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Interdisciplinary Methods for the Long-Term Study of Social-Ecological
Systems
Christopher G. Boone
Associate Professor
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
School of Sustainability
Telephone: 480.727.6017
Email:
christopher.g.boone@asu.edu
Professor website:
http://www.public.asu.edu/~cgboone/
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1994
M.A., University of Toronto, 1989
B.A, Queen's University (Canada), 1987
Research Interest
Environmental justice and vulnerability, urban socio-ecological systems,
GIS, public health, urban sustainability
I hold a joint appointment with the School of Human Evolution & Social
Change (SHESC) and the School of Sustainability (GIOS). My current
teaching responsibilities are in SHESC, and I am the Graduate Director for
SOS. I came to ASU in January 2006 after spending 6 years as an assistant
and associate professor in the Department of Geography at Ohio University.
Prior to that appointment, I held a tenure-track post in the Department of
Geography & Urban Analysis at California State University, Los Angeles. I
have a B.A. in Geography from Queen's University (Canada). My Ph.D. (1994)
is from the University of Toronto and I held a post-doctoral fellowship at
McGill University from 1993 to 1995.
Over the past 8 years I have devoted a considerable amount of my time on
research with the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (http://beslter.org), an Urban
Long Term Ecological Research site. Phoenix is the only other urban LTER
site in the country (http://caplter.asu.edu/). Working at ASU offers an
opportunity to participate in cross-site comparative work between these
two LTER organizations. Recently, Bob Bolin (SHESC) and I have begun a
comparative study on environmental equity patterns in Phoenix and
Baltimore, which we and others plan to expand to a wider geographic scope.
In 2006, I was awarded a NSF Human and Social Dynamics grant to
investigate the longitudinal dynamics of environmental equity patterns and
processes in Baltimore through a long term analysis (1880-2000) of
population characteristics in relation to environmental amenities and
disamenities (see abstract).
In the last year and half, I have been involved with a number of proposals
that address environmental justice, vulnerability, and public health
concerns in Phoenix and Baltimore. In December 2006, I participated in the
first Chinese Academy of Sciences and ASU workshop on urban sustainability
in Beijing, China. I plan to pursue collaborative projects identified at
this meeting. I have also been working on the writing team of the Long
Term Ecological Research (LTER) network to assist in the preparation of
its new network-wide planning grant. This July, I submitted a working
group proposal to the National Center for Ecological Analysis and
Synthesis to study the linkages between environmental justice and ecology
in metropolitan areas.
In 2006, I co-authored City and Environment, published by Temple
University Press.
Courses Taught
ASB 394: City and Environment - Fall 2007
MW 9:40-10:55 a.m.
WHALL 260 Line# 73665
The course investigates major issues and themes on the urban environment.
Topics of study include the urbanization process and urban sprawl, urban
ecology as an integrated way to understand the urban environment,
sustainable development and urban sustainability, hinterlands and the
ecological footprint, urban agriculture, waste generation and management,
water and energy requirements, urban transportation and alternatives,
environmental justice and hazards, the application of GIS to the study of
urban environments, public health and healthy cities, urban greenspaces,
and green governance, planning, and design. The course format is lecture.
Evaluation is based on a midterm and final exam, an annotated
bibliography, and research paper.
ASB 591: City and Environment - Fall 2007
MW 9:40-10:55 a.m.
WHALL 260 Line# 73717
The course investigates major issues and themes on the urban environment.
Topics of study include the urbanization process and urban sprawl, urban
ecology as an integrated way to understand the urban environment,
sustainable development and urban sustainability, hinterlands and the
ecological footprint, urban agriculture, waste generation and management,
water and energy requirements, urban transportation and alternatives,
environmental justice and hazards, the application of GIS to the study of
urban environments, public health and healthy cities, urban greenspaces,
and green governance, planning, and design. The course format is lecture.
Evaluation is based on a midterm and final exam, an annotated
bibliography, and research paper.
In summer 2008, I will be co-teaching (with Prof. Alex Brewis) ASM 495/591
Urban and environmental health in New Zealand for a study abroad program.
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