106 The US I-10 corridor connects major population hubs that are growing rapidly. (Screenshot courtesy of Ten Across) Phoenix, Houston, and Los Angeles. With a background in architecture and planning, Reiter leads ASU’s University City Exchange to support community-based urban and environmental projects. In these initiatives, just as with Ten Across, Reiter embraces a place-based approach informed by GIS technology. “We work to combine lived experience and supporting data; both are true and valuable,” Reiter said. “While sharing personal experiences is important to us, it’s visualizing the data and its tie to place that tells us something more.” Expanding the Program and its Lessons In fall 2022, Ten Across and the ASU College of Global Futures joined forces to launch Resilient American Futures: An Academic Road Trip, an online course focusing on resilience along the I-10 corridor. Students study 12 major cities and specific challenges such as water, energy, transportation, and important societal shifts. In the process, students are introduced to nearly 70 academic disciplines and career paths. For example: • While exploring the Port of Los Angeles, students learn about the complexities of commerce and supply chain challenges, gaining insight into solutions for these systems. “Unfortunately, we have major issues that we are not fully prepared to address. What we are hoping to do at Ten Across is to illuminate them and work together towards proactive responses and the necessary adaptability,” Reiter said. Making the Case for Ten Across Reiter was inspired to create Ten Across having lived in two cities with existential water issues—New Orleans and Phoenix—one has too much and the other faces scarcity. He worked with colleagues at Arizona State University (ASU) and the Water Institute, to host the initiative’s first major summit in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. “What was fascinating about this event is that we had people from very different locations on the corridor experiencing different challenges, and yet they found common denominator issues, such as policy, infrastructure, climate science, and leadership at various levels of government,” Reiter said. With this proof-of-concept, three additional summits followed in
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