December 3, 2008
Continue discussing a few points about sustainable cities
Read & Discuss #5
Quiz reminder and review
Closing comments
see lists under each lecture
chapters 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 & 23
final quiz will have 2 or 3 more questions from the other sections and it might tie those concepts to the ones in the recent chapters
2. review "sustainability" from the beginning
one of the organizing principles of environmental science
Venn diagram of economy, social and ecological
simple systems view - limits to flows
dynamic patterns (ecosystems, succession, environmental problems such as air pollution)
3. sustainability as an emergent behavior
emergent system
complex and adaptive
as one process develops it changes the landscape for other processes (wicked problems)
visual metaphor - ILP
the extremely difficult path
you have to be almost sustainable before you can jump to being sustainable
like crossing the thresholds in reverse
restoration, nurturing conditions, --maybe--> sustainable
what if we're stuck in the middle of all of this control
four rules