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Session 1 09.13.10 Introduction
ASU: Agenda/Rules of Engagement
UMN: Structure of seminar
Session 2 - 09.20.2010 Sustainability Science and Sustainable Development (Speaker: Bill Clark)
Speaker Bio: Bill Clark
Required reading from the Sustainability Science book
1.1 Sustainability Science and Sustainable Development
Supplemental Readings from the Reader
Kates, R., Thomas M. Parris, and Anthony A. Leiserowitz. 2005. What is sustainable development? Environment 47(3):9-21.
Kates, RW., WC Clark, R Corell, JM Hall, CC Jaeger, I Lowe, JJ McCarthy, HJ Schellnhuber, B Bolin, NM Dickson, et al 2001. Sustainability science. Science 292: 641-2
Clark, WC, PJ Crutzen, and HJ Schellnhuber. 2004. Science for global sustainability. In Earth Systems Analysis for Sustainability, eds. HJ Schellnhuber, PJ Crutzen, WC Clark, C Martin and H Hermann. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 1-28.
Supplemental Readings from Moderator
Hodges, K. E. 2008. Defining the problem: terminology and progress in ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6(1): 35–42, doi:10.1890/060108
Supplemental Readings from UMN group
Annan, K. 2002. Towards a sustainable future. United Nations Press Release SG/SM/8239 ENV/DEV/637.
JD Marshall and MW Toffel. 2005. Framing the elusive concept of sustainability: a sustainability hierarchy," Environmental Science & Technology, 39(3): 673-682
Grossman, G.M., Krueger, A.B., 1995. Economic growth and the environment. Q. J. Econ. 110, 353–377.
Wilson, E.O. "To What End" in Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1998. pp 277 to 298.
Supplemental Readings from other Participants
Goodwin 2000 on alternative formulations of sustainable development
ICSU Visioning Process 2010
Video Recording: Sustainability Science and Sustainable Development
Presentations
Clark on Book Chapter 1.1: Sustainability science and sustainable development
Comments from Jim Heffernan (FIU)
U Minnesota student comments
Session 2 Short Summary by U Minnesota students
Summary of Session 2.pdf
Session 3 - 09.27.2010 Long-term trends and transitions in nature and society (Speaker: Robert Kates)
Speaker Bio: Bob Kates
Required reading from the Sustainability Science book
Chapter 1.2 Trends and Transitions
Supplemental readings from the Reader
Raskin, P., Tariq Banuri, Gilberto Gallopín, Pablo Gutman, Al Hammond, Robert W. Kates, and Rob Swart. 2002. Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead. Boston: Stockholm Environment Institute, p. 1-45.
Parris, T. M., and R. W. Kates. 2003. Characterizing and measuring sustainable development. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 28:559-586
Supplemental Readings from moderator/discussant Ann Kinzig, ASU
Ausubel, Jesse, 1994, Graphical representations of world population growth, Human Dimensions Quarterly, 1(2), 17-19.
Supplemental Readings from Princeton students
Turner et al. 2003. A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 100 (14): 8074-8079.
Barnett et al. 2008. The hazards of indicators: insights from the environmental vulnerability index. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 98: 102-119
Ewers & Smith 2007 Choice of index determines the relationship between corruption and environmental sustainability. Ecology and Society 12(1): art2
misc ideas & papers
Speaker presentations
Bob Kates' slides "Long Term Trends and Transitions in Nature and Society"
Moderator Ann Kinzig presentation
Princeton Student Group Presentation
Comments (temporary location)
SHORT SUMMARY 3-PRINCETON.pdf
Video Recording: Long-term trends and transitions in nature and society
Session 4 – 10.4.2010 The human-environment system: A conceptual framework (Speaker: B.L. Turner II)
Speaker Bio: Billie Turner
Required reading from the Sustainability Science book
Chapter 1.3 The Human-Environment System
The Human-Environment System.ppt
Supplemental readings from the Reader
Lüdeke, M. K. B., G. Petschel-Held, and H. J. Schellnhuber. 2004. Syndromes of global change: The first panoramic view. GAIA 13(1):42-49.
Schaldach, R, and J. A. Priess. 2008. Integrated models of the land system: A review of modeling approaches on the regional to global scale. Living Reviews in Landscape Research 2, 1. http://www.livingreviews.org/lrlr-2008-1.
