PROGRAM & VISITORS GUIDE

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

TEMPE, ARIZONA, USA

OCTOBER 15-17, 2010

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

URBANIZATION AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

Opportunities & Challenges for Sustainability in an Urbanizing World

Welcome! Dear conference participants,

We welcome you to the first International Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change, Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainability in an Urbanizing World. Over the last five years, the Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) community has grown rapidly and generated new understandings of the relationships between urbanization and the global environment. This conference is an exciting opportunity to bring together communities of academics, decision-makers, and practitioners at local, regional, and global scales in order to take stock of UGEC science and practice.

Conference participants come from 40 countries and presentation topics range from the role of higher education as a catalyst for sustainability to urban vegetation, and socio-ecological contexts for urban sustainability. We have also included special sessions such as the one on the 2014 IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and UGEC research. We want to encourage interactions and dialogue between the participants during plenaries, parallel sessions and breaks; we clearly recognize the added-value of providing such opportunities and have designed our conference structure accordingly.

On Saturday, October 17th, we will hold a joint-conference day with the IHDP Global Land Project, under the theme, “Sustainable Land Systems in the Era of Urbanization and Climate Change.” The goal of this day is to strengthen existing relationships and build new networks among urban and land-change specialists to foster more collaboration worldwide, expanding the range of issues addressed. We will conclude the joint-conference day with a reception.

The next three days are a great opportunity to share ideas, recent research findings, and the road forward for UGEC science. We hope this conference will be informative and engaging for everyone. It is also an occasion to reacquaint with old friends as well as meet new colleagues from around the world.

Sincerely,

RobertoSánchez-Rodríguez KarenC.Seto UGEC Co-Chair UGEC Co-Chair El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico Yale University, USA University of California, Riverside, USA

Sukumawiki is a traditional Kenyan plant much like spinach. With its simple preparation, low price,

high yield, and rich nutritional value it has become a staple of Nairobi’s food culture. It was traditionally

grown in the countryside and shipped into the city. As Kenya’s population flowed into Nairobi leaving

their farms to pursue education and careers, either caused by push factors like droughts or other

ecological stresses or by pull factors like better education and employment, the peri-urban farming

landscape has changed. Sukumawiki is now being grown in urban farms in the outer sprawl of the city

and in shantytowns like Kibera, and sold frequently just minutes away in markets. Questions of land-use

and urbanization – shown in a simple plant like Sukumawiki – are dynamic and interrelated.

The collaboration of IHDP’s urbanization and land projects in this conference is an excellent example

of a scientific response to the mesh of complex interrelations among the diverse drivers and affects of

global environmental change (GEC). The phenomenon of urbanization is one of the major land use

transitions today. Rapid urbanization poses major challenges like poverty reduction, maintenance of

infrastructure and provision of social nets as well as the sustainable and equitable supply of ecosystem

services. In this context, the question arises how cities, combined with strategic land-use decisions,

can be drivers of sustainability transitions. Awareness, preparedness and overall effective governance

mechanisms and institutions will be key to addressing these challenges. Substantial input from the

social sciences is essential to finding effective solutions for the adaptation to global changes and for the

development of sustainable pathways for the future.

As issues overlap scientific integration needs to emerge. I welcome and invite the shared platform

provided by these two conferences to discuss pressing questions across thematic and professional

boundaries, especially those between science and policy. I hope that the events send out some clear

policy advice based on solid science. I wish all the participants success in the coming days!

AnanthaKumarDuraiappahExecutive Director International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

Urbanization, Land-Use, Sukumawiki

Table of Contents

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1 About the Conference 4 Conference Organizers 5 Conference Sustainability 8 Program Overview 10 Conference Stats at a Glance 11 Speakers 12 Parallel Session Overview 14 Parallel Session Details 25 Posters 26 Plenary Speakers 34 At the Conference 34 Memorial Union

34 Registration and Information

34 Internet

34 Catering

35 Events

35 Getting Around 36 Activities 36 What to do in Tempe

36 General Information 36 Volunteers

37 Lost Objects/Badges

37 Smoking

37 First Aid/In Case of an Emergency

37 Website

37 Information on the US, Arizona, and Tempe

37 Weather

37 Contact Information

38 Maps 38 ASU Map

39 Memorial Union Map

About the Conference

We now live in the “Century of the City”. Urban areas are central to the demographic, economic,

and environmental challenges of the 21st century. The size, form, structure, and function of

urban areas and their future growth trajectories are critical elements in the transition to global

sustainability. At the same time, world-wide challenges such as increases in surface temperature,

accelerated sea level rise, biodiversity loss, and declines in water availability and supply pose

particular threats to urban areas due to their location and concentration of people and economic

resources. Urbanization is a major component of global environmental change, while at the same

time global environmental change poses threats to urban areas. Especially given the rapid pace

of urban growth in middle and low income countries, there is an urgent need to understand the

bi-directional interactions between urbanization and global environmental change processes. And

most importantly, how can urbanization be promoted as an opportunity for sustainability?

The International Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change “Opportunities

and Challenges for Sustainability in an Urbanizing World” comes at a critical point for both the

UGEC project and international research community on urbanization and global environmental

change (ugec). Since the project was launched in 2005, there has been a rapid increase in the

volume of ugec research, and in particular, climate change and biodiversity loss. The midway

point for the project is an opportunity for stock-taking, to strengthen and expand regional and

thematic networks of researchers, practitioners, NGOs, and other relevant organizations, and

to identify clear goals and research paths for the next phase of the project. The conference

will be open to scientists, policymakers, practitioners, stakeholders and the general public and

will provide a comprehensive perspective of current knowledge of the dynamic and complex

interactions between urbanization and global environmental change. The goal is to build a forum

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for reflection, exchange of knowledge, experiences, lessons, ideas, and information, contributing

to the creation of efficient strategies for urban sustainability. The structure and approach is

specifically designed to foster dialogue among participants.

On Friday, October 15th and Saturday, October 16th the UGEC conference will showcase oral

presentations and posters analyzing the lessons learned from a wide-range of case studies on the

interactions between urbanization and global environmental change in diverse regional settings

(biogeographic regions but also geopolitical regions), particularly those that focus in coastal

areas, arid lands, the humid tropic, mountain and temperate zones. Furthermore, the conference

encourages reflective presentations on conceptual and methodological challenges for constructing

multidimensional and integrated approaches of the interactions between urbanization and global

environmental change, fostering dialogue about the construction of useful knowledge for urban

sustainability and future research and operational agendas. The following five themes have been

identified as the most compelling for guiding the future ugec research agenda and will help frame

the conference presentations and dialogue.

Effectsofandresponsestoclimatechangeinurbanareas. Human beings have

always had an intimate relation with climate. The changes in climate have varied effects

on urban systems at different spatial and temporal scales. Current attention to climate

change at the local, national, regional, and international level creates opportunities to

improve urban responses for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The conference

will focus on the complex and diverse bidirectional interactions between urban areas and

climate change.

Landuseand landcover. Urban land change is one of the most profound human

interventions in the Earth System functioning, especially at the local and regional levels.

Focusing on the theme of land use/cover changes in the context of urbanization and global

environmental change, the conference will explore – among other themes – How are

urban areas growing and are expected to grow in the next 50 years? What is the function

of new urban lands (informal vs. formal settlements)? What are the implications of this

urban spatial development and growth of extended metropolitan zones for biodiversity,

prime agricultural lands, local and regional climates?

Biodiversity,habitat conservationandurbanareas. Economic growth in urban

areas is often associated with increasing demand for natural resources at the regional and

global levels. Urban processes and their impacts have the potential to disrupt ecological

functions both close to and at a distance from the urban core. The conference will explore

the effects of interacting urban processes on biodiversity and habitat conservation through

analytical papers covering ecological footprints of urban areas, ecosystem services and

their benefits, urban-based conservation efforts, and the links to a sustainability transition.

Health. Global environmental change has significant impacts on the health of urban

populations. International attention to the health consequences of climate change has

enhanced the importance of considering public health as a fundamental element of the

global environmental processes. Changes in biodiversity, increased sea level rise, alterations

of the hydrologic cycle, and other global environmental processes have significant health

consequences for urban inhabitants. Contributions will address health implications of

global environmental change in urban areas and the ways through which urban processes

aggravate or facilitate the impact of global environmental change on health.

Governanceandinstitutions. Pressing issues brought forward by global environmental

change may fundamentally alter our preconceived ideas of what constitutes good urban

governance. The conference will explore: What is the relative role of formal and informal

institutions in the responses to climate change and biodiversity loss? What is the role of

integrated urban, transportation, and environmental planning? What are the interactions

between actors, such as non-governmental organizations and the private sector? The con-

ference will showcase the importance of governance issues as a cross-cutting theme.

This conference is organized in close cooperation with the Global Land Project (GLP), who will host

their Open Science Meeting from October 17-19. GLP is a joint research project for land systems for

the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions

Programme (IHDP). On Sunday, October 17th, both UGEC and GLP will convene under the theme

of “Sustainable Land Systems in the Era of Urbanization and Climate Change” in order to focus

jointly on themes surrounding the urban, land, and climate change interface. The themes that

these linkages bring forward are becoming more prominent in global change and climate change

science as suggested by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Intergovernmental Panel on

Climate Change and other major agenda-setting reports, recent and forthcoming, internationally.

This day’s presentations and discussions will center around five topics, but are not limited to:

Direct and indirect interactions of urban areas and land use changes,

Competition for land,

Urban areas and climate impacts,

The impact of urbanization on a large scale (beyond urban areas) –

biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem functions, and

Sustainable cities in arid areas.

The goal of this day is to forge new relationships between both communities of urbanization and

land systems researchers and to foster more collaboration worldwide, expanding the range of

issues addressed.

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InternationalScience&PlanningCommittee

HarrietA.Bulkeley,Ph.D.Reader, Department of Geography Durham University Durham, UK

UrbanoFraPaleo,Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Spatial Planning University of Extremadura Caceres, Spain

NancyGrimm,Ph.D.Professor, School of Life Sciences Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA

Shu-LiHuang,Ph.D.Professor, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning National Taipei University San Shia, Taiwan

RicardoJordán,Ph.D.Economic Affairs Officer Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division ECLAC United Nations Santiago, Chile

ShuaibLwasa,Ph.D.Lecturer, Department of Geography Makerere University Kampala, Uganda

PeterJ.Marcotullio,Ph.D.Associate Professor Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) New York, NY, USA

CharlesRedman,Ph.D.Professor, School of Sustainability Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA

DebraRoberts,Ph.D.Deputy Head, Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department eThekwini Municipality Durban, South Africa

PatriciaRomero-Lankao,Ph.D.ISSE Scientist II, Institute for the Study of Society and Environment (ISSE), University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO, USA

RobertoSánchez-Rodríguez,Ph.D.El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA, USA

KarenC.Seto,Ph.D.Associate Professor, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Yale University New Haven, CT, USA

J.MarshallShepherd,Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Geography/Atmospheric Sciences University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA

WilliamSolecki,Ph.D.Professor, Department of Geography Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) New York, NY, USA

UGECIPO

MichailFragkias,Ph.D.Executive Officer, UGEC Project Global Institute of Sustainability Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA

CorrieGriffithProject Coordinator, UGEC Project Global Institute of Sustainability Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA

Conference Organizers

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Conference Sustainability

We believe very strongly that it is our responsibility to put our best efforts towards making the

conference event and its related activities as sustainable as possible. With an estimated 300

participants, many of whom are international attendees, we want to conscientiously act with

regards to the energy usage, waste, and greenhouse gas emissions that will be associated with the

event. We’d like to share with you what the UGEC project and ASU has done to help minimize the

overall environmental impact of our three day conference event.

