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Dr.
M
B.
"Bruce"
Beck
Faculty
Professor and Eminent Scholar
Environmental Systems Analysis
Research Interests
Directing the International Network on Cities as Forces for Good in the Environment (CFGNet), with colleagues from the Universities of Oxford and Newcastle, UK, Imperial College London, Tsinghua University (Beijing), ISET Nepal, IIASA Austria, and elsewhere. Case studies include the Atlanta-Chattahoochee, London, and Kathmandu-Bagmati systems.www.cfgnet.org |
On My MindHow do we encapsulate on a computer the behavior of pieces of the real world - cities, their infrastructures, and their environments - and then make forecasts that are robust in the face of all manner of uncertainties? How are complex models of environmental systems to be used in the growth of basic scientific knowledge? How should we handle all the uncertainties of computer modeling at the interfaces amongst policy, society, the law, the media, and science? How might we re-engineer the water infrastructure of cities so that, in terms of the popular metaphor of their ecological footprint, cities might "walk on air"? What offers the fastest route away from environmental unsustainability in our affairs, if it is not to be through inspired corporate leadership?
Background
PhD. University of Cambridge, UK (1973)
Publications
Beck, M.B; Lin, Z; and Stigter, J. 2011. "Model Structure Identification and the Growth of Knowledge," in System Identification, Environmental Modelling and Control System Design. Edited by Wang, L, pp. 69-96. Berlin: Springer. [Download]
Beck, M.B. 2011. "Cities as Forces for Good in the Environment: Sustainability in the Water Sector" in Sustainability Concepts Paper, UGA ISBN: 978-1-61584-248-4. Athens, GA: Warnell School. [Download]
Beck, M.B; Thompson, M; Ney, S; Gyawali, D; and Jeffrey, P. 2011. "On Governance for Re-engineering City Infrastructure." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Engineering Sustainability, 2011, pp. 129-142 163(ES2) [Download]
Beck, M.B; Jiang, F; Shi, F; Villarroel Walker, R; Osidele, O; Lin, Z; Demir, I; and Hall, J. 2010. "Re-engineering Cities as Forces for Good in the Environment." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Engineering Sustainability, 2010, pp. 31-46 163 (ES1) [Download]
Beck, M.B; Gupta, H; et al. 2009. Grand Challenges of the Future for Environmental Modeling. National Science Foundation ISBN: 978-1-61584-248-3. [Download]
Beck, M.B. 2005. Vulnerability of Water Quality in Intensively Developing Watersheds. Environmental Modelling & Software 20:381-400. [Download]
Beck, M.B. 2005. Environmental Foresight and Structural Change. Environmental Modelling & Software 20:651-670. [Download]
Beck, M.B; Fath, B; et al. 2002. Developing a Concept of Adaptive Community Learning: Case Study of a Rapidly Urbanizing Watershed. Integrated Assessment 3:299-307. [Download]
Teaching & Learning
WASR 8500, FYO Seminar, and UGA@Oxford: "Sustainability, Cities & Systems Thinking - A Skills Workshop."
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Office:
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Building 4
Phone: 706.542.0947
Lab:
102
Building 4
Fax: 706.542.0857
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