Navigating the site:
New
Nearly all of the Atlantic shore is characterized by barrier islands:
Index: B, C, D, E, F, G, L-M, N, P, R, S, T, U , W
An island planning map is based on a transect of a barrier island as shown in this schematic diagram below:
Archie Carr, A
Florida Naturalist
Buffers, what are vegetational screens?
Charette, what is the purpose of a design process; what is it and how is it used?
Civilization and the Biosphere, Vaclav Smil's ideas
Clean-up Costs, the hidden expenses
of ecological services
Carrying capacity compared to assimilative
capacity
B, C, D, E, F, G, L-M, N, P, R, S, T, U , W
Back
Bay, Boston
Biological diversity explained in detail.
Back dune details
From ocean to the bay or inter coastal water way side of the island.
Oceanside-------secondary dune line---------maritme forest--------tidelands---BAY
Beaches are made for walkers
Causes for the loss of salt marshes along the Chesapeake Bay:
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| Easily damaged, degraded, or destroyed, salt marshes are nurseries for fish & birds. | Categorizing the causes for loss. |
California Water Case: The Klamath River
Carbon dioxide as a critical control element, Carbon, the central importance of
Demographic index to related information on
population.
Design matters of, social constraints
Design, ecological principles of
Design,
dimensions of
Design, humans and dumb designs
Design, what to
look for
B, C, D, E, F, G, L-M, N, P, R, S, T, U , W
Edward O. Wilson, The
Future of Life
Ecolate living, what it means
Ecological biotic community: examined and
defined
Ecological Design, elements
of
Ecological integrity
Ecological Problem Solving
Ecological subjects connected at this location;
three laws
Ecological Thought, development of 1850-1975
Ecological values and landscape
Ecological
versus economic values
Ecology
Ecology human
Ecology used as a model of related and
integrated parts :
Ecology, definition of criteria
for thinking.
Ecology, water
Ecosystem Services
Edge of the Sea, an essay on Rachel
Carson's book
Energy
an ecological approach
Environmental Design criteria
Evaluating designs; What to
look for in a good design?
Evaluating environmental design
Evidence, most recent, on global
warming
Externality defined
Externality, explaining true cost accounting
B, C, D, E, F, G, L-M, N, P, R, S, T, U , W
Feedback is defined and examples of how it
is used in my classes, explained.
Florida Land types
Florida Trees listed; Florida's trees and
their varieties are discussed.
Forests and the importance of forestry for the
health of the world, human economies and the ecosystem is explored.
Gardening, steps to
Gardens, importance of
Hurricanes,
size of
Hydraulic society, water and its meaning
for civilization.
Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream, course index
Land, what is it?
Map,
for planning a barrier island development
Marshes of the
Ocean Shore, digest of key ideas.
McHarg, Ian, Design
with Nature
McHarg, his Book on Design with Nature
B, C, D, E, F, G, L-M, N, P, R, S, T, U , W
Nature, Complexity
of and the biological realm or sphere of life
Nature related ideas (index)
Nature's
structural organization
pattern.
This is a site that discusses the underlying and more obvious patterns
to look for in the world we inhabit.
Pictures
on the site
Places, meaning of
Population compared globally
Population momentum, discussed here
in terms of what the ideas were about growth in 1966, remarks made in
a Senate hearing on global population problems and some fanciful ideas
on how to pay for growth.
Population Paradox: the
demographic divide (NOVA)
Problem
Solving
Pyramid of science as a way of knowing
B, C, D, E, F, G, L-M, N, P, R, S, T, U , W
Regions, the Caribbean
Research central
Research Guide to other web sites for useful information
Research sources you can rely on
Research; reliable sources on on the Internet
for you to use.
Revolutions
Rules of ecology; simply stated
B,
C, D,
E, F, G, L-M,
N, P, R, S,
T, U , W
Site criteria for determining optimal
designs
Space and density of areas, and occupancy limitations
Thames Barrier Project against sea flooding in London
Thames Watershed
Three
aspects of every ecological problem
USA map of the country from a satellite image
(mosaic) taken in 1990 from the USGS.
Value defined
Value table to compare competing uses
Values and landscape in an Ecological
and an extended economic sense
values with respect to land
Water & hydraulics, their role in sustaining
life & civilization.
What do we look for in design?
What is value?
Wilson, The
Future of Life
B, C, D, E, F, G, L-M, N, P, R, S, T, U , W
Attending class -- its value to you | Writing: papers | Writing Criteria: listed as a form for your to review
Writing about Science as a means to measure your critical thinking. Grade Scale, the used to Criteria interpret grades
