land use

Big Structural Change: A Mixed-Methods Investigation into the Policy and Politics of Land Use and Transportation Infrastructure in California

  • Principal Investigator Amy Lee
  • University of California, Davis
This research investigates these two crucial components of climate mitigation that have proven to be politically obstinate. Three studies will focus on the context in which land use and transportation policies are created – the "who, what, and why" of political influence – in order to better understand the barriers to and opportunities for policy change.
Project Status
Complete

Can Complete Streets Deliver on Sustainability?

Research Product Type
Policy Brief
This policy brief summarizes findings from UC Davis research that used life cycle assessment, a modeling tool for evaluating a product or activity’s environmental impacts through all stages of its life, to quantify the environmental performance of complete streets.