Tran, Kim Honored with Sustainability Science Award
Tran, Kim Honored with Sustainability Science Award
Professor Liem Tran and Associate Professor Hyun Kim are part of a team who received the Ecological Society of America Sustainability Science Award for their paper “US cities can manage national hydrology and biodiversity using local infrastructure policy,” published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America in 2017.
The Sustainability Science Award recognizes the authors of the scholarly work that makes the greatest contribution to the emerging science of ecosystem and regional sustainability through the integration of ecological and social sciences.
The interdisciplinary team used spatially referenced data from cities and surrounding rural areas to show how local and regional policy choices can affect hydrologic system integrity and biodiversity conservation. Their work highlights ways to make better choices about land use, water management, and electricity production, and it promotes integrated planning and decision-making for greater sustainability of cities and the water- and energy-sheds that support them. This research demonstrates a novel approach to integrating ecosystem and social sciences, embodying the mission of ESA’s Sustainability Science Award. Read the full article online.
“This year’s award recipients have shown remarkable leadership and creativity,” said Kathleen Weathers, ESA president. “On behalf of the Ecological Society of America, I congratulate the award winners and thank them for their significant contributions to building both ecological knowledge and the community of ecologists.”
ESA will present the 2021 awards during a ceremony at the Society’s upcoming Virtual Annual Meeting, which will take place August 2 to August 6, 2021. Read more about winners of the 2021 ESA awards.
