Christopher Kuzdas
PhD, 2014, School of Sustainability
School of Sustainability
Arizona State University
PO Box 875502
Tempe, AZ 85287-5502
Titles
- PhD, 2014, School of Sustainability
Education
- PhD, Sustainability, Arizona State University, 2014
- MPA, Arizona State University, 2009
- BAS, Arizona State University, 2006
Expertise
Journal Articles
2018
Warner, B. P., D. L. Childers, C. Kuzdas and G. Stocks. 2018. Smallholder adaptation to drought in Costa Rica's crony capitalist rice economy. Development and Change 49(6):1392-1421. DOI: 10.1111/dech.12420. (link )
2016
Kuzdas, C., B. P. Warner, A. Wiek, R. Vignola, M. Yglesias and D. L. Childers. 2016. Sustainability assessment of water governance alternatives-The case of Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Sustainability Science 11(2):231-247. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-015-0324-6. (link )
Kuzdas, C., B. Warner, A. Wiek, M. Yglesias, R. Vignola and A. Ramirez-Cover. 2016. Identifying the potential of governance regimes to aggravate or mitigate local water conflicts in regions threatened by climate change. Local Environment 21(11):1387-1408. DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2015.1129604. (link )
2015
Kuzdas, C., A. Wiek, B. P. Warner, R. Vignola and R. Morataya. 2015. Integrated and participatory analysis of water governance regimes: The case of the Costa Rican dry tropics. World Development (66):254-268. (link )
Warner, B. P., C. Kuzdas, M. G. Yglesias and D. L. Childers. 2015. Limits to adaptation to interacting global change risks among smallholder rice farmers in Northwest Costa Rica. Global Environmental Change 30(Jan):101-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.11.002. (link )
2014
Kuzdas, C. and A. Wiek. 2014. Governance scenarios for addressing water conflicts and climate change impacts. Environmental Science & Policy (42):181-196. (link )
Kuzdas, C., A. Wiek, B. Warner, R. Vignola and R. Morataya. 2014. Sustainability appraisal of water governance regimes – The case of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.. Environmental Management 54(2):205-222. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0292-0. (link )
2013
Kuzdas, C., M. Yglesias and B. P. Warner. 2013. Governing Costa Rica's water resources. Solutions Journal 4(4):. (link )
Book Chapters
2017
Wiek, A., C. Kuzdas, R. W. Foley, L. Withycombe Keeler, N. Forrest and B. Kay. 2017. Sustainability assessments designed for multiple functions: Five cases about water resources, nanotechnologies and communities. Pp. 127-145 In: Gibson, R. ed., Sustainability Assessment: Applications and Opportunities. Routledge. ISBN: 978-1138802742.
2016
Wiek, A., M. J. Bernstein, R. W. Foley, M. C. Cohen, N. Forrest, C. Kuzdas, B. Kay and L. Withycombe Keeler. 2016. Operationalizing competencies in higher education for sustainable development. Pp. 241-260 In: Barth, M., G. Michelsen, M. Rieckmann and I. Thomas eds., Routledge Handbook of Higher Education for Sustainable Development. Routledge. London and New York. ISBN: 9780415727303.
Posters
2017
Welsch, M., C. Kuzdas and K. Lawless. 2017. Exploring Water Exchanges in Central Arizona. Poster presented at the 2017 DCDC Poster Symposium, April 24, 2017, Tempe, AZ.
2012
Foley, R. W., C. Kuzdas, B. P. Warner, L. Withycombe Keeler, D. M. Iwaniec and A. Wiek. 2012. Designing sustainable governance: Cross-domain comparison and evaluation. Poster presented at the 19-22 February 2012 3rd Annual International Conference on Sustainability Science, Tempe, AZ.
2010
Warner, B. P. and C. Kuzdas. 2010. Measuring urban vulnerability using a model of ecological resilience: An assessment methodology. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Poster presented at the January 14, 2010 12th Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability.
Reports
2012
Kuzdas, C., M. Yglesias, A. Wiek, B. P. Warner, R. Vignola and R. Morataya. 2012. Final Report: Sustainability Evaulation of Water Systems and Regional Water Management in the Portrero, Caimital, and Upper Nosara Watersheds. Comision para le Manejo de las Sub-cuencas Potrero y Caimital.
Organization for Tropical Studies Research Fellowship, 2010
Graduate Professional Student Association Research Grant, 2011
Decision, Risk, and Management Science Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, 2012