Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project
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The Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) Project [1] is a research coordination programme initiated by the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). The UGEC project begun operations in 2006 through its International Project Office at Arizona State University. It will be phased out after the end of its 10 year time horizon in 2016. The project is funded through its 10 year duration by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
According to its Science Plan [1], the project aims to provide a better understanding of the interactions and feedbacks between global environmental change and urbanization at the local, regional, and global scales. The projects offers a conceptual framework that starts with processes within the urban system that contribute to global environmental change (Theme 1). Theme 2 focuses on the pathways through which specific global environmental changes affect urban systems. Once these pathways and points of interaction are identified, the framework addresses the resulting interactions and responses within the urban system (Theme 3). Theme 4 centers on the consequences of the interactions within the urban system on global environmental change, or feedback processes.
The purpose of the framework is to:
- develop an understanding of the interactions and feedbacks between urbanization and global environmental change at local and regional scales;
- create multidimensional integrative perspectives;
- promote parallel and comparative analysis across regions and themes;
- promote cross-temporal and cross-spatial scale approaches; and
- communicate information to policy makers and the public.
References
- ^ Sanchez-Rodriguez, Roberto (2005). Science Plan: Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (PDF). Bonn, Germany: International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change. p. 62. ISBN 1814-7925.
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