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The practicum will focus on Complexity, Resilience, and Innovation in Urban Ecosystems. We will explore dynamics of coupled human-natural systems in urbanizing regions and examine the drivers, mechanisms, and functions that regulate urban ecosystem dynamic and affect human and ecological wellbeing. Building on case studies linking urban patterns to human and ecological functions, we will develop hypotheses about what system characteristics and qualities make cities more resilient to change and capable to innovate. This year practicum will focus on cities and climate change. We will select case examples across US Metro areas and test these hypotheses by exploring system resilience and innovation under alternative future scenarios. The practicum will reflect on our findings and develop principles and strategies for environmental design and planning.
Regime Shifts Database
The Regime Shifts DataBase is an initiative led by the Stockholm Resilience Centre to review and synthesize examples of different types of regime shifts that have been documented in social-ecological systems. The database focuses specifically on regime shifts that have large impacts on ecosystem services, and therefore on human well-being. The aim is to provide a high-quality, descriptive, open-source information resource for students, lecturers, ecosystem managers and researchers, and for future assessment activities such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
Thresholds and Alternate States in Ecological and Social-Ecological Systems
A Resilience Alliance / Santa Fe Institute database http://www.resalliance.org/index.php/database
http://www.resalliance.org/index.php/database
Driving Forces in the Puget Sound – Puget Sound Trends Report
UERL Report on the State of Sound 2016
Puget Sound Partnership: 2015 State of the Sound Report
State of Our Watersheds Report 2012
Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Partnership
National Climate Assessment: Chapter 24 Northwest
Drivers, “Slow” Variables, “Fast” Variables, Shocks, and Resilience
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