Bethany Cutts

Bethany uses geospatial analytics to identify science-driven solutions to enhance the social, economic, and ecological well-being of communities, particularly through recognizing and ameliorating historical patterns of marginalization. She combines geographic information systems with social network analysis and innovative public participation methods to explore local and regional sustainability solutions in the context of global change. Her interests include participatory mapping, environmental justice, and geovisualization.

Roles
Publications
- Soil infiltration rates are underestimated by models in an urban watershed in central North Carolina, USA (2022)
- What is community-level environmental literacy, and how can we measure it? A report of a convening to conceptualize and operationalize CLEL (2022)
- Unearthing the entangled roots of urban agriculture (2021)
- Data Analytics for Environmental Justice and Indigenous Rights: Early Warning Systems or Blind Spots? (2020)
- Uncovering climate (in)justice with an adaptive capacity assessment: A multiple case study in rural coastal North Carolina (2020)
- An uncertain future: climate resilience of first-generation ranchers (2019)
- Hyperlocal sustainabilities: theorizing action research for sustainability in the digital age (2019)
- Dead Grass: Foreclosure and the Production of Space in Maricopa County, Arizona (2018)
- Fertile Ground for Collaboration: Investing in Community-University Partnerships with Soil Money (2018)
- Is a clean river fun for all? Recognizing social vulnerability in watershed planning (2018)