Karty, J. W. Lu, M. I. Palmer and T. Wenskus. 2010. Assessing the effects of the urban forest restoration effort of Million TreesNYC on the structure and functioning of New York City ecosystems. Cities and the Environment 3(1):Art. 7. (link )

1999

Petchey, O. L., T. McPhearson, T. M. Casey and P. J. Morin. 1999. Environmental warming alters food-web structure and ecosystem function. Nature 402:69-72. DOI: 10.1038/47023. (link )

Books

2021

Hamstead, Z. A., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds. 2021. Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7. (link )

Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds. 2021. Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63131-4. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7.

2018

Elmqvist, T., X. Bai, N. Frantzeskaki, C. Griffith, D. Maddox, P. T. McPhearson, S. Parnell, P. Romero-Lankao, D. Simon and M. Watkins eds. 2018. Urban Planet: Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781316647554.

Book Chapters

2021

Cook, E. M. and P. T. McPhearson. 2021. A Transdisciplinary Urban Ecology Approach to Complex Urban Systems. Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology 2. Taylor & Francis. ISBN: 9781138581357. (link )

Iwaniec, D. M., M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm, L. Mannetti, P. T. McPhearson and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2021. Positive futures. In: Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds., Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7.

Iwaniec, D. M., M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm, L. Mannetti, P. T. McPhearson, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and E. M. Cook. 2021. Positive futures. Pp. 85-97 In: Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds., Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7. (link )

Iwaniec, D. M., N. B. Grimm, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2021. A framework for resilient urban futures. Pp. 1-9 In: Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds., Resilent Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7. (link )

Iwaniec, D. M., N. B. Grimm, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and P. T. McPhearson. 2021. A framework for resilient urban futures: Linking the past, present, and future. In: Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds., Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63131-4_1.

McPhearson, P. T., D. M. Iwaniec, Z. Hamstead, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, L. Mannetti and N. B. Grimm. 2021. A vision for resilient urban futures. Pp. 173-186 In: Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds., Resilent Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7. (link )

Ortiz, L., A. Mustafa, B. Rosenzweig and P. T. McPhearson. 2021. Modeling urban futures: Data-driven scenarios of climate change and vulnerability in cities. Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63131-4_9. (link )

Sauter, D., J. Randhawa, C. Tomateo and P. T. McPhearson. 2021. Visualizing Urban Social–Ecological–Technological Systems. Pp. 145-157 Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63131-4_10. (link )

2020

McPhearson, P. T. 2020. Transforming Cities and Science for Climate Change Resilience in the Anthropocene. Transformative Climate Governance: A Capacities Perspective to Systematise, Evaluate and Guide Climate Action. Springer International Publishing. DOI: 978-3-030-49040-9. ISBN: 978-3-030-49039-3. (link )

2018

Alberti, M., P. T. McPhearson and A. Gonzalez. 2018. Embracing urban complexity. Pp. 45-67 Urban Planet: Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781316647554. (link )

Bai, X., T. Elmqvist, N. Frantzeskaki, P. T. McPhearson, D. Simon, D. Maddox, M. Watkins, P. Romero-Lankao, S. Parnell, C. Griffith and D. Roberts. 2018. Synthesis: New integrated urban knowledge for the cities we want. Pp. 462 Urban Planet: Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781316647554.

McPhearson, P. T., M. Karki, C. Herzog, H. Santiago Fink, L. Abbadie, P. Kremer, C. M. Clark, M. I. Palmer, K. Perini and M. Dubbeling. 2018. Urban Ecosystems and Biodiversity. Pp. 259-320 Climate Change and Cities: Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network. Cambridge University Press.

Parnell, S., T. Elmqvist, P. T. McPhearson, H. Nagendra and S. Sorlin. 2018. Introduction: Situating knowledge and action for an urban planet. Pp. 1-16 Urban Planet: Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781107196933.

Pereira, L., E. M. Bennett, R. Biggs, G. D. Peterson, P. T. McPhearson, A. Norstrom, P. Olsson, R. Preiser, C. Raudsepp-Hearne and J. Vervoort. 2018. Seeds of the Future in the Present: Exploring Pathways for Navigating Towards “Good” Anthropocenes. Pp. 327-350 Urban Planet: Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781316647554.

