Kevin Summers is a Senior Research Ecologist at EPA’s Gulf Ecosystem Measurement and Modeling Division. At present, he is working with colleagues in the Sustainable and Healthy Communities Program to develop an index of community resilience to natural hazards, an index human well-being that can be related to changes in ecosystem, social and economic services, and a community sustainability tool for communities with populations less than 40,000. He leads research efforts for indicator and indices development. Dr. Summers is a systems ecologist and began his career in EPA in 1989 and was worked in various programs and capacities.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Ecosystem Services
Indicators
Indices
Natural Hazards
Resilience
Ecosystems
Well-being
coastal ecosystems
Fingerprints
35%
Well-being
32%
Indicators
32%
Indices
25%
Natural Hazards
25%
Resilience
16%
Ecosystems
13%
Ecosystem Services
Short Biography
Kevin Summers is a Senior Research Ecologist at EPA’s Gulf Ecosystem Measurement and Modeling Division. At present, he is working with colleagues in the Sustainable and Healthy Communities Program to develop an index of community resilience to natural hazards, an index human well-being that can be related to changes in ecosystem, social and economic services, and a community sustainability tool for communities with populations less than 40,000. He leads research efforts for indicator and indices development. Dr. Summers is a systems ecologist and began his career in EPA in 1989 and was worked in various programs and capacities.
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