TY - BOOK AU - Ford, Andrew. TI - Modeling The Environment SN - 9781597264723 AV - GE45.D37 F67 2010 U1 - 363.7001/1 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Washington PB - Island Press KW - Architecture KW - Environmental sciences KW - Simulation methods N1 - Include index; Include bibliographical reference; Preface xi -- Acknowledgments xvii -- Part I. Introductory Modeling : Chapter 1 Introduction 3 -- Chapter 2 Software : Getting Started with Stella and Vensim 17 -- Chapter 3 Stocks and Flows : The Building Blocks of Systems Dynamics Models 31 -- Chapter 4 Accumulating the Flows 39 -- Chapter 5 Water Flows in the Mono Basin 47 -- Chapter 6 Equilibrium Diagrams 65 -- Chapter 7 S-Shaped Growth 77 -- Chapter 8 Epidemic Dynamics 87 -- Chapter 9 Information Feedback and Causal Loop Diagrams 99 -- Chapter 10 Homeostasis 117 -- Chapter 11 Temperature Control on Daisyworld 125 -- Chapter 12 Hitting the Bull's Eye 139 -- Part II Intermediate Modeling -- Chapter 13 The Modeling Process 149 -- Chapter 14 Software: Further Progress with Stella and Vensim 169 -- Chapter 15 The Salmon of the Pacific Northwest 189 -- Chapter 16 Managing a Feebate Program for Cleaner Vehicles 209 -- Chapter 17 Modeling Pitfalls 223 -- Chapter 18 Introduction to Cyclical Behavior 235 -- Chapter 19 Cycles in Real Estate Construction 245 -- Chapter 20 Cycles in Predator and Prey Populations 255 -- Chapter 21 The Overshoot of the Kaibab Deer Population 267 -- Chapter 22 DDT in the Ocean 289 -- Chapter 23 CO2 in the Atmosphere 295 -- Chapter 24 Concluding Perspective 305 -- Appendixes Review and Advanced Methods -- Appendix A. Review of Units 317 -- Appendix B. Review of Exponential Growth 323 -- Appendix C. Software Choices and Individual Based Models 329 -- Appendix D. Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty 341 -- Appendix E. Incorporating Other Methods in a System Dynamics Model 349 -- Appendix F. Short Run and Long Run Dynamics in a Single Model 353 -- Appendix G. Spatial Dynamics and Spatial Displays 359 -- References 367 -- Index 375 -- ER -