Publications

Antle, Alissa N. and Tanenbaum, Joshua G. and Macaranas, Anna and Robinson, John. (2014). Games for Change: Looking at Models of Persuasion Through the Lens of Design. pp. 163--184. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-96-2

Axelson, J. N. and Bast, A. and Alfaro, R. I. and Smith, D. J. and G\"artner, H. (2014). “Variation in wood anatomical structure of Douglas-fir defoliated by the western spruce budworm: a case study in the coastal-transitional zone of British Columbia, Canada”. Trees, 28(6), 1837--1846. doi.org/10.1007/s00468-014-1091-1

Beedle, Matthew J. (2014). Glacier Change in the Cariboo Mountains of British Columbia, Canada (1946-2011), PhD Thesis.

Blanco, Juan A. and Dubois, David and Littlejohn, Dale and Flanders, David N. and Robinson, Peter and Moshofsky, Molly and Welham, Clive. (2014). “Soil Organic Matter: A Sustainability Indicator for Wildfire Control and Bioenergy Production in the Urban/Forest Interface”. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 78(S1), S105. doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2013.06.0214nafsc

de Ruiter, Geoff and Helle, Steve and Rutherford, Michael. (2014). Industrial and Market Development of Biochar in British Columbia (white paper).

Donahue, Kayleigh. (2014). Climate Stressor Scenarios: Final Report. Regional Economic Impact of Climate Change in B.C. Examined Through Scenario Analysis. (December),

Donahue, Kayleigh. (2014). Literature Review: Economic Analysis of Climate Change Adaption in B.C. Agriculture. (November),

Dowlatabadi, Hadi. (2014). PICS Final Report: Studies in transition to a low GHG economy. (March),

Ho, Hung Chak and Knudby, Anders Jensen and Sirovyak, Paul and Xu, Yongming and Hodul, Matus and Henderson, Sarah B. (2014). “Mapping maximum urban air temperature on hot summer days”. Remote Sensing of Environment, 154, 38--45. doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2014.08.012

Horne, Matt and Macnab, Josha. (2014). LNG and Climate Change : The Global Context (white paper). (October),

Kruger, Melissa. (2014). A Border Runs Through It: Exploring Transboundary Institutional Support for Environmental Flows for Ecosystem Function in the Columbia River Basin, MPP Thesis.

Larocque, Isabelle. (2014). The Hydrogeology of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, MSc Thesis.

Mak, Stephen J. (2014). Assessing Fracture Network Connectivity of Prefeasibility-Level High Temperature Geothermal Projects using Discrete Fracture Network Modelling, MASc Thesis. doi.org/10.1109/COMST.2015.2494502

Munro, Heather. (2014). Economic Trade-Offs between Carbon Offset and Timber Opportunities in British Columbia's Central Coast: A Decision Analysis Approach, MRM Thesis.

Ouellette, A. and Rowe, Andrew and Sopinka, Amy and Wild, Peter. (2014). “Achieving emissions reduction through oil sands cogeneration in Alberta's deregulated electricity market”. Energy Policy, 71, 13--21. doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.04.020

Pellatt, Marlow G. and Gedalof, Ze'ev. (2014). “Environmental change in Garry oak (Quercus garryana) ecosystems: The evolution of an eco-cultural landscape”. Biodiversity and Conservation, 23(8), 2053--2067. doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0703-9

Peng, Yiran and Arora, Vivek K and Kurz, Werner A. and Hember, Robbie A. and Hawkins, Barbara and Fyfe, John C and Werner, Arelia T. (2014). “Climate and atmospheric drivers of historical terrestrial carbon uptake in the province of British Columbia, Canada”. Biogeosciences, 11(3), 635--649. doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-635-2014

Picketts, Ian M. and Déry, Stephen J. and Curry, John A. (2014). “Incorporating climate change adaptation into local plans”. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 57(7), 984--1002. doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2013.776951

Pinna Sustainability. (2014). The Future of Atmospheric Rivers And Actions to Reduce Impacts on British Columbians.

Rhodes, Ekaterina and Axsen, Jonn and Jaccard, Mark. (2014). “Does effective climate policy require well-informed citizen support?”. Global Environmental Change, 29, 92--104. doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.09.001

Rivers, Nicholas and Schaufele, Brandon. (2014). The Effect of British Columbia's Carbon Tax on Agricultural Trade [PICS report].

Sheppard, Stephen R. J. and Iype, Deepti Mathew and Cote, Shirlene and Salter, J. (2014). PICS Special Report: What works and what doesn't for motivating people to act on climate change.

Sopinka, Amy and Pitt, Lawrence. (2014). “Taming WECC's Carbon Diet: Are We Losing Weight Yet?”. Electricity Journal, 27(8), 96--104. doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2014.04.004

Sopinka, Amy and Pitt, Lawrence. (2014). “The Columbia River Treaty: Fifty years after the handshake”. Electricity Journal, 27(4), 84--94. doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2014.04.005

Straka, Jason Ryan and Starzomski, Brian M. (2014). “Humming along or buzzing off? The elusive consequences of plant-pollinator mismatches”. Journal of Pollination Ecology, 13(14), 129--145. doi.org/10.26786/1920-7603(2014)18

Teehan, Paul. (2014). Integrative approaches to environmental life cycle assessment of consumer electronics and digital media, PhD Thesis.

