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The Center for Regional Change at UC Davis brings together faculty, students, & communities to collaborate on innovative research to create just, sustainable, & healthy regional change in California's Central Valley and Sierra Nevada.
The Center for Regional Change
- connects university research with planners, land managers, non-profits, environmentalists, communities and social service providers.
- links university knowledge with state and local governments to develop policies that affect regional change.
- works across boundaries, leverages resources, builds unity and creates programs to address unmet needs.
What's New
- this week, we are thrilled to announce that CRC Executive Committee Member, Michael Rios will have a book published. The book will be released this Friday, January 27th; was co-edited with Leonardo Vasquez (with content from Lucrezia Miranda) and is entitled Dialogos: Placemaking in Latino Communities. It documents the growth of the Latino population in the United States and discusses how the growth of this group has impacted urban, suburban, and rural places. It is a first-of-its-kind book written for readers seeking to learn about, engage and plan with Latino communities.
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The result of a three
year, in-depth study conducted by the
Center for Regional Change, “Land of Risk/Land of
Opportunity” outlines the Cumulative Environmental Vulnerability Assessment
(CEVA): a new tool to measure which residents of the San Joaquin Valley are
affected by both environmental hazards and social vulnerabilities. Policy recommendations call for coordinated
action by public agencies to focus resources on highest vulnerability communities. Click here for the report and executive summary. Click here for the website.
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Check out the Mapping Regional Change website! The site provides access to hundreds of CRC-developed maps and illustrate a wide array of indicators of regional well-being including: education, health, socioeconomic status and much more. Click here to visit the site.
Why do Regions Matter?
Understanding regions is important because processes that occur at a regional scale are critical factors in shaping the well-being of people and communities within the regional boundaries, as well as the sustainability of associated biological and physical systems.
What is Regional Change?
Regional change refers to both the intentional and unintentional processes that shape the form, function, and outcomes of social, biological and physical systems on a regional scale.
What is Regional Action
Regional action involves public, private, and civic institutions in analyzing regional change trends and developing visions for better regional futures.