LEVERAGING THE EXTENSION NETWORK TO BUILD URBAN RESILIENCE TO EXTREMES
The goal of this project is to develop a framework to increase national capacity to increase resilience in cities by leveraging the Cooperative Extension (CE) network. With the increasing recognition from groups like the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) that supporting sustainable urban communities, addressing climate change, and increasing resilience to disasters, Extension is primed to play a critical role in the future of cities.
Applied Research Fellow: Sabrina Drill, Ph.D
Sabrina Drill is the Natural Resources Advisor for UC Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties and former Director of California Naturalist. Her current areas of research and extension include urban ecology, restoration of urban streams, climate change resilience, terrestrial and aquatic invasive species, fire ecology and recovery, and public participation in science.