We invite you to consider presenting your research at a very special session of the 2017 Fall AGU Meeting in New Orleans, LA on December 11-15
GC027: Dynamics of Arid and Mountain Landscapes: Evaluating Change in Vulnerable, Variable Environments More than a quarter of the planet's inhabitants live in drylands or above 2100 meters. Yet, anthropogenic land dynamics in both mountain and arid landscapes are understudied, despite the UN's 2003 designation of each December 11 as International Mountain Day, and the UN's designation of 2010-2020 as the Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification. It is critical to understand recent and ongoing land dynamics in these vulnerable and variable environments in the light of pervasive global change. We invite disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary presentations whether they be case studies, technical/methodological advances, or syntheses on the topic of evaluating changing arid or mountain landscapes. Confirmed invited presenters: Greg Okin, UCLA, Department of Geography, and George Malanson, University of Iowa, Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences Conveners: Kirsten M. de Beurs, University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography & Environmental Sustainability Geoffrey M. Henebry, South Dakota State University, Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence Online session info here: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session24571<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__agu.confex.com_agu_fm17_preliminaryview.cgi_Session24571&d=DwMF-g&c=qKdtBuuu6dQK9MsRUVJ2DPXW6oayO8fu4TfEHS8sGNk&r=1v_j2Mj14VgPqmk5c7oX-w&m=y41-j2krbhQXyUTsnbAiKkmx8rAW_MG6OyXRXD7YSIM&s=exsqunwNoK_fF6OVAdkYUgV5ddmdY-2q45UkmoDgRx4&e=> Dynamics of Arid and Mountain Landscapes: Evaluating ...<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__agu.confex.com_agu_fm17_preliminaryview.cgi_Session24571&d=DwMF-g&c=qKdtBuuu6dQK9MsRUVJ2DPXW6oayO8fu4TfEHS8sGNk&r=1v_j2Mj14VgPqmk5c7oX-w&m=y41-j2krbhQXyUTsnbAiKkmx8rAW_MG6OyXRXD7YSIM&s=exsqunwNoK_fF6OVAdkYUgV5ddmdY-2q45UkmoDgRx4&e=> agu.confex.com More than a quarter of the planet's inhabitants live in drylands or above 2100 meters. Yet, anthropogenic land dynamics in both mountain and arid landscapes are ... Cross-listed sections: Biogeosciences, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes, Hydrology, Natural Hazards AGU Index Terms: 0468 Natural hazards [BIOGEOSCIENCES] 1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE] 1632 Land cover change [GLOBAL CHANGE] 4330 Vulnerability [NATURAL HAZARDS] Dr. Kirsten de Beurs, Associate Professor and Chair Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability Landscape Land Use Change Institute The University of Oklahoma 100 East Boyd Street Norman, OK 73019 Ph: 405-325-9129 Geography.ou.edu/lcluc<geography.ou.edu/lcluc> Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gOx_69YAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao>
