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Sharon L. Harlan
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Arizona State University
PO Box 872402
Tempe AZ 85287
(480) 727-6780
sharon.harlan@asu.edu
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Dr. Harlan studies patterns, processes and outcomes of class, gender, and ethnic inequalities in contemporary U.S. society. Her recent work is on interdisciplinary problems of social and environmental inequity brought about by rapid urbanization in the Phoenix, AZ, metropolitan region. She is the principal investigator of a project examining urban vulnerability to climate change as a dynamic feature of coupled natural and human systems that differentially place landscapes and people at risk from extreme heat. This three-year study continues her collaborative, interdisciplinary studies on spatial variation in the urban heat island and the implications of climate change for heat-related health inequalities in urban neighborhoods. She also directs the Phoenix Area Social Survey, which examines people's values, attitudes, and behaviors concerning the local environment and the impact of income and ethnic residential segregation on social and physical environmental inequalities. Dr. Harlan teaches courses on the social and environmental impacts of industrial production systems and on the reproduction of social inequalities through educational institutions. Selected PublicationsHarlan, S. L., S. T. Yabiku, L. Larsen, and A. J. Brazel, In press. Household water consumption in an arid city: Affluence, affordance, and attitudes. Society and Natural Resources.
Jenerette, G. D., S. L. Harlan, A. Brazel, N. Jones, L. Larsen, and W. L. Stefanov. 2007. Regional relationships between surface temperature, vegetation, and human settlement in a rapidly urbanizing ecosystem. Landscape Ecology: 22:53-365.
Harlan, S. L., A. J. Brazel, L. Prashad, W. L. Stefanov, and L. Larsen,. 2006. Neighborhood microclimates and vulnerability to heat stress. Social Science & Medicine 63(11):2847-2863.
Larsen, L. and S. L. Harlan. 2006. Desert dreamscapes: Residential landscape preference and behavior. Landscape and Urban Planning 78(1-2):85-100.
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