Resilience Projects

Bringing together the university and community for transformative research

Explore the unique projects of our community of practice - passionate individuals from the university and community that come together to develop knowledge to strengthen community resilience. Learn about heat-resilience strategies beyond handing out water; explore the potential for more natural play spaces; discover how data visualization improves mobile food pantry outreach; find resources to grow your own food - and many more!

Aguiar Project Card

Unlocking equitable and sustainable energy access

Carlos Aguiar, City Energy Manager, City of Phoenix

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Supporting sustainable community work through co-creation

Supporting sustainable community work through co-creation

Jennifer Gastelum, Manager, Strategic Learning, Explore Program

Johanna Richards, Program Manager, ASU @ Mesa City Center

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
E : Economic Security and Work

A digital twin of Phoenix, AZ

Innovative housing solutions through a 3-D digital twin model

Sara Scoville-Weaver, Corporate Sales Manager, Conceptually Social Catering

S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Helping hands at NATIVE HEALTH

Homelessness Service Navigation in Maricopa County

Elizabeth Kizer, Associate Teaching Professor, College of Health Solutions

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Tract housing

Garages and driveways aren’t just for parking

Deirdre Pfeiffer, Associate Professor, ASU School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning

S : Shelter and the Built Environment

Solar Fields

Expanding tomorrow’s clean energy workforce through educational partnership

Ana Lopenowski, Senior Sustainability Analyst
Salt River Project (SRP)

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
E : Economic Security and Work

Charging Station

Transportation resilience in an electrifying world

Ryan Cornell, Instructor, Senior Global Futures Scientist ASU School of Sustainability

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
E : Economic Security and Work

Thriving Future

How can humans thrive in a high-tech world?

S.R. Aurora (aka Mai Trinh) Asst. Professor of Organizational Leadership, Arizona State University

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Encampments

How effective is diversion and outreach to prevent homelessness?

Richard Southee, Assistant Director of Programs Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS)

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Aerial photo of the Valley of the Sun

Discoveries and Solutions at the Intersection of Heat, Health, and Housing

Katsiaryna "Kate" Varfalameyeva, Knowledge Exchange for Resilience

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment

Unsheltered Phoenicians camp in the zone

Extending access to desktop social services through community-based support

Eric "Half" Brickley, Feed Phoenix

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment

Mural in Mesa's Distrito Latino

Building wealth and preventing displacement

Ryan Winkle, RAIL CDC

S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Tree in 19 North neighborhood in Phoenix

Prioritizing tree corridors to improve wellbeing

Michelle Litwin, City of Phoenix

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

Mattresses below an underpass

Care coordination for improved outcomes for unsheltered

Margaret Adams, Corporation for Supportive Housing

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

hands in

Preventing the rise in homelessness among older adults

Lori Holleran, Arizona Housing, Inc. (AHI)

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment

Phoenix skyline at dusk

Building collaborative capacity for regional resilience projects

Anne Reichman, ASU Sustainable Cities Network

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment

Blurry twinkle lights

Amplifying innovation in sustainable infrastructure

Mikhail Chester, ASU School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment

Data and numbers overlay the earth, as seen from space

Transcending silos to advance community resilience

Mark Roseland, ASU School of Community Resources and Development

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Improving air quality through equitable monitoring

Danae Hernández-Cortés, ASU School of Sustainability

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

Waves in a golden glow

Improving wellbeing through low-literacy resources

Heather Ross, ASU Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

Women works on her computer

Reducing the disparity of women in tech

Tamala McBath, Dress for Success Phoenix

E : Economic Security and Work

Bundles of leafy greens

Improving community garden longevity

Morgan Winburn, Keep Tempe Beautiful

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
E : Economic Security and Work

Paideia Academy

Can Photovoice help us center student and parent voices when addressing challenges in our schools?

Stephanie Lechuga-Peña, ASU School of Social Work

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

COVID-19 dashboard

Resilience concepts in the time of COVID-19

Marta Berbés, School for the Future of Innovation in Society

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

Water protectors protest DAPL

How can we improve adaptive capacity to water insecurity among American Indians in Arizona?

Felicia Mitchell, ASU School of Social Work

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

Phoenix cityscape at sunset

What resilience measures do decision-makers need to make policy decisions?

Diana Bowman, ASU Center for Smart Cities and Regions

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Satellite image of the continental U.S. at night

How can Arizona organizations support the development of resilience hubs?

Tina Skjerping Drews, Salt River Project

Lauren Withycombe Keeler, ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

$Map of fractionated land$

What actions can mitigate the impacts of land fractionation on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community?

Doran Dalton, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Map of Southside Mesa

How can we harness the power of community-based solutions to combat displacement?

Augie Gastelum, RAIL CDC

Rafael Martínez Orozco, Southwest Borderlands, ASU College of Integrative Sciences and Arts

S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Family caregiver holding an elder's arm

How can cities improve systems and networks for family caregivers?

Rachel Smetana, City of Scottsdale, Office of the Mayor

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

Paideia Academy students play in the school's new naturespace

How does exposure to nature impact school and community wellbeing?

Brian Winsor, Paideia Academies, Inc.

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

Stack of U.S. dollar bills

Can visualizing the gap between household incomes and true costs of living motivate policy change?

