This is one of a group of sessions that the Coupled Humans and Natural Systems Network (CHANS-Net) is organizing at AAG—Jack Liu and Bill McConnell at Michigan State are spearheading CHANS-Net (http://www.chans-net.org/).
For those interested in participating, you must register for the meeting and submit an abstract on the AAG website (www.aag.org), then send your abstract ID to the organizers so they can add you to the session. If they get enough papers, they will run a couple of sessions and perhaps a panel discussion.
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Coupled and decoupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) in Urban Environments.
This session seeks a broad array of papers that specifically examine complex interactions and feedbacks among human and natural systems in urban areas. Example human systems can include, but are in no way limited to, urban morphology, urban growth, journey-to-work, mobility, policy development, urban hierarchies, etc. Example natural systems can include, but are in no way limited to, the water cycle, fire, climate change, natural disasters, ecosystem services, etc. Selected works will build on the conceptual framework prepared by Liu et al. (2007), which identifies major features of complex systems, such as: reciprocal effects and feedback loops; non-linearity and thresholds; surprises; legacy effects and time lags; resilience; and heterogeneity.
Organizers:
Claire Jantz (cajant@ship.edu) and Scott Drzyzga (sadrzy@ship.edu)
Shippensburg University.
Liu J et al. (2007) Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems. Science 317: 1513-1516."
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