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Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project

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The Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) Project [1] is one of the core research projects of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). UGEC aims to understand the bi-directional interactions between urbanization and global environmental change. The UGEC International Project Office is located at Arizona State University.

According to its Science Plan [1], UGEC aims to provide a better understanding of the interactions and feedbacks between global environmental change and urbanization at the local, regional, and global scales. UGEC pursues four key research themes:

  • Theme 1. Processes within urban systems that contribute to global environmental change (e.g., the impact of urbanization on carbon emissions; the effects of urban land cover change on biodiversity and habitat).
  • Theme 2. Pathways through which specific global environmental changes affect urban systems (e.g., climate change impacts on urban areas; decline in ecosystem services on urban climate regulation).
  • Theme 3. Urban responses to global environmental change (e.g., urban strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation).
  • Theme 4. Consequences of urban responses to global environmental change.

Additionally, the goals of UGEC include:

  • creating multidimensional integrative perspectives;
  • promoting parallel and comparative analysis across regions and themes;
  • utilizing cross-temporal and cross-spatial scale approaches; and
  • outreaching and communicating UGEC-related scientific information to policy makers and the public.

References

  1. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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