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Instructor: Chester B. Zarnoch, Ph.D.
Email: Chester.Zarnoch@baruch.cuny.edu
Office Phone: (646) 660-6239
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Office hours: Thursday 1:00-2:00 or by appointment
Lecture: TTh 11:10-12:25 in room 3145 of the Vertical CampusInstructional Technology Fellow: Amanda Licastro
Email: amanda[dot]licastro[at]gmail.com
Office Hours: Mondays 12-3:00pm. I will hold office hours in VC 7235 in the cubicle marked 7230B. And virtual office hours via Google Hangout, chat, or Skype on Tuesdays from 12-3pm (email amanda.licastro@gmail.com to make an appointment).-
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Tag Archives: Ostrom
The Economics of Social Ecological Systems
Elinor Ostrom’s article, “A General Framework for Analyzing Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems” is very successful in its attempt to connect human behavior and human interaction regarding the usage of ecosystem resources. Right off the bat, it was shrewd of Ostrom … Continue reading
Letting The Common Man Learn To Manage The Commons
What strikes me as most impressive in Ostrom’s paper is her dedication to making her point understood by all – which is also the basis of why she’s arguing in favor of a more complexly defined framework for social-ecological systems. … Continue reading
Complexity vs. Chaos
One very interesting point raised in this essay and in Ostrom’s nobel prize speech is that complexity does not connote chaos. Rather, complexity is necessarily a component of a successful system. When I heard that in her speech, I did not … Continue reading
