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2000 Summer Institute
Week 3

June 19 | June 20 | June 21 | June 22 | June 23




Monday, June 19

8:30 - 10:00    Fabrice Lehoucq    Woodburn 218


Discussion of Weeks I and II, Questions, and Issues.

10:00 - 10:20    Break

10:20 - 12:30    Elinor Ostrom    Woodburn 218

"A Common-Pool Resource Experiment"

12:30 - 2:00    Lunch

2:00 - 2:45    Glen Green    Wylie Hall 115

"Radiometric Calibration"

By converting raw Landsat satellite image Digital Numbers (DNs) to the surface reflectance values, radiometric calibration permits the comparison of satellite data across time, space, and wavelength, an essential element in monitoring global environmental change. These calibrated data can then also be compared to physical measures from other disciplines.
Readings:
Green, G. 1998. Absorption and Scattering Notes.

USGS. 1998. HELP: Landsat (TM), for the web site: Click here.

Green G., C. Schweik, and M. Hanson. 1999. Draft: Radiometric Calibration of Landsat MultiSpectral Scanner and Thematic Mapper Images: Guidelines for the Global Change Community. Submitted to Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing.

3:00 - 5:00    Glen Green    ACT

Lab: "Radiometric Calibration"

This lab will present hands-on procedures for calibrating Landsat satellite data using image-processing shareware for the PC platform.




Tuesday, June 20

8:30 - 10:00    Clark Gibson and Fabrice Lehoucq    Woodburn 218

"Linking National and Local Levels of Analysis"

The most important arena between the local and global levels of analysis is national in scope. It is dominated by governments and the actions of public and private agents. As countless studies indicate, state policies in the developing world create incentives for individuals, companies, and communities to destroy their forests. But, the mechanisms by which they do so are not entirely clear. This talk aims to bridge the gap between local and national levels of analysis by presenting a general model of why public authorities in developing countries enact environmentally destructive policies. It offers some stylized facts about states in the developing world and some theoretical principles about how governments interact with voters, bureaucrats, parties, and interest groups. By showing how economic interests interact with institutions at the national level, it also suggests how national policy may nevertheless lead to different outcomes at the local level.
Readings:
Ames, Barry, and Margaret E. Keck. (Winter 1997-98). The Politics of Sustainable Development: Environmental Policy Making in Four Brazilian States. Journal of Interamerican Studies & World Affairs 39:4.

Silva, Eduardo. 1997. The Politics of Sustainable Development: Native Forest Policy in Chile, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Mexico. Journal of Latin American Studies 29:457-493.

Turner, Paul W. 1998. Chapters 4-6. In Constitutional order and deforestation: An analysis of the humid tropics. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Political Science, Indiana University–Bloomington. CIPEC Dissertation Series No. 1. Bloomington, Ind.: Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC).

10:00 - 10:20    Break

10:20 - 12:30    Elinor Ostrom    Woodburn 218

"Communal and Property Issues"

In this session we will discuss how groups who wish to organize themselves in order to govern and manage jointly owned property may do so. Several communally-owned forests exist in the Bloomington region. We will discuss how these cases help us understand theoretically important issues about how the characteristics of communities affect forest conditions.
Readings:
Gibson, Clark, and Tom Koontz. 1998. When Community Is Not Enough: Communities and Forests in Southern Indiana. Human Ecology 26(4):621-47. (Core)

Agarwal, S. et al. 1998. The Lakes of Painted Hills Community and Its Forests.

IFRI Field Manual introductory materials.

12:30 - 2:00    Lunch

2:00 - 2:45    Tom Evans    Wylie Hall 115

GIS Lecture #2: "GIS Database Construction"

This session discusses methods of getting your data into a GIS. In particular, data formats, data import/export, secondary data sources, and pre-processing of primary data are discussed. The goal of this session is to provide participants with the information necessary to evaluate what data are appropriate for spatial representation and the sources of error involved with GIS database construction. Participants are encouraged to discuss specific elements of their research to assess the utility of a spatial component to their work (if lacking).
Readings:
Same as Lecture #1, June 14.

