Patricia Gober
- Senior Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability
- Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Co-Director, Decision Center for a Desert City, Global Institute of Sustainability, 2004-2012
School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
Arizona State University
PO Box 878209
Tempe, AZ 85287
Phone:
480-727-8446
(480) 234-1834
Fax:
480-965-8383
Email:
gober@asu.edu
Biography
Dr. Gober was Co-Director of the National Science Foundation's Decision Center for a Desert City from 2004-2012, which studies water management decisions in the face of growing climatic uncertainty in Greater Phoenix. Her current research centers on issues of water management and environmental change in metropolitan Phoenix. She is especially interested in the use of science and visualization for real-world decision-making. Dr. Gober serves on the National Research Council's Committee on Geographical Sciences and on the Arizona Schools Facilities Board. She edited the 91st Arizona Town Hall report, Land Use: Challenges and Choices for the 21st Century. Dr. Gober holds an honorary doctorate of science from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. She teaches courses on the social science of climate change and the geography of Phoenix.
Selected Publications
Lee, S., R. C. Balling, Jr., and P. Gober. 2008. Bayesian maximum entropy mapping and the soft data problem in urban climate research. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 98(2):309-322.Balling, R. C., Jr., and P. Gober. 2007. Climate variability and residential water use in Phoenix, Arizona. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 46(7):1130-1137.
Brazel, A., P. Gober, S. J. Lee, S. Grossman-Clarke, J. Zehnder, B. Hedquist, and B. Comparri. 2007. Determinants of changes in the regional urban heat island (1990-2004) within Metropolitan Phoenix. Climate Research 33:171-182.
Ellis, A. W., T. W. Hawkins, R. C. Balling, Jr., and P. Gober. 2007. Estimating future runoff levels for a semi-arid fluvial system in Central Arizona. Climate Research 33:171-182.
Gober, P. 2006. Metropolitan Phoenix: Place Making and Community Building in the Desert.University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. 233 pp.
Gober, P. 2007. Pasteur's Quadrant and the education of an applied geographer. Research in Geographic Education 9(1):36-43.
Guhathakurta, S., and P. Gober. 2007. The impact of the Phoenix urban heat island on residential water use. Journal of the American Planning Association 73(3):317-329.
Kuby, M., J. Harner, and P. Gober. 2007. Human Geography in Action (Fourth Edition).Wiley, New York. 528 pp.
Kuby, M., J. Harner, and P. Gober. 2004. Human Geography in Action (Third Edition). Wiley, New York.
Wentz, E. A., and P. Gober. 2007. Determinants of small-area water consumption for the city of Phoenix, Arizona. Water Resources Management 21(11):1849-1863.
Expertise
resource governance; human dimensions of climate change; demography; urban geography; urban systems; water resource management
Courses
- SOS/GCU 591: Social Science of Climate
- GCU 494: Geography of Phoenix
- GCU 495: Quantitative Methods in Geography
Education
- Ph.D., Geography, Ohio State University, 1975
- M.A., Geography, Ohio State University, 1972
- B.S.Ed., Geography, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 1970
Journal Articles
Balling, R. C. and P. Gober. 2007. Climate variability and residential water use in the City of Phoenix, Arizona. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 46:1130-1137.
Balling, R. C., P. Gober and N. Jones. 2008. Sensitivity of residential water consumption to variations in weather and climate: An intraurban analysis of Phoenix, Arizona. Water Resources Research 44.
Braden, J. M., D. G. Brown, J. Dozier, P. Gober, S. M. Hughes, D. R. Maidment, S. L. Schneider, P. W. Schultz, J. S. Shortle, S. K. Swallow and C. M. Werner. 2009. Social science in a water observing system. Water Resources Research DOI 10.1029/2009WR008216.
Brazel, A. J. and P. Gober. 2007. Urban-scale climate change effects on water use. Southwest Hydrology 6:10-11.
