PLAN341 Study Guide - Final Guide: Surface Runoff, Shear Stress, Hydraulic Conductivity
2 Oct 2017
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An independent & dynamic syst of organisms, abiotic, and biotic elements: process, structure, function, spatial + temporal scales, gradients of moisture, temp, nutrients etc. Integrity capacity of ecosystems to renew themselves. Resilience measure of magnitude of disturbance that can be absorbed b4 the ecosystem changes its structure by changing the variables and processes that control behaviour. Deducing the biophysical processes that are happening based on forms that we observe (i. e rocks, rivers) Influenced by thresholds, conditional balance, alternation on one component will have effect on other components. & management: think abt how undisturbed land more productive than developed. Lvl of development density that an env can support w/out suffering irreversible dmg: change, complexity, uncertainty, conflict, risk. Planning w/ objective of preserving the env, values, or ecosystem services: need b/c of increased demand 4 resources, protect threatened envs, and to maintain + improve human life. Lecture 2 landscape form, function, and change.
