Yeakley, J. AlanDuncan, SallyBollens, SteveOzawa, Connie P.Shandas, VivekChang, HeejunDresner, MarionGordon, Sean N.Harrison, John A.Kline, Jeffrey D.Morzillo, Anita T.Netusil, Noelwah R.Rollwagen-Bollens, GretchenStephan, MarkThiers, Paul R.2020-06-222020-06-222015-09-25Yeakley, J. Alan; Duncan, Sally; Bollens, Steve; Ozawa, Connie P.; Shandas, Vivek; Chang, Heejun; Dresner, Marion; Gordon, Sean N.; Harrison, John A.; Kline, Jeffrey D.; Morzillo, Anita T.; Netusil, Noelwah R.; Rollwagen-Bollens, Gretchen; Stephan, Mark; and Thiers, Paul R., "Portland-Vancouver ULTRA-Ex: Evaluating Relationships Between Governance and Environmental Quality in Urban Ecosystems" (2013). Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations. 134. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/esm_fac/134http://hdl.handle.net/11603/18946Presented at the Institute for Sustainable Solutions Research to Action Symposium on Sustainable Neighborhoods Symposium, Portland, OR.The Portland-Vancouver Urban Long Term Research Area (ULTRA-Ex) is a multidisciplinary project aimed at understanding the feedbacks between human and natural systems in urban settings. The ULTRA-Ex project is seeking to answer the overarching question: How do human governance and biophysical systems respond interactively to both press and pulse disturbances in urban socio-ecological systems? This presentation provides early observations and findings from the PV ULTRA-Ex project.10 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.Public Domain Mark 1.0This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Text