Patricia Gober
Professor
Political Science
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Biography
Patricia Gober is professor of Public Policy in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan and research professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University. At ASU she directed the National Science Foundation’s Decision Center for a Desert City which studies water management decisions in the face of climatic uncertainty in Phoenix and currently is affiliated faculty in the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan. Her current activities center on climate adaptation and water resources management in the USA and Canada. She is especially interested in the use of science and visualization for real-world decision-making. Gober is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was awarded the Prince Sultan Abdulaziz International Price for Water in 2008. She is currently co-chair of the USA’s National Climate Assessment Adaptation and Hazards Indicators Team.
Research Interest
Water resource management, Climate adaptation, Vulnerability to hazards, Global water problems
Publications
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Larson KL, Polsky C, Gober P, Chang H, Shandas V. Vulnerability of water systems to the effects of climate change and urbanization: A comparison of Phoenix, Arizona and Portland, Oregon (USA). Environmental management. 2013 Jul 1;52(1):179-95.
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Gober P, Wheater HS. Socio-hydrology and the science–policy interface: a case study of the Saskatchewan River basin. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2014 Apr 11;18(4):1413-22.
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Gober P. Getting outside the water box: the need for new approaches to water planning and policy. Water Resources Management. 2013 Mar 1;27(4):955-7.