Venue: The ASU Memorial Union is LEED Gold Certified by the U.S. Green Building Council for

its environmentally sustainable construction. What this means is that during its construction only

regional and recycled materials were used, including local sandstone and mesquite and reclaimed

metal finishes, which minimized the project’s embodied energy and supported local industry. 95%

(1,128 tons) of construction waste was recycled and kept away from landfills. To keep energy

consumption low, special recessed lighting fixtures and efficient fixture layouts were installed which

help reduce the light power density by 25%, maximizing energy savings, and a portion of the

ASU’s solar-generated power is dedicated to the MU. Interior materials contain zero volatile organic

compounds, including stone and aluminum wall finishes, paints, adhesives, sealants, carpets,

casework and systems furniture which has reduced pollutants and the use of toxic chemicals,

improving the air quality. Furthermore, comprehensive recycling and green cleaning programs are

promoted by the MU in day to day operations, in order to minimize ongoing environmental impacts.

Catering: We have specifically asked for items that are sustainably and locally grown, including

vegetarian options and the minimal use of beef products. We have also chosen not to supply our

participants with bottled water, as there are many available water fountains within the Memorial

Union and around campus. The ASU Catering Services is committed to reducing their impact by

adhering to a variety of sustainable practices, some of which include: aligning seafood purchases

with Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sustainable Seafood WATCH guidelines whenever possible – which

provides guidelines that enable consumers to make responsible seafood purchases based on the

health of the population and the practices and methods of fishing and aquaculture; offering Fair

Trade and organic coffee; serving water and beverages in reusable pitchers whenever possible;

recycling 100% of cooking oil for local reuse such as biofuel and industrial goods; using unbleached,

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100% post-consumer recycled napkins; delivering catering using reusable containers; providing

positive educational material to remind event attendees to recycle when possible; working to

reduce waste in drop-off catering and convert to disposables that are biodegradable or comply with

the recycling programs on ASU campuses; cleaning with Green Seal certified products; printing on

100% post-consumer recycled paper; streamlining deliveries/transportation to reduce greenhouse

gas emissions; sourcing and operating energy efficient equipment (Energy Star rated); and training

all employees - managers, chefs, and servers - on sustainability issues and best practices.

PrintingandProcurement: We have strived to make this conference as paperless as possible, minimizing

the unnecessary printing of items which could easily be kept online at our conference wiki website:

[ugec2010.ugecproject.org]. For this reason, we have chosen not to print the conference abstracts

and papers, rather we’ve provided each participant with a 1GB flash drive with these items already

uploaded. These flash drives are ROHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive) compliant

and are certified not to contain lead, cadmium, or mercury. They also include biodegradable units in

which the drives casing is made of corn. For items we felt were necessary to print, like our program

and folder, we’ve used FSC certified recycled paper. Our tote bags and lanyards are made from

natural bamboo, which is a sustainable resource and naturally biodegradable. We also encourage

each participant to recycle their plastic badge holder at the end of the conference, should you

choose not to keep it. We will keep a large bin at the conference registration desk on the final day

of our conference – 10/17 – for this purpose.

RecyclingandComposting: We encourage each participant to be mindful of what they throw away

and to utilize the recycling and composting bins located throughout the MU and campus as much

as possible. Members of the ASU Green Team, a large volunteer force managed by the USG Campus

Environment Department, whose goals include educating, motivating, and organizing students to

create a more sustainable campus, will be present at the conference venue to help guide and

educate on proper recycling and composting techniques. All compost at the end of the conference

will be transported by the ASU Green Team volunteers to a local farm for use.

TravelandEmissions: The Phoenix Metropolitan Area certainly faces significant challenges when it

comes to providing public transportation, as the city was designed in such a way that it promotes

the use of personal vehicles. However, improvements have been made in the area of public

transportation, particularly in the recent construction of the Phoenix Metro light rail system. This

and a number of other public transportation options in and around Tempe are available for your

use – more information about these options has been included with your conference materials.

Moreover, the hotels that we’ve recommended are all within a mile of the ASU campus, in order

to encourage walking. We’ve also ensured that any necessary transportation of participants

during organized conference events will occur via buses chartered from an operator committed to

lessening its impact on the environment responsibly.

Carbonoffsets: The highest impact will most certainly come from international flight travel to and

from the conference. We’ve calculated that our total estimated carbon footprint based on 300

participants for the 3-day conference comes to approximately 517.99 tons of CO2. To put this

into perspective, this amount is equivalent to the CO2 emissions from 58,847 gallons of gasoline

consumed or the CO2 offset by a 2 MW wind turbine spinning for 427.38 hours. We have committed

to offsetting the footprint of our funded speakers and invited guests and we strongly encourage

each participant to do the same. We have purposely kept our conference registration fees low, on

the hope that you will make this contribution. There are a multitude of online sites with a variety of

offset projects that will allow you to easily calculate your emissions and your individual offset cost.

Some recommended sites include:

CarbonFund: http://www.carbonfund.org/

NativeEnergy: http://www.nativeenergy.com/

SterlingPlanet: http://www.sterlingplanet.com/

TerraPass: http://www.terrapass.com/

ClimateTrust: http://www.climatetrust.org/

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Program Overview

Friday October 15, 2010

8:00am – 9:00am Registration and Coffee

9:00am – 10:00am Welcoming/Opening Statements

10:00am – 11:30am PlenarySession–BuildingSustainability:AddressingVulnerability

andAdaptationtoClimateChangeintheContextofUrbanDevelopment

11:30am – 12:30am Lunch

12:30pm – 2:30pm ParallelSessions–GroupA

2:30pm – 2:45pm Break

2:45pm – 4:45pm ParallelSessions–GroupB

4:45pm – 5:00pm Break

5:00pm – 6:30pm PlenarySession–SustainabilitythroughRapidUrbanandPopulation

Growth:TheRoleofRates,Scale,LocationFormandFunction

Saturday October 16, 2010 9:00am – 10:30am PlenarySession–Institutions,Governance,PlanningandSustainability

10:30am – 11:00am Break

11:00am – 1:00pm ParallelSessions–GroupC

1:00pm – 2:00pm Lunch

2:00pm – 3:30pm PlenarySession–LocalActionforBiodiversity:BuildingResiliencefrom

theRootsUp

3:30pm – 4:00pm Break

4:00pm – 6:00pm ParallelSessions–GroupD

6:00pm – 7:00pm Poster Session

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Sunday October 17, 2010 JOINT UGEC/GLP DAY SUSTAINABLE LAND SYSTEMS IN THE ERA OF URBANIZATION & CLIMATE CHANGE

7:00am – 8:45am GLP Registration

8:45am – 9:15am GLP Welcome/Opening Statements

9:15am – 10:30am JointUGEC/GLPPlenarySession–UrbanLandSystemsandSustainability

10:30am – 11:00am Break

11:00am – 1:00pm JointUGEC/GLPParallelSessions–J-A

1:00pm – 2:00pm Lunch

2:00pm – 4:00pm JointUGEC/GLPParallelSessions–J-B

4:00pm – 4:30pm Break

4:30pm – 5:45pm JointUGEC/GLPPlenarySessions–Roundtable:Opportunitiesand

ChallengesforSustainabilityinAridCities

6:30pm – 8:00pm UGEC/GLP Joint Reception at the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon

Center, co-sponsored by GIOS

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Conference Stats at a Glance Ratio of U.S. and non U.S. Participants

U.S.35%

Non-U.S.65%

Gender Distribution of Participants

Female 32%

Male68%

Ratio of Participating Students

Students 38%

Non-Students

62%

Regional Distribution of Participants

5%

n USA & Canada n Africa n Australia, New Zealand & Pacific Islands n Central & Southern Asia n China, Taiwan & Japan n Europe n Latin America & Caribbean n Middle East n Southeast Asia

15%

12%

11%

13%

36%

2%1%

8%

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Speakers

Friday October 15, 2010Welcoming/OpeningStatements

KarenC.Seto, UGEC Co-Chair and Yale University, USA

RobertoSánchez-Rodríguez, UGEC Co-Chair and El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico; University of California, Riverside, USA

R.F.“Rick”Shangraw, Director, Global Institute of Sustainability andSandervanderLeeuw, Director, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, USA

Plenaries

BuildingSustainability:AddressingVulnerabilityandAdaptationtoClimateChangeintheContextofUrbanDevelopment

CheikhMbow, University of Dakar, Senegal (plenary chair)

A.R.Subbiah, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Thailand

AromarRevi, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, India

JamesLopez, Senior Advisor to the Housing and Urban Development Department Deputy Secretary Ron Sims, USA

SustainabilityThroughRapidUrbanandPopulationGrowth:TheRoleofRates,Scale,LocationFormandFunction

PeterJ.Marcotullio, Hunter College, The City University of New York, USA (plenary chair)

GeorgeMartine, Consultant, United Nations Population Fund, Brazil

StephenWheeler, University of California Davis, USA

WilliamSolecki, Hunter College, The City University of New York, USA

Saturday October 16, 2010 Plenaries

Institutions,Governance,PlanningandSustainability

JoAnnCarmin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (plenary chair)

RafTuts, Chief Urban Environmental Planning, UN-Habitat, Kenya

HarrietBulkeley, Durham University, UK

ShuaibLwasa, Makerere University, Uganda

LocalActionforBiodiversity:BuildingResilienceFromtheRootsUp

DebraRoberts, Deputy Head, Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Dept., eThekwini Municipality, South Africa (plenary chair)

RichardBoon, Head, Biodiversity Planning, eThekwini Municipality, South Africa

StephenGranger, Manager, City of Cape Town’s Environmental Department, South Africa

ChristopherBoone, Arizona State University, USA

Sunday October 17, 2010 JOINT UGEC/GLP DAY SUSTAINABLE LAND SYSTEMS IN THE ERA OF URBANIZATION & CLIMATE CHANGE

Welcoming/OpeningStatements

AnetteReenberg, Global Land Project SSC Chair and University of Copenhagen, Denmark

BillieL.TurnerII, Global Land Project SSC Member and Arizona State University, USA

R.F.“Rick”Shangraw, Director, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, USA

Plenaries

UrbanLandSystemsandSustainability

BillieL.TurnerII, Arizona State University, USA (plenary chair)

KarenC.Seto, Yale University, USA

MarinaAlberti, University of Washington, USA

J.MorganGrove, United States Forest Service, USA

Roundtable:OpportunitiesandChallengesforSustainabilityinAridCities

MichaelCrow, Arizona State University President, USA (roundtable chair)

NancyGrimm, Arizona State University, USA

GradyGammageJr., Gammage and Burnham PLC, USA

PatriciaGober, Arizona State University, USA

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Parallel Session Overview Friday October 15, 2010 12:30am–2:30pm Group A

ArizonaBallroom A1 Between Institutions and Innovation: Equitable Governance and Urban Climate Action

Gold A2 Carbon Footprints and Dynamics of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Urban Areas

Mohave A3 Urban Responses to Climate Change: Linking Mitigation, Adaptation and Development

Cochise A4 Sustainable Urban Infrastructure in Developing Regions

LaPaz A5 Conflicting Principles of Water and Sanitation Management in the Context of Rapid

Urbanization, Growing Inequalities and Climate Change

2:45pm–4:45pm Group B

ArizonaBallroom B1 Cities, Networks and Multi-level Governance: Experimenting with Urban Climate Responses

Gold B2 Exploring the Underlying Drivers of Vulnerability of Water across Cities

LaPaz B3 Cities and Climate Change: Local, National and Regional Perspectives

Mohave B4 Micro-Climatic and Heat Island Effects of Urban Areas I

Cochise B5 Urban Climate Change Research Network, First Assessment Report on Climate

Change in Cities (ARC3): Research Inventory, Opportunity for Engagement, and

the Science-Policy Linkage

Saturday October 16, 2010 11:00am–1:00pm Group C

VentanaA C1 Ecosystem Services on an Urbanizing Planet: What 2 Billion New Urbanites Means

For Climate and Water

Pima C2 Spatial Urban Planning and Climate Change

Cochise C3 Coastal Zones and Urbanization

Gold C4 Rapidly Urbanizing World Regions – Processes and Issues

AlumniLounge C5 Special Panel on UGEC Research and the 2014 IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5)

4:00pm–6:00pm Group D

Gold D1 Micro-Climatic and Heat Island Effects of Urban Areas II

VentanaA D2 Adapting Border Cities to Climate Change: Practices, Options and Constraints

