Brian W Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 630319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian W Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian W |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER B W |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Geological Survey |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1716-1161 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Visioning ecologically diverse and harmonious futures of Korea in Good Anthropocene
The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a buffer between North and South Korea, holds profound historical, cultural and ecological significance, as well as exceptional potential for conservation and transformation. This study explores ecologically diverse and peaceful futures for the Korean Peninsula by envisioning the DMZ as a landscape for harmonious human–nature co‐existence. Using the Nature Futures Framework ( NFF ) and the Seeds of Good Anthro…
Catalyzing change: A literature review on the implementation of the Nature Futures Framework
The Nature Futures Framework (NFF), developed under the Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), serves as a catalyst for advancing new scenarios and models focused on biodiversity and ecosystem services within the broader research community. In particular, the framework facilitates the development of scenarios and models that can help guide change processes toward desirable futures for nature and …
The perspective of youth: Envisioning transformative pathways and desirable futures for people and nature
This paper examines the pathways to desirable nature futures as envisioned by 22 young people from all United Nations regions and diverse cultural backgrounds who participated in the second edition of the IPBES Youth workshop (2022). The workshop employed the Three Horizons framework and the Nature Futures Framework (NFF) to describe the plurality of youth visions for desirable nature futures and transformative pathways to achieve these visions. …
Accurately Characterizing Climate Change Scenario Planning in the U.S. National Park Service: Comment on Murphy et al. 2023
We more accurately locate the boundary between current practice and research priorities regarding climate change scenario planning in U.S. federal land management agencies by supplementing the characterization in a recent article ("Understanding perceptions of climate change scenario planning in United States public land management agencies") of its use in the U.S. National Park Service. Accurately reflecting the full depth and breadth of efforts…
Bringing the Nature Futures Framework to life: Creating a set of illustrative narratives of nature futures
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-023-01316-1
Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: Modelling Nature Futures
The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) is a heuristic tool for co-creating positive futures for nature and people. It seeks to open up a diversity of futures through mainly three value perspectives on nature – Nature for Nature, Nature for Society, and Nature as Culture. This paper describes how the NFF can be applied in modelling to support decision-making. First, we describe key considerations for the NFF in developing qualitative and quantitative …
Crossing Boundaries in a Collaborative Modeling Workspace
There is substantial literature on the importance of bridging across disciplinary and science–management boundaries. One of the ways commonly suggested to cross boundaries is for participants from both sides of the boundary to jointly produce information (i.e., knowledge co-production). But simply providing tools or bringing people together in the same room is not sufficient. Here we present a case study documenting the mechanisms by which manage…
Using Geospatial Analysis to Assess the Influence of Land-Use Change and Conservation on Pastoralist Access to Drought Resources
Drought resource areas (DRAs) maintain natural-resource availability during periods of low rainfall, and are critical for sustaining wildlife, livestock and human communities. This study analysed remote sensing data at two spatial scales in order to assess the distribution of DRAs relative to landuse changes and conservation efforts in East Africa. Results suggest that cultivation has exerted an especially strong influence on rangeland DRA availa…
Coping with Natural Hazards in a Conservation Context: Resource-Use Decisions of Maasai Households During Recent and Historical Droughts
Integrating Research Tools to Support the Management of Social-Ecological Systems Under Climate Change
Miller, B. W., and J. T. Morisette. 2014. Integrating research tools to support the management of social-ecological systems under climate change. Ecology and Society 19(3): 41. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06813-190341
Influence of a Teacher’s Scaffolding Moves During Child-Led Small-Group Discussions
The influence of one teacher’s scaffolding moves on children’s performance in free-flowing child-led small-group discussions was investigated. Three moves were examined: prompting for and praising the use of evidence, asking for clarification, and challenging. Lag sequential analysis was applied to a corpus of over 5,300 speaking turns during 30 discussions to identify recurrent turn-by-turn patterns of teacher-child and child-child talk initiate…
Using stylized agent-based models for population–environment research: A case study from the Galápagos Islands
Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: Modelling Nature Futures
The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) is a heuristic tool for co-creating positive futures for nature and people. It seeks to open up a diversity of futures through mainly three value perspectives on nature – Nature for Nature, Nature for Society, and Nature as Culture. This paper describes how the NFF can be applied in modelling to support decision-making. First, we describe key considerations for the NFF in developing qualitative and quantitative …
Influence of a Teacher’s Scaffolding Moves During Child-Led Small-Group Discussions
The influence of one teacher’s scaffolding moves on children’s performance in free-flowing child-led small-group discussions was investigated. Three moves were examined: prompting for and praising the use of evidence, asking for clarification, and challenging. Lag sequential analysis was applied to a corpus of over 5,300 speaking turns during 30 discussions to identify recurrent turn-by-turn patterns of teacher-child and child-child talk initiate…
Using stylized agent-based models for population–environment research: A case study from the Galápagos Islands
Bringing the Nature Futures Framework to life: Creating a set of illustrative narratives of nature futures
