C. Gregory Knight

Background

A.B. Dartmouth College
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Professor of Geography
Visiting Professor, Institutes of Water Problems and Geography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Department Head, 1982-1989
Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education, 1989-1993
Field Research in Africa, Bulgaria and Caribbean
Editorial Board, GeoJournal

Awards

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fulbright
Sigma Xi

Funded Projects

Center for Integrated Regional Assessment (PI, NSF Human Dimensions of Global Change, $1,625,000)
A Spatial Water Quality Assessment System (PI, NSF Water and Watersheds, $475,000)
Mid-Atlantic Regional Assessment of Climate Change Impacts (co-PI, EPA, $947,000)
Infrastructure to Develop a Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) Network (co-PI, $2,500,000)

Interests

Water Resources

Water resource policy

Impacts of climate variability and change on water resources

Distributed parameter modeling of basin processes
Water quality modeling
Decision support systems for water management
Integrated process and optimization modeling

Global Change

Integrated regional assessment
Frameworks and models of global change impacts

Teaching

Geography 10H: Introduction to Physical Geography (Honors)

Geography 406: Human Use of Environment

Geography 410: Geography of Water Resources

Graduate seminars on graduate research, water, and resource management

Contact Dr. Knight by email.

Publications

1995. "The Emerging Water Crisis in Bulgaria," GeoJournal 35(4): 415-423 (With S. P. Velev and M. P. Staneva).

1996. "Water Resources of Bulgaria: An Overview," GeoJournal 40(4): 347-362 (With M. P. Staneva).

1998. "Globalization and Global Change Research," GeoJournal 45,1:27-32.

1998. "Zasushliviyat period 1982-1994 g. v Bulgaria- analog za budeshti globalni promeni," pp. 7-8 in D. Mishev (ed.), Sbornuk dokladi na retata natsionlna konferentsia s mezhdunarodno uchastie, Osnovni problemi na slunchevo-zemnite vuzdeistviya. Sofia: Bulgarska Akademiya na Naukite) (The Dry Period 1982-1994 in Bulgaria, Analog of Future Global Change; Ivan Raev, C. Gregory Knight, Dimitar Mishev, Marieta Staneva, Todor Hristov.

1998. "Bulgaria and Global Change: The CIRA Connection," Earth & Mineral Sciences 67,2: 9-13 (With M. P. Staneva; informational material).

1999. "Model za Prouchvane posleditsite ot promyana na klimata: GIS na R. Struma," Anniversary Scientific Conference, 50 Years Faculty of Hydrotechnics, Vol. 1, Hydrology, Hydraulics and Water Economy, pp. 11-18. Sofia: University of Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Geodesy (A Model for Examining the Consequences of Climate Change: The Struma River GIS; with Heejun Chang, Marieta Staneva, and Deyan Kostov).

1999. "Proekt "Yantra": Prostranstvena sistema za otsenka kachectvoto na vodata," Anniversary Scientific Conference, 50 Years Faculty of Hydrotechnics, Vol. I1, Water Supply, Sewerage and Water Treatment, pp. 145-152. Sofia: University of Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Geodesy (The Yantra River Basin Project: A Spatial Water Quality Assessment System; T. Hristov, C. G. Knight, M. P. Staneva, J. Carmichael, B. Evans, V. Ioncheva, I. Nikolov, J. Hamlett, D. Dimitrov, P. Varbanov, G. Savtcheva, Z. Tzvetanova).

1999. Globalnite Promeni I Bulgaria (Global Change and Bulgaria). Sofia: National Coordination Center for Global Change, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 370 pp. (Todor Hristov, C. Gregory Knight, Dimitar Mishev, Marieta Staneva, editors; in Bulgarian). ISBN: 954-90485-1-9

1999. "A Conceptual Model for Climate Impact Assessment: Integrated Regional Assessment," Publications of the Annual Meeting of the Korean Geographical Society, pp. 56-59. Pusan, Korea, May 28, 1999 (In Korean; Heejun Chang, C. G. Knight).

1999. "Globalnite promeni I Bulgaria: Vuvedenie," pp. 5-16 in Globalnite Promeni I Bulgaria (Global Change and Bulgaria), Todor Hristov, C. Gregory Knight, Dimitar Mishev, Marieta Staneva, editors. Sofia: National Coordination Center for Global Change, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. (C. G. Knight and M. P. Staneva, "Global Change and Bulgaria: Introduction").

1999. "Weather and Climate Extremes, Climate Change, and Planning: Views of Community Water System Managers in Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Basin," Journal of the American Water Resources Association 35(6):1411-19 (Robert E. O'Connor, Brent Yarnal, Rob Neff, Richard Bord, Nancy Wiefek, Christopher Reenock, Robin Shudak, Christine L. Jocoy, Peter Pascale, and C. Gregory Knight)

1999. "Integrated Regional Assessment of Climate Change: START CEES Workshop," IHDP Update, Newsletter of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, Number 4/99 (J. Jaeger, C. G. Knight)

1999. "Integrated Regional Assessment in Central/Eastern Europe," START Network News 5:9-10 (J. Jaeger, G. Knight)

2000. Preparing for a Changing Climate, The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. Mid-Atlantic Overview. A Report of the Mid-Atlantic Assessment Team for the U. S. Global Change Research Program. (A. Fisher PI and MARA Team). 68 pp. (Knight was principle author or co-author of several sections).

2000. "Regional Assessment," in Encyclopedia of Global Change. New York and London: Oxford University Press, in press.

2000. "Comparative Case Studies," in International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Oxford: Elsevier Science, in press.

2000. "The potential impacts of climate change on the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Region," Climate Research (R. G. Najjar, H.A. Walker, P.J. Anderson, E.J. Barron, R. Bord, J. Gibson, V.S. Kennedy, C.G. Knight, P. Megonigal, R. O'Connor, C.D. Polsky, N.P. Psuty, B. Richards, L.G. Sorenson, E. Steele, and R.S. Swanson), in press.

2000. "Impact of Climate Variation and Change on Mid-Atlantic Region Hydrology and Water Resources," Climate Research (R. Neff, H. Chang, C. G. Knight, R. G. Najjar, B. Yarnal, and H. Walker), in press