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Coupled human-natural systems, Agent-Based Models, Bayesian statistics, Environmental science, Environmental policy, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Risk communication, Risk management, Geospatial statistics, Spatiotemporal statistics, Sustainability transitions, Water conservation, Machine learning, Participatory simulations, private governance, Beyond Gridlock, behavioral wedge
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Employment (6)

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, US

2025-03-03 to present | Professor (Climate and Environmental Studies)
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Jonathan Gilligan

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, US

2023-06-01 to present | Professor (Earth and Environmental Sciences)
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Jonathan Gilligan

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, US

2023-06-01 to present | Professor (Civil & Environmental Engineering )
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Jonathan Gilligan

University of Calgary: Calgary, Alberta, CA

2023-09-15 to 2024-01-15 | Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Digital Technologies and Sustainability (Werklund School of Education)
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Jonathan Gilligan

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, US

2016-09-01 to 2023-05-31 | Associate Professor (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Jonathan Gilligan

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, US

2009-07-01 to 2023-05-31 | Associate Professor (Earth & Environmental Sciences)
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Jonathan Gilligan

Education and qualifications (2)

Yale University: New Haven, CT, US

1991 | Ph.D. (Physics)
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Jonathan Gilligan

Swarthmore College: Swarthmore, PA, US

1982 (Physics)
Education
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Jonathan Gilligan

Professional activities (5)

Fulbright Canada: Ottawa, Ontario, CA

2023-04-25 | Fulbright Scholar Award
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Jonathan Gilligan

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, US

2023-04-22 | Mentoring Award (Margaret Cunninggim Women's Center)
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Jonathan Gilligan

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, Tennessee, US

2022-04-28 | The Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor Award
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Jonathan Gilligan

Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN, US

2018-08-24 to 2018-08-24 | Chancellor's Award for Research
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Jonathan Gilligan

Arizona State University: Tempe, AZ, US

2017-05-12 to 2017-05-12 | Morrison Prize (Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law)
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Jonathan Gilligan

Funding (8)

Planning: CRISES: Collaborative Research and Education Center for Transformative Water Solutions

2023-10-01 to 2024-09-30 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Alexandria, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2334272
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Jonathan Gilligan via DimensionsWizard

SRS RN: Connecting Rural and Urban Environments for Equitable Access to Transportation, Telecommunications and Energy (CREEATTE)

2021-11 to 2022-10 | Grant
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2115392
Source: Self-asserted source
Jonathan Gilligan

FW-HTF-P: Integrating Practitioner Knowledge and Technology for the Future of Water Treatment

2021-09 to 2022-09 | Grant
National Science Foundation (VA, VA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2129083
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Jonathan Gilligan

CNH-L: Socioecological System Dynamics Related to Livelihood, Human Migration, and Landscape Evolution

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Jonathan Gilligan via DimensionsWizard

Coastal SEES Collaborative Research: Multi-scale modeling and observations of landscape dynamics, mass balance, and network connectivity for a sustainable Ganges-Brahmaputra delta

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Jonathan Gilligan via DimensionsWizard

Water Conservation and Hydrological Transitions in American Cities

2014-08-01 to 2017-07-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Geosciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1416964
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Jonathan Gilligan via DimensionsWizard
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Climate, Drought, and Agricultural Adaptations: An Investigation of Vulnerabilities and Responses to Water Stress Among Paddy Farmers in Sri Lanka

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Jonathan Gilligan via DimensionsWizard
grade
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Environmental stress and human migration in a low-lying developing nation: A comparison of co-evolving natural and human landscapes in the physically and culturally diverse context of Bangladesh

2011-06 to 2016-05 | Grant
Office of Naval Research (VA, VA, US)
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Jonathan Gilligan

Works (50 of 122)

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Economic inequality is a crucial determinant of observed patterns of environmental migration

Communications Earth & Environment
2025-03-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Kelsea Best; Jonathan Gilligan; Bishawjit Mallick
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Incorporating spatial autocorrelation in dasymetric mapping: A hierarchical Poisson spatial disaggregation regression model

Applied Geography
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85197019856

Part of ISSN: 01436228
Contributors: He, B.; Gilligan, J.M.; Camp, J.V.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Supply, demand and polarization challenges facing US climate policies

Nature Climate Change
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85182497763

Part of ISSN: 17586798 1758678X
Contributors: Burgess, M.G.; Van Boven, L.; Wagner, G.; Wong-Parodi, G.; Baker, K.; Boykoff, M.; Converse, B.A.; Dilling, L.; Gilligan, J.M.; Inbar, Y. et al.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier
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Incentivizing household action: Exploring the behavioral wedge in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act

Energy Policy
2024-01-26 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0301-4215
Contributors: Mariah D. Caballero; Michael Vandenbergh; Jonathan M. Gilligan; Elodie Currier
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Jonathan Gilligan
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An index of social fabric for assessing community vulnerability to natural hazards: Model development and analysis of uncertainty and sensitivity

