Scholars@Duke
Dean L. Urban

Dean L. Urban

Professor Emeritus in the Division of Environmental Social Systems
Environmental Social Systems
deanu@duke.edu
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
A320 Lev Sci Res Ctr, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants

Streams in urbanizing landscapes: from syndrome diagnosis to watershed prescription

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2013 - 2018

Assessing adaptative capacity in response to climate change:  terrestrial salamanders in an urban heat island mesocosm

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2017

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ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · 2014 - 2016

Assessment of Ecosystem Service Value and Program Delivery Options

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Mississippi State University · 2014 - 2016

Improving River Basin Restoration Prioritization Products- Task 400

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2015 - 2016

Habitat and Connectivity for Mussel Populations: Dam and Dam Removal Impacts

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Fish and Wildlife · 2011 - 2016

Evaluating the implications of local adaptation, habitat connectivity, and gene flow for terrestrial salamanders under global change

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles · 2014 - 2016

Improving River Basin Restoration Prioritization Products- Task 300

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2015 - 2015

Evaluating the relative importance of local adaptation and directed dispersal under global change

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Sigma Xi · 2014 - 2014

Improving River Basin Restoration Prioritization Products Task 1

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2014 - 2014

The influence of development configuration on thermal pollution in urban streams

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2012 - 2013

A model- based approach to monitoring in the Southwest Alaska Network

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Park Service · 2004 - 2009

Carbon dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes: fusing remote sensing and spatial ecological models.

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2005 - 2008

Scaling Process and Pattern in Montane Forest Landscapes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2005

Incorporating spatial variability into fire restoration plans

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Geological Survey · 2002 - 2005

Dissertation Research: Ecotone Dynamics and Landscape Response to Climate Change

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2004

Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics: Modeling Forest Response to Environmental Change

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Geological Survey · 1999 - 2004

Urban Landscape Change: Linking Landscape Dynamics, Economic Valuation and Conservation Planning

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1999 - 2003