The University of Arizona

sustainability

William (Bill) Halvorson

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Area of Expertise: 
Ecosystem Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Natural Resource Project Management, Landscape Management, Landscape Restoration, Natural Resource Inventory and Monitoring, Natural Area Resource Management
Professor
Bill Halvorson’s theme song is Geoffrey Mack’s “I’ve Been Everywhere.” (made famous by Hank Snow and Johnny Cash). By the time he was ready to go to high school he had already lived in Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and four different places in Phoenix and been to nine different schools. School then stopped the travel for a while, but off he went with a PhD for eight years at the University of Rhode Island and in the next ten years went from there to Denver, Washington, DC and Virginia, and finally southern California with the Department of Interior.

Conflict Resolution in Alaska: From Theory to Practice

 

Short Description: 
Resolving Conflicts Between Stakeholders in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Open Space Evaluation in Arizona

 

Short Description: 
An Evaluation of Arizona Open Space Situations, Issues, Needs and Concerns Using Components of the Growing Smarter Acts

Biosphere 2

Biosphere 2 in nearby Oracle, Arizona is managed by The University of Arizona, and serves as a laboratory for controlled scientific studies, an arena for scientific discovery and discussion, and a far-reaching public education center.

Synopsis: 
The Biosphere 2 provides the unique opportunity to study ecosystems under controlled conditions.
Facility & Technology Information
Acronym: 
B2
Infrastructure Type: 
Facilities

Integrated History and future Of People on Earth (IHOPE)

History is full of stories of how environmental stress can hasten social and economic collapse. However, if you take a closer look, you find that the notion that environmental stress leads inevitably and directly to social collapse masks a more complicated, and often more hopeful, model. For example, extreme drought has triggered both social collapse and ingenious management of water through irrigation. Human responses to the environment lead to the development a complex web of multidirectional connections in time and space.

Short Description: 
SNRE Director works with a team of international scholars to model human response to environmental change - revealing nuanced and often hopeful stories to guide our future.

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