Benjamin Lee Preston — Publications

Building a Climate-Ready Energy and Water Workforce in Los Angeles County: Results from Two RAND Workshops

2026
Critical Science for the Next Decade of Climate Risk Management

2025
Global Change Research for a More Secure World

2024
Mitigating Risk That Climate Change Poses to the National Critical Functions: Strategies for Supply Chains, Insurance Services, Emergency Management, and Public Safety

2024
What Does Environmental Justice Look Like? Two Case Studies

2023
Environmental Racism: A Tool for Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Redlining on Urban Environments

2022
A Risk Assessment of National Critical Functions During COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities

2022
The Road to Justice40: Organizer and Policymaker Perspectives on the Historical Roots of and Solutions for Environmental Justice Inequities in U.S. Cities

2022
Update on Findings of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

2022
Climate Control: International Legal Mechanisms for Managing the Geopolitical Risks of Geoengineering

2021
Incentivizing Solar: Catalyzing Solar Energy Technology Adoption to Address the Challenge of Climate Change

2021
Infrastructure Resilience to Navigate Increasingly Uncertain and Complex Conditions in the Anthropocene

2021
The Societal Benefits of Vehicle Connectivity

2021
Achievements and Needs for the Climate Change Scenario Framework

2020
Applying the Knowledge Product Evaluation (KnoPE) Framework to Two Urban Resilience Cases in the United States

2020
Beyond Recovery: Transforming Puerto Rico's Water Sector in the Wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria

2020
Economic Losses from Extreme Weather in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region: Spatially Differential Contributions of Climate Hazard and Socioeconomic Exposure and Vulnerability

2020
Recovery in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Progress, Challenges, and Options for the Future

2020
The Social Structure of Climate Change Research and Practitioner Engagement: Evidence from California

2020
Climate Vulnerability Mapping: A Systematic Review and Future Prospects

2019
Ensemble-Based Flood Vulnerability Assessment for Probable Maximum Flood in a Changing Environment

2019
Identifying Climate Service Production Constraints to Adaptation Decision-Making in Sweden

2019
Pathways to 2050: Alternative Scenarios for Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy

2019
Research Handbook on Climate Change Adaptation Policy

2019
Shift in Seasonal Climate Patterns Likely to Impact Residential Energy Consumption in the United States

2019
Updating the Costs of Compliance for California's Hospital Seismic Safety Standards

2019
Dynamic Adaptive Pathways in Downscaled Climate Change Scenarios

2018
Sensitivity of Probable Maximum Flood in a Changing Environment

2018
The Tradeoff Between Water and Carbon Footprints of Barnett Shale Gas

2018

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Benjamin Lee Preston — Publications

Building a Climate-Ready Energy and Water Workforce in Los Angeles County: Results from Two RAND Workshops

Critical Science for the Next Decade of Climate Risk Management

Global Change Research for a More Secure World

Mitigating Risk That Climate Change Poses to the National Critical Functions: Strategies for Supply Chains, Insurance Services, Emergency Management, and Public Safety

What Does Environmental Justice Look Like? Two Case Studies

Environmental Racism: A Tool for Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Redlining on Urban Environments

A Risk Assessment of National Critical Functions During COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities

The Road to Justice40: Organizer and Policymaker Perspectives on the Historical Roots of and Solutions for Environmental Justice Inequities in U.S. Cities

Update on Findings of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Climate Control: International Legal Mechanisms for Managing the Geopolitical Risks of Geoengineering

Incentivizing Solar: Catalyzing Solar Energy Technology Adoption to Address the Challenge of Climate Change

Infrastructure Resilience to Navigate Increasingly Uncertain and Complex Conditions in the Anthropocene

The Societal Benefits of Vehicle Connectivity

Achievements and Needs for the Climate Change Scenario Framework

Applying the Knowledge Product Evaluation (KnoPE) Framework to Two Urban Resilience Cases in the United States

Beyond Recovery: Transforming Puerto Rico's Water Sector in the Wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria

Economic Losses from Extreme Weather in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region: Spatially Differential Contributions of Climate Hazard and Socioeconomic Exposure and Vulnerability

Recovery in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Progress, Challenges, and Options for the Future

The Social Structure of Climate Change Research and Practitioner Engagement: Evidence from California

Climate Vulnerability Mapping: A Systematic Review and Future Prospects

Ensemble-Based Flood Vulnerability Assessment for Probable Maximum Flood in a Changing Environment

Identifying Climate Service Production Constraints to Adaptation Decision-Making in Sweden

Pathways to 2050: Alternative Scenarios for Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy

Research Handbook on Climate Change Adaptation Policy

Shift in Seasonal Climate Patterns Likely to Impact Residential Energy Consumption in the United States

Updating the Costs of Compliance for California's Hospital Seismic Safety Standards

Dynamic Adaptive Pathways in Downscaled Climate Change Scenarios

Sensitivity of Probable Maximum Flood in a Changing Environment

The Tradeoff Between Water and Carbon Footprints of Barnett Shale Gas