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Keenan Gibbons

Keenan Gibbons
Intermittent Lecturer in Environment
Sustainability and Development
Climate + Energy
Water
Cities + Mobility + Built Environment
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Keenan is a licensed landscape architect and urban design professional practicing in the Detroit area of southeast Michigan. He leads projects in the sustainable planning, design, and implementation of green infrastructure, parks, streetscapes, and innovative stormwater management strategies. Keenan is advanced in digital media, design and parametric modeling, and is an FAA Remote Pilot actively conducting grant research on the heat island effect for the Landscape Architecture Foundation. Keenan received his Bachelor’s in the Science of Horticulture from Michigan State University and his Master of Landscape Architecture from Ball State University.

Publications

CNN: Drones help uncover why our cities are so hot (https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2023/08/25/urban-heat-island-effect-drones-contd-orig-nb.cnn)

The Weather Channel: Drones Map Urban Heat Islands (https://weather.com/news/climate/video/drones-map-urban-heat-islands)

Thermoscape Toolkit: Visualizing Thermal Disparities - ASLA Game Changers (https://thefield.asla.org/2023/08/29/vote-for-your-favorite-game-changing-idea)

Riverside Park Detroit: Transforming Park, Transforming Lives - ASLA Presentation

MiASLA SITES, Publication. “Combatting the Urban Heat Island Effect with UAV Thermal Imaging.” Volume 14, Number 1, 2020. (https://95fea305-41f1-46bb-b198-ee0c3eeb2d62.filesusr.com/ugd/a828ec_2b0ae0f4e33c417c9f94cbc92e996688.pdf)

Research

LAF Deb Mitchell Research Grant: “Heat Waves: Visualizing Thermal Disparities.” (https://www.lafoundation.org/news/2023/04/2023-deb-mitchell-grant-winner)

SmithGroup: Combatting the Urban Heat Island Effect with Drone-Based Thermal Imaging (https://www.smithgroup.com/combatting-the-urban-heat-island-effect-with-drone-based-thermal-imaging)

Education

Master of Landscape Architecture, Ball State University

Bachelor in the Science of Horticulture, Michigan State University

In the News
The average surface temperatures of common urban materials in Ann Arbor, Michigan, when  the sun is at its highest point in the sky. image credit: keenan gibbons
December 12, 2025

Greener by Design: How SEAS Landscape Architects are Making Cities More Sustainable

The work of landscape architects in cities is vital to mitigating environmental challenges like the urban heat island effect, stormwater management and ecological restoration. As cities strive to become climate resilient, SEAS landscape architecture faculty and students are focused on finding sustainable solutions that benefit the public.

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April 20, 2026

Keenan Gibbons named ASLA Climate & Biodiversity Action Fellow

Keenan Gibbons
August 27, 2025

Issues of the Environment: Measuring streetscape heat islands in Ann Arbor (WEMU)

Keenan Gibbons
August 25, 2023

Drones help uncover why our cities are so hot | CNN Business

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