B. L. Turner II
Faculty facts
First name
B. L.Last name
Turner IIAcademic title and academic unit
Regents Professor
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Web Directory link
https://search.asu.edu/profile/1227885Award details
Distinguished memberships and honors
Association of American Geographers Fellows
Fellow
2020
Highly prestigious awards
National Academy of Sciences
Member
1995
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Guggenheim Fellow
1981
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Academy Fellow
1998
American Philosophical Society
Member
2021
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Bio summary
Billie Lee Turner’s research, which includes discoveries about the ancient Mayans, changed the way that communities and countries think about the environment and climate change.
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Bio
Regents Professor Billie Lee Turner II is the Gilbert F. White Professor of Environment and Society in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. A geographer and human-environmental scientist, Turner works on land change from prehistory to present, urban land system design, vulnerability and resilience, and sustainability. He works on deforestation, primarily in Mexico and Central America, and urban design in arid environments, especially the American Southwest. He has been involved in a number of international and national science programs examining global environmental change including those dealing with land systems of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, the International Human Dimensions Programme, DIVERSITAS, and the U.S. National Climate Assessment, and is a senior review editor for Climate Change and Land: An IPCC Special Report. He is also the associate editor of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences focused on sustainability.