Brazel, A., P. Gober, S. Lee, S. Grossman-Clarke, J. Zehnder, B. Hedquist and E. Comparri. 2007. Determinants of changes in the regional urban heat island in metropolitan Phoenix (Arizona, USA) between 1990 and 2004. Climate Research 33:171-182. (link)
Chow, W. T., W. Chuang and P. Gober. 2012. Vulnerability to extreme heat in metropolitan Phoenix: Spatial, temporal and demographic dimensions. The Professional Geographer 64:286-302. (link)
Ellis, A. W., T. W. Hawkins, R. C. Balling and P. Gober. 2008. Estimating future runoff levels for a semi-arid fluvial system in central Arizona. Climate Research 35:227-239.
Gober, P. 2008. Demography and sustainability of the urban Southwest. Newsletter of the Association of American Geographers 43:1, 6-7.
Gober, P. 1997. The role of access in explaining state abortion rates.. Social Science and Medicine:1003-1016.
Gober, P. 2010. Desert urbanization and the challenges of water sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 2:144-150.
Gober, P. 2009. Desert city visions: Decision making under uncertainty. Stockholm Water Front 2009:16-17.
Gober, P. 2013. Getting outside the water box: The need for new approaches to water planning and policy. Water Resources Management 27:955-957.
Gober, P. 2008. Climate adaptation and water resource management in Phoenix. Water Resource IMPACT 10:10-13.
Gober, P. 2007. Water, climate, and the future of Phoenix. Geographische Rundschau 3:20-25.
Gober, P. 2007. Pasteur's Quadrant and the education of an applied geographer. Research in Geographic Education 9:36-43.
Gober, P. 2000. In search of synthesis. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 90:1-11. (link)
Gober, P., A. J. Brazel, R. Quay, S. Myint, S. Grossman-Clarke, A. Miller and S. Rossi. 2010. Using watered landscapes to manipulate urban heat island effects: How much water will it take to cool Phoenix?. Journal of the American Planning Association 76:109-121. (link)
Gober, P. and E. K. Burns. 2002. The size and shape of Phoenix's urban fringe. Journal of Planning Education and Research 21:379-390. (link)
Gober, P. and C. W. Kirkwood. 2010. Vulnerability assessment of climate-induced water shortage in Phoenix. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107: 21295-21299. (link)
Gober, P., C. W. Kirkwood, R. C. Balling, A. W. Ellis and S. Deitrick. 2010. Water planning under climatic uncertainty in Phoenix: Why we need a new paradigm. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 100:356-372. (link)
Gober, P., K. L. Larson, R. Quay, C. Polsky, H. Chang and V. Shandas. 2013. Why land planners and water managers don't talk to one another and why they should!. Society and Natural Resources 26:356-364.
Gober, P., A. Middel, A. Brazel, S. Myint, H. Chang, J. Duh and L. House-Peters. 2012. Tradeoffs between water conservation and temperature amelioration in Phoenix and Portland: Implications for urban sustainability. Urban Geography 33:1030-1054.
Gober, P., E. A. Wentz, T. Lant, M. K. Tschudi and C. W. Kirkwood. 2011. WaterSim: A simulation model for urban water planning in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Environment and Planning B 38:197-215. (link)
Guhathakurta, S. and P. Gober. 2007. The impact of the Phoenix urban heat island on residential water use. Journal of the American Planning Association 73:317-329.
Guhathakurta, S. and P. Gober. 2010. Residential land use, the urban heat island, and water use in Phoenix: A path analysis. Journal of Planning Education and Research 30:40-51. (link)
Larson, E. K., N. B. Grimm, P. Gober and C. L. Redman. 2005. The paradoxical ecology and management of water in the Phoenix, USA metropolitan area. Journal of Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 5:287-296. (link)
Larson, K. L., C. Polsky, P. Gober, H. Chang and V. Shandas. In press. Vulnerability of water systems to the effects of climate change and urbanization: A comparison of Phoenix, Arizona and Portland, Oregon (USA). Environmental Management.
