NSF Award Abstract - #0083992| NSF Award Abstract - #0083992 |
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| NSF Org | DEB |
| Latest Amendment Date | August 8, 2001 |
| Award Number | 0083992 |
| Award Instrument | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager |
Robert Kelman Wieder DEB DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY BIO DIRECT FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES |
| Start Date | September 15, 2000 |
| Expires | August 31, 2003 (Estimated) |
| Expected Total Amount | $99973 (Estimated) |
| Investigator |
Daniel G. Brown danbrown@umich.edu (Principal Investigator current) Thomas Crow (Co-Principal Investigator current) Joan Nassauer (Co-Principal Investigator current) Steven Yaffee (Co-Principal Investigator current) J. David Allan (Co-Principal Investigator current) |
| Sponsor |
University of Michigan 3003 S State St. RM 1062 Ann Arbor, MI 481091274 734/764-1817 |
| NSF Program | 1366 BIOCOMPLEXITY |
| Field Application |
0510602 Ecosystem Dynamics 0510301 Structure & Function |
| Program Reference Code | 1366,1608,9169,EGCH, |
0083992 Brown Projecting change in land use and land cover is often more art than science. This project will explore the intersection of social systems, land use, land cover, and the physical environment. The goal is to better understand how human behavior, policy choices, and economic forces affect land use, how land use relates to land cover, and how social and ecological systems interact in the context of changing landscapes in the Great Lakes region. The approach to exploring this complexity involves: forming interdisciplinary working groups; conducting pilot studies to help define and characterize drivers of landscape change; assessing existing spatial models that link social and biological processes; and formulating conceptual models that express relationships between social and biological systems.
