Welcome to Project SLUCE

Project SLUCE 2
Spatial Land Use Change and Ecological Effects at the Rural-Urban Interface:
Interactions of Exurban Land Management and Carbon Dynamics

SLUCE 2 Investigators

Dan Brown
School of Natural Resources & Environment
The University of Michigan
danbrown@umich.edu
http://www.umich.edu/~danbrown/

Joan Nassauer
School of Natural Resources & Environment
The University of Michigan
nassauer@umich.edu
http://www.snre.umich.edu/nassauer/home_index.html

Scott Page
Center for the Study of Complex Systems
Center for Political Studies
Department of Political Science
The University of Michigan
spage@umich.edu

Rick Riolo
Center for the Study of Complex Systems
The University of Michigan
rlriolo@umich.edu
http://www.cscs.umich.edu/PEOPLE/rlr-home.html

Dawn Parker
Department of Computational Social Science
Center for Social Complexity
George Mason University
dparker3@gmu.edu
http://mason.gmu.edu/~dparker3/

As of July 1, 2009:
School of Planning,
Faculty of Environment,
University of Waterloo, Canada

William Currie
School of Natural Resources & Environment
The University of Michigan
wcurrie@umich.edu
http://www.snre.umich.edu/profile/wcurrie

Research Associates

Derek T. Robinson, Grad. Res. Asst.
School of Natural Resources & Environment
Center for the Study of Complex Systems
The University of Michigan
dtrobins@umich.edu
www.derekthomasrobinson.com

Jun Wang, Grad. Res. Asst
School of Natural Resources & Environment
The University of Michigan
junw@umich.edu

Investigators Involved in SLUCE 1

Dan Brown School of Natural Resources & Environment The University of Michigan danbrown@umich.edu http://www.umich.edu/~danbrown/	Joan Nassauer School of Natural Resources & Environment The University of Michigan nassauer@umich.edu http://www.snre.umich.edu/nassauer/home_index.html
Scott Page Center for the Study of Complex Systems Center for Political Studies Department of Political Science The University of Michigan spage@umich.edu	Rick Riolo Center for the Study of Complex Systems The University of Michigan rlriolo@umich.edu http://www.cscs.umich.edu/PEOPLE/rlr-home.html
Kathleen Bergen School of Natural Resources & Environment The University of Michigan kbergen@umich.edu http://www.snre.umich.edu/people/faculty_detail.html?people_id=120	Bobbi Low School of Natural Resources & Environment The University of Michigan bobbilow@umich.edu
Robert Marans Institute for Social Research Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning The University of Michigan marans@umich.edu	David Allan School of Natural Resources & Environment The University of Michigan dallan@umich.edu http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dallan/
Carl Simon Center for the Study of Complex Systems Ford School of Public Policy Department of Mathematics The University of Michigan cpsimon@umich.edu http://www.econ.lsa.umich.edu/People/facpages/cpsimon.html	Steve Yaffee School of Natural Resources & Environment The University of Michigan yaffee@umich.edu

SLUCE Alumni

Post-Doctoral Scholars

An, Li (2003-2005) “Spatial-temporal modeling of types of land development and implications for land-cover change at the urban-rural fringe.”
(San Diego State University)

Ph.D. Theses

Wang, Zhifang (2003-2008)

Taylor, Jason J. (2005-2008) “Avian Populations in Human-Dominated Landscapes: An Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Dynamics at the Urban-Rural Interface) (Bureau of Land Management)

Zhao, Tingting (2002-2007) “Changing Primary Production and Biomass in Heterogeneous Landscapes: Estimation and Uncertainty Based on Multi-Resolution Remote Sensing and GIS Data.” (Florida State University)

Zellner, Moira (2002-2005) “Generating Policies for Sustainable Water Use in Complex Scenarios: An Integrated Land-Use and Water- Use Model of Monroe County, Michigan”
(University of Illinois - Chicago)

Rand, William (2002-2005) "Controlled Observations of the Genetic Algorithm in a Changing Environment: Case Studies Using the Shaky Ladder Hyperplane-Defined Functions"
(University of Maryland)

M.S. Theses

Vikalpa Jetly (2003-2005). “Evaluating the relationship between urbanization and ecological quality in Southeastern Michigan through the use of spatial landscape indicators.”
(Sanborn Solutions, Inc., MI)