Larson, K. L., D. D. White, P. Gober, S. Harlan and A. Wutich. 2009. Divergent perspectives on water resource sustainability in a public-policy-science context. Environmental Science and Policy 12:1012-1023. (link)
Lee, S. J., R. C. Balling and P. Gober. 2008. Bayesian Maximum Entropy mapping and the soft data problem in urban climate research. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 98:309-322.
Lee, S. J., E. A. Wentz and P. Gober. 2010. Space-time forecasting using soft geostatistics: A case study in forecasting municipal water demand for Phoenix, Arizona. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 24:283-295.
Middel, A., A. J. Brazel, P. Gober, S. W. Myint, H. Chang and J. Duh. 2012. Land cover, climate, and the summer surface energy balance in Phoenix, AZ and Portland, OR. International Journal of Climatology 32:2020-2032.
Murray, A. T., P. Gober, L. Anselin, S. J. Rey, D. Sampson, P. D. Padegimas and Y. Liu. 2012. Spatial optimization models for water supply allocation. Water Resources Management 26:2243-2257.
Myint, S. W., P. Gober, A. Brazel, S. Grossman-Clarke and Q. Weng. 2011. Per-pixel versus object-based classification of urban land cover extraction using high spatial resolution imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 115:1145-1161.
Sampson, D. A., V. Escobar, M. K. Tschudi, T. Lant and P. Gober. 2011. A provider-based water planning and management model - WaterSim 4.0 - for the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. Journal of Environmental Management 92:2596-2610.
Wentz, E. and P. Gober. 2007. Determinants of small-area water consumption for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. Water Resources Management 21:1849-1863.
Wentz, E. A., A. J. Wills, W. K. Kim, S. W. Myint, P. Gober, R. C. Balling and . In press. Factors influencing water consumption in multifamily housing in Tempe, Arizona. The Professional Geographer.
White, D. D., A. Wutich, K. L. Larson, P. Gober, T. Lant and C. Senneville. 2010. Credibility, salience, and legitimacy of boundary objects: Water managers' assessment of a simulation model in an immersive decision theater. Science and Public Policy 37:219-232. (link)
Books and Book Chapters
Fink, J. and P. Gober. 2009. Using stakeholder engagement and visualization to aid decision-making about water use in the Middle East. Pp. 257-274 In: C. Lipchin, D. Sandler and E. Cushman. eds., The Jordan River and Dead Sea Basin: Cooperation Amid Conflict. Springer Scientific Press.
Gober, P. ed. 2006. Metropolitan Phoenix: Place Making and Community Building in the Desert. University of Pennsylvania Press. NSF acknowledged.
Gober, P. In press. Decision making under uncertainty: a new paradigm for water resources planning and management. In: L. Wang K. and C. T. Yang. eds., Modern Water Resources Engineering. Volume 15, The Humana Press, Inc. and Springer Science + Business Media. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, Volume 15.
Gober, P. E., E. K. Burns, K. Knowles-Yanez and J. James. 1998. Rural-to-urban land conversion in metropolitan Phoenix. Pp. 40-45 In: J. Hall S., N. J. Cayer and N. Welch. eds., Arizona Policy Choices. Morrison Institute for Public Policy.
Quay, R. and P. Gober. 2011. A cautionary note for Sun Corridor water planners. Pp. 18 In: Watering the Sun Corridor: Managing Choices in Arizona's Megapoliton Area. Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University.
Posters/Presentations
Avent, S., A. Wutich, B. Crona, P. Gober, M. Seetharam and P. Westerhoff. 2008. An ethnohydrologic evaluation of water quality in Phoenix, AZ. Poster presented at 10 January 2008 CAP LTER 10th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Balling, R. C., A. W. Ellis, T. Hawkins and P. Gober. 2007. Impacts of potential climate change on the Phoenix, Arizona water supply. Presented at the April 19, 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA.
