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New FAIR Plan data reveals problem with zoning restrictions in California
UC Santa Cruz researchers argue that rapid population growth and development in WUIs throughout the country, but especially in California, has been driven by an affordable housing crisis.
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Watsonville Earth Day celebration highlights disaster preparedness
Watsonville’s Earth Day celebration highlighted the ongoing Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Research for Resilience project, led by Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg. The project explores the relationship among natural disasters, lack of affordable housing, and WUI growth.
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Who Wants to Live in the Palisades Now?
Move everyone out of the wildland-urban interface and you may have taken away the people who were clearing brush and otherwise reducing the fire risk for the city nearby, said Miriam Greenberg, a sociology professor at UC Santa Cruz. Leaving these areas untouched, Greenberg said, means “the potential for future disasters increases significantly for those…
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Should Los Angeles be in such a rush to rebuild after the devastating wildfires?
Miriam Greenberg, sociologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the co-director of the Center for Critical Urban and Environmental Studies at UC Santa Cruz, is currently leading a research project called Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Research for Resilience: Addressing California’s Climate, Conservation and Housing Crises. "What we often see in the aftermath of…
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The perfect storm: why did LA’s wildfires explode out of control?
Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg explained the housing affordability pressures that are driving people to live in areas with rising fire risk as the climate changes. “Living in dense urban areas – which are safer in relation to fire and many other climate hazards – has become out of reach for many people, so they’re moving…
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As Los Angeles burns, Santa Cruz County officials urge wildfire prep — and not just in the mountains
Santa Cruz Local shared information about an upcoming wildfire preparedness event co-hosted by UC Santa Cruz's Center for Critical Urban and Environmental Studies.
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Fire-Weary Lake County Again Faces a Tough Recovery and Questions Over Rebuilding
UC Santa Cruz professor Miriam Greenberg, who studies the interconnections between lack of affordable housing and climate catastrophes like fires, cautioned the city and its residents to think about whether rebuilding in Clearlake is a good idea. “It’s a question that should be asked sensitively because a fire may have already displaced them from an…
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California’s housing crisis could be raising risk of climate disasters, researchers fear
The Hill covered research being led by Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg and Associate Professor of Sociology Hillary Angelo, which is testing the theory that lack of affordable housing in California’s urban centers may be fueling increased development in adjacent wildlands—exacerbating the impacts of climate change.
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An overlooked side-effect of the housing crisis may be putting Californians at increased risk from climate disasters
In a new article for the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UC Santa Cruz researchers laid out the foundation for their highly-anticipated upcoming study of how lack of affordable housing in urban areas of California may be driving increased development in and near wildlands, leading to more severe climate change impacts.
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New research center studies interconnections between urbanism and the environment, with a focus on lessons from the Santa Cruz region
The Center for Critical Urban and Environmental Studies tackles converging 21st Century urban and environmental crises—like climate change and housing affordability—to show how the pursuit of sustainability and social justice are often intertwined.
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Conference examines affordable housing crisis
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered a conference on the local housing crisis, where Professor of Sociology Miriam Greenberg presented about how future development must take care not displace current low-income residents. Santa Cruz Local also covered this conference.