Understanding the Needs of Diverse Park Users

A Briefing Paper Summarizing Results of a Visitor Survey in the Largest U.S. National Urban Park: the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Authors: Gregory Pierce, Britta McOmber, Kyra Gmoser-Daskalakis, and J.R. DeShazo

Results of 2018 Visitor Survey and Visitor Count in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Report for the National Park Service

Authors: Gregory Pierce, Britta McOmber, Kyra Gmoser-Daskalakis, Kelsey Jessup, Joyce Thung, and J.R. DeShazo

Incentivizing Private Property Green Infrastructure

Recommendations for Los Angeles County

Author: Kyra Gmoser-Daskalakis

SMART Parks Toolkit Receives National Award

American Planning Association recognizes UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation for achievement in planning and urban design. A technology guide, compiled by UCLA...

2017 IMPACT Report

Author: UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation

A Smart Way to Make a SMART Park

New toolkit produced by the Luskin Center for Innovation provides a guide for making parks more user-friendly and sustainable...

Respect for Nature Is Key to World’s Water Problems, Author Says

In the face of extreme weather, polluted aquifers, overconsumption and other urgent threats to...

SMART Parks™: A Toolkit

Authors: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Kelsey Jessup, Rebecca Ferdman, Kyra Gmoser-Daskalakis, and Connor Hum

Lessons Learned from a Concrete River

Like many Angelenos, you may only be familiar with the Los Angeles River thanks to movies like Grease, in which Danny beats his nemesis in a car chase...

Assessing Trailhead Use in the Santa Monica Mountains

The LA region is home to the nation’s largest urban national park, the Santa Monica Mountains...