Human-Carbon Interactions in Urban Systems

Human-Carbon Interactions in Urban Systems

October 16-18, 2013 | Boulder, CO, USA

A workshop on Human-Carbon Interactions in Urban Systems took place at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Earth Observing Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado from October 16-18, 2013. The U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program/CCIWG sponsored this workshop which examined the state of the science and gaps in knowledge related to the societal and physical factors affecting carbon dynamics in urban systems and decision-making feedbacks. The focus was on urban systems and their surrounding land transformation as a rich subset of the broader human-carbon interactions in an effort to simplify this first attempt at building and socializing an interdisciplinary research community. The outcome of the workshop will be a foundational paper that will serve as an input for a truly integrated research solicitation or program on Human-Carbon Interactions in Urban Systems.

Workshop Concept Note
Location: National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Organizers: Patricia Romero-Lankao (NCAR), Karen Seto (Yale) and Kevin Gurney (ASU)

Outputs

Boone, C.G. (2015). Introduction to special section on Urbanization, Carbon Cycle, and Climate Change. Earth’s Future, 2(10), pp. 471-472. doi: 10.1002/2014EF000277

Gurney et al. (2015). Track urban emissions on a human scale. Nature, 525(7568), pp. 179–181.  doi: 10.1038/525179a

Chester et al. (2015). Positioning infrastructure and technologies for low-carbon urbanization. Earth’s Future, 2(10). doi: 10.1002/2014EF000253

Hutyra et al. (2015). Urbanization and the carbon cycle: Current capabilities and research outlook from the natural sciences perspective. Earth’s Future, 2(10), pp. 473-495. doi: 10.1002/2014EF000255

Marcotullio et al. (2015). Urbanization and the carbon cycle: Contributions from social science. Earth’s Future, 2(10), pp. 496-514. doi: 10.1002/2014EF000257

Romero-Lankao et al. (2015). A critical knowledge pathway to low-carbon, sustainable futures: Integrated understanding of urbanization, urban areas, and carbon. Earth’s Future, 2(10), pp. 515-532. doi: 10.1002/2014EF000258