Works

Article
August 2020
Indraneel G. Kasmalkar, Katherine A. Serafin, Yufei Miao, I. Avery Bick, Leonard Ortolano, Derek Ouyang, Jenny Suckale

Abstract

As sea level rises, urban traffic networks in low-lying coastal areas face increasing risks of flood...

July 2020

In the summer of 2020, the Bill Lane Center for the American West hosted a virtual workshop on wildfire management...

Paper
July 2020

The Bill Lane Center for the American West and Stanford Medicine are pleased to co-issue this white paper on telehealth...

Paper
June 2020

Read Gabrielle Torrance's honors thesis on upward mobility in rural America.

Report
June 2020
Brandon Alvarez, Patrick Kurzner, Jessica Reynoso, Matthew Sun

The state of California has experienced an increase in catastrophic wildfires in recent years, impacting our homes...

Report
June 2020
Cade Cannedy

Abstract

Despite its near universal reputation as an environmentally conscious state, California continues to struggle...

Article
May 2020
Iris Hui, Maria J. Santos

This paper analyzes the development of California's land conservation between 1910 and 2010, testing whether governance...

Article
May 2020
Phillip Polakoff, MD, Dennis Berens, June Sargent

This spring, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, we may feel as if we are living in a parallel universe, a universe...

Video
April 2020
David J. Hayes

Legal issues affecting the deployment of clean energy solutions are arising across the U.S. energy landscape. The Trump...

Book
April 2020
David M. Kennedy, Mark Brilliant

Few episodes in American history were more transformative than World War II, and in no region did it bring greater...

Article
March 2020
Phillip Polakoff, MD, Dennis Berens

Berens and Polakoff meditate on the recent COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on rural Americans in an op-ed published in...

Audio
March 2020

The Lane Center is pleased to share this new work from our partner, The Stanford Historical Society. 

John Steinbeck...

Report
February 2020
Alexandra (Mac) Taylor
Video
February 2020

Before the start of the 2019-2020 academic year, the Bill Lane Center and the Precourt Institute for Energy sponsored a...

Article
February 2020
Bruce E. Cain, Iris Hui, Elisabeth R. Gerber

The lack of coordination in water management among cities, counties, private utilities and special districts can impede...

Video
November 2019
Bruce E. Cain

On Oct. 22, 23, and 24, Bruce E. Cain, the Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in Humanities and Sciences and the Spence...

Video
August 2019
David M. Kennedy

A recorded lecture at the Sun Valley Community Library by Lane Center Director Emeritus, David Kennedy.

Watch the video...

Paper
August 2019
Bruce Cain, Iris Hui, John O. Dabiri
Researchers explore differences of opinion between the general public and environmental activists on vertical-axis wind turbines.
Paper
August 2019
Iris Hui, Gemma Smith, Caroline Kimmel
Lane Center researchers study the factors that explain whether a local jurisdiction will adopt a city climate action plan.