Theodore, Terri. (2014). Liquefied natural gas not climate solution: report.

Theodore, Terri. (2014). Liquefied natural gas not the climate change solution B.C . promises : report.

Wellstead, Adam and Rayner, Jeremy and Howlett, Michael. (2014). “Beyond the black box: Forest sector vulnerability assessments and adaptation to climate change in North America”. Environmental Science and Policy, 35, 109--116. doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2013.04.002

Welsh, Cedar and Lewis, Kathy J. and Woods, Alex J. (2014). “Regional outbreak dynamics of Dothistroma needle blight linked to weather patterns in British Columbia, Canada”. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 44(3), 212--219.

Xu, Yongming and Knudby, Anders Jensen and Ho, Hung Chak. (2014). “Estimating daily maximum air temperature from MODIS in British Columbia, Canada”. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(24), 8108--8121. doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2014.978957

Alava, Juan José and Calle, Nastenka. (2013). “Drilling Plans Endanger Yasun\'i's Biodiversity”. Science (New York, N.Y.), 342(6161), 931--932. doi.org/10.1126/science.342.6161.931-a

Antle, Alissa N. and Wise, Alyssa F. and Hall, Amanda and Nowroozi, Saba and Tan, Perry and Warren, Jillian and Eckersley, Rachael and Fan, Michelle. (2013). Youtopia: A collaborative, tangible, multi-touch, sustainability learning activity'. In Proceedings of International Conference on Interaction Design for Children (IDC '13), ACM Press (New York City, NY, USA, June 24-27, 2013). doi.org/10.1145/2485760.2485866

Blanco, Juan A. and Flanders, David N. and Littlejohn, Dale and Dubois, David and Robinson, Peter. (2013). Fire in the woods or fire in the boiler? A new tool to help rural communities determine if forest biomass from wildfire abatement (white paper).

Blanco, Juan A. and Littlejohn, Dale and Dubois, David and Flanders, David N. and Robinson, Peter. (2013). Fuego en el bosque o fuego en la caldera: estudiando la sostenibilidad de utlizar las cortas preventvas para mantener un sistema de calefacci\'on de distrito [project report]. pp. 181--213.

Cornish, Laura M. (2013). Can 4D Visioning Foster Community Responses on Climate Change? MA Thesis. (April),

Crawford, Erica and Beveridge, Rachelle. (2013). Strengthening BC's Agriculture Sector in the Face of Climate Change (white paper).

Kiani, Behdad and Rowe, Andrew and Wild, Peter and Pitt, Lawrence and Sopinka, Amy and Pedersen, Thomas F. (2013). “Optimal electricity system planning in a large hydro jurisdiction: Will British Columbia soon become a major importer of electricity?”. Energy Policy, 54, 311--319. doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.11.040

Kissinger, Meidad and Sussman, Cornelia and Moore, Jennie Lynn and Rees, William E. (2013). “Accounting for the ecological footprint of materials in consumer goods at the urban scale”. Sustainability, 5, 1960--1973. doi.org/10.3390/su5051960

Kjeang, Erik and Shahraeeni, Mehdi. (2013). “Greening” the Fleet : Using a Lifecycle Modeling Tool for Procurement [PICS Brief].

Klinsky, Sonja. (2013). “Bottom-up policy lessons emerging from the Western Climate Initiative's development challenges”. Climate Policy, 13(2), 143--169. doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2012.712457

Kurz, Werner A. (2013). The potential contribution of British Columbia's forest sector to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets:.

Lau, Kim Yang. (2013). British Columbia's "carbon neutral government" mandate - influence on infrastructure decisions [Thesis] The University of British Columbia.

Lee, Marc and Legg, Ruth and Maxwell, Sue and Rees, William E. (2013). Closing the loop: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and creating green jobs through zero waste in BC (White Paper).

Legg, Ruth and Moore, Jennie Lynn and Kissinger, Meidad and Rees, William E. (2013). “A Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Ecological Footprint Analysis of Metro Vancouver Residents' Air Travel”. Environment and Pollution, 2(4), 123--134. doi.org/http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ep/article/view/30742

McCune, Jenny L. and Pellatt, Marlow G. (2013). “Phytoliths of Southeastern Vancouver Island, Canada, and their potential use to reconstruct shifting boundaries between Douglas-fir forest and oak savannah”. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 383-384, 59--71. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.05.003

Miller, Nicole. (2013). Urban Form and Building Energy: Quantifiying Relationships Using a Multi-Scale Approach PhD Thesis.

Moore, Jennie Lynn. (2013). Getting Serious about Sustainability: Exploring the Potential for One-Planet Living in Vancouver, PhD Thesis.

Moore, Jennie Lynn and Kissinger, Meidad and Rees, William E. (2013). “An urban metabolism and ecological footprint assessment of Metro Vancouver”. Journal of Environmental Management, 124, 51--61. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.03.009

Ng, Polly. (2013). Making the Case for Using Development Cost Charges for Climate Change Mitigation, MSc Thesis.