M. Salim Uddin
Assistant Professor
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
BIO
My primary research interests are focused on understanding the social-ecological system’s resilience, community and local-led climate change adaptation, community resilience, social learning, environmental disaster management and sustainable natural resources management. My research emphasizes understanding complex human-environment interactions through a social-ecological systems approach in the context of a highly globalized and multilevel, changing world. I am interested in exploring inbuilt social and human capacity to reduce social vulnerability and enhance resilience to climate change; measuring eco-biosocial systems’ ‘blind spots’ beyond disciplines; and achieving development that promotes human well-being while conserving the environment and supporting adaptation to climate change. I focus on the level of connection (or “disconnect”) between people, society, and their environment, and explore this as a question of environmental sustainability and reducing vulnerability to climate change. My work postulates that to understand the components of ecosystem services, social capital, resilience attributes, social learning, climate change adaptation, and social-ecological system sustainability, especially focusing on vulnerable communities and natural resources in the developed and developing world, there is a need to examine the many facets of human-environment linkages.
Area(s) of expertise
Natural resource management, Forest ecology, Biodiversity, Environment, Conservation. Sustainability, Conservation biology, Sustainable development, Emergency management, Environmental management
Bio
My primary research interests are focused on understanding the social-ecological system’s resilience, community and local-led climate change adaptation, community resilience, social learning, environmental disaster management and sustainable natural resources management. My research emphasizes understanding complex human-environment interactions through a social-ecological systems approach in the context of a highly globalized and multilevel, changing world. I am interested in exploring inbuilt social and human capacity to reduce social vulnerability and enhance resilience to climate change; measuring eco-biosocial systems’ ‘blind spots’ beyond disciplines; and achieving development that promotes human well-being while conserving the environment and supporting adaptation to climate change. I focus on the level of connection (or “disconnect”) between people, society, and their environment, and explore this as a question of environmental sustainability and reducing vulnerability to climate change. My work postulates that to understand the components of ecosystem services, social capital, resilience attributes, social learning, climate change adaptation, and social-ecological system sustainability, especially focusing on vulnerable communities and natural resources in the developed and developing world, there is a need to examine the many facets of human-environment linkages.
Areas of Expertise
Natural resource management, Forest ecology, Biodiversity, Environment, Conservation. Sustainability, Conservation biology, Sustainable development, Emergency management, Environmental management