COS 12 - Sustainability: Urban Systems

Monday, August 8, 2016: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
222/223, Ft Lauderdale Convention Center
1:30 PM
COS 12-1
Rust belts and wild lands: The Anthropocene paradigm as conceptual framework for multi-functional novel ecosystem reserves on derelict urban sites
Matthew Tucker, University of Minnesota
1:50 PM
COS 12-2
Co-developing urban sustainability and resilience scenarios
David M. Iwaniec, Arizona State University; Elizabeth M. Cook, Universidad Austral de Chile; Melissa J. Davidson, Arizona State University; Nancy Grimm, Arizona State University
2:10 PM
COS 12-3
Remotely sensed assessment of urbanization effects on local climate and vegetation in China
Decheng Zhou, Nanjing University of Information Science &Technology; Liangxia Zhang, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology; Ge Sun, USDA Forest Service
2:30 PM Cancelled
COS 12-4
Citizen scientists study a nocturnal primate in urban habitats of Greater Bengalore (widthdrawn)
Kaberi Kar Gupta, Urban Slender Loris Project
2:50 PM
COS 12-5
Mimicking the architecture of natural ecosystems to create a harvestable and self-regulating indoor ecosystem – A test of the concept
Matthew P. Hammond, McMaster University; Jurek Kolasa, McMaster University; Phil Fung, Indoor Nature Design Inc.; Golara Farhoomand, McMaster University; Mike Takahashi, McMaster University
3:10 PM
COS 12-
Break
3:20 PM
COS 12-6
Urban ecology and non-timber forest product dependencies: A case study of three settlements in the Chobe district of northern Botswana
Kathleen A. Alexander, Virginia Tech; Stephanie M. Joos-Vandewalle, CARACAL; Rachel P. Wynberg, University of Cape Town
3:40 PM
COS 12-7
Pollination and production in urban gardens are negatively impacted where impermeable surface covers the surrounding landscape
Susan Waters, Quamash EcoResearch; Marie Clifford, University of Washington
4:00 PM
COS 12-8
A research framework for exploring urban ecology and sustainability that is based on “Design with nature” infrastructure
Daniel L. Childers, Arizona State University; Nancy Grimm, Arizona State University
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