Programs
- Agrarian Landscapes in Transition
- AHIS (Arizona Hydrological Information System)
- Arizona Water Institute
- CAP LTER (Central Arizona–Phoenix LTER)
- Decision Center for a Desert City
- Decision Theater
- Ecology Explorers
- Greater Phoenix 2100
- Integrated Analysis of Robustness in Dynamic Socioecological Systems
- IGERT in Urban Ecology
- Legacies on the Landscape
- Long-Term Coupled Socioecological Change in the American SW and N Mexico
- Mediterranean Landscape Dynamics
- National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations for Urban Climate and Energy
- 100 Cities Project
- Service at Salado
- SEINet (Southwest Environmental Information Network)
- Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research & Policy
- Sustainability Partnership
- UGEC (Urbanization and Global Environmental Change)
Evidence that we each need to be more environmentally responsible surrounds us. Global warming is no longer just “a theory,” and the rate of species extinction increases precipitously as the growing human population expands its pressure on the Earth’s resources.
In rapidly urbanizing regions such as Phoenix, pavements comprise the largest percentage of the developed urban fabric, more so than roofs and open space. During daytime, streets, highways and parking lots absorb and retain short-wave radiation from the sun.