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-023-01316-1
Crossing Boundaries in a Collaborative Modeling Workspace
There is substantial literature on the importance of bridging across disciplinary and science–management boundaries. One of the ways commonly suggested to cross boundaries is for participants from both sides of the boundary to jointly produce information (i.e., knowledge co-production). But simply providing tools or bringing people together in the same room is not sufficient. Here we present a case study documenting the mechanisms by which manage…
Using Geospatial Analysis to Assess the Influence of Land-Use Change and Conservation on Pastoralist Access to Drought Resources
Drought resource areas (DRAs) maintain natural-resource availability during periods of low rainfall, and are critical for sustaining wildlife, livestock and human communities. This study analysed remote sensing data at two spatial scales in order to assess the distribution of DRAs relative to landuse changes and conservation efforts in East Africa. Results suggest that cultivation has exerted an especially strong influence on rangeland DRA availa…
Integrating Research Tools to Support the Management of Social-Ecological Systems Under Climate Change
Miller, B. W., and J. T. Morisette. 2014. Integrating research tools to support the management of social-ecological systems under climate change. Ecology and Society 19(3): 41. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06813-190341
Using stylized agent-based models for population–environment research: A case study from the Galápagos Islands
Influence of a Teacher’s Scaffolding Moves During Child-Led Small-Group Discussions
The influence of one teacher’s scaffolding moves on children’s performance in free-flowing child-led small-group discussions was investigated. Three moves were examined: prompting for and praising the use of evidence, asking for clarification, and challenging. Lag sequential analysis was applied to a corpus of over 5,300 speaking turns during 30 discussions to identify recurrent turn-by-turn patterns of teacher-child and child-child talk initiate…
Coping with Natural Hazards in a Conservation Context: Resource-Use Decisions of Maasai Households During Recent and Historical Droughts
Integrating Research Tools to Support the Management of Social-Ecological Systems Under Climate Change
Miller, B. W., and J. T. Morisette. 2014. Integrating research tools to support the management of social-ecological systems under climate change. Ecology and Society 19(3): 41. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06813-190341
Using Geospatial Analysis to Assess the Influence of Land-Use Change and Conservation on Pastoralist Access to Drought Resources
Drought resource areas (DRAs) maintain natural-resource availability during periods of low rainfall, and are critical for sustaining wildlife, livestock and human communities. This study analysed remote sensing data at two spatial scales in order to assess the distribution of DRAs relative to landuse changes and conservation efforts in East Africa. Results suggest that cultivation has exerted an especially strong influence on rangeland DRA availa…
Crossing Boundaries in a Collaborative Modeling Workspace
There is substantial literature on the importance of bridging across disciplinary and science–management boundaries. One of the ways commonly suggested to cross boundaries is for participants from both sides of the boundary to jointly produce information (i.e., knowledge co-production). But simply providing tools or bringing people together in the same room is not sufficient. Here we present a case study documenting the mechanisms by which manage…
Bringing the Nature Futures Framework to life: Creating a set of illustrative narratives of nature futures
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-023-01316-1
Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: Modelling Nature Futures
The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) is a heuristic tool for co-creating positive futures for nature and people. It seeks to open up a diversity of futures through mainly three value perspectives on nature – Nature for Nature, Nature for Society, and Nature as Culture. This paper describes how the NFF can be applied in modelling to support decision-making. First, we describe key considerations for the NFF in developing qualitative and quantitative …
Accurately Characterizing Climate Change Scenario Planning in the U.S. National Park Service: Comment on Murphy et al. 2023
We more accurately locate the boundary between current practice and research priorities regarding climate change scenario planning in U.S. federal land management agencies by supplementing the characterization in a recent article ("Understanding perceptions of climate change scenario planning in United States public land management agencies") of its use in the U.S. National Park Service. Accurately reflecting the full depth and breadth of efforts…
Catalyzing change: A literature review on the implementation of the Nature Futures Framework
The Nature Futures Framework (NFF), developed under the Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), serves as a catalyst for advancing new scenarios and models focused on biodiversity and ecosystem services within the broader research community. In particular, the framework facilitates the development of scenarios and models that can help guide change processes toward desirable futures for nature and …
The perspective of youth: Envisioning transformative pathways and desirable futures for people and nature
This paper examines the pathways to desirable nature futures as envisioned by 22 young people from all United Nations regions and diverse cultural backgrounds who participated in the second edition of the IPBES Youth workshop (2022). The workshop employed the Three Horizons framework and the Nature Futures Framework (NFF) to describe the plurality of youth visions for desirable nature futures and transformative pathways to achieve these visions. …
Visioning ecologically diverse and harmonious futures of Korea in Good Anthropocene
The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a buffer between North and South Korea, holds profound historical, cultural and ecological significance, as well as exceptional potential for conservation and transformation. This study explores ecologically diverse and peaceful futures for the Korean Peninsula by envisioning the DMZ as a landscape for harmonious human–nature co‐existence. Using the Nature Futures Framework ( NFF ) and the Seeds of Good Anthro…
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (7 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Environmental resource management (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Futures contract (5 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (4 works)