2017

Andersson, E., S. Borgstrom and P. T. McPhearson. 2017. Double Insurance in Dealing with Extremes: Ecological and Social Factors for Making Nature-Based Solutions Last. Pp. 51-64 Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change in Urban Areas: Linkages Between Science, Policy, and Practice. Springer. Cham, Switzerland. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56091-5. ISBN: 978-3-319-53750-4. (link )

Cole, L. B., P. T. McPhearson, C. Herzog and A. Russ. 2017. Green Infrastructure. Pp. 261-270 Urban Environmental Education Review. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, NY,. ISBN: 978-1-5017-0582-3.

Depietri, Y. and P. T. McPhearson. 2017. Integrating the Grey, Green, and Blue in Cities: Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Reduction. Pp. 91-109 Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56091-5_6. ISBN: 978-3-319-53750-4. (link )

McPhearson, P. T. and K. Wijsman. 2017. Transitioning Complex Urban Systems: An Urban Ecology Approach to Urban Sustainability Transitions. Pp. 65-85 Urban Sustainability Transitions. Springer. ISBN: 9780415784184.

2013

Gomez-Baggethun, E., A. Gren, D. N. Barton, J. Langemeyer, T. McPhearson, P. O'Farrell, E. Andersson, Z. Hamstead and P. Kremer. 2013. Urban ecosystem services. Pp. 175-251 In: Elmqvist, T., M. Fragkias, J. Goodness, B. Guneralp, P. J. Marcotullio, R. I. McDonald, S. Parnell, M. Schewenius, M. Sendstad, K. C. Seto and C. Wilkinson eds., Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_11. ISBN: 978-94-007-7087-4. (link )

McPhearson, T., . R. Auch and M. Alberti. 2013. Regional assessment of North America: Urbanization trends, biodiversity patterns, and ecosystem services. Pp. 279-286 In: Elmqvist, T., M. Fragkias, J. Goodness, B. Guneralp, P. J. Marcotullio, R. I. McDonald, S. Parnell, M. Schewenius, M. Sendstad, K. C. Seto and C. Wilkinson eds., Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities. Springer. Netherlands. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_14. (link )

McPhearson, T., D. Maddox, B. Gunther and D. Bragdon. 2013. Local assessment of New York City: Biodiversity, green space, and ecosystem services. Pp. 355-383 In: Elmqvist, T., M. Fragkias, J. Goodness, B. Guneralp, P. J. Marcotullio, R. I. McDonald, S. Parnell, M. Schewenius, M. Sendstad, K. C. Seto and C. Wilkinson eds., Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities. Springer. Netherlands. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_19. (link )

Posters

2020

Mustafa, A., E. M. Cook, P. T. McPhearson, O. Barbosa, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, N. B. Grimm and D. M. Iwaniec. 2020. Future resilient land-use visions for Valdivia, Chile. Poster presented at the American Meteorological Society 100th Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2020, Boston, MA. (link )

2019

Balough, S., A. E. Lugo, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, D. M. Iwaniec and P. T. McPhearson. 2019. Energy cost and energy return on investment (EROI) for stakeholder developed pathways to resilience. Poster presented at the WREx SRN 4th Annual All Hands Meeting, April 16-19, 2019, Baltimore, MD.

Rosenzweig, B., C. Welty, J. R. Sauer, L. E. McPhillips, C. Kelleher and P. T. McPhearson. 2019. Case studies of cloudbursts and ultra-urban floods: A socio-eco-technical assessment of pluvial flooding events in Baltimore and New York City. Poster presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 9-13, 2019, San Franciscon, CA. (link )

2018

Hobbins, R., T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Feagan, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, E. E. Gaiser, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, P. Mendez-Lazaro, P. T. McPhearson, C. A. Miller, D. Sauter, T. G. Troxler and C. Welty. 2018. Climate risk visualizations: Tools, users and uses. Poster presented at the National Center for Atmospheric Research BRIGHTE GIS Hurricane Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise Visualization Workshop, Boulder, CO.

Hobbins, R., T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Feagan, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, E. E. Gaiser, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, P. Mendez-Lazaro, P. T. McPhearson, C. A. Miller, D. Sauter, T. G. Troxler and C. Welty. 2018. Climate risk visualizations: Tools, users and uses. Poster presented at the Institute for Social Science Research Poster Competition, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

2017

Dahal, K., P. T. McPhearson and C. J. Farmer. 2017. Spatial disaggregation of census population data to cadastral lots in New York City: A novel approach. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.