Cochise D3 Higher Education as a Catalyst for Urban Sustainability

Pima D4 Rethinking Integrated Assessments and Management Projects

AlumniLounge D5 Peri-Urban Development and Environmental Sustainability I: Examples from Asia

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Sunday October 17, 2010 JOINT UGEC/GLP DAY SUSTAINABLE LAND SYSTEMS IN THE ERA OF URBANIZATION & CLIMATE CHANGE

11:00am–1:00pm Group J-A

LaPaz J-A1 Direct and Indirect Interactions of Urban Areas and Land Use Changes

Gold J-A2 Urban Vegetation and Socio-Ecological Contexts: Heterogeneity, Trends and Implications

VentanaA J-A3 Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice and Global Environmental Change

VentanaC J-A4 Peri-Urban Development and Environmental Sustainability II: Examples From Asia and Europe

Cochise J-A5 Sustainable Cities in Arid Areas

Turquoise J-A6 Market Mechanisms In Land-Use Change Models

AlumiLounge J-A7 Global Land-Use and Land-Cover Datasets – Status, Challenges and New Opportunities

Pima J-A8 Modeling Dynamic Urban-Environmental Interactions

Mohave J-A9 Advances in Urban Remote Sensing

2:00pm–4:00pm Group J-B

Mohave J-B1 Sustainability Challenges Related to Urbanization in Phoenix, Arizona: Past, Present,

and Future

LaPaz J-B2 [NETWORKING EVENT] Modeling and Forecasting Urban Land-Use Change:

An Earth System Science Perspective

VentanaA J-B3 Land System Dynamics: Chinese Perspectives I

Cochise J-B4 Forest Transitions in a Global Economy

VentanaC J-B5 Globalizing The Case Study: Advantages And Opportunities

Pima J-B6 Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) in China and Nepal

AlumniLounge J-B7 Evolving Urban Spatial Structure and the Environment

Gold J-B8 Suburban and Exurban Land Use Change Processes, Patterns and Ecological Impacts

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Parallel Session Details Friday October 15, 2010

Group A

A1 BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS AND INNOVATION: EQUITABLE GOVERNANCE AND URBAN CLIMATE ACTION Session organizer(s)/chair(s): JoAnn Carmin, MIT, USA

0045, Accomplishing urban low carbon transitions: Government by experiment, Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University, U.K. (h.a.bulkeley@durham.ac.uk)

0106, Building urban community resilience to climate change that couples with development, Shuaib Lwasa, Makerere University, Uganda (lwasa_s@arts.mak.ac.ug)

0124, Factors shaping responses to climate change in three Latin American cities, Patricia Romero Lankao, NCAR, USA (prlankao@ucar.edu)

0230, Governance and institutions of climate change at the national and local level: The case of Zambia, Jacob Chishiba, Kaizen Consulting International, Zambia (jchishiba@yahoo.com)

A2 CARBON FOOTPRINTS AND DYNAMICS OF GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION IN URBAN AREAS Session Convener(s): Shobhakar Dhakal, Global Carbon Project, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan

0190, Urban carbon footprints and mitigation responsibilities of cities – Insights from analyses of Tokyo, Shobhakar Dhakal, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan (shobhakar.dhakal@gmail.com)

0100, Terrestrial carbon dynamics across gradients of urbanization, Lucy Hutyra, Boston University, USA (lrhutyra@bu.edu)

0025, Quantification of urban carbon sinks: Producer and consumer perspectives, Eugene Mohareb, University of Toronto, Canada (emohareb@gmail.com)

0078, The impact of a carbon tax on the Paris metropolitan area and its population, Vincent Viguié, CIRED, France (viguie@centre-cired.fr)

0219, Land use dynamics and their carbon footprints in the megacities of the monsoon Asia, Chandrashekhar Biradar, University of Oklahoma, USA (chandra.biradar@ou.edu)

0229, Harnessing the power of the invisible majority: The potential role of small- and medium-sized businesses in urban greenhouse gas management, Sarah Burch, University of Oxford, U.K. (sburch02@gmail.com)

A3 URBAN RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: LINKING MITIGATION, ADAPTATION AND DEVELOPMENT Session chair(s): Darryn McEvoy, RMIT University, Australia

0069, Climate change impacts and adaptation at city scale: Illustrations in Paris, Copenhagen and Mumbai, Stephane Hallegatte, CIRED & Meteo-France, France (hallegatte@centre-cired.fr)

0168, Adaptation to climate change and the diffusion of innovations in slums in Bangladesh, Manoj Roy, University of Manchester, UK (manoj.roy@manchester.ac.uk)

0115, Synergies and conflicts between mitigation and adaptation: Reflecting on real world evidence from cities in Europe, South East Asia and Australia, Darryn McEvoy, RMIT University, Australia (darryn.mcevoy@rmit.edu.au)

0013, Social adaptation to climate change: Coping with floods in Dhaka’s informal settlements, Tibor Aßheuer, University of Cologne (tibor.assheuer@uni-koeln.de)

0065, Urban environment governance in Indonesia: Challenges to address flooding in Jakarta, Laely Nurhidayah, LIPI/Macquarie University, Australia (lae_ly@yahoo.com)

0151, Urbanization and extreme weather: Vulnerability of indigenous people to windstorms in Ibadan, Nigeria, Ibidun Adelekan, University of Ibadan, Nigeria (ibiadelekan@yahoo.com)

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A4 SUSTAINABLE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE IN DEVELOPING REGIONS Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Ricardo Jordan, Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division CLAC United Nations, Chile; Roberto Sánchez-Rodríguez, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico and University of California, Riverside; Jonathan Barton, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Introduction, Ricardo Jordán, Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division ECLAC United Nations, Chile (ricardo.jordan@cepal.org)

0239, Sustainable infrastructure in North America – Lessons for Latin America, Roberto Sánchez-Rodríguez, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico and UC Riverside, USA (roberto.sanchez-rodriguez@ucr.edu)

0220, Sustainable urban infrastructure in Asia and Latin America, Jonathan Barton, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile (jbarton@uc.cl)

0236, Powering Accra: Projecting electricity demand for Ghana’s capital city, Tyler Frazier, University of Bonn, Germany (tfrazier@uni-bonn.de)

0227, Urbanization and the changing nature of urban renewal policy of Lagos state government 2007-2009, Suraju Adebayo Adebowale, SGBM Heritage Project Limited, Nigeria (srjadebowale@yahoo.com)

A5 CONFLICTING PRINCIPLES OF WATER AND SANITATION MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF RAPID URBANIZATION, GROWING INEQUALITIES, AND CLIMATE CHANGE Session chair(s): Rimjhim Aggarwal, Arizona State University

0193, Spatial distribution of access to water and sanitation in megacities of the developing world: A comparative analysis of conflicting principles, policy dilemmas, and institutional innovations, LaDawn Haglund, Arizona State University, USA (ladawn.haglund@asu.edu)

0194, Urbanization and water in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region: Conflicts and management with the climatic change perspective, Roberto Carmo, Unicamp – Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil (roberto@nepo.unicamp.br)

0027, Water access in the context of global environmental change in the metropolitan area of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, Mauricio Dominguez-Aguilar, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico (mauriciod9@yahoo.com)

Group B

B1 CITIES, NETWORKS AND MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE: EXPERIMENTING WITH URBAN CLIMATE RESPONSES Session chair(s): Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University, UK

0096, Climate change demands that we work co-operatively: Fostering multiscalar collaboration and co-operation for effective urban governance of climate change adaptation and mitigation, Hayley Leck, Royal Holloway University of London, UK (H.J.Leck@rhul.ac.uk)

0134, Toward more nuanced urban climate governance: Analyzing the terrain of interstitial spaces, Pamela Robinson, Ryerson University, Canada (pamela.robinson@ryerson.ca)

0095, Making low carbon England, Mike Hodson, University of Salford, UK (m.hodson@salford.ac.uk)

0178, Governance, cities and global changes: Co-benefits to face the new challenges in the developing world, Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies – UNU-IAS, Japan (japo3@yahoo.com)

B2 EXPLORING THE UNDERLYING DRIVERS OF VULNERABILITY OF WATER ACROSS CITIES Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Patricia Romero Lankao and Kathy Miller, NCAR, USA

0160, Moving beyond predictions: An integrative approach to downscaling and robust decision making, Katja Brundiers, Arizona State University, USA (katja.brundiers@asu.edu)

0172, Climate change and urban water planning: Efforts to develop and apply a structured decision analytic approach, Kathleen Miller, NCAR, USA (kathleen@ucar.edu)

0030, Cities, services and changing contexts: Examining the role of institutions in responding to changing environmental risk, Sara Hughes, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA (shughes@bren.ucsb.edu)

0003, Integrated urban water management in São Paulo Macro-Metropolitan Area: Planning and operation restructuring in the perspective of environmental change, Ricardo Toledo Silva, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil (ritsilva@usp.br)

0125, Has “ecological modernization” improved the sustainability of non-market values?, Patricia Romero Lankao, NCAR, USA (prlankao@ucar.edu)

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B3 CITIES, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY: LOCAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES Session convener(s): Michail Fragkias, Arizona State University, USA

0107, Institutions for urban governance and adaptation to climate change in Kampala, Shuaib Lwasa, Makerere University, Uganda (lwasa_s@arts.mak.ac.ug)

0164, In the eye of climate change: urbanization in Bangladesh, Mehdi Azam, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany (mehdi.azam@uranus.uni-freiburg.de)

0232, Climate change in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Canada, Monirul Mirza, University of Toronto, Canada (monirul.mirza@utoronto.ca)

0238, Global change and strategy for urban sustainability – A case of Shanghai, China, Xiangrong Wang, Fudan University, China (xrxrwang@vip.sina.com)

B4 MICRO-CLIMATIC AND HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS OF URBAN AREAS I Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Karen C. Seto, Yale University, USA

0081, The relationship of urban form and urban heat island in Europe, Nina Schwarz, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany(nina.schwarz@ufz.de)

0112, Constructing an UrCHIN: The urban climate/heat island network project, Nicholas Rajkovich, University of Michigan, USA (rajkovic@umich.edu)

0082, The impact of man-made features and natural landscapes on urban warming, Soe Myint, Arizona State University, USA (soe.myint@asu.edu)

0113, Green alley assessment: Evaluating the impact of sustainable infrastructure on urban heat islands in Chicago neighborhoods, Paul Coseo, University of Michigan, USA (pcoseo@umich.edu)

0221, Is spatial conquest method or climate variability the factors increasing the urban floods in Bangui, Central African Republic?, Cyriaque-Rufin Nguimalet, University of Bangui, Central African Republic (cyriaquerufinnguimalet@ymail.com)

B5 URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH NETWORK, FIRST ASSESSMENT REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN CITIES (ARC3): RESEARCH INVENTORY, OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGAGEMENT, AND THE SCIENCE-POLICY LINKAGE Session chair(s): William Solecki, Hunter College, CUNY, USA

Panelists:

JoAnn Carmin, MIT, USA (jcarmin@MIT.EDU)

Hilda Blanco, University of Southern California, USA (hblanco@usc.edu)

William Solecki, Hunter College, CUNY, USA (wsolecki@hunter.cuny.edu)

Roberto Sánchez-Rodríguez, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico and University of California, Riverside (roberto.sanchez-rodriguez@ucr.edu)

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Saturday October 16, 2010 Group C

C1 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ON AN URBANIZING PLANET: WHAT 2 BILLION NEW URBANITES MEANS FOR CLIMATE AND WATER Session chair(s): Rebecca Hale, Arizona State University, USA

0199, Local policy responses to urban air pollution and ecosystem stress, Andrea Sarzynski, George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP), USA (apsarzyn@gwu.edu)

0129, Is there a metabolism of an urban ecosystem? An ecological critique, Nancy Golubiewski, New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics – NZCEE, New Zealand (neg2@georgetown.edu)

0040, Urban growth and long range pressure on natural systems, Christopher Doll, United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies, Japan (doll@ias.unu.edu)

