Dwane Jones, Ph.D.Director of the Center for Sustainable Development

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UDC’s Center for Sustainable Development provides relevant and innovative applied research and education to students, District residents, and the world in the areas of sustainable infrastructure, sustainable spaces, urban economics and entrepreneurship, and behavioral and social change.

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Integrating Urban Agriculture and Urban Stormwater

University of the District of Columbia

• Urban, land-grant, HBCU• 50 undergraduate and graduate academic

degree programs• UDC-CC• 5,400 students

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The Center for Sustainable Development Land-Grant Centers & Academic Programs in CAUSES

August 2014

• Architecture & Community Planning

Degree Programs

• Nutrition & Dietetics

• Environmental Studies

• Health Education

• Nursing

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• Research• Academics• Extension• Engagement

UDC CAUSES: Center for Sustainable Development

Graphic: SP AusNet

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University of the District of ColumbiaCenter for Sustainable Development

DirectorDwane Jones, Ph.D.

Assistant Director (Kamran Zendehdel, Ph.D.)

Faculty/Staff(Social

Entrepreneurship)

(Wayne Curtis, Ph.D.)

Faculty/Staff(GIS)

(future)

Faculty/Staff (Green

Infrastructure)(pending)

Faculty/Staff (Sustainability

Economics)(Dr. Xiaochu Hu,

Ph.D.)

Students (7)Volunteers (6)

(Special Projects)(ongoing)

GIS supports all other positions through visualization, planning, and analyses

UDC’s Center for Sustainable Development provides relevant and innovative applied research and education to students, District residents, and the world in the areas of sustainable infrastructure, sustainable spaces, urban economics and entrepreneurship, and behavioral and social change.

University of the District of ColumbiaCenter for Sustainable Development

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WRRI,Tolessa Deksissa,

Ph.D.

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University of the District of Columbia

Muirkirk Research Farm

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Muirkirk Research Farm

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Washington, DC

• Washington, DC region ranks fifth among metro areas for year-long population growth (US Census)

• People migrating to DC• 646,449 in 2013 from 633,427 in 2012• Growth expected to continue

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Urban Agriculture

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“The future needs an agricultural system that produces about 50 percent more food to feed the world's 9 billion people by 2050; that provides adequate nutrition; that substantially raises the levels and resilience of incomes and employment for most of the world's poor…that provides environmental services such as absorbing carbon, managing watersheds, and preserving biodiversity; and that uses finite land and water resources more efficiently.”

Source: World Bank, 2013

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CAUSES Demonstration Project Model

• Exploration• Concept• Feasibility• Preparation

Project

Re-Evaluate

Stop

Pilot Demonstration

Scale Up

Replicate

Adapted from CCIA

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CAUSES Urban Food Systems Model

Replicate

Aquaponics: fish and produce

Source

Muirkirk Farm

Community Partners

Vendors

Prepare

Business Kitchen

Incubation Space

Food Truck

Distribute

Food Truck

Farmers Markets

Retail

Green Waste

Compost Facility at Muirkirk

Anaerobic Digestor

Jones & O’Hara© 2013

• Entrepreneurship • Communications/Marketing• Business Planning and Management• Food Preparation• Policies and Legal Processes

• Economic Analyses• Environmental Impacts• Maintenance and Management• Technical Assistance• Healthy foods/minimize fishing from

Anacostia

Low Impact Development

Professionals

Overview

Plan DesignConstru

ctMaintai

nManag

e

Stormwater SCMs

Site Design

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CAUSES Urban Stormwater Management Model

Objectives

• Promote local, urban agriculture• Promote urban stormwater management• Develop educational curricula• Create jobs and enhance job skills• Improve public health• Support community partners and promote

similar initiatives

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Urban Agriculture/DCHA

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308’128’

290’

Parking Pad

(shared)125’ 610’

325’

440’

230’

Mixed Use/Retail Development Site

Capitol HeightsMetro

Farm Site: UDC

Farm Site: Freedom Farms

Partners (short list)

• Department of Interior• EPA• District Department of the Environment & Trans.• American Rivers, Washington Parks & People• US Fish and Wildlife Service• Public Health Service• USDA• George Washington University/University of

Maryland/North Carolina State University • DC Housing Authority

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Dwane Jones, Ph.D.Director of the Center for Sustainable Development

udc.edu/causes

UDC’s Center for Sustainable Development provides relevant and innovative applied research and education to students, District residents, and the world in the areas of sustainable infrastructure, sustainable spaces, urban economics and entrepreneurship, and behavioral and social change.

“Healthy Cities-Healthy People” dwane.jones@udc.edu

Integrating Urban Agriculture and Urban Stormwater

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