Works

Video
July 2019
Dian Grueneich

 This series, developed by Bill Lane Center Affiliated Scholar and Precourt Energy Scholar Dian Grueneich, provides an...

Video
July 2019

Global warming is likely to reach 1.5°C as early as 2030. In an effort to limit the earth’s temperature rise beyond this...

Report
June 2019
Bill Lilley

A new study detailing the life and policy contributions of Francis G. Newlands, one of the most important historical...

Article
May 2019
Alexandra (Mac) Taylor

In association with the Center’s ArtsWest event, Self Landing: Daguerreotypes on the Western Landscapethe Art History...

Video
April 2019
Watch Bruce Cain and Iris Hui present research on the public receptiveness of vertical axis wind turbines.
Video
March 2019
David M. Kennedy

As part of the 2019 Healthier Rural West Summit, join David Kennedy, the Lane Center’s co-founding director as he traces...

Presentation
March 2019
Katy Serafin

How do compound events, a changing climate, and management decisions alter flood risk? A presentation to the American...

Presentation
March 2019
Katy Serafin

How do we quantify the far-reaching, indirect consequences of sea level rise and storm induced flooding? An exploration...

Audio
March 2019
Todd Holmes

Outside of the city’s famed Boardwalk, few places are as iconic in the coastal city of Santa Cruz as Lighthouse Point...

Paper
February 2019
Shiran Victoria Shen, Bruce E. Cain, Iris Hui

China leads the world's wind energy market, but little has been written about public receptivity towards wind energy...

Article
January 2019
Bruce E. Cain, Leonard Ortolano

What can California and the Bay Area in particular learn about adapting to sea level rise from the experiences of cities...

Article
January 2019
Alexandra (Mac) Taylor

In association with the Center’s ArtsWest event, “Burning Man: Art and Technology,” the Art History and Political...

Presentation
December 2018

Student presentations on sea level rise adaptation strategies around the United States, and how they might inform policy...

Article
December 2018
Mary Sprague, Kate Wilson, Bruce E. Cain

Local governments with more fiscal and administrative resources are at an advantage for obtaining numerous...

Paper
November 2018
Iris Hui, Nicola Ulibarri, Bruce E. Cain

Regional collaboration has become a popular means to manage shared resources and address cross‐jurisdictional boundary...

Audio
October 2018
Phillip Polakoff, MD

Phillip Polakoff, MD, talked with the Future Hindsight podcast about how an emphasis on prevention coupled with...

Article
September 2018
Bruce E. Cain

It’s not just the politics of climate change prevention that are knotty in the United States. Adaptation is proving just...

Article
September 2018

To gauge statewide public opinion before the midterm elections, The Bill Lane Center for the American West polled adult...

Article
August 2018
Ada Statler

Seven of the top 10 taxpayers in Kern County are oil and gas companies. The industry supports thousands of jobs—the...

Presentation
July 2018
Geoff McGhee

What is the "rural West?" In this presentation, the Bill Lane Center's Geoff McGhee offers definitions of "rural" from...