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Newsletter of the Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group
Newsletter of the Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group
Note From the Chair
Note From the Chair
Dear HDGC community and colleagues, the AAG annual meetings in New Orleans are just around the corner!
- Symposium on Vulnerability, Adaptation, and Resilience to Climate Change
- HDGC Awards Ceremony
- Student Research Competition
- AAG Session Sponsorship
- Party! "Unruly Natures"
- Business Meeting and Elections
Symposium on Vulnerability, Adaptation, and Resilience to Climate Change: This year, HDGC highlights research on this theme through a series of organized sessions Thursday, April 12, 2018 and Friday, April 13, 2018 held in the Grand Chenier room, Sheraton, 5th floor. We have a truly exciting line up of panelists and discussants. Find sessions by searching the header "Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation." Thank you to Paige Fisher and Scott Stephenson for leading organization.
HDGC Awards Ceremony: Please join us for the second annual HDGC Awards Ceremony (Friday, April 13, 2018 from 1:20-3:00 pm in the Grand Chenier room, Sheraton, 5th floor). We will honor Dr. Neil Adger (University of Exeter) with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Dr. Hallie Eakin (Arizona State University) with the Research Excellence Award for their respective roles in developing the field of vulnerability, adaptation, and resilience to climate change. Drs. Glen MacDonald (UCLA), Margaret Wilder (U. of Arizona), and Donald Nelson (Georgia) will join us in celebrating their contributions to HDGC scholarship.
Student Research Competition: Congratulations to Olivia Molden (University of Oregon), the winner of this year's student research competition, for her project, "Responding to water scarcity: the cultural politics of household water practices in urbanizing Nepal." Thank you to Erin Bunding and Jesse Sayles for facilitating this year's competition.
AAG Session Sponsorship: HDGC is proud to sponsor 60 sessions throughout AAG 2018. You can find a complete list here.
Party! "Unruly Natures": HDGC will co-host along with the Cultural and Political Ecology (CAPE) and Energy and Environment (EESG) specialty groups, the annual Unruly Natures Party! Come join old friends and make new ones over your favorite drinks and discourse at The Rusty Nail on Thursday, April 12, 8pm-12am. We look forward to seeing you there!
Business Meeting and Elections: The HDGC Business meeting will be held on Friday, April 13 from 11:50 am - 1:10 pm in the Grand Chenier room, Sheraton, 5th floor. We will hold elections for chair, one board member, student representative, and newsletter editor. If you are interested in serving, please email me (vturner5@kent.edu) or attend the meeting to nominate yourself.
Sincerely,
V. Kelly Turner
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Kent State University
Featured Items and Announcements
Featured Items and Announcements
Symposium on Vulnerability, Adaptation, and Resilience to Climate Change
See HDGC's themed sessions at the 2018 AAG in New Orleans.
HDGC Awards Ceremony
The second annual HDGC Awards Ceremony will honor Dr. Neil Adger and Dr. Hallie Eakin.
AAG session sponsorship
The HDGC is proud to sponsor 60 sessions from our community members at the AAG Annual Meeting.
Guest editorial: How green are your imports?
Alex de Sherbinin and Valentina Mara develop and describe GII, the Green Imports Index.
Featured Recent Publications
Featured Recent Publications
Rising to the Challenge, Together
Rising to the Challenge, Together
A Review and Critical Assessment of the State of the US Climate Adaptation Field
Moser, Susanne C., Joyce Coffee and Aleka Seville. 2018.
From Kresge.org: The challenges of adapting to and building resilience against climate change are an everyday reality for decision makers across the United States. Climate adaptation has begun to emerge as a field of practice; however, it is not evolving quickly or deliberately enough for communities to adequately prepare for the dangerous shocks and stresses that increasingly will be introduced by climate change. This report assesses the current state of the climate adaptation field; provides a vision of what a mature, effective field would look like; and recommends steps that should be taken to realize that vision. More information >
Analyzing historical land use changes using a Historical Land Use Reconstruction Model
Analyzing historical land use changes using a Historical Land Use Reconstruction Model
Yang, Y., Zhang, S., Liu, Y., Xing, X., & de Sherbinin, A. 2017
Historical land use information is essential to understanding the impact of anthropogenic modification of land use/cover on the temporal dynamics of environmental and ecological issues. However, due to a lack of spatial explicitness, complete thematic details and the conversion types for historical land use changes, the majority of historical land use reconstructions do not sufficiently meet the requirements for an adequate model. Considering these shortcomings, we explored the possibility of constructing a spatially-explicit modeling framework (HLURM: Historical Land Use Reconstruction Model) ... More information >
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