0198, Interdependencies among datasets for global climate change analysis, Jochen Albrecht, Hunter College, CUNY, USA (jochen@hunter.cuny.edu)

0235, The geography of greenhouse gases released from urban areas: A preliminary global analysis, Peter J. Marcotullio, Hunter College, CUNY, USA (Peter.Marcotullio@hunter.cuny.edu)

0239, Implications of fast urban growth for freshwater provision, Rebecca Hale, Arizona State University (rlhale@asu.edu)

C2 SPATIAL URBAN PLANNING AND CLIMATE CHANGE Session chair(s): Richard Dawson, Newcastle University, UK

0202, Planning for evolution of cities, Sudhira HS, Gubbi Labs, India (sudhira@gubbilabs.in)

0166, (Re)regulating city-regions in Chile: Maximising the role of spatial planning instruments in climate change adaptation, Jonathan Barton, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile (jbarton@uc.cl)

0182, Urban growth in the U.S.-Mexico border region: Meeting the environmental and socio-cultural development needs with new paradigms, Andrea Garfinkel-Castro, Arizona State University, USA (andrea.garfinkel-castro@asu.edu)

0052, Impact of urban planning decisions on urban energy use: An integrated simulation model for Vienna, Veronika Gaube, Alpen Adria University Klagenfurt, Austria (veronika.gaube@uni-klu.ac.at)

0196, Urban land use evaluation and modeling based on ecosystem services, Feng Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (lifeng@rcees.ac.cn)

C3 COASTAL ZONES AND URBANIZATION Session chair(s): Andrea Lampis, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

0063, Challenges to adaptation for risk-prone coastal livelihoods in Tumaco, Pacific Coast (Colombia), Andrea Lampis, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia (alampis@uniandes.edu.co)

0036, Sea level rise and flood risk in Rio de Janeiro city: Challenges of global climate change, Andrea Young, Unicamp, Brazil (andrea@nepo.unicamp.br)

0088, Climate change, globalization, and urban sustainability: Evidence from Coastal New Jersey, Robin Leichenko, Rutgers University, USA (robin.leichenko@rutgers.edu)

0050, Urbanisation, global environmental change and impacts on coastal urban areas in Pacific Island Countries: Challenges and opportunities, Manoranjan Mohanty, University of the South Pacific, Fiji (mohanty_m@usp.ac.fj)

C4 RAPIDLY URBANIZING WORLD REGIONS – PROCESSES AND ISSUES Session chair(s): Pawan Kumar Joshi, TERI University, India

Introduction, Pawan Kumar Joshi, TERI University, India (pkjoshi@teri.res.in)

0205, Plenty of water from the Asian water tower? Climate change, land use transition and urbanization in Asia, Jianchu Xu, World Agroforestry Centre, China (j.c.xu@cgiar.org)

0067, Cities’ contribution to global warming: Exploring the relationship between urbanization, energy consumption and CO2 emissions in transitional China (1979-2009), Lijian Xie, Sun Yat-sen University, China (xielijian@gmail.com)

0091, Patterns of urbanization and vulnerability of ecosystems in Lagos, Peter Elias, University of Lagos, Nigeria (pelias@unilag.edu.ng)

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C5 SPECIAL PANEL ON UGEC RESEARCH AND THE 2014 IPCC 5TH ASSESSMENT REPORT (AR5) Session chair(s): James Buizer, Arizona State University, USA

Panelists:

William Solecki, Hunter College, CUNY, (wsolecki@hunter.cuny.edu)

Shuaib Lwasa, Makarere University, Uganda, (lwasa_s@arts.mak.ac.ug)

Karen C. Seto, Yale University, (karen.seto@yale.edu)

Patricia Romero Lankao, NCAR, (prlankao@ucar.edu)

JoAnn Carmin, MIT, (jcarmin@MIT.edu)

Group D

D1 MICRO-CLIMATIC AND HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS OF URBAN AREAS II Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Karen C. Seto, Yale University, USA

0072, Impact of land use changes on rainfall patters and runoff: Characteristics in the city of Yogykarta, Indonesia, Sudarmadji Sudarmadji, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia (sudarmadji@geo.ugm.ac.id)

0102, The influences of urbanization on the thermal environment and residents’ lifestyles in Jakarta, Indonesia, Akinobu Murakami, University of Tsukuba, Japan (murakami@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp)

0234, Quantifying short- and long-term climatic implications of urbanization: Multi-scale modeling of Atlanta and Phoenix urban environments, Matei Georgescu, Arizona State University, USA (matei.georgescu@asu.edu)

0105, Augmentative urban heating effect with the rapid urbanization in China, Jiyuan Liu, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Science, China (liujy@igsnrr.ac.cn)

0055, Aspects of urbanization effects on rainfall in Lagos Metropolitan Area, Bernard Tarza Tyubee, Benue State University, Nigeria (bentyubee@yahoo.com)

0133, Multiple time scales analysis of temperature and numerical simulation of urban meteorological element changes in Shanghai, Shu Jiong (jshu@geo.ecnu.edu.cn)

D2 ADAPTING BORDER CITIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: PRACTICES, OPTIONS AND CONSTRAINTS Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Francisco Lara-Valencia, Arizona State University, USA and Margaret Wilder, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Arizona, USA

0122, Water and climate change in border cities: Binational collaboration toward adaptive governance, Margaret Wilder, University of Arizona, USA (mwilder@email.arizona.edu)

0138, Vulnerability to climate variability on the US-Mexico Border, Bernardo J. Marquez Reyes, Arizona State University, USA (bjmarque@asu.edu)

0165, Collaborative work for flash-flood forecasting at Ambos Nogales, Laura Norman, United States Geological Survey (USGS), USA (lnorman@usgs.gov)

0176, Poverty and climate change: Reducing the vulnerability of Mexican border cities, Francisco Lara-Valencia, Arizona State University, USA (francisco.lara@asu.edu)

0042, Growth and water in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico: The problem structuring challenges for the future and policy implications, Alejandro Salazar-Adams, El Colegio de Sonora, Mexico (asalazar@colson.edu.mx)

0217, Integral sustainability on the transborder region of Tijuana – San Diego. Basis for the creation of a common agenda, Alejandro Mungaray – Moctezuma, University Autonomous from Baja California (mungaray.a@gmail.com)

D3 HIGHER EDUCATION AS A CATALYST FOR URBAN SUSTAINABILITY Session organizer(s)/chair(s): William Solecki, Hunter College, CUNY, USA

Panelists:

William Solecki, Hunter College, CUNY, USA (wsolecki@hunter.cuny.edu)

Charles Redman, Arizona State University, USA (charles.redman@asu.edu)

Hilda Blanco, University of Southern California, USA (hblanco@usc.edu)

Roberto Sánchez-Rodríguez, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico and University of California, Riverside (roberto.sanchez-rodriguez@ucr.edu)

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D4 RETHINKING INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS AND MANAGEMENT PROJECTS Session chair(s): Patricia Romero Lankao, NCAR, USA and Sharon Harlan, Arizona State University, USA

0073, An urban integrated assessment facility to analyse adaptation and mitigation strategies under global environmental change, Richard Dawson, University of Newcastle, UK (richard.dawson@newcastle.ac.uk)

0079, Scenario exercises as synthetic decision-making environments for urban vulnerability to climate change, Timothy Lant, Arizona State University, USA (lant@asu.edu)

0054, Reducing contemporary and future community vulnerability to hurricane storm-surge by injecting climate scenarios into long-range comprehensive plans: A Sarasota County, Florida case study, Brent Yarnal, Penn State University, USA (alibar@psu.edu)

0233, Inter local-government partnership for environmental management under Indonesia’s rapid decentralization: From below or above? Comparing Kartamantul (Greater Yogyakarta) and Jabodetabek (Jakarta Metropolitan Area), Tommy Firman, Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia (tfirman@melsa.net.id)

0092, Understanding urban heat riskscapes: A comprehensive analysis of heat-related mortality in Phoenix, Arizona (USA) 2000-2008, Sharon Harlan, Arizona State University, USA (sharon.harlan@asu.edu)

0135, What current vulnerability challenges hold for the future in Latin American cities: Results from ADAPTE in four Latin American cities, Patricia Romero Lankao, NCAR, USA (prlankao@ucar.edu)

D5 PERI-URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY I: EXAMPLES FROM ASIA Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Jefferey Sellers, University of Southern California, USA

0223, Peri-urban expansion in China and India: A comparative analysis, Jefferey Sellers, University of Southern California, USA (sellers@usc.edu)

0224, Chinese urban form in the past three decades: Pattern and process, Jingnan Huang, Wuhan University, China (G0305732@nus.edu.sg)

0225, Sprawl and urban expansion in Indian cities since the 1970s, T.V. Ramachandra, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, India (cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in); Uttam Kumar, (uttam@ces.iisc.ernet.in)

0237, Comparison of greenhouse gas emissions from urban and peri-urban areas in India and China, Peter J. Marcotullio, Hunter College, CUNY, USA (Peter.Marcotullio@hunter.cuny.edu)

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Sunday October 17, 2010 JOINT UGEC/GLP DAY SUSTAINABLE LAND SYSTEMS IN THE ERA OF URBANIZATION & CLIMATE CHANGE

Group J-A

J-A1 DIRECT AND INDIRECT INTERACTIONS OF URBAN AREAS AND LAND USE CHANGES Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Urbano Fra Paleo, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

UGEC0016, Urban growth and its impact on biodiversity and food & livelihood security in high mountain ecosystems: An empirical study in Kumaon Himalaya, India, Prakash Chandra Tiwari, Kumaun University Nainital, India (pctiwari@yahoo.com)

UGEC0038, Land use changes in the context of urbanization and environmental vulnerability in Baixada Santista Metropolitan Region, Andrea Young, Unicamp, Brazil (andrea@nepo.unicamp.br)

UGEC0098, Monitoring urban land expansion and loss of agricultural land of Xi’an, China, Li Jiang, Yale University, USA (li.jiang@yale.edu)

UGEC0104, Urbanization and Cultivated Land Changes in China, Xiangzheng Deng, Institute of Geographic Science and Nature Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (dengxz.ccap@igsnrr.ac.cn)

GLP0147, The impact of urbanization on soil resources in the PRD, Weiping Hu, McMaster University, Canada (huweipingok@gmail.com)

GLP0173, Housing drives urban land change and has a climatic feedback, Alejandro de las Heras, Proyecto de Recuperacion del Berrendo Peninsular, Mexico (aheras38@hotmail.com)

GLP0358, Are land systems in Japan becoming more sustainable in the era of urbanization and climate change? An educationist’s view, Yukio Yimyama, Hokkaido University of Education, Japan (himiyama@asa.hokkyodai.ac.jp)

J-A2 URBAN VEGETATION AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL CONTEXTS: HETEROGENEITY, TRENDS AND IMPLICATIONS Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Indiana University, USA

UGEC0127, Spatial distribution and socio-economic contexts of urban tree canopy cover in Bloomington, Indiana, USA, Sarah Mincey, Indiana University, USA (skmincey@indiana.edu)

UGEC0128, An interdisciplinary, multi-scalar framework for understanding the social-ecological dynamics of residential landscapes, Kelli Larson, Arizona State University, USA (kelli.larson@asu.edu)

UGEC0162, Spatial patterns and socio-ecological context of land use and vegetative cover in south Florida’s suburbanization frontier, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Indiana University, USA (rroychow@indiana.edu)

UGEC0175, Socio-ecological dynamics and urban vegetation in Baltimore, Maryland, J. Morgan Grove, United States Forest Service (jmgrove@gmail.com)

UGEC0179, Suburbanization, lawns, & water: Multi-scale dynamics in suburban Boston, USA, Colin Polsky, Clark University (cpolsky@clarku.edu)

GLP0148, Spatial patterns, temporal trends and socioeconomic determinants of vegetative cover in Altamira, Brazil, Scott Hetrick, Indiana University (shetrick@indiana.edu)