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85166983952

Part of ISSN: 22124209
Contributors: He, B.; Gilligan, J.M.; Camp, J.V.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier
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An Index of Social Fabric for Assessing Community Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Model Development and Analysis of Uncertainty and Sensitivity

SSRN
2023 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85147883777

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: He, B.; Camp, J.V.; Gilligan, J.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Modeling the Dynamics of Sediment Transport, Tides, and Sea-Level Rise: Implications for the Resilience of Coastal Bengal

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
2023 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85185386963

Part of ISBN: 9798350369663
Part of ISSN: 08917736
Contributors: Tasich, C.M.; Gilligan, J.M.; Hornberger, G.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Water narratives in local newspapers within the United States

Frontiers in Environmental Science
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85150445017

Part of ISSN: 2296665X
Contributors: Sweitzer, M.D.; Gunda, T.; Gilligan, J.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Sediment delivery to sustain the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta under climate change and anthropogenic impacts

Nature Communications
2023-04-27 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Jessica Raff; Steven Goodbred; Jennifer L. Pickering; Ryan S. Sincavage; John Ayers; Md. Saddam Hossain; Carol A. Wilson; Christopher Paola; Michael S. Steckler; Dhiman R. Mondal et al.
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Jonathan Gilligan
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Applying machine learning to social datasets: a study of migration in southwestern Bangladesh using random forests

Regional Environmental Change
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85127303929

Part of ISSN: 1436378X 14363798
Contributors: Best, K.; Gilligan, J.; Baroud, H.; Carrico, A.; Donato, K.; Mallick, B.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Assessing food–energy–water resources management strategies at city scale: An agent-based modeling approach for Cape Town, South Africa

Resources, Conservation and Recycling
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85103795913

Part of ISSN: 18790658 09213449
Contributors: Ding, K.J.; Gilligan, J.M.; Yang, Y.C.E.; Wolski, P.; Hornberger, G.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Modeling Multi-Level Patterns of Environmental Migration in Bangladesh: An Agent-Based Approach

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
2021 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85126097808

Part of ISSN: 08917736
Contributors: Best, K.; Gilligan, J.; Qu, A.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

A scenario of solar geoengineering governance: Vulnerable states demand, and act

Futures
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Felix Schenuit; Jonathan Gilligan; Anjali Viswamohanan
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Expertise Across Disciplines: Establishing Common Ground in Interdisciplinary Disaster Research Teams

Risk Analysis
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Jonathan M. Gilligan
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Crossref
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A framework for assessing the impact of private climate governance

Energy Research and Social Science
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85076843037

Part of ISBN:

22146296

Contributors: Gilligan, J.M.; Vandenbergh, M.P.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Beyond Wickedness: Managing Complex Systems and Climate Change

Vanderbilt Law Review
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85111767388

Part of ISSN: 00422533
Contributors: Gilligan, J.M.; Vandenbergh, M.P.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Extreme weather and marriage among girls and women in Bangladesh

Global Environmental Change
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85091774515

Part of ISBN:

09593780

Contributors: Carrico, A.R.; Donato, K.M.; Best, K.B.; Gilligan, J.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Forks in the Road

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2020 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85110849325

Part of ISSN: 15565068
EID:

2-s2.0-85101816293

Part of ISSN: 23289686 10643958
Contributors: Vandenbergh, M.P.; Gilligan, J.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan
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Beyond Wickedness: Managing Complex Systems and Climate Change

Vanderbilt Law Review
2020-12-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1556-5068
SSRN: 3695265
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Jonathan Gilligan
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The new revolving door

Case Western Reserve Law Review
2020-11 | Journal article
SSRN: 3570889
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Jonathan Gilligan

Improving Climate Change Mitigation Analysis: A Framework for Examining Feasibility

One Earth
2020-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2590-3322
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Jonathan Gilligan
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Random forest analysis of two household surveys can identify important predictors of migration in Bangladesh

Journal of Computational Social Science
2020-03-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2432-2717
Part of ISSN: 2432-2725
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Jonathan Gilligan
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Eight grand challenges in socio-environmental systems modeling

Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling
2020-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2663-3027
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Jonathan Gilligan

Avoiding day-zero: A Testbed for Evaluating Integrated Food-energy-water Management in Cape Town, South Africa

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
2019 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85081135564

Part of ISBN:

08917736

Contributors: Ding, K.; Gilligan, J.M.; Hornberger, G.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Employee energy benefits: what are they and what effects do they have on employees?