Depietri, Y. and P. T. McPhearson. 2017. The hazardscape of New York City: 140 years of hydro-meteorological hazards affecting infrastructures in the city. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.

Depietri, Y., P. T. McPhearson and K. Dahal. 2017. Multi-hazard risk assessment in a coastal megacity: Identifying hotspots for ecosystem based climate adaptation in New York City. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.

Farmer, C. J., K. Dahal and P. T. McPhearson. 2017. Strategic future scenarios of New York City: A modeling perspective. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.

Markolf, S. A., Y. Depietri, M. Smith, P. T. McPhearson and M. V. Chester. 2017. Understanding the impact of historical extreme events on the development of urban infrastructure. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. Drivers of and solutions to heat impacts in NYC. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.

Rosenzweig, B., P. T. McPhearson and E. Rosi. 2017. Multiple drivers of flooding in coastal cities: Implications for resilience. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.

2015

Grimm, N. B., C. L. Redman, M. V. Chester, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, T. R. Miller and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2015. Urban resilience to extremes: A proposed Sustainability Research Network. Poster presented at the Seventeenth Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 16 January 2015, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Presentations

2020

Grimm, N. B., M. Berbés-Blázquez, H. Chang, E. M. Cook, S. R. Elser, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, A. Pallathadka, J. Sauer and T. G. Troxler. 2020. A SETS approach to understanding urban ecosystem (E) vulnerability and providing nature-based solutions for urban resilience in cities. Presentation at the Harnessing the Ecological Data Revolution, 2020 ESA Annual Meeting, August 3-6, 20202, Virtual. (link )

McPhearson, P. T., D. Sauter, A. Mustafa, L. Ortiz, D. M. Iwaniec, E. Cook, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and N. B. Grimm. 2020. A SETS approach to big data, spatial modeling, and data visualization to advance urban systems science for resilience. Presentation at the Harnessing the Ecological Data Revolution, 2020 ESA Annual Meeting, August 3-6, 2020, Virtual. (link )

2019

Cook, E. M., O. Barbosa, M. Berbés-Blázquez, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, L. Mannetti, P. T. McPhearson and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2019. Transformative co-produced visions for future urban sustainability and resilience. Presentation at the 2019 Transformations Conference, October 16-18, 2019, Santiago, Chile.

Cook, E. M., M. Berbés-Blázquez, R. Carrero, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, P. Mendez-Lazaro, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, A. Mustafa, L. Ortiz and J. Santos-Hernández. 2019. The future of San Juan, Puerto Rico: Assessing tradeoffs of co-developed future visions for a resilient San Juan. Presentation at the ESAUSSEE 2019, August 11-16, 2019, Louisville, KY. (link )

Grimm, N. B., M. Berbés-Blázquez, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and C. L. Redman. 2019. Urban resilience to extreme events: Framing cities and their infrastructure as social-ecological-technological systems (SETS). Presentation at the 2019 Transformations Conference, October 16-8, 2019, Santiago, Chile.

Hobbins, R. J., T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Feagan, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, E. E. Gaiser, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, P. Mendez-Lazaro, P. T. McPhearson, C. A. Miller, D. Sauter, T. G. Troxler and C. Welty. 2019. Climate risk visualizations: Tools, users and uses. Presentation at the National Center for Atmospheric Research BRIGHTE GIS Hurricane Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise Visualization Workshop, July 16-18, 2019, Boulder, CO.

Iwaniec, D. M., M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm, L. Mannetti, P. T. McPhearson and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2019. Positive futures of urban transformation number. Presentation at the 2019 Transformations Conference, October 16-18, 2019, Santiago, Chile.

Iwaniec, D., E. Cook, M. Berbés, N. B. Grimm, . T. McPhearson, L. Mannetti and T. Munoz-Erickson. 2019. Positive futures for transformative change. Presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 9-13 2019, San Francisco, CA. (link )

McPhearson, P. T. 2019. Codesigning positive urban futures: The UREx approach. Presentation at the Natural Capital Project Symposium, March 17-20, 2019, Standford University, Palo Alto, CA.

McPhearson, P. T. 2019. NYC Stormwater resilience. Presentation at the UREx SRN 4th Annaul All-Hands Meeting, April 16-19, 2019, Baltimore, MD.

McPhearson, P. T. and S. T. Pickett. 2019. Urban resilience: Why ecology matters. Presentation at the WNYC Greene Space by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Services, February 6, 2019, New York, NY.

