Tag Archives: ecology

Riffing on modeling ecosystems

By anselm | Published: January 2, 2009
How can we build tools that help people make better decisions about the kind of large scale civic planning issues that affect them and their communities? Over the last week I had a chance to do some more thinking on the issue and did code tests to build small implementation sketches.  I’ve recruited Mikel’s assistance and [...]
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Looking At Solutions From The Ecologist’s Points Of View

By Bram Pitoyo | Published: December 25, 2008
Last time, I talked about how the designer and economist see and gauge the effectiveness of a solution. This time, we’re moving into the third territory: the ecologist’s. We’re going to look at solutions that change the shape of the space they’re in. True to its name, I’m going to use the natural web of life, [...]
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Looking At Solutions From The Designer and Economist Points Of View

By Bram Pitoyo | Published: November 28, 2008
More often than not, solving all the problem coming our way simply isn’t possible due to budget and/or time constraints. But if we must choose which ones are worth our time and investment, and which ones don’t, how can we determine it? On Looking At Solutions Spatially, I proposed the three dimensions that we can measure [...]
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Looking At Solutions Spatially

By Bram Pitoyo | Published: November 26, 2008
I like to think of a solution to problem as occupying a three-way axis. Magenta: The Economist An economist’s view on solution is reflected by the magenta line: how many people can a solution solve the problem for, and for what cost? The result is thus gauged with a classic “cost per capita” equation, where you would [...]
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