Hixon Fellows
The Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability engages and supports Yale students who are interested in conducting urban sustainability research that bridges science to practice. Every year, Hixon Fellows are chosen from a pool of competitive applicants based on the relevance of the research proposal to the Center's mission.
Land Use Planning and Management
High resolution remote sensing using UAS technology
Impacts of Invasive Woody Vines on Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Forested Urban Natural Areas: Implications for Ecology and Management
Socio-cultural and Ecological Interactions
Ecosystem of Waste: Exploring the Connections between Consumerism, Street Vending, and Waste Management during Carnaval in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Urban re-greening, community identity, and perceptions of wellbeing in Harlem Park, West Baltimore
The Nature of Nature: Do perceptions of nature vary among neighborhoods in Baltimore? If so, how?
Design and the Built Environment
Youth Taking the Reins: Empowering At-Risk Students to Shape Environmental Challenges with Design
Urban Agriculture
Crisis of Urban Agriculture Case Studies in Cuba
Water Resources
Closing the Water Budget in an Experimental Urban Watershed: A Comparative Assessment of Methods for Estimating Evapotranspiration
Environment and Public Health
Residential Racial Segregation and Fine Particulate Matter Component Levels in the United States
Traffic Pollution and Congenital Heart Defects in Lanzhou city, China: A Land Use Regression Modeling Study
Climate Change and Air Pollution
Estimating Economic Cost of Sea Level Rise on Low-Lying Coastal Properties in Accra, Ghana
Water Quality and Hydrology
Monitoring hydrologic and water quality data of Green Infrastructure (GI) treatments to understand effectiveness of GI to reduce peak flows and to remove pollution associated with stormwater runoff