J-A3 URBAN ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE Organizer(s)/chair(s): Christopher Boone, Arizona State University, USA

UGEC0041, San Juan ULTRA-Ex: Social-ecological systems change, vulnerability, and the future of a tropical city, Tischa Munoz-Erickson, (tmunozerickson@gmail.com), presented by Gil Pontius

UGEC 0083, Environmental drivers of urbanization: Footprints bound for town?, Lezlie Moriniere, University of Arizona, USA (lezlie@email.arizona.edu)

UGEC 0123, Urban ecotone: Habitat functions of an urban river: Study case in megacity Taipei, Taiwan, Yu-Fang Lin, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany (veronica_welt@hotmail.com)

UGEC0126, Anthropogenic afforestation and ecosystem services: How urban vegetation affects ecosystem structure and function, Nancy Golubiewski, New Zealand Centre for Ecological Economics, New Zealand (neg2@georgetown.edu)

UGEC 0180, Linking ecological methods to local land use law to guide land development, Alexander Felson, Yale University, USA (alex.felson@yale.edu)

GLP0135, Ecological network: A sustainable and multi-actor land systems planning in a rapid urbanization area: Shenzhen case, China, Yu Deyong, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (dyyucas@163.com)

UGEC 0116, Assessing the impacts of urban expansion on net primary productivity of terrestrial vegetation in China from 1992 to 2008, Chunyang He, Beijing Normal University, China (hcy@bnu.edu.cn)

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J-A4 PERI-URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY II: EXAMPLES FROM ASIA & EUROPE Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Peter Marcotullio, Hunter College, CUNY, USA and Shu-Li Huang, National Tapei University, Taiwan

UGEC0029, Field-level adaptation to floods and sea level rise in coastal peri-urban areas in monsoon Asia: Comparative case studies between continental Bangkok and insular Metro Manila, Yuji Hara, Wakayama University, Japan (hara@sys.wakayama-u.ac.jp)

UGEC0060, Peri-urbanization, ecosystem service evaluation, and integrated modelling: PU-GEC Project, Shu-Li Huang, National Taipei University, Taiwan (shuli@mail.ntpu.edu.tw)

UGEC0226, Urban expansion and vulnerable populations in the Chinese context: Pilot research in Guangzhou, Guo Chen, Michigan State University, USA (guochen@msu.edu)

GLP0161, European information platform for processes, problems and places of periurbanization, Katharina Helming, Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany (helming@zalf.de)

GLP0263, Suburbanization in Shanghai: Assessment, causes, and policy implications, Wenze Yue, Zhejiang University, China (yuewenze@gmail.com)

J-A5 SUSTAINABLE CITIES IN ARID AREAS Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Benjamin Ruddell, Arizona State University, ASU

UGEC0109, Environmental tradeoffs in a desert city: An investigation of water use, energy consumption, and local air temperature in Phoenix, AZ, Darren Ruddell, Arizona State University, USA (darren.ruddell@asu.edu)

UGEC0110, The roles of coupled land and water institution in land system change, Sainan Zhang, Arizona State University, USA (sainan.zhang@asu.edu)

UGEC0174, Mapping vulnerability on the peri-urban areas of Mexican border cities: Case studies of Northern Mexico, Rolando Diaz-Caravantes, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico (rolando.diaz@uacj.mxc)

GLP0328, Socio-ecological vulnerability and biological invasion at the urban-wildland interface in Arizona’s Sonoran desert, Jacob Brenner, Ithaca College, USA (jcbrenner@gmail.com)

J-A6 MARKET MECHANISMS IN LAND-USE CHANGE MODELS Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Dawn Parker, University of Waterloo, Canada

GLP0257, Modeling land use and structural change in agricultural systems of the Argentine Pampas, Guillermo Podesta, University of Miami, USA (gpodesta@rsmas.miami.edu)

GLP0373, Water basin governance; analyzing the role of land market institutions using multiagent simulation, Nico Polman, Wageningen University, Netherlands (nico.polman@wur.nl)

GLP0244, Informal land markets in urban peripheries in Latin America: Agent behaviour, price formation and land use changes, Moira Zellner, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA (mzellner@uic.edu)

GLP0303, An agent-based model of coupled housing and land markets, Nicholas Magliocca, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (nmag1@umbc.edu)

GLP0193, The land-use change effect of ethanol plants in Iowa: 1997-2008, Ruiqing Miao, Iowa State University (miaorong@iastate.edu)

GLP0267, Assessing the spatio-temporal effects of endogenous relocation in agent-based land market exchange models, Dawn Parker, University of Waterloo, Canada (dcparker@connect.uwaterloo.ca)

J-A7 GLOBAL LAND-USE AND LAND-COVER DATASETS: STATUS, CHALLENGES, AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Navin Ramankutty, McGill University, Canada and Karlheinz Erb, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria

Introduction: Karlheinz Erb, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt and Navin Ramankutty, McGill University, Canada

GLP0282, Anthromes and the anthropogenic biosphere: 1700 to 2000, Erle Ellis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (ece@umbc.edu)

GLP0317, Development of a global market influence dataset to explore the role of accessibility to markets on land systems, Peter Verburg, University Amsterdam (peter.verburg@ivm.vu.nl)

GLP0380, Global land cover, land use, and land cover change from remote sensing: Data sets, limits to knowledge, and current challenges, Mark Friedl, Boston University, USA (friedl@bu.edu)

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GLP0382, Making global land use / land cover information relevant: An example from the CROPMAPPER Project, Jonathan Foley, University of Minnesota, USA (jfoley@umn.edu)

GLP0392 Silk purse from sow’s ear or horses for courses? The trials and tribulations of making credible global assessments of the spatial distribution of crop area, yield and production, Stanley Wood, CGIAR-Consortium for Spatial Information, USA (s.wood@cgiar.org)

GLP0399, Recent progress & remaining challenges in global LUCC data sets, Navin Ramankutty, McGill University, Canada (navin.ramankutty@mcgill.ca)

J-A8 MODELING DYNAMIC URBAN-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Burak Güneralp, Texas A&M University, USA

UGEC0043, Global multi-scale urban land cover modeling, Michael Reilly, Association of Bay Area Governments, USA (mkreilly@mac.com)

UGEC0056, Modeling of urban expansion of greater Hyderabad Metropolitan Region in India: scenarios for 2030, Gowtham Gollapalli, IIIT Hyderabad (gowtham@research.iiit.ac.in)

UGEC0057, Mapping the state of city systems based on remote sensing: Exergy and sustainability of urban form, Anastasia Svirejeva-Hopkins, PIK-Potsdam, Germany (hopkins@pik-potsdam.de)

UGEC0066, Land and resource use efficiency for the built-up environment, Burak Güneralp, Texas A&M University, USA (bguneralp@geog.tamu.edu)

UGEC0161, Urban expansion modeling based on logistic regression and cellular automata: A case study in Wujiang, Xiaoxiang Zhang, Hohai University (xiaoxiang@hhu.edu.cn)

GLP0070, Impacts of residential and touristic urbanization on land and water resources: Integrated land system modeling in a Mediterranean context, Angela Hof, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany (angela.hof@rub.de)

GLP0073, Rapid urbanization and land fragmentation in the US southwest: A socio-ecological gradient analysis, Milan Shrestha, Arizona State University, USA (milan.shrestha@asu.edu)

J-A9 ADVANCES IN URBAN REMOTE SENSING Session convener: Maik Netzband, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

UGEC0200, The global extent of urban land: current monitoring and future forecasts, Annemarie Schneider, University of Wisconsin-Madison (aschneider4@wisc.edu)

GLP0017, Identifying the poor in the cities: How can remote sensing help to profile poverty (slum dwellers) in megacities?, Maik Netzband, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (maik.netzband@rub.de)

GLP0096, Methodology of classifying and detecting intra-urban land use change: A case study of Changchun city during the last 100 years, Wenhui Kuang, State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, China (kuangwh@lreis.ac.cn)

GLP0106, Relationship between land use and cover change and urban heat islands: Case of Delhi Metropolitan Region, R.B. Singh, University of Delhi, India (rbsgeo1@yahoo.com)

GLP0167, Dynamics of urban land use and change detection with remote sensing: Case of Ibadan City, Michael O. Bankole, Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria (michobanks@yahoo.com)

GLP0266: The phenologies of U.S. cities; Kirsten de Beurs, Virginia Tech, USA (kdebeurs@vt.edu)

Group J-B

J-B1 SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES RELATED TO URBANIZATION IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Kelly Turner, Arizona State University, USA

UGEC0184, Crafting sustainability visions for Phoenix 2050, David Iwaniec, Arizona State University, USA (david.iwaniec@asu.edu)

GLP0134, Interdisciplinary approaches to studying prehistoric and historic water and land use in the Phoenix basin, Arizona, Colleen Strawhacker, Arizona State University, USA (colleen.strawhacker@asu.edu)

GLP0149, Are we equipped? Theoretical and methodological mismatch in applying social-ecological perspectives in urban systems, Kelly Turner, Arizona State University, USA (vkturner@asu.edu)

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GLP0150, Landscapes of experience: Lived environments in south-central Phoenix, Arizona, Katelyn Parady, Arizona State University, USA (katelyn.parady@asu.edu)

GLP0151, Urbanism, animals, and overexploitation: A zooarchaeological perspective to cities in arid climates, Robin Cleland, Arizona State University, USA (robin.cleland@asu.edu)

J-B2 [NETWORKING EVENT] MODELING AND FORECASTING URBAN LAND-USE CHANGE: AN EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Karen C. Seto, Yale University, USA and Michail Fragkias, Arizona State University, USA

J-B3 LAND SYSTEM DYNAMICS: CHINESE PERSPECTIVES I Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Jiyuan Liu, IGSNRR CAS, China

GLP0040, Analysis on the cognitions of farmers to the effect of ecological protection and construction project in Jinggang Mountain, Jitai Basin, Jiangxi Province, China, Quanqin Shao, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, China (zhaozp@lreis.ac.cn)

GLP0117, Urban strategic eco-governance of coastal areas under rapid urbanization, Yangfan Li, Nanjing University, China , (njulyf@163.com)

GLP0283, A primary study of land cover change and its impact factors in Chenduo County, upriver regions of the Yellow and Yangtze River, Zhao Zhiping, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (zhaozp@lreis.ac.cn)

GLP0319, Allocation and assessment of different crop-livestock scenarios based on tradeoff analysis: A case study of Yili Newly Reclaimed Area, NW China, Yang Yang, University of Wisconsin-Madison (yyang72@wisc.edu)

J-B4 FOREST TRANSITIONS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Eric Lambin, University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

GLP0031, Forest transition patterns in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Tobias Kuemmerle, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (kummerle@wisc.edu)

GLP0025, Local pathways to the forest transition in Yunnan, China, Daniel Müller, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO) (mueller@iamo.de)

GLP0223, Pathways of agricultural expansion across the Tropics: Implications for forest conservation and carbon emissions, Holly Gibbs, Stanford University, USA (hgibbs@stanford.edu)

GLP0079, Global displacement of land use and forest transition, Patrick Meyfroidt, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium (patrick.meyfroidt@uclouvain.be)

GLP0367, Heterogeneous forest impacts of transport infrastructure: Spatial frontier dynamics & impacts of Brazilian Amazon road changes, Alexander Pfaff, Duke University, USA (alex.pfaff@duke.edu)

GLP0242, Forest consolidation dynamics in the contiguous United States of the 1990s, Giorgos Mountrakis, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York (gm@esf.edu)

UGEC0170, Scale issues in the design and implementation of climate change mitigation and adaptation policies: A case of the forestry sector in Uganda, Charlotte Nakakaawa, Agricultural University of Norway, Norway (charna@umb.no)

J-B5 GLOBALIZING THE CASE STUDY: ADVANTAGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Erle Ellis, University of Maryland, USA

GLP0009, Stationarity of land changes across time, category, and transition, Safaa Aldwaik, Clark University, USA (saldwaik@clarku.edu), presented by Gil Pontius