Supplemental Readings from moderator/discussant Elizabeth King, Princeton Univ
Carpenter et al 2009.pdf
Liu et al 2007.pdf
Supplemental Readings from Cambridge students
People, Land Use, and Environment in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico
Should System Dynamics be Described as a `Hard' or `Deterministic' Systems Approach? David Lane
A Portfolio Approach to Analyzing Complex Human-Environment Interactions: Institutions and Land Change (Young et al.)
Social Science That Matters (B. Flyvbjerg)
Speaker Presentations
Billie Turner: The human environment system
Elizabeth King: Commentary and framework for discussion
Cambridge Student Presentation
Video Recording: The human environment system: A conceptual framework
Summary of Session 4 - Coupled Human and Environmental Systems
Session 5 – 10.11.2010 The environmental services that flow from natural capital (Speaker: Steve Carpenter)
Speaker Bio: Stephen Carpenter
Required reading from the Sustainability Science book
Chapter 2.3 Natural capital, services and human wellbeing
Supplemental readings from the Reader
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. 2005. Summary for decision makers. In Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis, 1-24. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
Alcamo, J., D. van Vuuren, C. Ringler, W. Cramer, T. Masui, J. Alder, and K. Schulze. 2005. Changes in nature’s balance sheet: Model-based estimates of future worldwide ecosystem services. Ecology and Society 10(2):19. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol
Supplemental readings from moderator/discussant Patricia Balvanera, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Kaimowitz and Sheil. 2007. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON WHO SHOULD BENEFIT FROM BIODIVERSITY AND THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES.Conservation of biodiversity (and ecosystem services) for whom?
Worm et al. 200. ONE OF THE FEW QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY BIODIVERSITY IN ECOSYSTEM SERVICE PROVISION. Consequences of loosing biodiversity on marine ecosystem function and services.
Luck et al. 2009. A VERY USEFUL FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE WHICH ORGANISMS PROVIDE SERVICES TO GUIDE RESEARCH ON HOW TO SUSTAIN SERVICE PROVISION. A conceptual framework for understanding the role of organisms in the provision of ecosystem services
Diaz et al. 2006. A VERY NICE FRAMEWORK FOR INCORPORATION FUNCTIONAL TRAITS AND LAND USE TO EXPLAIN SERVICE PROVISION. A conceptual framework for integrating species's functional traits and land use into ecosystem service assessments.
1-Carpenter et al. 2009. PRIORITY.Research gaps identified by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
Daily and Matson 2008. INTRODUCTION TO A SPECIAL ISSUE ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES HIGHLIGHTING KEY CHALLENGES FROM SCIENCE TO IMPLEMENTATION. What is needed from ecosystem service science to implementation of ecosystem service management?
Supplemental readings from Univ of Minnesota students
Daily et al. 2000. The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value. Science, 289: 395-396.
Daily et al. 2009. Ecosystem services in decision making: time to deliver. Front Ecol Environ, 7(1): 21-28.
Tallis et al. 2008. An ecosystem services framework to support both practical conservation and economic development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(28): 9457-9464.
Nelson et al. 2009. Modeling multiple ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, commodity production, and tradeoffs at landscape scales. Front Ecol Environ, 7(1): 4-11.
Presentations by the speakers
Presentation from Speaker Steve Carpenter
Comments from Moderator Patty Balvanara
Commentary from University of Minnesota student group
Video Recording: The environmental services that flow from natural capital
Session 5 Summary from UMN Students
Session 6 – 10.18.2010 Divergent vs. convergent development models (Speaker: Ivette Perfecto)
Speaker Bio: Ivette Perfecto
Ivette Perfecto's web page
Required reading- Perfecto and Vandermeer 2010
Perfecto - Vandermeer 2010 The agroecological matrix as an alternative to land sparing agriculture intensification model.pdf
Supplemental readings from moderator/discussant Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Univ of Minnesota
Polasky et al 2008. Where to put things? Spatial land management to sustain biodiversity and economic returns. Biological Conservation.
