Sustainable Land Transformations in Northeast Ohio

The Cuyahoga Sustainability Network targets research and knowledge generation to fill key information gaps supporting sustainable land transformation decisions.  We focus in particular on  land transformation decisions that shape, alter, and ultimately define the landscape as urban and suburban metroplexes grow, evolve, age, and rejuvenate themselves. 

The program elements establish a portfolio of collaborative teams applying research in the science, engineering, economics, and social context of land use and land transforming decisions focused on the sustainability of land transformation decisions and their  cumulative effects on aquatic ecosystems.  Recognizing these program elements will not “solve” the problem, the science and technology applications are targeted to key information needs, coupled through the CSN as dynamic sustainable partnerships that will grow to support a science and technology-based network for sustainable decision making.