GLP0058, Mapping and modelling the influence of land change on the provision of ecosystem services, Peter Verburg, University Amsterdam, Netherlands (peter.verburg@ivm.vu.nl)

GLP0245, Hierarchical Complex Systems Modeling (HCSM): A theoretical framework for developing a general theory of land-use systems, Nicholas Magliocca, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA (nmag1@umbc.edu)

GLP0289, Accelerating global synthesis of case study research using a global comparison engine, Erle Ellis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA (ece@umbc.edu)

GLP0372, Using the MR POTATOHEAD ontology for agent-based land-use change models to compare and generalize case-study applications, Dawn Parker, University of Waterloo, Canada (dcparker@connect.uwaterloo.ca)

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J-B6 COUPLED HUMAN AND NATURAL SYSTEMS (CHANS) IN CHINA AND NEPAL Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Bill McConnell and Jack Liu, Michigan State University, USA

GLP0291, Reciprocal interactions between family formation and biodiversity conservation programs in the Wolong Nature Reserve, China, William McConnell, Michigan State University, USA (mcconn64@msu.edu)

GLP0296, Effects of land use change on soil C and N storage in arid and semi-arid area of China: Meta-analysis, Jie Gong, Michigan State University, USA (gongj@msu.edu)

GLP0298, Connecting micro-scale fertility decision-making with macro-scale LULC in the Chitwan Valley, Nepal using an agent-based model, Alex Zvoleff, San Diego State University, USA (azvoleff@mail.sdsu.edu)

GLP0304, Interactive effects of conservation efforts and human activities on giant panda habitat dynamics inside and outside Wolong Nature Reserve, China, Andres Vina, Michigan State University, USA (vina@msu.edu)

GLP0305, Evaluating the role of various forest management regimes on changes in vegetation at Chitwan National Park, Nepal, Neil Carter, Michigan State University, USA (cartern7@msu.edu)

J-B7 EVOLVING URBAN SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Annemarie Schneider, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

GLP0146, Urbanization and land use change in China, Annemarie Schneider, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (aschneider4@wisc.edu)

GLP0259, Forward to a post-industrial city? The evolution of the urban industrial land in Shanghai, Peilei Fan, Michigan State University, USA (fanpeile@msu.edu)

GLP0277, Developed land conversion in the Eastern United States: 1980 to 2000, Darrell Napton, South Dakota State University (darrell.napton@sdstate.edu)

GLP0316, Land use, transportation and Delhi’s changing environment, Rakhi Parijat, Miranda House, India (rakhiparijat@gmail.com)

GLP0356, Towards integrated environmental/land use planning for metropolitan regions, Ard Anjomani, University of Texas, Arlington, USA (anjomani@uta.edu)

GLP0369, Planning for land use and transportation alternatives: assessing the environmental effects of alternative development patterns in Chinese cities, Weifeng Li, MIT, USA (liw@mit.edu)

J-B8 SUBURBAN AND EXURBAN LAND USE CHANGE PROCESSES, PATTERNS AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS Session organizer(s)/chair(s): Thomas Rudel, Rutgers University, USA

GLP0120, Land use transition and its effect on ecosystem structure, process and service: A case study in a rapid urbanization region, Shenzhen, China, Yu Deyong, Research Centre on Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (dyyucas@163.com)

GLP0131, From middle to upper class sprawl? Land use controls and changing patterns of suburbanization in the Northeastern United States, Thomas Rudel, Rutgers University, USA (rudel@aesop.rutgers.edu)

GLP0219, Exurbanization, landscape fragmentation, and changes in habitat connectivity in the Flint Hills of Kansas, John Harrington Jr., Kansas State University, USA (jharrin@k-state.edu)

GLP0390, Environmental dimension of urban agriculture in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Camille Nolasco, IGBP-INPE, Brazil (camille.nolasco@igbp.inpe.br)

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Posters SaturdayOctober16,20106:00pm–7:00pmSessionLocation:VentanaB

0032 Land use change and urbanization in Anambra State, Nigeria, Chizoba Chinweze, Chemtek Associates, Nigeria (ud2001ng@yahoo.com)

0034 Impacts of urbanization on ecosystems: integrated urban footprint accounting, David Vackar, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (david.vackar@czp.cuni.cz)

0035 Growing buildings in maize fields: the role of household maize production in the rural-urban interface of the Toluca Valley, Mexico, Amy Lerner, UCSB Dept. of Geography, USA (alerner@umail.ucsb.edu)

0046 Getting to carbon neutral: a guide for cities, Eugene Mohareb, University of Toronto, Canada (emohareb@gmail.com)

0053 Insect biodiversity patterns of social-ecological systems in the Mediterranean: A preliminary assessment, Luis Mata, University of Barcelona, Spain (luismata3@gmail.com)

0075 Long-term trends of maximum, minimum and mean annual air temperature over the Northern and Southern Nigeria, Oladosu Olakunle, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria (koladosu@futa.edu.ng)

0076 Satoyama woodland conservation in urban areas: a GIS-based analysis on local strategies, Kazuaki Tsuchiya, University of Tokyo, Japan (aa087103@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp)

0077 Assessing urban vulnerability in peri-urban area using emergy indices: Taiwan’s western coastal plain, Li-Fang Chang, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University, Taiwan (lifang1216@gmail.com)

0086 Dynamics of urban water consumption, Christina Wong, Arizona State University, USA (cpwong@asu.edu)

0090 Assessing changes in ecosystem services due to land use change in a peri-urban area: a case study in Taiwan, Ying-Chieh, Lee, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University, Taiwan (left.winger@msa.hinet.net)

0097 Canadian Public Health Renewal in the Wake of SARS, Lisa Gorman, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada (lgorman1@connect.carleton.ca)

0099 Off the sand and onto the asphalt: does the urban heat island impact desert reptiles?, Jeffrey Ackley, ASU School of Life Sciences, USA (jwackley@asu.edu)

0108 An elemental approach to understanding human environment interactions, Elizabeth Cook, Arizona State University, USA (elizabeth.m.cook@asu.edu)

0114 Urban strategic eco-governance of coastal areas under rapid urbanization: a case study of Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, Yangfan Li, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, China (njulyf@163.com)

0136 Rethinking sustainability indicators in building codes: the case of leadership in equity and design, Sonay Aykan, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA (sa258@njit.edu)

0139 Changing ecosystem services by the invasion of alien species in the coastal zones: case study of “Rosa rugosa invasion on the Island of Sylt”, Tatiana From, Georg-August University Goettingen, Germany (tanya.f.t@hotmail.com)

0140 Suburbanization extension of Beijing’s mass rapid transit system: social equity and sustainability implications, Liou Xie, Arizona State University, USA (liou.xie@asu.edu)

0144 Composting toilets, urban infrastructure, and sustainability: complement or contradiction?, Diane Austin, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, USA (daustin@u.arizona.edu)

0153 Built-up land-cover change monitoring by remote sensing of an urban area in the Pearl River Delta based on GIS, Weiping Hu, South China Normal University, China (huweipingok@gmail.com)

0154 Cultivating plant biodiversity in user maintained green space: the case of community gardens in Los Angeles, CA, Lorraine Weller, University of California Riverside, USA (lwell002@ucr.edu)

0155 Is recycling and reuse of hazardous waste practical? A case study of waste pickers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Gina Chhun, ASU Master Student, USA (gchhun@asu.edu)

0157 Suburban development with wildlife in mind: an investigation of Home Owners’ Associations in Phoenix, AZ, Susannah Lerman, University of Massachusetts, USA (slerman@cns.umass.edu)

0181 Dry rangelands ecosystem degradation, migration, uncontrolled urbanization and urban health in Mongolia, Davaanyam Surenjav, Dryland Sustainability, Mongolia (aanaad@yahoo.com)

0191 Catching the long tail of urban green activism, Rohit Nayak, Clean Earth Movement, India (kharifcrop@gmail.com)

0197 The environmental impact of vegetable consumption in Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region, Tatiana Gadda, UTFPR, Brazil (tatianagadda@hotmail.com)

0203 Urban land and governance: an analysis of Akrama – Sakrama and TDR as instruments of land regularisation and resettlement in Bangalore, India, Sudhira HS, Gubbi Labs, India (sudhira@gubbilabs.in)

0215 Assessment of urban growth using an entropy approach: a case study of Jaipur, India, Milap Punia, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India (milap.punia@gmail.com)

0218 Coping with energy challenges in the peri-urban town of Epworth, Zimbabwe: lessons from the poor, Innocent Chirisa, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe (chirisa.innocent@gmail.com)

0222 Towards sustainable water resources for arid land cities: the case of Riyadh, Assaf Alhawas, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (alhawas@ksu.edu.sa)

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Plenary Speakers

Marina Alberti is Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning in the

Department of Urban Design and Planning at the University of Washington (UW).

She directs the UW Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Urban Design and Planning

and the Urban Ecology Research Laboratory (UERL). She teaches in Urban

Ecology, Environmental Planning, Research Design, Geospatial Analysis, and

Group Dynamic and Conflict resolution. Her research interests and publications

focus on the impacts of alternative urban development patterns on ecosystem

dynamics. She is the Principal Investigator on a number of grant-funded research

projects (see UERL website: http://www.urbaneco.washington.edu/UERLindex.

htm). She is especially interested in advanced interdisciplinary approaches to urban ecological problems

and has been Co-PI in the National Science Foundation Interdisciplinary Graduate Education and Research

Traineeship program in Urban Ecology.

Richard Boon is Manager of the Biodiversity Planning Branch in the

Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department of the eThekwini

Municipality. The Municipality is the local government administration responsible

for an area of about 2 300 square kilometers, which includes the city of Durban

as well as extensive agricultural areas and communal lands. The Municipality

is located in the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Region, which is a global

biodiversity hotspot. Its Biodiversity Planning Branch prepares and maintains the

Municipality’s biodiversity (and environmental services) conservation plan and

undertakes many implementation activities aimed at securing and managing high

value environmental assets.

Christopher Boone is Professor and Associate Dean for Education in the

School of Sustainability and Professor in the School of Human Evolution and

Social Change at Arizona State University. His research and teaching focus on

urban sustainability, urbanization, socio-ecological systems, environmental

justice, vulnerability, and public health. Over the past dozen years, he has been

active in the US Long Term Ecological Research network and more recently in the

UGEC project, which recently appointed him to the scientific steering committee.

Boone is the principal investigator on an Urban Long Term Research Area

exploratory award based in the US southwest and is a co-investigator on two

other ULTRA exploratory awards based in Washington, D.C.-Baltimore and Los Angeles. He is the co-author

of City and Environment and is presently co-editing the volume Linking Ecology, Environmental Justice, and

Global Environmental Change: a Framework for Urban Sustainability.

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HarrietBulkeley is Reader at the Department of Geography, Durham University.

Her research interests are in the nature and politics of environmental governance,

and focuses on: policy processes; climate change; and urban sustainability. She is

co-author (with Michele Betsill) of Cities and Climate Change (Routledge 2003),

and has published widely including articles in Political Geography, Environment

and Planning A, International Studies Quarterly, Global Environmental Politics

and Environmental Politics. She is an editor of Environment and Planning C and

editor of ‘Policy and Governance’ for WIREs Climate Change. She currently holds

a Climate Change Leadership Fellowship, Urban Transitions: climate change,

global cities and the transformation of socio-technical systems, from the UK’s Economic and Social Research

Council and co-ordinates the Leverhulme International Network Transnational Climate Change Governance.

JoAnnCarmin is Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning

in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Massachusetts Institute

of Technology. Her research focuses on civic engagement in environmental

governance. She currently is conducting an international comparative study

of urban climate adaptation planning, with an emphasis on the ways in which

intergovernmental, nongovernmental and community-based organizations affect

local government adaptation initiatives. Professor Carmin serves on the editorial

boards of several academic journals and presses and is an elected officer of the

Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association.

