Lecture Notes
Notes are available for select lectures below.
| SES # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Introduction | (PDF) |
| 2 | From simple calculations to complex models | (PDF) |
| Frameworks and Analysis Tools | ||
| 3 | Policy analysis techniques: What makes scientific information effective in policy? | (PDF) |
| 4 | Quantitative techniques: Box models and lifetimes | (PDF) |
| 5 | Model frameworks: Risk assessment | (PDF) |
| 6 | Quantitative techniques: Optimization (guest lecture) | |
| 7 | Model frameworks: Scenarios | (PDF) |
| 8 | Field trip: Museum of Science | |
| Case Studies of Models in Policy | ||
| 9 | Acid rain: Air pollution science and models | (PDF) |
| 10 | Acid rain: Policy outcomes | |
| 11 | Population and environmental impacts | (PDF) |
| 12 | Fisheries management | (PDF) |
| 13 | Models and policy war stories 1 (guest lecture) | |
| 14 | Vulnerability and the Arctic | (PDF) |
| 15 | Chemicals: Screening and assessment models | (PDF) |
| 16 | Chemicals: Policy implementation and the Stockholm convention | (PDF) |
| 17 | Models and policy war stories 2 (guest lecture) | |
| 18 | Climate change: Scientific models | (PDF) |
| 19 | Models and policy war stories 3 (guest lecture) | |
| 20 | Climate change: Modeling applications (guest lecture) | (PDF) (Courtesy of Travis Franck. Used with permission.) |
| 21 | Climate change: Policy applications | (PDF) |
| Model Evaluation and Policy Planning | ||
| 22 | Earth system models | |
| 23 | Models and policy war stories 4 (guest lecture) | |
| 24 | Term project presentations | |
| 25 | Term project presentations (cont.) | |
| 26 | Wrap-up and ways forward: Models for sustainability? | (PDF) |
