Victoria Chanse

The aim of my research activities is to investigate how involving stakeholders can lead to resilient design and planning solutions that are appropriate for the socio-biophysical contexts of neighborhoods and communities.

 

My research examines ways to improve the resilience of underserved communities vulnerable to the impact of climate-change related flooding and water quality changes.

 

I have pursued this research through projects that engage in transdisciplinary approaches and pursue deeper community involvement. This research has been sustained by external grant support as co-PI and as PI, including grant support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, and the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Funding.

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Areas of Interest

• Civic engagement approaches to watershed planning

• Stormwater design and sea level change

• Transdisciplinary action research

• Community-based participatory research in stormwater and watershed planning

• Community design and planning

• Environmental justice in the built environment

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Sample Research Collaborations & Projects

Nature-based Urban design for Wellbeing and Adaptation in Oceania (NUWAO). This project is funded by a Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Grant.

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Deal Island Peninsula Project: Engaging Faith for Coastal Resilience, a NOAA funded project