Are you interested in exploring the coastal urban waters of our region? So are we!
The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program has created three
Coastal Urban Waters Research Collaboratives focusing on the cities at the mouths of the region's three major rivers - the Providence-Seekonk Rivers, Fall River-Mount Hope Bay, and Westerly-Little Narragansett Bay. These collaborations are in response to the growing need for inter- and transdisciplinary research and solutions to fully understand and address the human-ecosystem dynamic in urban estuarine systems.
Two of the areas constitute the major urban regions of Providence and Fall River that have been subject to intensive management actions to address the intersectional environmental impacts of high population densities and pollution burdens, climate change, and degraded or absent natural landscapes, and are home to many of our region’s underserved communities. The third area, Westerly, has a much smaller urbanized area but shares similar management challenges albeit on a different scale. Understanding ecosystem change in these areas provides insights for managing the resources of Narragansett Bay, Mount Hope Bay, Sakonnet River, and Little Narragansett Bay and help inform opportunities for improving the habitats surrounding those waters to ensure resilience against climate change. These opportunities will also address the inequities that burden our underserved communities.
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