ECS 113 Study Guide - Final Guide: Robust Decision-Making, Linear Model, Adaptive Management

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Ecosystem Science and Policy
• Course: ECS 113
• Professor: Maranto Gina

Document Summary

Spatial scales: property, town, city, regional, state, nation, international. Temporal scales (time: seconds, minutes, hours, days, etc. Externalities- cost or benefit that affects those who didn"t choose to incur the cost or benefit. Unexpected consequences- unforeseen events that affect decision making, situations, and other events. Against based modeling- simulations, or computer programs that predict the effect of a cause: many steps. Humans act in patterns, but are still unpredictable. Not everything will be the same all the time. Not a specific patter or relationship between the variables. Multiple interactions, e. g. , learning and feedback, among different components. Conservation: resource- pincho, we need to conserve our resources so they don"t run out before we die or make technology to replace them. Preservation: of wilderness - john muir, we need to preserve the wilderness because we live in a symbiotic system where one cannot live without the other.