Georgina Sanchez
geospatial analytics, land change modeling, urbanization impacts, flood risk
Leveraging geospatial analytics, scenario-based modeling, and decision science to advance understanding of how and where urbanization, environmental hazards, and policy reshape landscapes and communities.
Works (22)
2025 article
Compounded resilience: a step towards achieving climate mitigation and adaptation in the U.S. built environment
Galik, C. S., & Sanchez, G. M. (2025, December 27). Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change.
2025 article
Simulation of groundwater flow in Wake County, North Carolina, 2000 through 2070
Antolino, D. J., Gonthier, G. J., & Sanchez, G. M. (2025, January 1). Scientific Investigations Report.
2024 article
Creating spatially complete zoning maps using machine learning
Lawrimore, M. A., Sanchez, G. M., Cothron, C., Tulbure, M. G., BenDor, T. K., & Meentemeyer, R. K. (2024, July 31). Computers Environment and Urban Systems, Vol. 112.
2024 article
Global patterns in river water storage dependent on residence time
Collins, E. L., David, C. H., Riggs, R., Allen, G. H., Pavelsky, T. M., Lin, P., … Sanchez, G. M. (2024, April 22). Nature Geoscience, Vol. 4.
2024 article
Projecting the long‐term effects of large‐scale human influence on the spatial and functional persistence of extant longleaf pine ecosystems in the Florida Flatwoods Pyrome
Hutchens, L., Kupfer, J. A., Gao, P., Sanchez, G. M., Meentemeyer, R. K., Terando, A. J., & Hiers, J. K. (2024, July 23). Conservation Science and Practice, Vol. 7.
2024 article
The safe development paradox of the United States regulatory floodplain
Sanchez, G. M., Lawrimore, M. A., Petrasova, A., Vogler, J. B., Collins, E. L., Petras, V., … Meentemeyer, R. K. (2024, December 31). (W. Zaman, Ed.). PLoS ONE, Vol. 19.
Ed(s): W. Zaman
2023 article
Simulation of future streamflow and irrigation demand based on climate and urban growth projections in the Cape Fear and Pee Dee River Basins, North Carolina and South Carolina, 2055–65
Gurley, L. N., García, A. M., Pfeifle, C. A., & Sanchez, G. M. (2023, January 1). Scientific Investigations Report.
2023 article
Spatially interactive modeling of land change identifies location-specific adaptations most likely to lower future flood risk
Sanchez, G. M., Petrasova, A., Skrip, M. M., Collins, E. L., Lawrimore, M. A., Vogler, J. B., … Meentemeyer, R. K. (2023, November 1). Scientific Reports, Vol. 13.
2023 article
Value-aligned planning objectives for restoring North Carolina aquatic resources
García, A. M., Eaton, M., Sanchez, G. M., Keisman, J. L., Ullman, K., & Blackwell, J. (2023, January 1). Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World.
2022 article
Integrating principles and tools of decision science into value‐driven watershed planning for compensatory mitigation
Sanchez, G. M., Eaton, M. J., Garcia, A. M., Keisman, J., Ullman, K., Blackwell, J., & Meentemeyer, R. K. (2022, October 21). Ecological Applications, Vol. 12.
2022 article
Predicting flood damage probability across the conterminous United States
Collins, E. L., Sanchez, G. M., Terando, A., Stillwell, C. C., Mitasova, H., Sebastian, A., & Meentemeyer, R. K. (2022, February 21). Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 3.
2022 article
Riparian buffers increase future baseflow and reduce peakflows in a developing watershed
Gay, E. T., Martin, K. L., Caldwell, P. V., Emanuel, R. E., Sanchez, G. M., & Suttles, K. M. (2022, December 9). The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 12, p. 160834.
Contributors: R. Emanuel*
2021 article
Breeding for Climate Change Resilience: A Case Study of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) in North America
Matallana-Ramirez, L. P., Whetten, R. W., Sanchez, G. M., & Payn, K. G. (2021, April 30). Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 12, p. 790.
2020 article
Cultural ecosystem services caught in a ‘coastal squeeze’ between sea level rise and urban expansion
Smart, L. S., Vukomanovic, J., Sills, E. O., & Sanchez, G. (2020, December 24). Global Environmental Change, Vol. 66, p. 102209.
2020 article
Forecasting water demand across a rapidly urbanizing region
Sanchez, G. M., Terando, A., Smith, J. W., García, A. M., Wagner, C. R., & Meentemeyer, R. K. (2020, April 30). The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 730, p. 139050.
2020 article
Impacts of Urbanization on Watershed Water Balances Across the Conterminous United States
Li, C., Sun, G., Caldwell, P. V., Cohen, E., Fang, Y., Zhang, Y., … Meentemeyer, R. K. (2020, May 21). Water Resources Research.
2020 article
Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of soil contamination with heavy metals during an intensive urbanization period (1989–2018) in southern China
Li, C., Sanchez, G. M., Wu, Z., Cheng, J., Zhang, S., Wang, Q., … Meentemeyer, R. K. (2020, January 27). Environmental Pollution.
2018 article
Modeling landowner interactions and development patterns at the urban fringe
Koch, J., Dorning, M. A., Van Berkel, D. B., Beck, S. M., Sanchez, G. M., Shashidharan, A., … al. (2018, November 2). Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 182, pp. 101–113.
2018 journal article
Sea level rise impacts on rural coastal social-ecological systems and the implications for decision making
Environmental Science & Policy, 90, 122–134.
Contributors: A. Bhattachan n, M. Jurjonas n, A. Moody n, P. Morris n, n , L. Smart n , P. Taillie n, R. Emanuel n , E. Seekamp n
2018 article
Spatial Patterns of Development Drive Water Use
Sanchez, G. M., Smith, J. W., Terando, A., Sun, G., & Meentemeyer, R. K. (2018, February 21). Water Resources Research, Vol. 54, pp. 1633–1649.
2015 article
Linking watershed-scale stream health and socioeconomic indicators with spatial clustering and structural equation modeling
Sanchez, G. M., Nejadhashemi, A. P., Zhang, Z., Marquart-Pyatt, S., Habron, G., & Shortridge, A. (2015, May 15). Environmental Modelling & Software.
2013 article
Development of a socio-ecological environmental justice model for watershed-based management
Sanchez, G. M., Nejadhashemi, A. P., Zhang, Z., Woznicki, S. A., Habron, G., Marquart-Pyatt, S., & Shortridge, A. (2013, August 17). Journal of Hydrology.
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