Isaac Brown is a second year doctoral student specializing in urban ecology and biodiversity. His problems course includes developing an indicator framework for Urban Ecosystem Health in the UCLA Los Angeles County Environmental Report Card. For the course, urban ecosystem health is defined as a measure of the impacts, benefits, and sustainability of urban ecosystems, emphasizing ecosystem services, natural features, and native biodiversity. Indicators are being collected and synthesized from available datasets with special consideration for the Ecosystem Health Objectives of the UCLA Sustainable L.A. Grand Challenge.
