Michelle A. Barton

A practitioner-focused session on the real-world landscape strategies California properties need right now. As California continues to face rising temperatures, persistent drought, and increasing pressure on our built environment, outdoor spaces can no longer be an afterthought. Landscapes are becoming critical infrastructure for water conservation, occupant comfort, operational savings, and long-term resilience.

Abstract In response to biodiversity loss and biotic community homogenization in urbanized landscapes, City managers around the world are increasingly working to conserve and increase urban biodiversity. Accordingly, around the world, previously extirpated species are (re)colonizing and otherwise infiltrating urban landscapes, while once abundant species are in various states of decline.

Abstract In this inductive study we explore the relational microdynamics of organizational resilience in adventure racing. Drawing from an organizing lens, we frame resilience as an ongoing process by which organizational actors work together to absorb strain and maintain functioning within dynamically uncertain and adverse environments. Adventure racing exemplifies such a context: stress, technological breakdowns, and untoward environmental conditions are both frequent and unpredictable.