Perfecto & Vandermeer 2008, Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Agroecosystems: A New Conservation Paradigm
Nature's Matrix, Chapters 1 and 2
Supplemental readings from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico students
Moguel - Toledo 1999 Biodiversity conservation in traditional coffee systems.pdf
Garcia Barrios 2009 Neotropical forest conservation agricultural intensification and rural outmigration in mexico.pdf
Grau and Aidee 2008 Globalization and land use transtions in Latin America.pdf
Video Recording: Divergent and Convergent Development Models
Speaker Presentations
Moderator Cavender-Bares' presentation
CIEco_UNAM student group commentary
Summary of session 6 UNAM-CIECO student group
Session 7– 10.25.2010 Human well-being, natural capital and sustainable development (Speaker: Stephen Polasky)
Speaker Bio: Stephen Polasky
Required Readings from the Sustainability Science Book
Chapter 2.1 Human well-being
Chapter 2.1 appendix
Chapter 2.2 Natural capital and sustainable development
Chapter 2.2 appendix
Supplemental readings from the Reader
World Health Organization. 2002. World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life. Geneva: World Health Organization, pp. 7-14.
Kates, R. W., and P. Dasgupta. 2007. African poverty: A grand challenge for sustainability science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(43):16747-16750.
Dasgupta, Partha (Lead Author); S. Niggol Seo (Topic Editor). 2008. Natural capital and economic growth. In: Encyclopedia of Earth, ed. Cutler J. Cleveland. Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Enviro
Supplemental readings from moderator/discussant Steve Polasky, Univ of Minnesota
** Arrow et al - JEP - Are we consuming too much?
Supplemental readings from Princeton students
** Raudsepp-Hearne et al. Untangling the Environmentalist’s Paradox: Why Is Human Well-being Increasing as Ecosystem Services Degrade?
Towards a 'Science of Sustainability': Improving the way ecological economics understands human well-being
Background reading: Long-Term Growth and Productivity (ch. 17, Macroeconomics, Dornbusch and Fischer)
Supplemental: Updated drafts of the Sustainability Science Book chapters
<new draft> Chapter 2.1 Well-Being
<new draft> Chapter 2.1 appendix
<new draft> Chapter 2.2 Sustainable and optimum development
Speaker Presentations
Presentation from Speaker Steve Polasky
Presentation from Student Group: Princeton+UMN students
Short_Summary_Week_7.pdf
Video Recording: Human well-being, natural capital and sustainable development
Session 8– 11.01.2010 Emergent properties of coupled human-environment systems (Speaker: B.L. Turner II)
Required reading from the Sustainability Science book (Speaker: B.L. Turner II)
3.1 Emergent properties (vulnerability and resilience focus)
Supplemental readings from the Reader
Holling, C. S. 2001. Understanding the complexity of economic, ecological, and social systems. Ecosystems 4(5):390-405.
Lenton, T. M., H. Held, E. Kriegler, J. W. Hall, W. Lucht, S. Rahmstorf, and H. J. Schellnhuber. 2008. Tipping elements in the Earth’s climate system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(6):1786-1793.
Cumming, G. S., and J. Collier. 2005. Change and identity in complex systems. Ecology and Society 10(1): 29.
Supplemental readings from moderator/discussant Jim Heffernan, Cambridge Group
Carpenter et al. 2001. From Metaphor to Measurement: Resilience of What to What? Ecosystems 4: 765–781
Peterson et al. 2003. Uncertainty and the Management of Multistate Ecosystems: an apparently rationale route to collapse. Ecology 84: 1406-1411
Scheffer et al. 2009. Early warnings of critical transitions. Nature 461: 53-59
Supplemental readings from Cambridge students
Adger. 2000. Social and ecological resilience: are they related? Progress in Human Geography 24 (3): 347-364.
Adger et al. 2009. Are there social limits to adaptation to climate change? Climatic Change 93: 335-354.
Brock, W.A., Carpenter, S.R. 2006. Variance as a Leading Indicator of Regime Shift in Ecosystem Services. Ecology and Society 11(2): 9.
Scheffer_et_al_2009_Early_warning_signals.pdf
Speaker Presentations
Presentation from Speaker Billie Turner
Moderator Jim Heffernan comments
Cambridge Student Presentation
Video Recording: Emergent properties of coupled human-environment systems
Session 8 Summary from Cambridge Students
Session 9– 11.08.2010 Institutions for managing human-environment systems (Speaker: Elinor Ostrom)
Speaker Bio: Elinor Ostrom
Required reading from the Sustainability Science book
How human well-being and the environment depend on institutions
Appendix: Institutions and externalities
Supplemental readings from the Reader
Lebel, L., A. Contreras, S. Pasong, and P. Garden. 2004. Nobody knows best: Alternative perspectives on forest management and governance in Southeast Asia. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 4:111-127.
