Primary Convener:
Xinchang Li, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Convener:
TC Chakraborty, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Galina Churkina, Technical University Berlin
Burak Guneralp, Texas A & M University

Early Career Convener:
Hang Yin, University of Guelph

Chair:
Xinchang Li, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
TC Chakraborty, Yale University
Galina Churkina, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
Burak Guneralp, Texas A & M University
Hang Yin, University of Guelph

Both biophysical and socioeconomic dimensions of urbanization play pivotal roles in influencing Earth system processes and human societies. Understanding these impacts across scales requires diverse methods and expertise from various scientific fields. This session invites empirical, observational, and modeling studies on the biogeochemical, biophysical, and socio-ecological interactions of urban areas with Earth systems from local to global scales. We welcome perspectives from researchers and practitioners from diverse backgrounds, e.g., from natural and social scientists to engineers and planners. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Urban water, energy, and biogeochemical cycles of the past, present, and future;


• Urban interactions with the environment (through landscapes, ecosystems, and/or atmosphere) across scales;


• Urban-induced changes in spatiotemporal patterns of energy supply and use, transportation, and/or greenhouse gas emissions;


• Food-energy-water nexus of cities; and


• Influence of socioeconomic, socio-political, and institutional dynamics on urban policy, planning, and management.

Index Terms
3307 Boundary layer processes
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics
1630 Impacts of global change
1632 Land cover change

Suggested Itineraries:
Climate Change and Global Policy
Open Science and Open Data
Global Impacts‚ Solutions‚ & Policies
Environmental Justice

Cross-Listed:
SY - Science and Society
A - Atmospheric Sciences
B - Biogeosciences
H - Hydrology

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering