The Center for the Study of Regional Change at UC Davis brings together faculty, students, and communities to collaborate on innovative research to create just, sustainable, and healthy regional change in California's Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada.
The Center for the Study of 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 effect regional change.
- works across boundaries, leverages resources, builds unity and creates programs to meet the needs that no one else is meeting.
What's New
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Upcoming Events at UC Davis and more
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September 14-18: Harlan II International Symposium: Biodiversity in Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution, and Sustainability. This symposium, held at UC Davis, will include a focus on California agriculture.
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September 15-16: Health Impact Assessment Training for Community Advocates. Human Impact Partners invites you to participate in a Health Impact Assessment training in Oakland, CA. Space is limited- please RSVP.
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October 9-10: Sierra Foothill Regional Smart Growth Conference. Join the Foothill Conservancy in Tuolumne, CA to learn more about smart growth in the Sierra Foothills. Registration required.
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Regional Change in the News
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Disposable grocery bags may soon be a thing of the past in California (8/25/08)
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Sierra club rates UC campus system a "shining star" of sustainability (8/21/08)
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Legislature takes aim at urban sprawl and global warming (8/21/08)
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California court rules doctors cannot discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation (8/19/08)
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Climate change caused widespread tree death in California mountains, study confirms (8/11/08)
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Central Valley receives millions of dollars in state grants (8/11/08)
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California's population gets bigger, more diverse, and older (8/11/08)
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Monterey County tests buses running on mustard seed oil (8/11/08)
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Deal reached on bill to give state a voice on local land-use plans (8/7/08)
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New strategies for agricultural water delivery in California (8/6/08)
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Special Reports on Regional Change
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Podcast- "Saving the Sierra: Grassroots Solutions for Sustaining Rural Communities"
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American Public Transportation Association- "The Broader Connection between Public Transportation, Energy Conservation, and Greenhouse Gas Reduction"
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American Farmland Trust- "Paving Paradise: A New Perspective on California Farmland Development"
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Special Fresno Bee report- "Fighting for Air"
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California Budget Project- "Locked Out 2008: The Housing Boom and Beyond"
New Website Content
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Next Generation Labor Symposium (Videos from symposium available!)
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2008 Conference: Regionalism in California- The road so far, and further (Videos from conference available!)
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Demographic and Socio-economic Profiles of Sacramento Area Census Tracts