Balling, R. C., P. Gober and N. Jones. 2008. Climate sensitivity of residential water consumption for the city of Phoenix, Arizona. Poster presented at 10 January 2008 CAP LTER 10th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Bolin, B., M. Seetharam, P. Gober and B. Pompeii. 2008. Water resources, climate change and institutional vulnerability: A case study of Phoenix, Arizona. Paper presented April 18, 2008 at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA.
Brazel, A., P. Gober, S. Grossman-Clarke, S. Myint, R. Quay, A. Miller, S. Rossi and S. Grimmond. 2009. Mitigating urban heat island effects with water- and energy-sensitive urban designs. Presentation on January 15, 2009 at the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment and 89th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, Arizona.
Brundiers, K., G. M. Garfin, P. Gober, G. Basile and R. H. Bark. 2010. Collaborative research for water resource management under climate change conditions. Presented December 13, 2010 at the 2010 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Brundiers, K. and P. Gober. 2009. DCDC (Decision Center for a Desert City) A boundary organization enhancing science-society collaboration for a sustainable water future. Poster presented at the Water Resources Research Center 2009 Annual Conference. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, March 17, 2009.
Burns, E. K., P. Gober and K. Knowles-Yanez. 1998. Rural-to-urban land conversion in Phoenix: The ecology of a city. Presented at the October 15-16, 1998 NSF Long-Term Ecological Research Coordinating Committee, Madison, WI.
Burns, E. K., K. Knowles-Yanez and P. Gober. 1998. The changing urban fabric of the Phoenix metropolitan area: Focus on the urban fringe. Presented at the October 15-16, 1998 Arizona Planning Association Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Cardenas, E., S. Ledlow, E. Sadalla, D. Lovis-McMahon and P. Gober. 2009. Necessities and luxuries in residential water use. Poster presented on May 6, 2009 at the Community of Undergraduate/Graduate Research Scholars (COURS) Poster Session, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Chow, W. T., W. Chuang and P. Gober. 2009. Vulnerability to extreme heat in metro Phoenix: Spatial, temporal and demographic dimensions. Presentation at the March 22-27 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.
Chuang, W. and P. Gober. 2013. Human vulnerability to heat in Phoenix and Chicago: Spatial and temporal dimensions. Poster presented at the 11 January 2013, 15th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting 2013, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link)
Edwards, B., N. S. Jones, P. Gober and C. L. Redman. 2005. Investigating human decision making under climatic uncertainty. Poster presented at the 19 January 2005 CAP LTER Seventh Annual Poster Symposium, International Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Farley Metzger, E., S. Yabiku, P. Gober, D. Casagrande, C. L. Redman, N. B. Grimm and S. Harlan. 2004. North Desert Village landscape experiment monitoring human-environment interactions. Poster presented at the 23 February 2004 Sixth Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ. (link)
Farley Metzger, E., S. Yabiku, P. Gober, D. Casagrande, C. Redman, N. Grimm and S. Harlan. 2005. Initial findings of the North Desert Village landscaping experiment: The green, green grass of home. Poster presented at the 19 January 2005, CAP LTER Seventh Annual Poster Symposium, International Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Gartin, M., T. Lant, A. Wutich, D. White, S. Ledlow and P. Gober. 2007. WaterSim: A study of water-related decision-making under uncertainty. Poster presented at the January 10, 2007 CAP LTER Ninth Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.. (link)
Gartin, M., D. White, T. Lant and P. Gober. 2008. Stakeholder discursive data distortions: An analysis of WaterSim II textual data. Poster presented at the 30 April 2008 Community of Undergraduate Research Scholars (COURS) Poster Session, Tempe, AZ.
