CHANS-Net hosts symposium at 2009 US-IALE

CHANS-net hosted a special symposium on "Complexity in Human-Nature Interactions Across Landscapes" at the 2009 conference of the US-IALE (U.S. Regional Association, International Association for Landscape Ecology) April 14-16 in Snowbird, Utah.

The symposium was followed by a companion workshop on “Challenges and Opportunities in Research on Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems" where participants engaged in in-depth discussions of the symposium presentations and began synthesizing findings across sites.

Complexity in Human-Nature Interactions Across Landscapes symposium speakers:

Thomas J. Baerwald
National Science Foundation
Keynote Speaker
"Facilitating the Conduct of Naturally Humane and Humanely Natural Research"
Presentation

Marina Alberti
University of Washington
"Urbanization Patterns and Carbon Fluxes:
A Coupled Human-Natural System Approach to Study Process and Mechanisms"
Abstract

Heidi Alsjornsen
Iowa State University
"Enhancing Biophysical and Socioeconomic Functions of Agroecosystems in the Midwestern U.S. Through Strategic Integration of Perennial Vegetation"
Abstract  Presentation

Lawrence Baker
University of Minnesota
"Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project"
Abstract  Presentation

Nicholas Brozovic
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Coupling Hydrologic and Economic Models to Reduce Parameter and Policy Uncertainty in Resource Assessment of Irrigation Pumping Impacts"
Abstract  Presentation

Laurie Drinkwater
Cornell University
"Coupled Human-Natural Systems: Hypoxia and the Mississippi River Basin as a Model System"
Abstract  Presentation

Scott Dryzyga
Shippensburg University
"Urban Growth and Water Supply in the Baltimore, Maryland Metropolitan Region"
Abstract  Presentation

Jose Manuel Fragoso
University of Hawaii
"Are Vertebrate Abundance Patterns in the Amazon a Reflection of the Cultural Practices of Indigenous Peoples?"
Abstract  Presentation

Daniel Holland
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
"Managing Coupled Fishery Systems:
The Case of a Bait-Dependent Fishery"
Abstract  Presentation

Timothy Kohler
Washington State University
"How Climatic Variability, Big Game Depression, and Exchange Interact in the Formation and Dissolution of Pueblo Villages and Communities"
Abstract  Presentation

John Loomis
Colorado State University
"Surprises from an Integrated Interdisciplinary Analysis of Human and Ecological Interactions on a River-Road Network in Two Tropical Watersheds in Puerto Rico"
Abstract  Presentation

Herbert D.G. Mashner
Idaho State University
"The Sanak Biocomplexity Project"
Abstract  Presentation

Michael Monticino
University of North Texas
"Modeling Coupled Natural and Human Systems:
Cross-Site and Cross-Cultural Synthesis"
Abstract  Presentation

Guillermo Podesta
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School
"Agent Based Simulation of Recent Changes
in Agricultural Systems of the Argentine Pampas"
Abstract  Presentation

Gil Pontius
Clark University
"Inclusion of Uncertainty in Landscape Models of Coupled Human Natural Systems"
Abstract  Presentation

Charles Redman
Arizona State University
"Agricultural Landscapes in Transition: A Socio-ecological Approach"
Abstract  Presentation

David Sailor
Portland State University
"Feedback Mechanisms in the Urban Environment: Human Response to, and Impact on Episodes of Poor Air Quality and Extreme Heat"
Abstract  Presentation

Jerry Urquhart
Michigan State University
"Globalization and the Connection of Remote Communities: Conservation Implications on Nicaragua’s Mosquito Coast"
Abstract  Presentation