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EVR 4026

Human Ecology & Systems

Session Four

Adaptive Systems - Ecosystems & Social Systems: Marten, Chapter 4

Topics:

Ecosystems and social systems as complex adaptive systems  

• Hierarchical organization and emergent properties

• Self-organization  

• Stability domains  

• Complex system cycles  

• Things to think about

Video: Complex Adaptive Systems; Overview of Complex Adaptive Systems:

Homework: 

1. Go to the "Things to think about" link above and answer questions 1-4. Place your answers in Canvas Email.
2. How does a knowldege of complex adaptive systems reltate to human ecology?
3. Read the case study in chapter 8 from the Layzer book  - "Jobs Versus the Environment: Saving the Northern Spotted Owl." Then answer the "Questions to Consider" at the end of the case study and post these questions and answers to Canvas email.