MichaelM.Crow became the 16th president of Arizona State University on

July 1, 2002. He is guiding the transformation of ASU into one of the nation’s

leading public metropolitan research universities, one that is directly engaged in

the economic social and cultural vitality of its region. Since he took office, ASU

has marked a number of important milestones including the establishment of

major interdisciplinary research initiatives such as the Biodesign Institute, the Global

Institute for Sustainability and MacroTechnology Works – a program integrating

science and technology for large-scale applications including the Flexible Display

Center, a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army. Under his direction, ASU has

initiated a dramatic research infrastructure expansion to create more than one million square feet of new

research space and has announced naming gifts endowing the W. P. Carey School of Business, the Ira A.

Fulton School of Engineering and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. Prior to joining ASU, he

was executive vice provost of Columbia University where he also was professor of science and technology

policy in the School of International and Public Affairs. He played the lead role in the creation of the Columbia

Earth Institute (CEI) and helped found the Center for Science Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) in Washington

D.C., a think tank dedicated to linking science and technology to desired social economic and environmental

outcomes. In 2003 CSPO was reestablished at ASU as the Consortium for Science Policy and Outcomes.

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GradyGammageJr. is a part time academic, a practicing lawyer, an author,

a sometime real estate developer and a former elected official. He thinks life

is more interesting if you do lots of different things. In his academic role, Mr.

Gammage is a Senior Fellow at ASU’s Morrison Institute. His work there focuses

on urban growth and development, quality of life, and local economic issues.

He also teaches at the College of Law and at the College of Architecture and

Environmental Design. As a lawyer, he has represented real estate projects ranging

from master planned communities to sprawling subdivisions to high rise buildings

and intense urban mixed use redevelopment. He served on the Central Arizona

Project Board of Directors for 12 years, and was President during a period of turbulence when the CAP was

suing the Federal Government over the cost of the canal. As a real estate developer, he built an intense,

urban mixed use project in the City of Tempe which won three architectural awards and has been widely

acclaimed. Mr. Gammage is the author of the book “Phoenix in Perspective” and numerous articles on land

use and growth issues.

PatriciaGober received a PhD in Geography from the Ohio State University

in 1975 and is currently professor of geographical sciences and sustainability at

Arizona State University. She is Co-Director of the National Science Foundation’s

Decision Center for a Desert City which studies water management decisions in

the face of growing climatic uncertainty in Greater Phoenix. Her current research

centers on issues of water management and environmental change in metropolitan

Phoenix. She is especially interested in the use of science and visualization for real-

world decision-making. She is a past President of the Association of American

Geographers, former member of the Population Reference Bureau’s Board

of Trustees and the Science Advisory Board of NOAA, and former Chair of the College Board’s Advanced

Placement Human Geography Committee.

Stephen Granger received a Masters degree in environmental studies

from the University of Cape Town and worked for 15 years as head of the

environmental management unit at Ninham Shand consulting engineers in Cape

Town. He joined the Cape Metropolitan Council in 1997 as head of department

of the newly formed environmental management department in metropolitan

Cape Town. Following the consolidation of local government in South Africa,

Stephen Granger now heads the Major Programmes and Projects branch in the

Environmental Resource Management Department at the City of Cape Town. He

also convenes the quarterly bilateral between the City of Cape Town and the Table

Mountain National Park. Stephen Granger served as secretary – treasurer on the national executive of the

South African Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists and as Director on the international board

of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) between 1999 and 2002. He chaired IAIA’s

Board Nominations Committee between 2002 and 2005. Stephen Granger chaired the Local Organising

Committee of the ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability’s World Congress in Cape Town in 2006 and

was instrumental in the establishment of the international programme, Local Action for Biodiversity (LAB),

in the same year. He chaired the Steering Committee of LAB in its pioneer phase between 2006 and 2009

and now serves on LAB’s international advisory committee.

NancyB.Grimm is a Professor of Ecology in the School of Life Sciences at

Arizona State University, USA. She studies how human-environment interactions

and climate variability influence biogeochemical processes in both riverine

and urban ecosystems, collaborating with hydrologists, engineers, geologists,

chemists, sociologists, geographers, and anthropologists. She is Lead Principal

Investigator and Co-Director of the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological

Research (LTER) project, a study of the Phoenix metropolis and surroundings that

is one of the first comprehensive investigations of an urban ecosystem. She has

been president of the Ecological Society of America and the North American

Benthological Society and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She

is author or co-author of over 120 scientific publications, and was a contributing author of the recently

released synthesis report, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States.

MorganGrove is a social scientist and community forester for the Northern

Research Station of the USDA Forest Service. Morgan is the Team Leader for U.S.

Forest Service’s Baltimore Field Station and has been a Co-PI for the Baltimore

Ecosystem Study since its founding. Morgan’s research focuses on the social

and ecologic dynamics of residential landscapes and long term changes in

environmental equity in the Baltimore region. Morgan is also responsible for the

development of decision support applications, including tools for the assessment

and prioritization of urban tree canopy. He works extensively with local agencies,

NGOs and community groups. Morgan received his undergraduate and graduate

degrees from Yale University.

James(Jim)Lopez is the Senior Advisor to Deputy Secretary Ron Sims at the

Department of Housing and Urban Development. Under the Deputy Secretary’s

Office, he has played a leading role in creating and implementing several of

HUD’s interagency initiatives including HUD’s work on sustainable and livable

communities, climate change adaptation, and energy efficiency. Before joining

HUD, Jim served in various senior advisor positions for King County in Seattle,

Washington. Of note, he was the Director of Strategic Planning and Performance

Management in the office of King County’s former Executive Ron Sims. He also

served as Executive Sims’ Deputy Chief of Staff and key policy strategist. Jim led

King County’s internationally recognized Climate Change program and helped create the county’s award

winning Health Reform Initiative. Prior to his entry into government, Jim practiced law for nine years in

Boston, Massachusetts. Jim received a law degree from Case Western Reserve in 1992 and a M.P.A. from

Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2003. He resides in Gaithersburg, MD with

his wife and two daughters.

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ShuaibLwasa is a geographer with over 12 years experience of University

teaching and research at the Makerere University, Uganda. His work has focused

on property rights, environmental management, livelihood systems, and

vulnerability assessment in both rural and urban areas. He has led multi disciplinary

and inter-disciplinary research teams on applied geospatial technologies on

coupled social and environmental systems. Lwasa has completed his tenure as

a Regional Research Scientist with Urban Harvest of CGIAR and project leader

working on the linkages between poverty and environment in urban systems

with a focus on innovative strategies to mediate the intertwined conditions. His

recent publications have concentrated on adaptation of cities to climate change, land and property rights,

vulnerability assessment and the urbanization of poverty. He currently works with the UN-Habitat Cities in

Climate Change Initiative, focusing on Kampala. He is the convener and scientific chair of AfricaGIS 2009

in Kampala, Uganda.

PeterMarcotullio is Distinguished Lecturer at Hunter College (2007 – present),

City University of New York (CUNY), where he teaches in the Department of Urban

Affairs and Planning, the Department of Geography and in the CUNY Macaulay

Honors College. He is also Senior Fellow at the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities

and Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University Department of Urban

Planning. Prior to returning to New York City, Dr. Marcotullio was Professor of

Urban Planning, Urban Engineering Department, University of Tokyo (1998-2006),

and held several positions at the UNU-IAS (1997- present). His research interests

include urban sustainable development, urbanization and the environment, urban

and regional environmental planning and global cities. He has over 50 publications including peer-reviewed

journals articles, book chapters and research reports. His edited volumes include, (2009) Connected Cities:

Hinterlands, Hierarchies, Networks and Beyond, Sage publications, with Michael Douglass, Scaling Urban

Environmental Challenges: From Local to Global and Back, (2007), Earthscan, James & James, Pub, with

Gordon McGranahan, Towards Sustainable Cities: East Asian, North American, and European Perspectives

on Managing Urban Regions (2004), Ashgate Publishing Limited, with Andre Sorenson and Jill Grant, and

Globalization and the Sustainability of Cities in the Asia Pacific Region (2001) UNU Press, with Fu-chen Lo.

George Martine is a Canadian Sociologist/Demographer who has worked

mostly on development issues in Latin America, especially in Brazil. He holds a Ph.D

from Brown University and has written extensively on social, demographic and

environment topics. He authored UNFPA’s path-breaking “Unleashing the Potential

of Urban Growth” in 2007 and was Senior Editor of the Earthscan book on “The

New Global Frontier”. Now an independent consultant, he has served as President

of the Brazilian Population Association, Director of UNFPA’s Country Support Team

for Latin America, Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for Population and

Development, and Director of a Brazilian NGO on population and environment.

Cheikh Mbow received a MS and PhD degrees in environmental sciences

at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (Laboratoire d’Enseignement et de

Recherche en Géomatique), University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar-Senegal,

in 1997 and 2000 respectively. He defended a Doctorat d’Etat (habilitation)

in 2009 and is currently an Associate Professor. His research focuses on land

system sciences including adaptation of local communities, risk associated to

disturbances of ecosystems, and flooding vulnerability in urban centers under

climate change conditions.

AromarReviis an international researcher, practitioner and consultant with a

quarter century of inter-disciplinary experience in sustainability, public policy and

governance, the political economy of reform, development, technology and human

settlements. Aromar is the Director of the Indian Institute of Human Settlements

(IIHS) India’s first independent national innovation University addressing its

challenges of urbanisation through an integrated programme of education,

research and advisory services. He has been a senior advisor to various ministries

of the Government of India, consulted with a wide range of UN, multilateral and

bilateral development institutions and works on economic, environmental and

social change at global and regional scale.

Debra Roberts heads the Environmental Management Department of

eThekwini Municipality (Durban, South Africa). Her key responsibilities in this

post include overseeing the planning and protection of the city’s natural resource

base; ensuring that environmental considerations influence all aspects of planning

and development in the city; and directing and developing the Municipality’s

Climate Protection Programme. Prior to joining the Municipality in January 1994,

Dr. Roberts lectured at the (then) University of Natal for a period of ten years

in the departments of Biology and Geographical and Environmental Sciences.

Dr. Roberts has written widely in the fields of open space planning and

environmental management and has received numerous awards for her work.

KarenSeto is an Associate Professor at the School of Forestry and Environmental

Studies at Yale University. Professor Seto studies the human transformation of land

and the links between urbanization and global change. A geographer by training,

her research focuses on satellite remote sensing to characterize land-use dynamics,

forecasting urban growth, and examining the environmental consequences of

land-use change and urban expansion. She uses satellite images to reconstruct

historical land-use and develops empirical models to explain and forecast urban

growth. Her current research areas include urbanization and the loss of agricultural

land, climate change and urbanization, sustainable development, and developing

methodologies to identify land-use with time series remote sensing. Her geographic region of specialization

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is China, where she has worked on urban development issues for more than fifteen years. She also has

research projects in India, Vietnam, and Qatar. Professor Seto is co-chair of the Urbanization and Global

Environmental Change Project of the International Human Dimensions Programme of Global Environmental

Change (IHDP), and executive producer of 10,000 Shovels: Rapid Urban Growth in South China, a short

documentary film that highlights the urban changes occurring in China. From 2002 to 2008, she was the

Remote Sensing Thematic Leader for the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management. She is a Fellow of

the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, and a recipient of the NASA New Investigator Program Award, the

NSF Career Award, and a National Geographic Research Grant.

William Solecki is Professor and Chairperson, Department of Geography,

Hunter College of the City University of New York. Dr. Solecki’s research focuses on

the human dimensions of global environmental change, land use and land cover

change, and environmental risks and hazards. Dr. Solecki led the Metropolitan East

Coast Region Assessment for the U.S. National Assessment of Climate Variability

and Change. He is a panel member of the Committee on Population and Land Use

of the U.S. National Research Council, and a member of U.S. National Committee

on the Scientific Committee of Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), National

Research Council. He also is the Chair of the Human Dimensions of Global Change

Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers. He serves on the editorial board of the journals

Urban Ecosystems, Social Science Quarterly, and Professional Geographer. Bill is a member of the UGEC

Scientific Steering Committee. His education includes a Ph.D., 1990, Rutgers University, New Brunswick,

New Jersey – Geography, and along with many others has participated in the (2007) IPCC Working Group II

Contribution to The Fourth Assessment Report.

