Zoe Hamstead

Biography

Zoé Hamstead, PhD, is an assistant professor of environmental planning who focuses on urban sustainability and resilience. Her research assesses geographic disparities in access to environmental resources and vulnerability to environmental threats. Building on interdisciplinary approaches in urban planning, geography, urban ecology and landscape ecology, her current work explores vulnerability to extreme heat events. Dr. Hamstead is actively engaged in the five-year, multi-city UREx Project, which integrates social, ecological and technical systems to support urban decision-making in the face of climate change. She applies geographic vulnerability analysis to support the Northern Manhattan Climate Action Plan. In addition, she is exploring the use of social media and other big data as indicators of access to urban resources such as parks.

Research Interest

Urban and Regional Planning