What is the Network?

Decisions made today regarding land use, transportation, water, economic development, and social services will have enormous long-term impacts on the future sustainability of our megapolitan region. Recognizing this, many local communities are exploring sustainable approaches to address these challenges. ASU, at the same time, has emerged as a leader in developing solutions to urban challenges of sustainability through its Global Institute of Sustainability and School of Sustainability.

To strengthen efforts to ensure the sustainability of the region, ASU, city, county, and tribal leaders established the Sustainable Cities Network. The Network is a vehicle for sharing knowledge and coordinating efforts to understand and solve problems. It is designed to foster partnerships, identify best practices, provide training and information, and create a bridge between ASU's research and front-line challenges of sustainability. Through the Network, partners will work together to streamline and green city operations, advance solar energy, mitigate the urban heat island, design sustainable neighborhoods, and secure water supplies in a changing climate.

Working together, Network partners will help make sustainability a core value in city planning, policy, and operations. Most importantly, the Sustainable Cities Network will provide practitioners with knowledge resources and innovations to accelerate the Valley toward national leadership on sustainability.

For more information on SCN or to become a part of this growing Network, contact Anne Reichman.