erik porse, phd

Erik Porse

Assistant Adjunct Professor

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

La Kretz Hall, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90095

eporse@ioes.ucla.edu

Pronouns: he/him

Erik is a systems analyst focusing on resource management in urban and natural systems. He uses modeling to inform infrastructure planning. Erik specializes in leading multidisciplinary applied research projects and is the principal architect for the Artes model of urban water resources management in Los Angeles County. Erik has a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Masters degree in Public Policy. He holds appointments at UCLA as an Assistant Adjunct Professor and Sacramento State University, where he is a Research Engineer in the Office of Water Programs and the US EPA Region 9 Environmental Finance Center.

From 2014 to 2017, he was a postdoctoral scholar and Associate Research Director at CCSC. Before returning to graduate school, he worked as an adjunct professor and leader for Earlham College’s study abroad program in Tanzania, a science policy analyst, a systems engineer for the United Nations, and an intelligence analyst for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

Recent Articles

ucla’s energy atlas expands to provide consumption data for most of southern california

UCLA’s Energy Atlas expands to provide consumption data for most of Southern California

Online tool updated to include solar capacity, as California aims for 100% renewable energy

making an economic case for local water in l.a. county

Making an economic case for local water in L.A. County

New research shows financial benefits of using sources such as groundwater

L.A.’s path to independence from imported water

After a yearlong reprieve, Southern California is again under severe water scarcity conditions: Only 2 1/2 inches of rain have fallen in Los Angeles during the past 12 months. This…

Recent Publications

Municipal Stormwater Management Spending in California: Data Extraction, Compilation, and Analysis

David Babchanik, Danielle Salt, Maureen Kerner, Brian Currier, Erik Porse

Environmental Management, 2022.

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Climate change risk and adaptation costs for storm water management in California coastal parklands

Erik Porse, Cristina Poindexter, Christian Carelton, Michael Stephens

Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 2021.

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Climate change risk and adaptation costs for stormwater management in California coastal parklands

Erik Porse, Cristina Poindexter, Christian Carelton & Michael Stephens

Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 2021.

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Stay-at-Home Orders during the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Urban Water Use

Dongyue Li, Ruth A. Engel, Xiaoyu Ma, Erik Porse, Jonathan D. Kaplan, Steven A. Margulis, and Dennis P. Lettenmaier

Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2021.

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Net solar generation potential from urban rooftops in Los Angeles

Erik Porse, Eric Fournier, Dan Cheng, Claire Hirashiki, Hannah Gustafson, Felicia Federico, Stephanie Pincetl

Energy Policy, 2020.

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Effects of Building Size Growth on Residential Energy Efficiency and Conservation in California

Eric D. Fournier, Felicia Federico, Erik Porse, Stephanie Pincetl

Applied Energy, 2019.

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Adapting Urban Water Systems to Manage Scarcity in the 21st Century: The Case of Los Angeles

S. Pincetl, E. Porse, K. Mika, E. Litvak, K. Manago, T. Hogue, T. Gillespie, D.Pataki, M.Gold

Environmental Management, 2018.

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Groundwater Exchange Pools and Urban Water Supply Sustainability: Modeling Directed and Undirected Networks

E. Porse, K. Mika, R. Williams, M. Gold. W. Blomquist, S. Pincetl

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 2018.

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The economic value of local water supplies in Los Angeles

E. Porse, K. Mika, E. Litvak, K. Manago, T. Hogue, M. Gold, D. Pataki, S. Pincetl

Nature Sustainability, 2018.

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Open data and Stormwater Systems in Los Angeles: Applications for Equitable Green Infrastructure

E. Porse

The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 2018.

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