Energy Efficiency
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85051501062

Contributors: Maki, A.; McKinney, E.; Vandenbergh, M.P.; Cohen, M.A.; Gilligan, J.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Modelling diet choices

Nature Sustainability
2019-08-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Jonathan M. Gilligan
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Going Private: Climate Action by Businesses and Individuals

SSRN
2018 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85116393365

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Farber, D.A.; Vandenbergh, M.P.; Gilligan, J.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Topic modeling the president: Conventional and computational methods

George Washington Law Review
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85056096237

Contributors: Ruhl, J.B.; Nay, J.; Gilligan, J.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Carrots and Sticks in Private Climate Governance

Texas A&M Law Review
2018-12-01 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85113867213

Part of ISSN: 15565068
SSRN: 3284035
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Jonathan Gilligan
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Urban Water Conservation Policies in the United States

Earth's Future
2018-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Jonathan M. Gilligan; Christopher A. Wold; Scott C. Worland; John J. Nay; David J. Hess; George M. Hornberger
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Accounting for the human factor

Nature Climate Change
2018-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1758-678X
Contributors: Jonathan M. Gilligan
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Jonathan Gilligan via Crossref Metadata Search
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Beyond Politics

2017 | Book
Part of ISBN: 9781316848555
Contributors: Michael P. Vandenbergh; Jonathan M. Gilligan
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Jonathan Gilligan via Crossref Metadata Search
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Climate and community: The human rights, livelihood and migration impacts of climate change

Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights: Law and Policy Perspectives
2017 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-85020954170

Contributors: Ackerly, B.A.; Anam, M.; Gilligan, J.; Goodbred, S.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Widespread infilling of tidal channels and navigable waterways in the human-modified tidal deltaplain of southwest Bangladesh

Elementa
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85050627089

Contributors: Wilson, C.; Goodbred, S.; Small, C.; Gilligan, J.; Sams, S.; Mallick, B.; Hale, R.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

A machine-learning approach to forecasting remotely sensed vegetation health

International Journal of Remote Sensing
2017-12-18 | Journal article
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Jonathan Gilligan
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Agricultural adaptation to drought in the Sri Lankan dry zone

Applied Geography
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84994633245

Contributors: Burchfield, E.K.; Gilligan, J.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Application of machine learning to the prediction of vegetation health

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives
2016 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84981276491

Contributors: Burchfield, E.; Nay, J.J.; Gilligan, J.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Betting and belief: Prediction markets and attribution of climate change

2016 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)
2016 | Conference paper
Contributors: John J. Nay; Martin Van der Linden; Jonathan M. Gilligan
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Jonathan Gilligan via Crossref Metadata Search
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Data-driven dynamic decision models

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
2016 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84962868696

Contributors: Nay, J.J.; Gilligan, J.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier
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Drinking water insecurity: water quality and access in coastal south-western Bangladesh

International Journal of Environmental Health Research
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84973596159

Contributors: Benneyworth, L.; Gilligan, J.; Ayers, J.C.; Goodbred, S.; George, G.; Carrico, A.; Karim, M.R.; Akter, F.; Fry, D.; Donato, K. et al.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Drought, Risk, and Institutional Politics in the American Southwest

Sociological Forum
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84991111151

Contributors: Hess, D.J.; Wold, C.A.; Hunter, E.; Nay, J.; Worland, S.; Gilligan, J.; Hornberger, G.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Dynamics of individual and collective agricultural adaptation to water scarcity

2016 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)
2016 | Conference paper
Contributors: Emily K. Burchfield; Jonathan M. Gilligan
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Jonathan Gilligan via Crossref Metadata Search
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Participatory simulations of urban flooding for learning and decision support

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
2016 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84962839039

Contributors: Gilligan, J.M.; Brady, C.; Camp, J.V.; Nay, J.J.; Sengupta, P.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Agricultural Drought in Sri Lanka: 1881-2010

International Journal of Climatology
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84956740873

Contributors: Gunda, T.; Hornberger, G.M.; Gilligan, J.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Flood risk of natural and embanked landscapes on the Ganges-Brahmaputra tidal delta plain

Nature Climate Change
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84923027929

Contributors: Auerbach, L.W.; Goodbred, S.L.; Mondal, D.R.; Wilson, C.A.; Ahmed, K.R.; Roy, K.; Steckler, M.S.; Small, C.; Gilligan, J.M.; Ackerly, B.A.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Reply to 'Tidal river management in Bangladesh'

Nature Climate Change
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84929717414

Contributors: Auerbach, L.W.; Goodbred, S.L.; Mondal, D.R.; Wilson, C.A.; Ahmed, K.R.; Roy, K.; Steckler, M.S.; Small, C.; Gilligan, J.M.; Ackerly, B.A.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Water conservation and hydrological transitions in cities in the United States

Water Resources Research
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84937516596

Contributors: Hornberger, G.M.; Hess, D.J.; Gilligan, J.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Energy and climate change: A climate prediction market

UCLA Law Review
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84937681864

Contributors: Vandenbergh, M.P.; Raimi, K.T.; Gilligan, J.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Farming practices and anthropogenic delta dynamics

IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports
2013 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-84901380561

Contributors: Rogers, K.G.; Syvitski, J.P.M.; Overeem, I.; Higgins, S.; Gilligan, J.M.
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Jonathan Gilligan via Scopus - Elsevier

Diffusion of a Sustainable Farming Technique in Sri Lanka: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
2012 | Journal article
Contributors: Jacobi, J. H.; Gilligan, J. M.; Carrico, A. R.; Truelove, H. B.; Hornberger, G.
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