Bethany Cutts

Bio

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.

Publications

• Conceptualizing community-level environmental literacy using the Delphi method , ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH (2024)
• Patient capital and no net loss: Applying institutional theory to understand publicly‐owned mitigation banking in an urban context at a United States port , Public Administration (2024)
• Pushing toward systemic change in the Capitalocene: Investigating the efficacy of existing behavior prediction models on individual and collective pro-environmental actions in high school students , JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (2024)
• Shifting power: data democracy in engineering solutions , ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (2024)
• Shifting terrains: Understanding residential contaminants after flood disasters , SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2024)
• Advancing social equity in urban tree planting: Lessons learned from an integrative review of the literature , URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING (2023)
• BRIDGE Builders - Leadership and social capital in disaster recovery governance , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (2023)
• Environmental justice in disaster recovery: Recognition of the Latinx community by nonprofit leaders , CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT (2023)
• Family matters: intergenerational influences on children's agricultural literacy , JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (2023)
• Paying for nature‐based solutions: A review of funding and financing mechanisms for ecosystem services and their impacts on social equity , Sustainable Development (2023)