SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: MOVING BEYOND

THE HUMAN EXEMPTIONALIST PARADIGM

Dr. Andrew Jones, Dept. of Sociology, CSU-Fresno
Friday, September 24, 2010, 3:00 PM, Science II Room 109

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ULTRA-FACES: URBAN LONG-TERM RESEARCH AREA

FRESNO-CLOVIS ECOSOCIAL STUDY
In revisiting Marxist theory, environmental sociology now has a materialist framework that allows for an
analysis of social and ecological systems from a co-evolutionary standpoint. The socio-ecological systems
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approach acknowledges the dynamic interplay of biological, social, and environmental systems; positing a
! Sampled FB Sites (74)
level
Tracts
of complexity
ULTRA-Ex Social Study
that existing social theories about the environment lack. The socio-ecological systems
approach is being employed by the Urban Long Term Research Area - Fresno and Clovis Ecosocial Study
(ULTRA-FACES)
2010 Median Household
use and
for research
institutional
Income Sampling Sites Distribution
involving water use behaviors in an urban environment (examining residential
$84,001 to $255,862water policies) and the impacts such behaviors have on biodiversity (examining bird
and plant species).
$70,001 to $84,000 (Total 74 sites)
Brought to you by the Department of Biology, California
$41,001 to $70,000 (Mean: $55,148)
$27,001 to $41,000 http://www.csufresno.edu/biology
and
State University, Fresno