Jason Sauer
Graduate Research Fellow, Emeritus, Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network, Arizona State University
Titles
- Graduate Research Fellow, Emeritus, Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network, Arizona State University
Biography
Jason is interested in flood vulnerability, flood mitigation services from green infrastructure, and the ways that cities use knowledge of both to plan more resilient futures. His work with the UREx SRN involves characterizing social vulnerability and flood exposure in cities in Chile, México, and the US, for use in urban planning workshops. Additionally, he spent a year investigating the seasonal dynamics of urban wetland hydrology in Valdivia, Chile, and is now working with researchers and city planners toward incorporating his findings in formal stormwater management and urban planning institutions in the city. Previously, Jason worked as a research assistant at the Pacific Institute on water delivery stresses in the American Southwest. He obtained an MS in natural resource management from the University of Connecticut, and holds a BS in physics from Drake University, and a BA in geology from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Journal Articles
2022
Pallathadka, A., J. Sauer, H. Chang and N. B. Grimm. 2022. Urban flood risk and green infrastructure: Who is exposed to risk and who benefits from investment? A case study of three U.S. cities. Landscape and Urban Planning 223(Jul):104417. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104417. (link )
2021
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 )
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 )
Book Chapters
2022
Sauer, J., O. Barbosa, E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm, C. Lamarca, J. Maira, A. Schueftan and D. M. Iwaniec. 2022. Envisioning future scenarios to manage pluvial flooding in social-ecological-technological systems. Collaborating for Climate Equity: Researcher–Practitioner Partnerships in the Americas. Routledge. ISBN: 9781032077741. (link )
2021
Hamstead, Z. and J. Sauer. 2021. Mapping vulnerability to weather extremes: Heat and flood assessment approaches. Pp. 47-66 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. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63131-4_4. (link )
Posters
2019
Kim, Y., J. Sauer, B. Rosenzweig and N. B. Grimm. 2019. New methods for examining pluvial flood exposure and social sensitivity in Central Arizona-Phoenix. Poster presented at the 21st Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 11, 2019, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ.
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 )
Sauer, J., N. B. Grimm and O. Barbosa. 2019. Urban wetlands provide network-wide flood mitigation services under future precipitation conditions. Poster presented at the UREx SRN 4th Annual All-Hands Meeting, April 16-19, 2019, Baltimore, MD.
2017
Sauer, J., M. Guardaro, E. M. Cook, Y. Depietri and Z. Hamstead. 2017. Developing a framework for assessing urban vulnerability across the UREx SRN. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.
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 )
2018
Sauer, J., N. B. Grimm, O. Barbosa and E. M. Cook. 2018. Seasonal changes in the flood mitigation services on urban wetlands in Valdivia de Chile and the impacts of climate change on future flood risk. Presentation at the Water Connects! ASLO 2018 Summer Meeting, June 10-15, 2018, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (link )
Verduzco, V. S., A. Robles-Morua, J. Sauer, Z. Hamstead, D. Bharatkumar, D. Wahl and V. Shandas. 2018. Spatial multi-criteria analysis of heat waves and flood risk using a SETS approach in Hermosillo, Sonora. Presentation at the 3rd Annual UREx All Hands Meeting, March 19-21, 2018, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ.
2017
Cook, E. M., D. M. Iwaniec, J. R. Sauer, N. B. Grimm and O. Barbosa. 2017. Future urban sustainability and resilience in Valdivia, Chile: Assessing social-ecological-technological scenarios with ecosystem services. Presentation at the Annual Meeting Portland ESA 2017, August 6-11, 2017, Portland, OR. (link )
Sauer, J. 2017. Cambios en la retención de agua en humedales urbanos en Valdivia, Chile, y las implicaciones para el futuro de servicios ecosistémicos de mitigación de inundaciones. Presentation at the Reunión Anual de la Sociedad de Biología de Chile, Puerto Varas, Chile.