2018

Iwaniec, D., E. Cook, M. Davidson, N. Grimm, P. T. McPhearson and T. Munoz-Erickson. 2018. Positive futures. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, April 10-14, 2018, New Orleans, LA. (link )

McPhearson, T. 2018. A social-ecological-technical systems approach to modeling future scenarios of heat and heat vulnerability in New York City. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, April 10-14, 2018, New Orleans, LA. (link )

McPhearson, P. T. 2018. A science of cities: Evidence-based decision making for urban sustainability transformation. Presentation at the Think and Act for Transformative Change, 2018, Dutch Research Institute for Transition, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

McPhearson, P. T. 2018. Is your building at risk? Heat waves and flooding in New York City. Presentation at the University Club, 2018, New York, NY.

McPhearson, P. T. 2018. Past, present, and future climate change in New York City. Presentation at the Conference on Climate Migration and Cities, April 27, 2018, Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility and Urban Systems Lab, The New School, New York, New York. (link )

McPhearson, P. T. 2018. Projecting future heat and heat risk in the city. Presentation at the 3rd Annual UREx All Hands Meeting, March 19-21, 2018, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

McPhearson, P. T. 2018. Toward science of cities: Nature-based solutions to climate-driven extreme events. Presentation at the Cities & Climate Change Science Conference, March 5-7, 2018, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (link )

McPhearson, P. T. 2018. Urban futures: Positive visioning and co-design in urban systems. Presentation at the Future Earth, Ubran Knowledge Action Network.

Treglia, M. L., P. T. McPhearson, E. W. Sanderson, G. Yetman and E. N. Maxwell. 2018. Greenspaces over our heads: Mapping green roofs and understanding their benefits in New York City. Presentation at the 2018 Meeting of the U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE), April 8-12, 2018, Chicago, IL. (link )

2017

Cook, E. M., O. Barbosa, M. Berbes-Blazquez, C. Cheng, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec and P. T. McPhearson. 2017. A social-ecological-technological systems (SETS) approach to urban ecosystem services. Presentation at the II Conference of the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society: Place-based Transdisciplinary Research for Global Sustainability, November 7-10, 2017, Oaxaca, Mexico. (link )

Depietri, Y. and P. T. McPhearson. 2017. The hazardscape of New York City: 140 years of hydro-meteorological hazards affecting infrastructures in the city. Presentation at the NYU Paris Conference, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure History and the Social Sciences, New York University, Paris, France.

Depietri, Y., P. T. McPhearson and K. Dahal. 2017. Multi-hazard risk assessment in a coastal megacity: Identifying hotspots for ecosystem based climate adaptation in New York City. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, April 5-9, 2017, Boston, MA. (link )

Elmqvist, T., E. Hermansson-Török and P. T. McPhearson. 2017. Urban tinkering. Presentation at the 7th International Sustainability Science Conference, Stockholm, Sweden.

Grimm, N. B., M. Berbes Blazquez, C. Cheng, E. M. Cook, P. T. McPhearson and L. McPhillips. 2017. Assessing urban aquatic services in the face of climate-driven extreme events. Presentation at the Portland ESA 2017, August 6-11, 2017, Portland, OR. (link )

Grimm, N. B., C. L. Redman, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, T. R. Miller and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2017. A social-ecological-technical systems approach to understanding urban complexity and building climate resilience. Presentation at the II Conference of the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society: Place-based Transdisciplinary Research for Global Sustainability, November 7-10, 2017, Oaxaca, Mexico. (link )

Iwaniec, D., E. Cook, M. Berbes-Blazquez, M. Davidson, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, T. McPhearson and N. Grimm. 2017. Visions and strategies for guiding urban transformations. Presentation at the II Conference of the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society: Place-based Transdisciplinary Research for Global Sustainability, November 7-10, 2017, Oaxaca, Mexico. (link )

Iwaniec, D., E. Cook, P. T. McPhearson, T. Munoz-Erickson, M. Davidson, M. Berbés-Blázquez and N. Grimm. 2017. Co-production of sustainability future scenarios. Presentation at the Resilience 2017: Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability, August 20-23, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. (link )

