Erika Svendsen, PhD

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Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Michelle L. Johnson, Laura Landau. 2026. Civic Organising
Lindsay K. Campbell, Natalia Piland, Julie Capito‐Hernández, Erika Svendsen, D.S. Novem Auyeung, Neha Savant, Nichole McClain. 2026. Stewardship Salons: Sharing biocultural approaches to foster many ways of knowing and caring for land
Natalia Piland, Lindsay K. Campbell, Michelle Johnson, Erika Svendsen. 2026. Drawing systems of stewardship to guide action and reveal critical relationships of care
Michelle Johnson, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen. 2025. Examining capacity-outcome relationships to develop an environmental stewardship capacity index in New York City
Julie Capito-Hernández, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, David Maddox. 2025. Bridging art, science and community forestry
Lindsay K. Campbell, Chris Fremantle, David Maddox, Erika Svendsen, Mary Mattingly, Matthew López-Jensen, Nikki Lindt, Liza Paqueo, Michelle Johnson. 2024. Transdisciplinary and arts-centred approaches to stewardship and sustainability of urban nature
Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Michelle Johnson, Natalia Piland, Dexter H. Locke, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Morgan Grove, Michele Romolini, Heather McMillen, Rachel Dacks, Bryce DuBois, Jesse Sayles, Tischa A. A. Munoz, Laura Landau, Lorien Jasny, Krista Heinlen, Maria Arroyave, Camille McCarthy, David Bloniarz, Brian Goldberg, Gerald Bauer, Travis Warziniack, Sophie Plitt, Julio Onofre, Nicole Heise Vigil, Arantxa Zamora-Rendon, Alejandra García Castro, Nicole Harmelin García, Bryan Flores. 2024. Reflecting on Local Ecological Stewardship, Care, and Action across Two Decades of Research
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Michelle Johnson, Natalia Piland. 2024. Why stewardship matters: reflections from two decades of learning from community-based environmental groups
Theodore S. Eisenman, Lara Roman, Johan Östberg, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen. 2024. Beyond the Golden Shovel: recommendations for a successful urban tree planting initiative
Anne Toomey, Monica Palta, Michelle Johnson, Jason Smith, Novem Auyeung Balladares, Erika Svendsen, Rob Pirani, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2023. Blue spaces as social spaces: Measuring the uses and values of urban waterfronts
Lindsay K. Campbell, Michelle Johnson, Erika Svendsen, Brian Goldberg, Evan Guzik, Paul Archual, Chris McCollister, Sophie Plitt, Molly Radwell. 2023. Strengthening partnerships across the landscape: Bridger-Teton National Forest STEW-MAP report 2021
Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Michelle Johnson, Sophie Plitt, Laura Landau. 2022. Natural resource managers adapt to disturbance: understanding and strengthening public land management and civic stewardship across both rural and urban forests during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sonya Sachdeva, Lindsay K. Campbell, Michelle Johnson, Erika Svendsen. 2022. Editorial: The COVID-19 pandemic's transformation of human relationships with nature at multiple scales
Holly Caggiano, Laura F. Landau, Lindsay K. Campbell, Michelle Johnson, Erika Svendsen. 2022. Civic Stewardship and Urban Climate Governance: Opportunities for Transboundary Planning
Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Michelle Johnson, Sophie Plitt. 2022. Not by trees alone: Centering community in urban forestry
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Sophie Plitt, Michelle Johnson. 2021. Open for All: How Are Federal and Municipal Land Management Agencies Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic Alongside Increased Societal Recognition of Racial Injustice
Laura F. Landau, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Michelle Johnson. 2021. Building Adaptive Capacity Through Civic Environmental Stewardship: Responding to COVID-19 Alongside Compounding and Concurrent Crises
Lindsay K. Campbell, Heather McMillen, Erika Svendsen, Phillip Rodbell. 2021. Best Practices for Hearing All Voices in Our Urban Forests
Lindsay K. Campbell, Helen Cheng, Erika Svendsen, Dana Kochnower, Katherine Bunting-Howarth, Phoebe Wapnitsky. 2021. Living with Water: Documenting lived experience and social-emotional impacts of chronic flooding for local adaptation planning
Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Michelle Johnson, Laura Landau. 2021. Activating urban environments as social infrastructure through civic stewardship
Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Renae Reynolds, Victoria Marshall. 2021. Material and social relations in a coastal community garden assemblage
Zachary Garcia, Sonya Sachdeva, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen. 2020. Translating spiritual experience into environmental stewardship at Jamaica Bay, New York City
Heather McMillen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Christian P. Giardina, Erika Svendsen, Kekuhi Kealiikanakaoleohaililani, Kainana S. Francisco. 2020. Living in kinship within urban landscapes through equitable, multicultural, and collaborative stewardship in New York City
Michelle Johnson, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen. 2020. Conceptualizing, analyzing, and supporting stewardship: examining the role of civil society in environmental governance
Heather McMillen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Kekuhi Kealiikanakaoleohaililani, Kainana S. Francisco, Christian P. Giardina. 2020. Biocultural stewardship, Indigenous and local ecological knowledge, and the urban crucible
