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Did You Know?

MSW generation in the U.S. has increased 93% since 1980, to 292M tons per year in 2018.

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Josh Cousins

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Research Assistant, Alumni

Status:
Former
Education
  • Ph.D. Resource Policy & Behavior, University of Michigan, 2016
  • M.S. Geography, Portland State University, 2010
  • B.A. Geography, University of Colorado, 2007
Links
SUNY-ESF faculty profile
Research Interests

Urban political ecology
Science and technology studies
Critical infrastructure studies
Water policy, planning, and governance
Energy
Urban sustainability
Political-industrial ecology
Climate change adaptation planning

Publications (7)
Urban political ecologies of and in the city
Political-industrial ecology: An introduction
Capturing Flow: Stormwater governance and water resource development in Chicago and Los Angeles
The energy and emissions footprint of water supply for Southern California
Developing a political-industrial ecology: The case of Los Angeles’s water supply metabolism
The Boundaries of Urban Metabolism: Towards a Political-Industrial Ecology
A Political-Industrial Ecology of Water Supply Infrastructure for Los Angeles
Projects (4)
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Perspectives of and Preferences Towards Stormwater Management
McIntire-Stennis 2015
M-CUBED: Innovatively Planning for Technological Innovation: Water, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
2011 SG: Research Roadmap for Urban Sustainability

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