Gartin, M., A. Wutich, T. Lant, D. White, K. Larson, S. Ledlow and P. Gober. 2008. Focusing on higher quality focus groups. Poster presented at 10 January 2008 CAP LTER 10th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Gober, P. 2006. Facilitating undergraduate research in an interdisciplinary environment. June 24, 2006 Keynote address, annual meeting of the Council for Undergraduate Education, DePaw University, Greencastle, IN.
Gober, P. 2006. Decision Center for a Desert City. April 24, 2006 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tempe, AZ.
Gober, P. 2006. Demographic trends and the future of Phoenix. March 7, 2006 National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers, Phoenix, AZ.
Gober, P. 2007. Pasteur's Quadrant: and opportunities of boundary science (Discussant). April 18, 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA.
Gober, P. 2005. Decision Center for a Desert City. December 6, 2005 Welcoming Address given at the Water Educators Forum, Tempe, AZ.
Gober, P. 2007. Decision Center for a Desert City Experience. Poster presented at the May 16, 2007 Western States Water Council/California Division of Water Resources Climate Change Research Needs Workshop, Irvine, CA.
Gober, P. 2007. The role of population in integrated environmental modeling and decision support. Presented April 10, 2007 at Ohio State University, Initiative in Population Research, Columbus, OH.
Gober, P. 2008. Integrated modeling for water resource planning in Phoenix. Paper presented April 18, 2008 at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA.
Gober, P. 2006. Joining physical and human geography to re-imagine urban systems. February 2, 2006 University of Minnesota, Department of Geography, Minneapolis, MN.
Gober, P. 1999. LTER and the potential for integrating social and natural science research. Paper presented September 24, 1999 to the Department of Geography, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH..
Gober, P. 1999. LTER and the potential for integrating social and natural science research. Paper presented November 5, 1999 to the Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
Gober, P. 2005. Population dynamics in the desert Southwest. July 16, 2005 AP Conference, Houston, TX.
Gober, P. 2012. The Challenges of water planning in a changing climate. Presented November 28, 2012 at the Saskatoon International Club, Saskatoon, SK.
Gober, P. 2005. Multidisplinarity in geography: What does the future hold?. Presented at the April 7, 2005 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO.
Gober, P. 2005. Decision Center for a Desert City. November 17, 2005 Graduate Student Brown Bag, ASU Department of Anthropology, Tempe, AZ.
Gober, P. 2005. Decision Center for a Desert City. November 2, 2005 Graduate Student Brown Bag, ASU Department of Geography, Tempe, AZ.
Gober, P. 2005. Decision Center for a Desert City. August 5, 2005 Tri-University Water Conference, Flagstaff, AZ.
Gober, P. 2005. Decision Center for a Desert City. Presented to the March 17, 2005 Valley Forward, Land Use Subcommittee meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
Gober, P., E. K. Burns, K. Knowles-Yanez, J. James and K. Blevins. 1999. Rural-to-urban land conversion in metropolitan Phoenix. Poster presented at the 22 January 1999, CAP LTER First Annual Poster Symposium, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe.
Gober, P. and T. Gallier. 2004. Arizona's drought and Tempe's plans for dealing with it. Presented at October 26, 2004 Let's Talk Tempe, Tempe, AZ.
Gober, P. and T. Lant. 2006. Does Phoenix have enough water to grow?. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Eugene, OR. September, 2006.
Gober, P., A. Middel, A. Brazel, S. Myint, H. Chang, J. D. Duh and L. House-Peters. 2011. Tradeoffs between water conservation and temperature amelioration in Phoenix and Portland: Implications for urban sustainability. Presented April 12, 2011 at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA.
Gober, P. and C. Redman. 2005. Building a boundary organization to improve decision making under uncertainty. Presentation at SMART: Water, Quarterly Conference, Arizona State University, Downtown Center, Phoenix, AZ. March, 2005, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Gober, P. and C. L. Redman. 2005. DCDC: Building a boundary organization to improve decision making under uncertainty. Presented at the March 10, 2005 University of Arizona/Arizona State University collaboration meeting, Casa Grande, AZ.
