Abstract
In Predescu et al. 2002, the authors present a model for the interaction between the number of mosquito breeding sites in a community and that community's “level of consciousness” of the environmental problem. We build upon this concept here by generalizing the model and incorporating a threshold relationship between the environmental hazard, , and community response,
; the hazard must exceed a critical level ω before a community intervenes.
Acknowledgements
The model presented in this paper builds on the conceptual foundation established in Predescu et al. [Citation6], and subsequent discussions with R. Levins and T. Awerbuch-Friedlander have been both insightful and encouraging. The commentary of G. Verghese significantly improved the manuscript. This work was supported by the Martin Family Fellowship for Environmental Sustainability at MIT.