Thanks for Suyu's warm welcome! As a new member of this community, I'm delighted to briefly introduce myself: I'm an academic and practitioner in the field of urban and environmental planning, with an interest in nature/resources/water conservation. I've lived and worked for 40+ years in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, a part of the arid US Southwest region, and on daily basis encountered/crossed challenges and news about drought, heatwaves, wildfires, flash floods and other climate issues in this region and beyond. With my Chinese ethnic origin, growup in Taiwan, and work & travel experiences in several parts of Asian, including serving as a faculty member in Saudi Arabia and China, I'm glad to be here to share and learn with all of you in this community.