Research

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The Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability provides an interdisciplinary forum for scholars and practitioners to work collaboratively on integrated research  to improve our understanding and management of urban environmental resources within the United States and around the globe.  The Center supports Hixon Student Research Fellowships and faculty research initiatives at the Yale Experimental Watershed and the Urban Watershed Initiative

The ecological health and integrity of urban ecosystems have a profound impact on urban economic productivity and quality of life. Pioneering research, new theoretical understanding, and innovative practice will be required to provide the knowledge and tools necessary to foster healthy natural systems essential for the future well-being of the modern city. This need has never been greater than today, when a majority of the world’s population either resides in or is rapidly migrating to urban areas.