The “Roadies” Interdisciplinary Study Group
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
The idea of this group is to foster discussion and interdisciplinary research on the dynamics and resilience of complex systems. Roads are examples of human structures that have complex effects on both biophysical and socio-economic systems. Road systems are widely recognized as causal factors in land use and land cover change. They impact economies and ecosystems at several spatial and temporal scales. Research questions that the group will address range from theoretical to pragmatic.
As a way to begin, the group has set before it the task of examining three case studies of places where road building projects are anticipated. These projects will probably have significant impacts on the biophysical and socio-economic systems of the places where they will be built. The case studies are all located in South America and include:
- a road linking the mainland of Chile to the Island of Chiloe;
- a road that links areas in the western Amazon of Brazil and Bolivia with coastal Peru;
- a road in the eastern Amazon region.
FACULTY
Michael W. Binford, Ph.D. (Convenor), Department of Geography, mbinford@geog.ufl.edu
Marianne Schmink, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, Center for Latin American Studies, schmink@tcd.ufl.edu
Charles Wood, Ph.D., Director, Center for Latin American Studies, cwood@latam.ufl.edu
Graeme Cumming, Ph.D., Department of Wildlife Ecology, cummingg@wec.ufl.edu
Katie Sieving, Ph.D., Department of Wildlife Ecology, SievingK@wec.ufl.edu
Grenville Barnes, Ph.D., Geomatics Program, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, gbarn@ce.ufl.edu
Jane Southworth, Ph.D., Department of Geography, jsouthwo@geog.ufl.edu
Mark Brenner, Ph.D., Director, Land Use and Environmental Change Institute (LUECI), brenner@ufl.edu
Stephen Perz, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, sperz@soc.ufl.edu
Hannah Covert, M.A., Coordinator, Tropical Conservation and Development Program (TCD), hcovert@latam.ufl.edu
Karen A. Kainer, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, TCD Program, Center for Latin American Studies, kkainer@latam.ufl.edu
Sabine Grunwald, Ph.D., Soil and Water Science Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, SGrunwald@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
Tom Ankersen, Ph.D., Conservation Clinic, College of Law, ankersen@law.ufl.edu
Robert John Buschbacher, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, TCD Program, Center for Latin American Studies, rbusch@latam.ufl.edu
Daniel Zarin, Ph.D., School of Forest Resources and Conservation, zarin@ufl.edu
Robert D. Holt, Ph.D., Department of Zoology, rdholt@zoo.ufl.edu
Clyde F. Kiker, Ph.D., Department of Food and Resource Economics, kiker@fred.ifas.ufl.ed
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Andrea Chavez, Department of Geography, achavez@geog.ufl.edu
Alisa Coffin, Department of Geography, acoffin@ufl.edu
Tracy Van Holt, Interdisciplinary Ecology, tvanholt@ufl.edu
Roberto Porro, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, rporro@grove.ufl.edu
Carlos Valerio Aguiar Gomes, Department of Geography, valerio@ufl.edu
Rafael Rojas, rorojas@ufl.edu
Eric Minzenberg, ericminz@ufl.edu
OTHERS
noemi@grove.ufl.edu
jdain@latam.ufl.edu
staranto@ufl.edu
johan@ufl.edu
naorah@yahoo.com
Time and place (unless otherwise noted): 10:00a.m., Room 3XX, Center for Latin American Studies, Grinter Hall
12.??.01 -- Graeme Cumming presentation on Resilience Theory
01.04.02 -- Chuck Wood presentation on Hierarchy Theory
01.18.02 -- Foster Brown presentation on Trans-Amazon Highway
02.01.02 -- Katie Sieving case study presentation on the Island of Chiloe. Reading assignment is below.
02.15.02 --
02.01.02
Gunderson,
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31:425-439.
Gunderson,
Lance H. Resilience,
Flexibility and Adaptive Management - - Antidotes for SpuriousCertitude?
Conservation Ecology 3(1): 7.
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