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. A SETS approach to modeling urban futures. Presentation at the Urban Resilience to Weather-related Extremes Sustainability Research Network (URExSRN), Scenarios Workshop, San Juan, PR.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. A SETS approach to modeling urban futures. Presentation at the Scenarios Workshop, Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network (UREx SRN), February 3, 2017, San Juan, PR.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. A social-ecological-technical approach to urban resilience. Presentation at the Rockefeller Resilience Journalism Fellowship Program, Rockefeller Foundation, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, 2017, New York, NY.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. A social-ecological-technical systems approach to modeling futures. Presentation at the Lecture at Hamilton College, New York, NY.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. A social-ecological-technical systems approach to urban ecosystem services. Presentation at the Landscape Architecture Graduate Program, University of Pennsylvania, 2017, Philadelphia, PA.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. A social-ecological-technical systems approach to urban ecosystem services. Presentation at the The Nature Conservancy, Long Island, Cold Springs Harbor, NY.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. A social-ecological-technical systems approach to urban ecosystem services. Presentation at the Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (UPMC), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne, Paris, France.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. Building resilience in New York City: Lessons and progress since Hurricane sandy. Presentation at the Resilience 2017: Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability, August 20-23, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. (link )

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. Climate adaptation at Princeton: Engineering, sciences, design, planning, policy, and the humanities. Presentation at the Princeton Center for Climate Adaptation and Resilience, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. Drivers of and solutions to heat impact in NYC. Presentation at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Health (DOHMH), New York, NY.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. Expert panel on the urban science-policy interface. Presentation at the UCL Nature Sustainability Panel, University College London, London, UK.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. Identifying locations for “cool corridors” to reduce heat vulnerability in NYC. Presentation at the New York City Mayor's Office of recovery and Resiliency and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, City Hall, New York, NY.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. Modeling urban futures: Spatial patterns of heat and heat vulnerability in New York City. Presentation at the Lecture at the Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies, Millbrook, NY.

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. Social-ecological-technical context of urban ecosystem services as filters for improving production and access. Presentation at the II Conference of the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society: Place-based Transdisciplinary Research for Global Sustainability, November 7-10, 2017, Oaxaca, Mexico. (link )

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. Urban sustainability transformations in the context of climate-driven events presentations in the US and Latin America. Presentation at the II Conference of the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society: Place-based Transdisciplinary Research for Global Sustainability, November 7-10, 2017, Oaxaca, Mexico. (link )

McPhearson, P. T. 2017. Urban systems lab: Urban ecology session. Presentation at the MetroLab Brussels, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY.

McPhearson, P. T., E. Cook, C. Cheng, N. Grimm and D. Iwaniec. 2017. Climate resilience in urban social-ecological-technical systems: A SETS Approach to urban ecosystem services. Presentation at the Resilience 2017: Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability, August 20-23, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. (link )

McPhearson, P. T. and Y. Depietri. 2017. The challenge for climate resilience in New York City: Impacts of 140 years of climate hazards and current multi-hazard risk. Presentation at the Resilience 2017: Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability, August 20-23, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. (link )

McPhearson, P. T., T. Elmqvist, E. Andersson, N. Frantzeskaki, C. Folke, P. Olsson and K. Takeuchi. 2017. Resilience and sustainability differ: Trade-offs to achieving transformation. Presentation at the Resilience 2017: Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability, August 20-23, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. (link )

McPhearson, P. T., C. Famer, K. Dahal, Y. Depietri, Z. Hamstead, J. Randhawa and D. Sauter. 2017. A social-ecological-technical systems approach to modeling future scenarios of heat and heat vulnerability in New York City. Presentation at the Baltimore Ecosystem Study LTER Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

McPhillips, L., C. Cheng, P. T. McPhearson and N. B. Grimm. 2017. Cross-city spatial comparison of green infrastructure distribution in the US and Latin America. Presentation at the II Conference of the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society: Place-based Transdisciplinary Research for Global Sustainability, November 7-10, 2017, Oaxaca City, Mexico. (link )

McPhillips, L. E., N. B. Grimm and T. McPhearson. 2017. Cross-city comparison of vacant lot form and function: Do they contribute to resilience or vulnerability?. Presentation at the Annual Meeting Portland ESA 2017, August 6-11, 2017, Portland, OR. (link )

Redman, C. L., N. B. Grimm and P. T. McPhearson. 2017. Co-producing urban resilience to extreme events. Presentation at the Resilience 2017: Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability, August 20-23, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. (link )

Rosenzweig, B., P. T. McPhearson and E. J. Rosi. 2017. Beyond the floodplain: Drivers of flood risk in coastal cities. Presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting 2017, December 11-15, 2017, New Orleans, LA. (link )

