292 Lawler,Josh Open 9/ 20
TITLE: MAPPING AND UNDERSTANDING TH IMPACTS OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON NATURE AND PEOPLE DESCRIPTION: THIS IS A HANDS ON COURSE IN WHICH WE WILL PARTNER WIT THE NATURE CONSERVANCY (TNC) IN WASHINGTON TO EXPLORE THE LANDSCAPE LEVEL EFFECTS OF HOUSING DEVELOPMEN ACROSS THE STATE. WE WILL USE A COMBINATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTELY SENSED DATA SETS, DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, AND SPATIAL ANALYSES TO EXPLORE WHERE LAND CONVERSION IS OCCURRING, AND WHICH NATURAL SYSTEMS AND HUMAN POPULATIONS ARE BEING IMPACTED. FOR EXAMPLE, WE MAY EXPLORE TO WHAT DEGREE DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING AT THE URBAN WILDLAND INTERFACE, WHAT PORTION OF DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING IN FIRE-PRONE AREAS AND WHICH POPULATIONS ARE MOST EXPOSED TO FIR RISK, AND WHETHER URBAN AND SUBURBA DEVELOPMENT IS CHANGING ACCESS TO NATURE, HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS, AND CARBON STORAGE. THIS COURSE WILL BE CO TAUGHT BY MAX LAMBERT, LEAD SCIENTIST, TNC, WA.
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