Abstract: Sustainability systems analysis applies a suite of analytical tools to study complex sustainability issues using a systems perspective. This talk will briefly overview sustainability systems analysis methods and provide two case studies. The first case study evaluates environmental consequences of international trade. The second case study examines clean vehicle development strategies in the U.S. under water resource constraints.

报告人：徐明博士，副教授

报告人简介：Ming Xu joined School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan in Fall 2010. He also has a courtesy appointment with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is interested in developing and applying interdisciplinary system-based analytical tools to tackle complex sustainability problems. Currently his work focuses on international trade, energy systems, and urban systems. He received his BS and MS from Tsinghua University, and PhD from Arizona State University, all in environmental engineering. Before joining the University of Michigan, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems at Georgia Institute of Technology from 2009 to 2010.

报告时间：2012年5月9日上午8:00至10:00

报告地点：四方校区1号行政楼第一会议室

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