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4 Models, Metrics, and Future Scenarios
Pages 19-24

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... Fink cited the efforts of the Central Arizona Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Resiliency Programe, an initiative funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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... Fink also pointed to the recently launched Global Cities Indicators Facility project, located at the University of Toronto and funded by the World Bank. The project is designed to encourage cities worldwide to collect "the same kind of data in the same way" and to "place their data all in one place." The ultimate objective is to facilitate access to urban research on global urban issues in ways that make comparisons easier to discuss and analyze.
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... Pickett, a Plant Ecologist and Distinguished Scientists at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, speak about the ongoing efforts of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study of Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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... "We do financial, economic and even estate planning," Parris wryly observed, but we "don't do spatial planning," and for this reason it is extremely difficult to devise an effective strategy for sustainable urban growth. Jennifer Wolch, Dean, College of Environmental Design and William W
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... In other words, could the GIS planning tool help policy makers select new swatches of parkland that would maximize the payoff for people and the environment? In addition, Wolch observed that none of this technology, data collection and analysis comes cheap, and that it is unrealistic to believe that it can be successfully put in place and maintained without government involvement at all levels.
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... Participants raised similar questions. Will this vast treasure trove of data allow the public and policy makers (or even researchers)
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