A.R. Subbiah is a lead international expert in institutional analysis and

development; impact, need, and capacity assessments; contingency and resource

management planning; disaster management; early warning systems development;

climate forecast applications in climate-sensitive sectors; and integration of

climate forecast application in development processes. A.R. Subbiah has more

than 25 years experience in assisting countries in developing multi-institutional

and multi-disciplinary mechanisms to manage climate-related hazards. In 2010

Mr. Subbiah has played a key role in establishing Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard

Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES) and Subbiah was Director and

Team Leader of the Climate Risk Management Team in the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC),

Bangkok. Prior to joining ADPC in 2002, Subbiah served the Government of India as Director, Ministry of

Home Affairs from 2001-2002, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development and Environment

from 1993-2001, and Under Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture from 1982-1992. Subbiah holds a Masters

degree in Agricultural Entomology from Madurai University, India. He is trained in Climate Risk Management

(East-West Center, USA), Disaster Risk Management (Sweden), and Disaster Management (ADPC, Bangkok).

B. L. Turner II is the Gilbert F. White Professor of Environment and Society

in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning and the School of

Sustainability, Arizona State University. He chaired the committee that gave

rise to and served on the IGBP-IHDP Land Use/Cover Change (LUCC) program,

served on the SSC-LUCC, was part of the planning committee that developed

the GLP and has served on its SCC throughout its existence. Dr. Turner continues

to engage in large range of research activities from those of the ancient Maya

peoples of Mesoamerica, to smallholder farming behavior in the tropics, to tropical

deforestation and sustainability. A significant portion of this work combines

natural, human and remote sensing/geographical information sciences to address problems of human-

environment systems, including: land change science, sustainability science, cultural and political ecology,

global environmental and climate change. Turner is a recipient of Distinguished Research Honors from

the Association of American Geographers (1995) and the Centenary Medal, Royal Scottish Geographical

Society (1996), among other honors. He is former Guggenheim Fellow (1981) and Fellow of the Center for

Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences (1994). He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in

1995, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1998, and the inaugural class of the Massachusetts

Academy of Sciences in 2008.

Rafael Tuts is Chief of the Urban Environment and Planning Branch of the

United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, based in Nairobi. He

is responsible for the Cities and Climate Change Initiative, which works in Africa,

Asia and Latin America. Mr. Tuts has earlier headed the Training and Capacity

Building Branch, the Urban Governance Section and the Localising Agenda

21 Programme of UN-HABITAT. Local government capacity development and

environmental planning and management are key focus areas of his work. Prior to

joining the United Nations, Mr. Tuts worked as Research Fellow at the University of

Nairobi and the University of Leuven.

StephenM.Wheeler is Associate Professor in the Landscape Architecture

Program at the University of California at Davis, and has taught at the University

of New Mexico and U.C. Berkeley. Author of Planning for Sustainability: Towards

Livable, Equitable, and Ecological Communities and co-editor of The Sustainable

Urban Development Reader (with Timothy Beatley), his areas of interest include

sustainable development, planning for climate change, urban design, and built

landscapes of metropolitan regions. In the past Wheeler has served as editor of The

Urban Ecologist journal, as Transportation Commissioner for the City of Berkeley,

California, as an urban planning consultant, and as a lobbyist for environmental

organizations in Washington, D.C. His guidebook published by Greenbelt Alliance, Smart Infill, won the 2003

Education Project Award from the California Chapter of the American Planning Association. A member of

the American Institute of Certified Planners, Prof. Wheeler’s awards include the 2009 William R. and June Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning.

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At the Conference Memorial Union The Memorial Union (MU) first opened its doors in 1956, offering 109,000 square feet to accommodate

the nearly 6,000 enrolled students. A plaque near the north entrance doorway lists the major donors

who contributed to the initial construction. ASU chose the name “Memorial Union” to serve as a living

memorial for those who have courageously served our country in the military services. In remembrance

of the building’s first director, Cecelia Scoular, the study lounge located on the main level was named

in her honor. Since its opening, the MU has undergone a number of renovation projects as well as

several additions to the original structure. Today the building totals about 254,000 square feet which

serves a growing student body averaging 60,000. The MU serves as the central meeting and conference

center for registered student organizations, campus departments and at various times of the year,

organizations and business from the larger community. The MU has three levels including an array

of dining options, business and banking centers and ATMs, meeting rooms, and recreation areas.

(www.asu.edu/mu/). The conference will take place on the second floor of the building.

Registration and Information At the conference venue, the Memorial Union, there will be a permanently placed table located on the

second floor in front of the main entrance to the large plenary hall, the Arizona Ballroom (see MU Map

on page 39). Questions or changes/updates about the conference will be addressed or displayed at this

location. Registration will take place between 8:00a.m. – 9:00a.m. on the first day of the conference

– Friday, October 15th. Please bring with you your registration confirmation and valid identification, so

that we may register you properly. Upon registration, you will receive all necessary conference materials

including your conference badge, which is intended to be worn at all times throughout the conference.

We strongly encourage registering prior to the conference, but in the event of an onsite registration, you

must be able to pay by credit card or by check.

Internet Free wireless access is available throughout the Memorial Union including the Main Level, Union Plaza

(Starbucks area) and patio, Art Café and patio, Scoular Study (student lounge with fireplace), Southeast

area of building and patio, 2nd Level, Meeting rooms and hallways, and 3rd Level.

Catering Registered participants will be provided with lunches, as well as two morning and afternoon coffee

breaks. These will take place in the Arizona Ballroom in the Memorial Union. The caterers have taken

care to offer as many local and sustainable food items as possible in the menu and have provided

meatless options in all cases. For additional beverages and snacks, the Memorial Union offers a variety

of fast-food options and a convenience store.

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Events On the evening of Sunday, October 17th, conference participants are invited to attend a reception

hosted by the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability, the UGEC Project and the Global Land Project. The

reception will take place following the day’s events at the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon

Center, a perfect venue to showcase the integration of the city with its surrounding natural habitat. This

facility is a nature center in the heart of the City of Phoenix’s Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, a 600-

acre park along the historic Salt River. Located less than two miles from downtown Phoenix, the Center

is a gateway to a lush Sonoran riparian habitat used by over 200 species of birds and other wildlife.

Getting AroundDirectionstoTempe/ASUcampusfromPhoenixSkyHarborInternationalAirport

The airport is approximately 15 minutes or 6 miles away from Tempe/ASU campus.

By CarHead west on Sky Harbor Blvd.

Turn right, stay on Sky Harbor Blvd. (about 4 min.)

Take the ramp to AZ-202 E. (about 2 min.)

Merge onto Sky Harbor Blvd.

Merge onto AZ-202 Loop E. via the ramp to Tempe/Mesa (about 3 min.)

Take exit 7 toward Rural Rd.

Turn right at N. Scottsdale Rd.

Continue onto S. Rural Rd. (about 2 min.)

Turn right at E. University Dr. (about 1 min.)

By Public TransitFree airport shuttles run every ten minutes and will transport you from any of the four airport terminals

to the 44th Street/Washington METRO light rail stop. Tickets for a one-way destination are $1.75 and

can be purchased with cash or debit/credit card at any of the vending machines located at each of

the stops. The METRO light rail is patrolled very often, so please do not forget to purchase your ticket

before boarding. From the 44th Street /Washington Metro light rail stop, travel East in the direction of

Sycamore/Main Street. The Tempe ASU campus lies between the stops at Mill Avenue/Third Street and

University Drive/Rural Road. The METRO light rail travels every ten minutes. Visit www.valleymetro.org

for more information.

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By TaxiThere are a number of taxi options available. We recommend the Clean Air Cab service, a company that

offers the only certified Carbon Negative Taxi Fleet in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The fleet not only

uses hybrid vehicles and purchases carbon credits to offset their emissions, but they are also involved in

local and global tree planting initiatives, essentially making them carbon negative. For more information,

please visit: http://www.cleanaircab.com. Tel: (480) 777-9777

Transportation once in TempeOnce in Tempe there a number of free local transportation options.

The Orbit uses blue mini-buses to serve residential areas and connect them to local destinations such as

shopping areas, other neighborhoods, major bus routes, schools and multi-generational centers. There

are five routes which run every ten minutes including the Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter. All

routes run in a circular pattern. The Forward route denotes a clockwise route, while a Back route is

counter-clockwise. Visit this website for an Orbit route map and schedule: http://www.tempe.gov/tim/

Bus/Orbit.htm

The Flash buses serve Arizona State University and downtown Tempe every ten minutes on weekdays.

Flash Forward operates in the clockwise direction and Flash Back operates in the counterclockwise

direction. Please visit this website for maps and schedules: http://www.tempe.gov/tim/bus/FLASH.htm

Many of the Tempe hotels offer a free shuttle service to and from the Phoenix Sky Harbor International

Airport and to and from locations within a five mile radius of the hotel. This will provide transportation

from the hotel to the ASU Campus as well as a variety of nearby attractions. Please check with your hotel

regarding this service.

Activities What to do in TempeTempe is a unique city located within the Sonoran Desert and the Phoenix metropolitan area, just

fifteen minutes from Sky Harbor International Airport. Home to Arizona State University, it offers the

feel of a college town and a variety of attractions and activities including outdoor recreation, culture

and the arts, with nightlife, dining and shopping located within the Mill Avenue District - Tempe’s

unique pedestrian-friendly downtown area. For more information on activities and places of interest

within Tempe and statewide, please take a look at the Visitor Guide included in your conference

materials.

General Information VolunteersThere will be a number of ASU student volunteers present at the conference venue wearing special

“volunteer” badges and/or attire.

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Lost Objects/BadgesAny lost objects should be reported or brought to the Building Management/Information desk located

in the southwest corner of the second floor of the Memorial Union. The loss of a badge should be

reported immediately to the main registration desk located in front of the Arizona Ballroom to ensure

that appropriate measures are taken regarding access to the conference venue.

SmokingSmoking is not permitted in the Memorial Union. Smoking is prohibited within at least 25 feet of any

building entrance/exit, and in exterior landings, interior building courtyards, patios, and balconies.

First Aid/In Case of an EmergencyFor minor first aid needs please visit the Building Management/Information desk located in the southwest

corner of the second floor of the Memorial Union. In the event of a serious emergency, dial 911.

WebsitePlease check the conference wiki website http://www.ugec2010.ugecproject.org for the most current

updates regarding conference logistics and other announcements. For more information concerning the

UGEC Project please visit www.ugec.org.

Information on the U.S, Arizona, and TempeU.S. Government’s Official Web Portal http://www.usa.gov/

National News The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/

The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/

Official Arizona Website http://az.gov/

Arizona and Local (Tempe) News http://www.azcentral.com/

ASU News http://www.statepress.com/

WeatherTempe’s climate is typically warm and dry in the month of October. Average temperatures range from 88°

F (31° C) during the day to 57° F (14° C) at night.

Contact Information

Any conference questions or concerns may be directed to Corrie Griffith, Email: corrie.griffith@asu.edu;

Tel: +1 (480) 965-6771.

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About the UGEC Project

The Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) project is a core project of the

International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) that targets

the generation of new knowledge on the bi-directional interactions and feedback loops

between urban areas and global environmental change at local, regional and global levels. Since

an NSF grant was awarded to ASU in 2006, the International Project Office has been formally

operating within ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability. The project follows a multi-disciplinary

approach and utilizes an innovative framework for the comprehensive understanding of the

driving and resulting economic, political, cultural, social and physical processes.

An important feature of this core project is the explicit commitment to translate abstract

knowledge about GEC into local decision-making contexts. It has now entered its second phase

of a ten-year cycle, in which an essential focus is on building and expanding the network of

scholars and researchers, strengthening the UGEC community and creating a greater since of

identity through events such as the 2010 UGEC conference. The project is expected to provide

a platform for close interaction between practitioners, political decision-makers and researchers

and targets a stronger coordination and collaboration between academics, political decision-

makers and practitioners working on urban and environmental issues.