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Timon McPhearson

Timon McPhearson

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
64
Citations
19151
World Ranking
1846
National Ranking
674

Overview

Timon McPhearson is affiliated with the New School in the United States and has a substantial publication record in the field of Environmental Science, with 177 publications. Their work spans various subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science, Environmental Engineering, and Plant Science.

Their research focuses on several main topics:

  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Timon McPhearson has been involved in multiple publications and collaborations, including frequent co-authors such as Elizabeth M. Cook, Niki Frantzeskaki, Erik Andersson, Pablo Herreros-Cantis, and Nancy B. Grimm.

Their work is often published in a range of venues, with a concentration in:

  • npj Urban Sustainability
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Ecology and Society
  • AMBIO

Notable recent publications by McPhearson include:

  • "A social-ecological-technological systems framework for urban ecosystem services" (2022), published in One Earth
  • "Radical changes are needed for transformations to a good Anthropocene" (2021), published in npj Urban Sustainability

Other significant works cited alongside McPhearson's scope of interest include:

  • "Artificial intelligence, systemic risks, and sustainability" (2021), Technology in Society
  • "Assessment of urban flood vulnerability using the social-ecological-technological systems framework in six US cities" (2021), Sustainable Cities and Society
  • "Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less-green neighbourhoods in the United States" (2021), Nature Sustainability

McPhearson has also authored books, including the publication "Resilient Urban Futures" (2021) released by Springer International Publishing, contributing to the discourse on urban resilience and sustainability.

Best Publications

  • A Quantitative Review of Urban Ecosystem Service Assessments: Concepts, Models, and Implementation

    Dagmar Haase;Neele Larondelle;Erik Andersson;Martina Artmann

  • Sustainability and resilience for transformation in the urban century

    Thomas Elmqvist;Erik Andersson;Erik Andersson;Niki Frantzeskaki;Timon McPhearson;Timon McPhearson;Timon McPhearson

  • A blueprint for mapping and modelling ecosystem services

    Neville D. Crossman;Benjamin Burkhard;Stoyan Nedkov;Louise Willemen

  • Advancing Urban Ecology toward a Science of Cities

    Timon McPhearson;Steward T. A. Pickett;Nancy B. Grimm;Jari Niemela

  • Urban Ecosystem Services

    Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Åsa Gren;David N. Barton;Johannes Langemeyer

  • Bright spots : seeds of a good Anthropocene

    Elena M. Bennett;Martin Solan;Reinette Biggs;Reinette Biggs;Timon McPhearson

  • Resilience of and through urban ecosystem services

    Timon McPhearson;Erik Andersson;Thomas Elmqvist;Niki Frantzeskaki

  • Social-ecological and technological factors moderate the value of urban nature

    Bonnie L. Keeler;Perrine Hamel;Timon McPhearson;Timon McPhearson;Timon McPhearson;Maike H. Hamann

  • Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Linking Science, Policy, and Practice Communities for Evidence-Based Decision-Making

    Niki Frantzeskaki;Timon McPhearson;Marcus J. Collier;Dave Kendal

  • Artificial intelligence, systemic risks, and sustainability

    Victor Galaz;Miguel A. Centeno;Peter W. Callahan;Amar Causevic

  • A social-ecological-technological systems framework for urban ecosystem services

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  • Linking Urbanization and the Environment: Conceptual and Empirical Advances

    Xuemei Bai;Timon McPhearson;Helen A Cleugh;Harini Nagendra

  • Cultural ecosystem services as a gateway for improving urban sustainability

    Erik Andersson;Maria Tengö;Timon McPhearson;Peleg Kremer

  • The uptake of the ecosystem services concept in planning discourses of European and American cities

    Rieke Hansen;Niki Frantzeskaki;Timon McPhearson;Emiliy Rall

  • Geolocated social media as a rapid indicator of park visitation and equitable park access

    Zoé A. Hamstead;David Fisher;Rositsa T. Ilieva;Spencer A. Wood;Spencer A. Wood

  • Key insights for the future of urban ecosystem services research

    Peleg Kremer;Zoé Hamstead;Dagmar Haase;Timon McPhearson

  • Scale and context dependence of ecosystem service providing units

    Erik Andersson;Timon McPhearson;Peleg Kremer;Erik Gomez-Baggethun

  • Integrating the Grey, Green, and Blue in Cities: Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Reduction

    Yaella Depietri;Timon McPhearson

  • Using social media to understand drivers of urban park visitation in the Twin Cities, MN

    Marie L. Donahue;Bonnie L. Keeler;Spencer A. Wood;Spencer A. Wood;David M. Fisher

  • Advancing understanding of the complex nature of urban systems

    Timon McPhearson;Dagmar Haase;Dagmar Haase;Nadja Kabisch;Nadja Kabisch;Åsa Gren

  • A social–ecological assessment of vacant lots in New York City

    Peleg Kremer;Zoé A. Hamstead;Timon McPhearson

  • Mapping ecosystem services in New York City: Applying a social–ecological approach in urban vacant land

    Timon McPhearson;Peleg Kremer;Zoé A. Hamstead

  • The value of urban ecosystem services in New York City: A spatially explicit multicriteria analysis of landscape scale valuation scenarios

    Peleg Kremer;Zoé A. Hamstead;Timon McPhearson

  • Social-media data for urban sustainability

    Rositsa T. Ilieva;Rositsa T. Ilieva;Timon McPhearson;Timon McPhearson;Timon McPhearson

Frequent Co-Authors

Dagmar Haase
Dagmar Haase Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Erik Andersson
Erik Andersson Karolinska Institute
Niki Frantzeskaki
Niki Frantzeskaki Utrecht University
Thomas Elmqvist
Thomas Elmqvist Stockholm Resilience Centre
Nancy B. Grimm
Nancy B. Grimm Arizona State University
Nadja Kabisch
Nadja Kabisch Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Xuemei Bai
Xuemei Bai Australian National University
Spencer A. Wood
Spencer A. Wood University of Washington
Reinette Biggs
Reinette Biggs Stellenbosch University
David N. Barton
David N. Barton Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

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