Young, O. R., E. F. Lambin, F. Alcock, H. Haberl, S. I. Karlsson, W. J. McConnell, T. Myint, C. Pahl-Wostl, C. Polsky, P. S. Ramakrishnan, H. Schroeder, M. Scouvart, and P. H. Verburg. 2006. A portfolio approach to analyzing complex human-environment inte
Ostrom, E., and H. Nagendra. 2006. Insights on linking forests, trees, and people from the air, on the ground, and in the laboratory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(51):19224-19231.
Supplemental readings from moderator/discussant William Clark, Harvard Univ
R10-15_Ostrom_AER2010 Nobel.pdf
Young 2010 Environmental Governance.pdf
Supplemental readings from Arizona State Univ students
Cash et al. 2006 Scale and Cross-Scale Dynamics: Governance and Information in a Multilevel World
Hess and Ostrom 2003: Ideas, Artifacts, and Facilities: Information as a Common-Pool Resource
Widmer et al. 2005 Global perspectives on e-waste
Ostrom's Nobel speech: Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems
Beyond Market States
Institutions_ ASU Response and Discussion Questions.ppt
Summary of Session 9
Video Recording: Institutions for managing human-environment systems
Session 10– 11.15.2010 Worked examples of concepts in human-environment systems
Summary
Speaker Bio: Elizabeth King
Readings from the speaker
KEY READING: East African Pastoralism In Transition
KEY READING: Santos & Barrett: Poverty traps & safety nets
Option: Resilience in Response to Natural Disasters
Refresher: Accounting for the Noncomputable
Supplemental Readings from Florida International University students
Li et al. 2001. Reservoir resettlement in China: past experience and the Three Gorges Dam
O'Brien and Leichenko. 2001. Double Exposure: assessing the impacts of climate change within the context of economic globalization
Presentations
Session 10: Worked examples speaker presentation
Session 10: Worked examples discussant presentation
Video Recording: Worked examples of concepts in human-environment systems
Session 11– 11.22.2010 Linking Knowledge with Action for Sustainability (Speaker: Bill Clark)
Required reading from the Sustainability Science book
Clark et al 2010 Linking KA_DGS.pdf
Cash_Clark_2003.pdf
Clark and Holliday_2006_NRC.pdf
Clark et al 2010b Boundary work.pdf
McCullough and Matson 2010.pdf
Supplemental readings from the Reader
Matson, P., A. Luers, K. Seto, R. Naylor, and I. Ortiz-Monasterio. 2005. People, land use and environment in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico. In Population, Land Use, and Environment, eds. B. Entwisle and P. Stern. Washington, D.C.: NRC.
Meadows, D. 1999. Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System. Hartland, VT: Sustainability Institute.
van Kerkhoff, L., and L. Lebel. 2006. Linking knowledge and action for sustainable development. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 31(1):445-477.
Supplemental readings from moderator/discussant B.L. Turner II, Arizona State Univ
Supplemental readings from Florida International Univ students
Ogden, L. The Everglades Ecosystem and the Politics of Nature. American Anthropologist 110(1): 21-32
Gunderson and Light 2006. Adaptive management and adaptive governance in the everglades ecosystem. Policy Science 39:323–334
Rizardi, K. TRANSLATING SCIENCE INTO LAW: PHOSPHORUS STANDARDS IN THE EVERGLADES. J. LAND USE & ENVTL. LAW 17:149-167
Video Recording: Linking knowledge with action for sustainability
Session 12– 11.29.2010 Metrics for sustainable development (Speaker: Steve Polasky)
Speaker Bio: Stephen Polasky
Required reading from the Sustainability Science book
3_3_O10_Evaluation metrics_090311.pdf
Arrow et al 2010. Sustainability and the Measurement of Wealth
Supplemental readings from the Reader
Munasinghe, Mohan (Lead Author); Munasinghe Institute for Sust DV (Content Partner); Cutler J. Cleveland (Topic Editor). 2007. Prospects and status of millennium development goals. In Encyclopedia of Earth, eds. Cutler J. Cleveland. Washington, D.C.: EIC.