Gober, P. and C. Redman. 2007. Using science to support water resource decision-making under uncertainty. Paper presented February 17, 2007 at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, CA.
Gober, P. and C. L. Redman. 2004. DCDC: Building a boundary organization to improve decision making under uncertainty. Guest lecture at the November 22, 2004 Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Gober, P. and C. L. Redman. 2005. New tools and approaches for decision making under uncertainty. Presented at the August 5, 2005 Arizona Water Summit, Flagstaff, AZ.
Gober, P., C. L. Redman, B. L. Shears, L. Kuby, J. Zehnder and S. Grossman-Clarke. 2005. The International Institute for Sustainability and The Decision Center for a Desert City: Research with a purpose. Poster presented at the February 3, 2005 Annual Meeting of the National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington, DC.
Gober, P., D. Zeigler, B. Hildebrant, T. Strauss and G. Sherwin. 2006. Building an infrastructure to support AP human geography. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL. March 9, 2006.
Groves, D., R. Lempert, P. Gober and D. Yates. 2007. Addressing climate change in long-term water resource planning. Panel discussion presented November 13, 2007 at the American Water Resources Association's annual conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Guhathakurta, S., S. Gaver, P. Gober, S. Grossman-Clarke and J. Zehnder. 2005. The impact of urban heat islands on water use: The case of Phoenix metropolitan area. Presented at the November 11, 2005 North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Las Vegas, NV.
Guhathakurta, S. and P. Gober. 2007. The impact of housing characteristics and surface heat islands on water use in single family residences: The case of Phoenix Metropolitan Area. Paper presented November 9, 2007 at the 54th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Savannah, GA.
Guhathakurta, S., P. Gober and J. Patterson. 2007. The impact of urban heat islands on water use: The case of Phoenix metropolitan area. Poster presented at the January 10, 2007 CAP LTER Ninth Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.. (link)
Guhathakurta, S., J. Patterson and P. Gober. 2007. The impact of housing characteristics and surface heat islands on water use in single family residences: The case of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Poster presented at the February 17, 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, CA. (link)
Harner, J., M. Kuby and P. Gober. 2002. Hands-on learning about urban sprawl. Poster presented at January 17, 2002, CAP LTER Fourth Annual Poster Symposium, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Hedquist, B. C., E. Comparri, J. Zehnder, S. Grossman-Clarke, A. J. Brazel and P. Gober. 2006. Spatial expansion of the greater Phoenix urban heat island (1990-2004). Poster presented at the 19 January 2006 CAP LTER 8th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Knowles-Yanez, K., E. K. Burns and P. Gober. 1998. Urban fringe morphology of metropolitan Phoenix. Presented at the October, Arizona Planning Association Annual Conference, Flagstaff, AZ.
Lant, T., P. Gober and M. Tschudi. 2006. Predicting future water demand in Maricopa County from land use, population growth, and urban density. Poster presented at the Arizona Hydrological Society. September, 2006.
Larson, E. K., N. B. Grimm, P. Gober and C. Redman. 2005. The paradoxical ecology and management of water in the Phoenix, USA metropolitan area. Presentation at the September 2005 UNESCO workshop on Aquatic Habitats in Integrated Urban Water Management, Lodz, Poland.
