- Urban Green Space and Health
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Q Methodology Applications
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
Michigan State University
2021-2022
Throughout the United States, urban food systems are in suboptimal states that not operating efficiently or equitably and thus do support security for all. Creating transformation to a more sustainable desirable state first requires acknowledging different values of diverse groups within city. Then these can be used explore pluralistic pathways futures maximize benefits multiple stakeholders. We demonstrate how integrating visioning Q-methodology achieve an inclusive understanding as...
In 2006, Walker et al. published an article titled, “A Handful of Heuristics and Some Propositions for Understanding Resilience in Social-ecological Systems.” The was incorporated into the <em>Ecology Society</em> special feature, Exploring Social-Ecological Systems. identified five heuristics posed 14 propositions understanding resilience social-ecological systems. At time, authors hoped paper would promote experimentation, critique, application these ideas systems research. To determine...