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

• 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 , The 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)
• An antiracist, anticolonial agenda for urban greening and conservation , Conservation Letters (2022)
• Coupling ecosystem-centered governance modes with environmental justice , FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE CITIES (2022)
• Equity in FEMA hazard mitigation assistance programs: The role of state hazard mitigation officers , ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY (2022)
• Soil infiltration rates are underestimated by models in an urban watershed in central North Carolina, USA , JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (2022)
• What is community-level environmental literacy, and how can we measure it? A report of a convening to conceptualize and operationalize CLEL , ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH (2022)
• Unearthing the entangled roots of urban agriculture , Agriculture and Human Values (2021)
• Data Analytics for Environmental Justice and Indigenous Rights: Early Warning Systems or Blind Spots? , (2020)