Lee, S. J., R. Balling and P. Gober. 2007. A soft geostatistical application in urban climate research. Poster presented at the January 10, 2007 CAP LTER Ninth Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Lee, S., E. A. Wentz and P. Gober. 2008. Temporal geographic information systems (TGIS) to forecast future water consumption in Phoenix, Arizona. Poster presented at 10 January 2008 CAP LTER 10th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Lee, S. J., E. A. Wentz and P. Gober. 2008. Extrapolation mapping of water demand: Case study using historical water use data in Phoenix, Arizona. Poster presented at the European Geosciences Union 2008 General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. April 15, 2008. (link)
Middel, A., A. Brazel, P. Gober, S. Myint, H. Chang and J. Duh. 2011. Impacts of weather variability on turbulent heat fluxes in Phoenix, AZ and Portland, OR. Poster presented at the 12-13 January 2011 CAP LTER 13th Annual Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University. (link)
Quay, R., D. Sampson, D. White, C. Kirkwood and P. Gober. 2013. Using advanced scenario analysis as an anticipatory tool: Exploring the uncertainty of urban water demand and supply within central Arizona. Poster presented at the 11 January 2013, 15th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting 2013, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link)
Redman, C. L. and P. Gober. 2001. Human dimension of CAP LTER research. Poster presented at the January 19, 2001, CAP LTER Third Annual Poster Symposium, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ.
Ruddell, D. M., A. Brazel, J. Declet, P. G. Dixon, P. Gober, S. Grossman-Clarke, S. L. Harlan, S. Kelley and E. A. Wentz. 2011. Environmental tradeoffs in a desert city: An investigation of water use, energy consumption, and local air temperature in Phoenix, AZ. Poster presented at the 12-13 January 2011 CAP LTER 13th Annual Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University. (link)
Sampson, D. A., V. M. Escobar and P. Gober. 2010. A multi-language, regional water management model; linking a surface (WaterSim 4.0) and a groundwater flow model (MODFLOW). Poster presented December 16, 2010 at the 2010 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Sampson, D. A. and P. Gober. 2009. The central Arizona water-energy nexus: WaterSim 3.5.5. Poster presented at 11th Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) Poster Symposium, Tempe, AZ. January 15, 2009. (link)
Sampson, D. A., M. Tschudi and P. Gober. 2009. A provider-based water policy and management model -- WaterSim 3.0.1 -- for the Phoenix metropolitan area. Poster presented at the August 2-7, 2009 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM.
Sampson, D. A., S. K. Wittlinger and P. Gober. 2009. Future residential outdoor water availability under climatic uncertainty. Poster presented at Dynamics Deserts: Resource Uncertainty in Arid Environments, Arizona State University. February 26, 2009. (link)
Seetharam, M., B. Bolin, B. Pompeii and P. Gober. 2008. Water resources, climate changes and institutional vulnerability: A case study of Phoenix, Arizona. Poster presented 10 January 2008 at the CAP LTER 10th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Senneville, C., K. Larson, A. Wutich, T. Lant, M. Gartin, D. White, S. Ledlow and P. Gober. 2008. "Missed opportunities" in Central Arizona water management: Reconciling the local supply of and demand for science. Poster presented at 10 January 2008 at the CAP LTER 10th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Wentz, E. and P. Gober. 2006. Factors influencing residential water consumption for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. Poster presented at the 19 January 2006 CAP LTER 8th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)
Wentz, E. and P. Gober. 2006. Factors influencing water consumption for the City of Phoenix, Arizona. Paper presented at the March 10, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL.
Wheater, H. and P. Gober. 2011. Towards a new paradigm for socio-hydrology: Insights from the Saskatchewan River Basin. Poster presented December 5, 2011 at the American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA.
White, D. D., A. Y. Wutich, K. L. Larson, P. Gober, T. Lant and C. Senneville. 2010. How do we better link knowledge and action for environmental decision making?. Poster presented February 21, 2010 at the 2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Meeting, San Diego, CA.
White, D. D., A. Wutich, S. Ledlow and P. Gober. 2007. Credibility, saliency, and legitimacy of boundary objects for water resource decision making: Assessing stakeholder response to DCDC WaterSim. Paper presented at the June 17-21, 2007, 13th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Park City, UT.
Wutich, A., B. Crona, M. Seetharam, P. Gober, P. Westerhoff, Z. Hasan and S. Avent. 2009. Ethnohydrology: A mixed method study of local water knowledge. Poster presented at 11th Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) Poster Symposium, Tempe, AZ. January 15, 2009.