2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 276
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 342 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T111. Sustainability and Resilience in Major Urban Areas: The Need for Earth and Environmental Science Information in Formulating Plans, Policies, and Programs

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
Robert J. Shedlock and Claire Welty, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
ECOHYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES AT THE WATERSHED SCALE: GREY TO GREEN EVOLUTION OF URBAN SYSTEMS
BAND, Lawrence E., University of North Carolina, CB#6116, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3220, lband@email.unc.edu
8:25 AM
URBAN EVOLUTION:  THE ROLE OF WATER AND ADAPTATION
KAUSHAL, Sujay S., Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, MCDOWELL, Willam H., Dept. of Natural Resources & the Environment, University of New Hampshire, 56 College Rd, Durham, NH 03824, WOLLHEIM, Wilfred M., Earth System Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Morse Hall, 8 College Road, Durham, NH 03824, JOHNSON, Tamara Newcomer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, DC 20460, MAYER, Paul M., Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ada, OK 74820, BELT, Kenneth T., US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Baltimore, MD 21228 and PENNINO, Michael J., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, skaushal@umd.edu
8:40 AM
THE RELEVANCE OF STREAMFLOW INFORMATION TO URBAN PLANNERS AND POLICY MAKERS
DOHENY, Edward J.1, HOWELLS, Clark2 and SHEDLOCK, Robert J.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Water Science Center, 5522 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228, (2)City of Baltimore, Reservoir Natural Resource Section, 5685 Oakland Road, Eldersburg, MD 21784, ejdoheny@usgs.gov
8:55 AM
LONG-TERM WATERSHED STUDIES IN THE BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN AREA
GROFFMAN, Peter, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY 12545, groffmanp@caryinstitute.org
9:10 AM
CIVIL ENGINEERING RENAISSANCE: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS' STRATEGIC INITIATIVE ON SUSTAINABILITY NEEDS GEOLOGY
KEATON, Jeffrey R., AMEC Foster Wheeler, Los Angeles, CA 90040 and LUKE, Barbara, Applied Geophysics Center and Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4015, barbara.luke@unlv.edu
9:30 AM
WHAT PLANNING DOCUMENTS INDICATE ABOUT SHIFTING APPROACHES TO WATER MANAGEMENT IN U.S. CITIES
HOPKINS, Kristina G., National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, University of Maryland, 1 Park Place, Suite 300, Annapolis, MD 21401, GRIMM, Nancy B., School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501 and YORK, Abigail M., School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, khopkins@sesync.org
9:45 AM
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF RESIDENTIAL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN REDUCING RUNOFF: AN URBAN VARIABLE SOURCE AREA APPROACH
MILES, Brian C., Institute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 490, Campus Box 1105, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 and BAND, Lawrence E., University of North Carolina, CB#6116, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3220, brian_miles@unc.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA, ECOSYSTEM VALUATION, AND URBAN PLANNING
DVARSKAS, Anthony, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 and FINISDORE, John, Sustainable Flows, Washington, DC 20036, anthony@sustainableflows.com
10:30 AM
MANAGEMENT OF URBAN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PRODUCTION AND THE IMPERATIVE FOR FIELD DATA SUPPORT
HERRMANN, Dustin1, SHUSTER, William D.2, GARMESTANI, Ahjond2 and HAEFNER, Ralph3, (1)Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, U.S. EPA, ORD, NRMRL, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, MLK-443, Cincinnati, OH 45268, (2)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, MLK-443, Cincinnati, OH 45268, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Michigan Water Science Center, 6520 Mercantile Way # 5, Lansing, MI 48911, herrmann.dustin@epa.gov
10:45 AM
WATER FOR MARYLAND'S FUTURE: WHAT WE MUST DO TODAY
SUMMERS, Robert M., Environmental Discipline, KCI Technologies, Inc., 936 Ridgebrook Road, Sparks, MD 21152, robert.summers@kci.com
11:00 AM
APPLICATIONS OF LIDAR DATA FOR PLANNING, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, AND POLICY-MAKERS IN MID-ATLANTIC STATES
BARLOW, Roger A., U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Mail Stop 511, Reston, VA 20192, rbarlow@usgs.gov
11:15 AM
PLANNING FOR INCREASED CLIMATE RESILIENCY IN THE GREATER BALTIMORE WILDERNESS
MEYERS, Erik J., The Conservation Fund, 1655 N Fort Myer Drive, Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 22209, emeyers@conservationfund.org
11:30 AM
THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY’S SEDIMENT-BOUND CONTAMINANT RESILIENCY AND RESPONSE STRATEGY: A TIERED MULTI-METRIC APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND HAZARDS IN THE NORTHEASTERN USA
JONES, Daniel K.1, REILLY, Timothy J.2, FOCAZIO, Michael J.3, AQUINO, Kimberly C.1, CARBO, Chelsea L.1, KAUFHOLD, Erika E.1, ZINECKER, Elizabeth K.1, BENZEL, William M.4, FISHER, Shawn C.5 and GRIFFIN, Dale W.6, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Geographic Science Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 521, Reston, VA 20192, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, New Jersey Water Science Center, 3450 Princeton Pike, Suite 110, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Energy and Minerals, and Environmental Health, Reston, VA 20192, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, New York Water Science Center, Troy, NY 12180, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, 2010 Levy Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32310, dkjones@usgs.gov
 
11:45 AM
Discussion
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