Troxler, T. G., P. T. McPhearson, M. Smith, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Feagan, C. Salazar, M. Nepomechie, T. Spiegelhalter, B. Rosenzweig, E. E. Gaiser, J. S. Kominoski, K. Grove and R. Roy Chowdhury. 2017. Socio-ecological-technological system approaches for coastal urban resilience to extreme flooding. Presentation at the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation. Invited Symposium: Coastal Ecosystem Design: Integrating design thinking to envision future coasts,

2016

Hamstead, Z. and P. T. McPhearson. 2016. Using remote sensing and social data to link heat exposure and susceptibility in New York City. Presentation at the AAG Annual Meeting 2016, March 29-April 2, 2016, San Francisco, CA. (link )

Holscher, K., N. Frantzeskaki, P. T. McPhearson and D. Loorbach. 2016. Capacities for transformative climate governance in New York City. Presentation at the Mapping, Exploring and Interrogating (WG1) Workshop, Innovations in Climate Governance, September 22-23, 2016, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Holscher, K., N. Frantzeskaki, P. T. McPhearson and D. Loorbach. 2016. Capacities for transformative climate governance in Rotterdam and New York City. Presentation at the Adaptation Futures 2016: 4th International Climate Change Adaptation Conference, May 10-13, 2016, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Holscher, K., N. Frantzeskaki, P. T. McPhearson and D. Loorbach. 2016. Tackling high-end climate change as transformation challenge: Capacities for transformative climate governance in New York City. Presentation at the Urban Transitions Global Summit, Shanghai, China.

McPhearson, P. T. 2016. Urban Planet: Book launch. Presentation at the UN Habitat III, HabitatXChange, Quito, Ecuador.

McPhearson, P. T. 2016. Building urban resilience to extreme events: Lessons across cultures. Presentation at the UN Habitat III, HabitatXChange, Quito, Ecuador.

McPhearson, P. T. 2016. Keynote presentation: Urban systems, SDGs, and big data. Presentation at the Quantified Planet, Presidio, San Francisco, CA.

McPhearson, P. T. 2016. Linking knowledge to policy: How can the scientific community contribute to the New Urban Agenda after Quito?. Presentation at the UN Habitat III, HabitatXChange, Quito, Ecuador.

McPhearson, P. T. 2016. Nature-based solutions for cities: Leveraging urban ecosystems for improving equity, resilience, and sustainability. Presentation at the EDF Alliance, Columbia University, New York, NY.

McPhearson, P. T. 2016. NYC Team update. Presentation at the Urban Resilience to Weather-related Extremes Sustainability Research Network (URExSRN), Scenarios Workshop, Phoenix, AZ.

McPhearson, P. T. 2016. The role of science in the new urban agenda. Presentation at the UN Habitat III, HabitatXChange, Quito, Ecuador.

McPhearson, P. T. 2016. Urban acceleration and climate resilience: Leveraging ecosystems for equity, resilience, and sustainability. Presentation at the Oikos NYC, New York, NY.

2015

Chester, M. V., N. B. Grimm, C. L. Redman, T. R. Miller, P. T. McPhearson, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and D. G. Chandler. 2015. Developing a concept of social-ecological-technological systems to characterize resilience of urban areas and infrastructure to extreme events. Presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting 2015, 14-18 December 2015, San Francisco, California. (link )

Grimm, N. B., C. L. Redman, M. V. Chester, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, T. R. Miller and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2015. Developing a concept of social-ecological-technological systems to characterize resilience of urban areas and infrastructure to extreme events. Presentation at the Complex Systems Symposium, Tempe, Arizona.

Grimm, N. B., C. L. Redman, M. V. Chester, D. M. Iwaniec, T. McPhearson, T. R. Miller and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2015. Developing a concept of social-ecological-technological systems to characterize resilience of urban areas and infrastructure to extreme events. Presentation at the Ecological Science at the Frontier: Celebrating the ESA Centennial 1915-2015, 9-14 August 2015, Baltimore, Maryland. (link )

McPhearson, P. T. 2015. Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network. Presentation at the New York City Project Team Meeting, The New School, New York, New York.

Blog Posts

2016

Hamstead, Z., P. T. McPhearson and A. Glenn. 2016. Climate resilience means meaningfully engaging vulnerability communities in Urban Planning Processes [Blog Post]. Retrieved from link