Parris, T. M., and R. W. Kates. 2003. Characterizing and measuring sustainable development. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 28:559-586.
Daily, G. C., T. Soderqvist, S. Aniyar, K. Arrow, P. Dasgupta, P. R. Ehrlich, C. Folke, A. Jansson, B.-O. Jansson, N. Kautsky, S. Levin, J. Lubchenco, K.-G. Maler, D. Simpson, D. Starrett, D. Tilman, and B. Walker. 2000. The value of nature and the nature
Supplemental readings from moderators/discussants Luis Garcia Barrios and Omar Masera
1- Speelman et al. 2007
GarciaBarrios et al 2008 Educational simulation tool for sustainable management among stakeholders.pdf
Presentations
Cornell Students
Masera & Garcia Barrios UNAM ECOSUR Discussants Moderators
Polasky Presenter
Video Recording: Metrics for sustainable development
Session 13– 12.06.2010 Core questions of sustainability science (Speaker: Bill Clark)
Required reading from the Sustainability Science book (Speaker: Bill Clark)
Clark_2010_Core questions.pdf
Kates_2001_Science_292_641.pdf
Levin_Clark_2010_Sustainability Science WS.pdf
Supplemental readings from the Reader
Collier, P. 2007. Poverty reduction in Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(43):16763-16768.
Socolow, R., R. Hotinski, J. B. Greenblatt, and S. Pacala. 2004. Solving the climate problem. Environment 46(10):8-19.
Bannon, I., and P. Collier. 2003. Natural resources and conflict: What we can do. In Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and Actions, eds. I. Bannon and P. Collier. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, pp. 1-16.
Supplemental readings from moderator/discussant William Clark, Harvard Univ
Core Questions suggested by Seminar Participants
Video recording: Core questions of sustainability science
Discuss
Suggest a topic for cross-institution collaboration
Session 3 - 09.27.2010 Long term trends and transitions
Session 6 – 10.18.2010 Divergent vs. convergent development models
Session 9 – 11.08.2010 Institutions for managing human-environment systems
Session 12 – 11.29.2010 Metrics for sustainable development
Session 13 – 12.06.2010 Core questions of sustainability science
Session 7 – 10.25.2010 Human well-being, natural capital and sustainable development
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Session 1 - 09.13.2010 Introduction
Session 2 - 09.20.2010 Sustainability Science and Sustainable Development
General discussion on the course
Session 4 - 10.04.2010 The human-environment system
Session 8 – 11.01.2010 Emergent properties of coupled human-environment systems
Session 10 – 11.15.2010 Worked examples of concepts in human-environment systems
Session 11– 11.22.2010 Linking Knowledge with Action for Sustainability (Speaker: Bill Clark)
Session 5 – 10.11.2010 The environmental services that flow from natural capital (Speaker: Steve Carpenter)
Sustainability Science Seminar Survey Feedback
2010 Administrative
Schedule of Sessions
Instructions for student teams: Cambridge group
Instructions to connect to video and general procedures
Instructions to connect to UM Connect
Syllabi from participating institutions
Harvard Syllabus - IGA-904
University of Minnesota Syllabus
Princeton Syllabus
Sign-up for cross-institution student teams
How to log into the class sessions remotely.
2010 Events
2010 Readings
Sustainability Science Book draft
Chapters 1.1 through 3.1
0_1_Table of Contents_vS1.doc
1_1_Sustsci & Sust Dev_vS2.pdf
1_2_Trends & Transitions_vS2.pdf
1_3_HE system_vS1.doc
2_1_Human_wellbeing_vS1.pdf
2_1A_Human_wellbeing_Appendix_vS1.pdf
2_2_Natural cap & sust dev_vS1.pdf
2_2a_Natural cap & sust dev_Appendix_vS1.pdf
2_3_Natural Cap & Environmental Services_vS1.pdf
2_4_Institutions_vS1.doc
2_4A_Institutions_Appendix_vS1.doc
3_1_Emergent Properties (Vulnerability and resilience)
Sustainability Science Reader
Reader in Sustainability Science
Session 2 (20 Sept) Sustainable development and sustainability science
1.1 Concepts and History [Kates, Parris & Leiserowitz 2005]
2.1.3 Integrative understanding [Clark, Crutzen & Schellnhuber, 2004]
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Session 2 (20 Sept) Sustainable development and sustainability science
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