Earth Systems Engineering and Management. Introduction to the concept and principles of ESEM, with references to systems engineering, adaptive management, and industrial ecology. Several examples of ESEM systems, including the climate change negotiation process as nascent ESEM, the Everglades, urban systems, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will be presented, and a set of operational principles derived from them.
Reading: Power point ,ESEM reading, governance principles reading. The file is provided down below. let me know if you have any questions!
One page essay on how climate change can be understood as a carbon cycle design and management challenge.