2019 Short Course in Multi-scale Analysis of Sustainability
About
The security of food, energy and water is interwoven with human, economic and environmental sustainability. This recognition suggests that decision making for sustainability could benefit from a nexus approach that integrates resources across sectors and scales. The short course is designed to provide students comprehensive training in the equilibrium modeling tools for economic as well as interdisciplinary analysis of sustainability issues across local, national and global scales. Two quantitative tools will be covered in this course: the non-gridded SIMPLE model and the gridded SIMPLE-G model. The training modules are designed to provide an immersive experience that spans geo-spatial data, model code, and software structures to allow participants to examine real policy problems and synthesize quantitative results while enhancing their own intuition.
The training program is delivered in two distinct phases. The online portion is a three-week (August 26 -September 13, 2019) sequence dedicated to exploring a global partial equilibrium SIMPLE model. The main objectives are to understand the microeconomic underpinnings of computable equilibrium models and learn the implementation via the GEMPACK software suite. Learning material draws heavily on the book “Global Change and the Challenges of Sustainably Feeding a Growing Planet” (Hertel and Baldos, 2016), an online course based on the book, as well as the resources developed under the GLASS (Global to Local Analysis of Systems Sustainability) project.
| Type | Course |
|---|---|
| Level | Foundation |
| Length | 1 hour |
Registration is required to access materials.
Modules
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Multi-scale Analysis of Sustainability (2019): Getting Started with GEMPACK
Module 1 • 1 hour
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Multi-scale Analysis of Sustainability (2019): Impacts of Population and Income Growth on Global Agricultural Output, Prices and Land Use
Module 2
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Multi-scale Analysis of Sustainability (2019): Economic Responses to Scarcity in the Global Food System
Module 3
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Multi-scale Analysis of Sustainability (2019): Impacts of Economic Growth and Climate Change on Undernutrition
Module 4
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Multi-scale Analysis of Sustainability (2019): Onsite training on the SIMPLE-G model
Module 5