3:00 - 5:00    Tom Evans    ACT

GIS Lab #2: "GIS Database Construction"




Wednesday, June 21

8:30 - 10:00    Jon Unruh    Woodburn 218

"Land Tenure, Legal Pluralism, and the Peace Process"

This session considers the intersection of land tenure and legal pluralism. Following an examination of this topic in the context of the change in tenure institutions that result from armed conflict and a subsequent peace process, we will have the opportunity for more general discussion to broadly look at the different manifestations of pluralistic tenure regimes and their implications for land use.
Readings:
Merry, S. E. 1988. Legal Pluralism. Law and Society Review 22(5):869-896. (Core)

Prill-Brett, J. 1994. Indigenous Land Rights and Legal Pluralism among Philippine Highlanders. Law and Society Review 28(3):687-697.

Lund, C. 1998. Struggles for Land and Political Power: On the Politicization of Land Tenure and Disputes in Niger. Journal of Legal Pluralism 40:1-22.

10:00 - 10:20    Break

10:20 - 12:30    Rick Wilk    Woodburn 218

"Consumption & Global Environmental Issues"

Consumer demand ultimately shapes the use of natural resources and the emission of waste products. What are the possible directions of future demand, and what will be the impact of consumption and the spread of consumer culture on the environment?
Readings:
Wilk, Richard. 1998. Emulation, Imitation, and Global Consumerism. Organization and Environment 11(3):314-333. (Core)

12:30 - 2:00    Lunch

2:00 - 2:45    Tom Evans    Wylie Hall 115

GIS Lecture #3: "Spatial Data Representation"

Social and biophysical data may be spatially represented using a variety of techniques each with specific elements of error and modeling appropriateness. This session discusses methods of representing spatial data and methods of transforming data to allow the integration of data from disparate sources. These data transformations include buffering, point interpolation and the conversion of contour lines to Digital Elevation Models (DEM).
Readings:
Same as Lecture #1, June 14.

3:00 - 5:00    Tom Evans    ACT

GIS Lab #3: "Spatial Data Representation"



Thursday, June 22

8:30 - 10:00    Emilio Moran    Woodburn 218

"LUCC"

The Land Use and Land Cover Change (LUCC) Project is a Programme Element of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP).
This Core Project is an interdisciplinary programme aimed at improving the understanding of the land use and land cover change dynamics and their relationships with the global environmental change. From its inception the planning and implementation of the project has actively engaged both the physical and social science communities, and this will continue to be an important modus operandi in the future.

10:00 - 10:20    Break

10:20 - 12:30    Elinor Ostrom and Emilio Moran    Woodburn 218

Summer Institute Evaluations, written and oral

12:30 - 2:00    Lunch

2:00 - 2:45    Tom Evans    Wylie Hall 115

GIS Lecture #4: "GIS Applications"

This lecture introduces applications of GIS and spatial analysis, focusing on tools relevant to the integration of social and biophysical data. Suitability analysis, cost surfaces, remote sensing/GIS integration and network analysis are examples of applications discussed.
Readings:
Same as Lecture #1, June 14.

3:00 - 5:00    Tom Evans    ACT

GIS Lab #4: "GIS Applications"

6:00     Catered Dinner at IMU Federal Room



Friday, June 23

8:30 - 10:00     Elinor Ostrom     Woodburn 218

"Putting the Separate Parts Together"

Readings:
Ostrom, E. 1998. A Behavioral Approach to the Rational Choice Theory of Collective Action. American Political Science Review, 92(1):1-22. (Core)

10:00 - 10:20    Break

10:20 - 12:30     Emilio Moran     Woodburn 218

"Global Change: The Next Decade"

Future directions in HDGC research and the contributions of CIPEC methodology will be considered. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their own research as it relates to HDGC, and how the methodologies presented during the Summer Institute may be useful for their work.

12:30 - 2:00     Lunch

2:00 - 5:00    Elinor Ostrom and Emilio Moran     Woodburn 218

Summary, Comments, and Discussion of the Past Three Weeks.



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