Steve Torres, Valley of the Sun United Way

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Lake Powell

How can we better communicate about risks associated with environmental change?

Bradley Adame, ASU Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
E : Economic Security and Work

Side panels of Watershed: Arizona board game

Watershed: Arizona — Can a strategy board game connect Arizonans to their watersheds?

Ian Dowdy, Center for the Future of Arizona

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Circuit board

How can custom mobile mini generators be used to support resilience?

Kenan Song, ASU School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy; The Polytechnic School

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment

Future renewable energy solution for sustainable cities. Modern black frameless solar panels, battery energy storage facility, wind turbines and big city with skycrapers in background. 3d rendering.

Energy Futures Project: Anticipatory methodological choice at the energy transition

Joshua Loughman, ASU Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions

A community meeting

Building on local expertise and lived experience for effective community-led improvement projects

Molly Benton, Maricopa County Department of Health

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

Senior person asking for food or money.

Elements of a shelter community model serving homeless older adults based on social determinants of health

Julia Matthies, The Society of St. Vincent de Paul

S : Shelter and the Built Environment

A foster family

From foster care to resilience: saving lives by changing the foster care model

Naketa Ross, ResilientMe

S : Shelter and the Built Environment

Phoenix Urban Farm

Assessing Phoenix farmers’ vulnerabilities to shocks and stresses

Joseph Rossell, City of Phoenix

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
E : Economic Security and Work

parent spraying child

Eco-health knowledge exchange for disease vector control in Maricopa

Andres Baeza-Castro, ASU Global Drylands Center

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions

A phone with COVID-19 information

How people seek information and accomplish tasks during an extended crisis

Kathleen Pine, ASU College of Health Solutions

E : Economic Security and Work

A photo of social services

HEIGHT: A novel households expenses and income gap tool

Natalia Ronceria Ceballos, Valley of the Sun United Way

E : Economic Security and Work

A woman grocery shopping

Impacts of COVID-19 on food access: A Case Study of Maricopa County

Daoqin Tong, ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
E : Economic Security and Work

child playing with toy

Autism and service claim approvals in Arizona

Kristina Lopez, ASU School of Social Work

E : Economic Security and Work

Little girl inspecting seedlings

Understanding barriers urban residents face to growing their own food

Terra Rose Ganem, Brilliant Planet

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions

Brain and hand

Maps and guides: improving navigation of the Maricopa mental health system

Dawn Augusta, ASU Edson College of Nursing & Health Innovation

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

a person holding a house cutout

Actionable Homelessness Data Plan

Thaddeus Gassie, Crisis Response Network

S : Shelter and the Built Environment

Card Image

Will we ever “go back” to our pre-COVID way of life?

Deborah Salon, ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Woman hands to drink water with children hands green leaf background

Heat mitigation: Beyond handing out water in Maricopa County

Melanie Gall, Center for Emergency Management Homeland Security (CEMHS)

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

Women collaborating

Cultivating mutually beneficial university & nonprofit partnerships

Erica Hodges, ASU & St. Vincent de Paul Program Manager

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
S : Shelter and the Built Environment

Youth working on STEM project

Rising next-generation leadership through youth-led community engineering

Michelle Jordan, ASU Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions

fruit tree

Fruit tree demand as a barometer of resilience?

Janis Norton, Urban Farm LLC

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions

COVID-19 dashboard

Symbolizing recovery: analyzing COVID-19 graphics and dashboards

Michael Simeone, ASU Libraries

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities
S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Seedlings

How much food can be produced in urban areas?

Edmund Williams, Lehr Innovations, LLC

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions

An elderly woman adjusting thermostat

Percentage of Income Payment Plan Model (PIPP)

Shelley Morgan, State of Arizona Department of Economic Security

S : Shelter and the Built Environment
E : Economic Security and Work

Michael Shafer, PhD. gives nursing students tour of Westward Ho facility

Effects of social network changes on chronic illness management

Hyunsung Oh, ASU School of Social Work

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

A homeless man receiving care

Homelessness and Race

Krickette Wetherington, Valley of the Sun United Way

S : Shelter and the Built Environment

Light rail passing through Downtown Phoenix

Resilience Down the Streets

Matthew Toro, ASU Libraries

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
E : Economic Security and Work

Jenni with a weather station

Designing cooler, healthier, more equitable playgrounds

Jennifer Vanos, ASU School of Sustainability

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

A plate of food

Fostering Food Security: Plan for Local Hunger Solutions

Nathan Smith, Phoenix Rescue Mission

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions

Chainlink fence

Ending the criminalization of individuals experiencing homelessness

Adonias Arevalo, Valley of the Sun United Way

S : Shelter and the Built Environment

Woman talking at meeting

Removing Barriers to Community Scholarship: a Workshop to Explore Institutional Transformation

Sandra Price, ASU School of Community Resources and Development

E : Economic Security and Work

Warm colors

Using real-time indoor heat sensors to enhance social insulation

David Hondula, ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

U : Urban Heat and Healthy Communities

A green photo of Phoenix

Multifunctional green infrastructure in arid cities

Sara Meerow, ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions

Person reviews charts

Increasing community participation in data collection for positive change

Jayson Matthews, Valley of the Sun United Way

F : Food, Energy and Water Transitions
S : Shelter and the Built Environment