Nancy Falxa Sonti, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Michelle Johnson, D.S. Novem Auyeung. 2020. Fear and fascination: Use and perceptions of New York City’s forests, wetlands, and landscaped park areas
Lindsay K. Campbell, Laura Landau, Michelle Johnson, Erika Svendsen. 2019. Civic stewardship of urban ecosystems: forms of community engagement with landscapes and places
Johan P. Enqvist, Lindsay K. Campbell, Richard C. Stedman, Erika Svendsen. 2019. Place meanings on the urban waterfront: a typology of stewardships
Michelle Johnson, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Heather McMillen. 2019. Mapping Urban Park Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Comparison of Twitter and Semi-Structured Interview Methods
Lorien Jasny, Michelle Johnson, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Josh Redmond. 2019. Working together: the roles of geographic proximity, homophilic organizational characteristics, and neighborhood context in civic stewardship collaboration networks in Philadelphia and New York City
Michelle Johnson, Dexter H. Locke, Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Lynne M. Westphal, Michele Romolini, Morgan Grove. 2019. Context matters: influence of organizational, environmental, and social factors on civic environmental stewardship group intensity
Laura Landau, Lindsay K. Campbell, Michelle Johnson, Erika Svendsen, Holly Berman. 2019. STEW-MAP in the New York City region: survey results of the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project
Christian P. Giardina, Bruce Evan Goldstein, Morgan Grove, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Heather McMillen. 2019. A proposed multi-agency program for stewardship science
Sarah J. Hines, Lindsay K. Campbell, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Erika Svendsen, David Maddox. 2019. Epilogue: Tracing the lines between storytelling, science, and recovery outcomes
Heather McMillen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen. 2019. Recognizing urban environmental stewardship practices as indicators of social resilience: The case of living memorials
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2019. Restoring and growing the Twin Cities' community forests in times of change; An interview with Karen Zumach, Tree Trust, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2019. Reflections on two decades in the field of place-based environmental and community change; An interview with Rick Magder
Sarah J. Hines, Lindsay K. Campbell, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Erika Svendsen, David Maddox. 2019. Background
Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Sarah J. Hines, David Maddox. 2019. Green Readiness, Response, and Recovery: A Collaborative Synthesis
Lindsay K. Campbell, Heather McMillen, Erika Svendsen. 2019. The Written Park: Reading Multiple Urban Park Subjectivities Through Signage, Writing, and Graffiti
Heather McMillen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen. 2019. Weighing values and risks of beloved invasive species: The case of the survivor tree and conflict management in urban green infrastructure
Michelle Johnson, D.S. Novem Auyeung, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Clara C. Pregitzer, Heather McMillen, Richard Hallett, Lindsay K. Campbell, Helen M. Forgione, Mina Kim, Sarah Charlop-Powers, Erika Svendsen. 2019. Social-ecological research in urban natural areas: an emergent process for integration
Nancy Falxa Sonti, Erika Svendsen. 2018. Why Garden? Personal and Abiding Motivations for Community Gardening in New York City
Michelle Johnson, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Philip Silva. 2018. Why count trees? Volunteer motivations and experiences with tree monitoring in New York City
Michelle Johnson, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen. 2017. Why count trees: assessing volunteer motivations in participating in New York City's 2015 tree census
Heather McMillen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen. 2017. The power of living things: Living memorials as therapeutic landscapes
Heather McMillen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen. 2017. Co-creators of memory, metaphors for resilience, and mechanisms for recovery: flora in living memorials to 9/11
Sara S. Metcalf, Erika Svendsen, LaDona Knigge, Hua Wang, Harvey D. Palmer, Mary E. Northridge. 2016. Urban Greening as a Social Movement
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Heather McMillen. 2016. Stories, shrines, and symbols: Recognizing psycho-social-spiritual benefits of urban parks and natural areas
Morgan Grove, Daniel L. Childers, Michael Galvin, Sarah J. Hines, Tischa A. A. Munoz, Erika Svendsen. 2016. Linking science and decision making to promote an ecology for the city: practices and opportunities
Heather McMillen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Renae Reynolds. 2016. Recognizing Stewardship Practices as Indicators of Social Resilience: In Living Memorials and in a Community Garden
Kate Boicourt, Robert Pirani, Michelle Johnson, Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2016. Connecting with our waterways: an assessment of public access and stewardship in the New York - New Jersey Harbor Estuary
Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Lara Roman. 2016. Knowledge Co-production at the Research-Practice Interface: Embedded Case Studies from Urban Forestry
Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Michelle Johnson. 2016. A social assessment of urban parkland: Analyzing park use and meaning to inform management and resilience planning
