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Members of the Virtual Organization
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Arizona State University-Tempe
Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Emory University
Kent State University
Kings College London
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wright State University
City of Chicago
City of Houston
City of London
City of Minneapolis
City of New York
City of Philadelphia
City of Phoenix
King County, WA
Maricopa County, AZ
Arizona Dept. of Health Services
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
American Meteorological Society
Salvation Army
ABC
NBC
CBS
Fox News
Science Applications International Corporation
Applied Climatologists, Inc.
Climate Change & Health Canada
National Center of Atmospheric Research
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
US Centers for Disease Control
US Dept. of Health and Human Services
US Environmental Protection Agency
About
Multiple disciplines, agencies and industrial sectors have databases, methods and frameworks that if combined through a virtual organization would yield a deeper understanding of the dynamics and consequences of climate change in urban areas. Building on established partnerships, the National Center of Excellence, the US CDC, US EPA, NOAA, DOE and regional governments have come together to create an innovative cyber-infrastructure virtual organization that will enable members to rethink and redesign on-going and future research of complex urban climate-engineered systems. This organization will provide a practical and user-friendly platform for domestic and global stakeholders to more effectively prioritize resources that address adaptation, vulnerability and mitigation strategies.
This new project under initial development aims to improve the effectiveness of community protection efforts by showing how modeling methods may be used to engage stakeholders, integrate diverse data sources, anticipate likely consequences, and support eventual policy decisions. The preparedness modeling will raise collective standards of evidence and critical thinking; combine information from disparate sources; foster effective actions, and make stakeholder values (and potential trade-offs) more transparent (Golden et al., 2007).
