Understanding the rural-urban-climate nexus
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Date: 3/24/2023
Time: 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: Tower Court B, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Second Level
Type: Paper,
Theme:
Curated Track: Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group Curated Track: Global change and local people
Sponsor Group(s):
Geographies of Food and Agriculture Specialty Group, Hazards - Risks - and Disasters Specialty Group, Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group
Organizer(s):
Jonathan Sullivan University of Arizona
Bhartendu Pandey Princeton University
Andrew Zimmer University of Arizona
Chair(s):
Description:
Achieving greater sustainability in an urbanizing world requires an improved understanding of rural-urban interdependencies, the vulnerability of these inter-dependencies to climate change, and the socio-ecological implications of these vulnerabilities. This series of sessions aims to bring together researchers and practitioners focused on rural-urban linkages and their implications for multi-dimensional inequalities, food systems, land-use change, human well-being, or multi-scale socio-environmental governance in the context of climate change. Urban populations are expected to increase by over 2 billion between now and until mid-century—similarly, urban infrastructure is expected to more than double—with much of this growth concentrated in areas highly exposed to climate hazards. At the same time, urbanization fundamentally changes demand for natural resources, food consumption patterns and preferences, transport networks, or labor markets, ultimately reshaping rural systems facing their own climate stresses. Understanding whether emergent rural-urban linkages are resilient to drought, heat waves or extreme precipitation, for example, is a major challenge for sustainable development. This series of sessions will examine the reciprocal processes between urban and rural systems that are both increasingly exposed to climate hazards and their implications for sustainability.
Presentations (if applicable) and Session Agenda:
Lyndon Estes, Clark University |
Two decades of agricultural change and its connections to urbanization |
Niwaeli Kimambo, Middlebury College |
Linking urban dwellers to changing rural land use and ownership: Lessons from Tanzania |
Mary Ann Cunningham, Vassar College |
Renewable energy on farm lands: what do farmers have to gain, what to lose? |
Michael Cecil, Clark University |
Ground and Satellite Sensor Integration for Smallholder Agriculture Monitoring |
Georgina Gemayel, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill |
Climate Change and Women’s Nutritional Status in Egypt and Jordan |
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Understanding the rural-urban-climate nexus
Description
Type: Paper,
Date: 3/24/2023
Time: 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: Tower Court B, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Second Level
Contact the Primary Organizer
Jonathan Sullivan University of Arizona
jasullivan@arizona.edu
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