D.S. Novem Auyeung, Lindsay K. Campbell, Michelle Johnson, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Erika Svendsen. 2016. Reading the landscape: citywide social assessment of New York City parks and natural areas in 2013-2014
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Dana R. Fisher, James Connolly, Michelle Johnson, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Dexter H. Locke, Lynne M. Westphal, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher, Morgan Grove, Michele Romolini, Dale Blahna, Kathleen Wolf. 2016. Stewardship mapping and assessment project: a framework for understanding community-based environmental stewardship
James J.T. Connolly, Erika Svendsen, Dana R. Fisher, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2015. Mixed methods analysis of urban environmental stewardship networks
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Gillian Baine. 2015. Urban stewardship as a catalyst for recovery and change
James J.T. Connolly, Erika Svendsen, Dana R. Fisher, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2014. Networked governance and the management of ecosystem services: The case of urban environmental stewardship in New York City
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2014. Community-based memorials to September 11, 2001: environmental stewardship as memory work
Dexter H. Locke, Kristen L. King, Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Christopher Small, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Dana R. Fisher, Jacqueline W.T. Lu. 2014. Urban environmental stewardship and changes in vegetative cover and building footprint in New York City neighborhoods (2000-2010)
Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Gillian Baine. 2014. Reading the landscape, a reflection on method
Erika Svendsen, Gillian Baine, Mary E. Northridge, Lindsay K. Campbell, Sara S. Metcalf. 2014. Recognizing resilience
Lindsay K. Campbell, Morgan Monaco, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Jacqueline Lu, Andrew Newman, Ruth A. Rae, Erika Svendsen. 2014. Million TreesNYC: the integration of research and practice
Nancy Falxa Sonti, Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2013. From job training to green jobs: a case study for a young adult employment program centered on environmental restoration in New York City, USA
Erika Svendsen. 2013. Storyline and design: how civic stewardship shapes urban design in New York City
James J. Connolly, Erika Svendsen, Dana R. Fisher, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2013. Organizing urban ecosystem services through environmental stewardship governance in New York City
Erika Svendsen, Mary E. Northridge, Sara S. Metcalf. 2012. Integrating grey and green infrastructure to improve the health and well-being of urban populations
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Jessica Northridge, Edie Stone, Caroln Mees. 2012. Introducing a longitudinal study of community gardeners and gardens in New York City
Dana R. Fisher, Lindsay K. Campbell, Erika Svendsen. 2012. The organisational structure of urban environmental stewardship
Erika Svendsen. 2011. Cultivating health and well-being through environmental stewardship
Erika Svendsen, Jacqueline W.T. Lu. 2010. MillionTreesNYC, green infrastructure and urban ecology symposium March 5-6, 2010
Jacqueline W.T. Lu, Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Jennifer Greenfeld, Jessie Braden, Kristen King, Nancy Falxa Sonti. 2010. Biological, social, and urban design factors affecting young street tree mortality in New York City
Keith G. Tidball, Marianne E. Krasny, Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Kenneth Helphand. 2010. Stewardship, learning, and memory in disaster resilience
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2010. Living Memorials: Understanding the Social Meanings of Community-Based Memorials to September 11, 2001
Jacqueline W.T. Lu, Megan Shane, Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Cristiana Fragola, Marianne Krasny, Gina Lovasl, David Maddox, Simon McDonnell, P. Timon McPhearson, Franco Montalto, Andrew Newman, Ellen Pehek, Ruth A. Rae, Richard Stedman, Keith G. Tidball, Lynne M. Westphal, Tom Whitlow. 2009. MillionTreesNYC, Green infrastructure, and urban ecology: building a research agenda
Erika Svendsen. 2009. Cultivating resilience: urban stewardship as a means to improving health and well-being
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2008. Urban ecological stewardship: understanding the structure, function and network of community-based urban land management
Erika Svendsen, V. Marshall, M.F. Ufer. 2006. Urban field guide: applying social forestry observation techniques to the east coast megalopolis
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2006. Land-markings: 12 journeys through 9/11 living memorials
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell. 2005. Living memorials project: year 1 social and site assessment

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Fisher, D.R., Svendsen, E.S., and Connolly, J. (2015). Urban Environmental Stewardship and Civic Engagement: How planting trees strengthens the roots of democracy Routledge Press: Explorations in Environmental Studies Series, 24 February, 152 pgs

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Columbia University, Ph.D., Urban Planning, 2010
Yale University, M.E.S., Forestry & Environmental Studies, 1993
Allegheny College, B.A., Political Science, 1990

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