Green Infrastructure, and Urban Ecology: A Research Symposium
March 5-6, 2010
New York, NY
The purpose of this symposium is to showcase research and projects that contribute to knowledge on urban landscapes, green infrastructure, and public health in cities and urban areas.
This symposium is a follow-up to the spring 2009 workshop MillionTreesNYC, Green Infrastructure, and Urban Ecology: Building a Research Agenda, which was the first step in a process of integration among disciplines, researchers and practitioners working to understand and improve New York City's environment and green infrastructure. While the workshop emphasized developing a New York City research agenda, this symposium is intended to reflect the state of knowledge in the broader research communities in the fields of natural resource management, ecology, and the social sciences as applied to large scale, urban forestry campaigns in cities across the country and globally.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers on research that is either completed or substantially in progress that addresses diverse science questions in the following areas:
Local Air Quality and Urban Heat Island
Water Quality, Storm Water Management
Economic Impacts and Quantifying Returns on Investment
Urban Environmental Education, Ecological Literacy, and Curriculum Development
Human Health and Well-Being
Civic and Municipal Stewardship
Green Jobs and Social Justice
Reforestation Dynamics and Forest Health
Biodiversity and Ecological Communities
Green Infrastructure and Planting Designs
Submission Procedure for Abstracts
Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to give a 15 minute oral presentation followed by a five minute question and answer period. These authors will also be invited to contribute papers for peer review and potential publication in a special issue of the online journal Cities and the Environment (CATE). CATE (http://catejournal.org) is a peer-reviewed, online journal with a focus on urban ecology research, education and management.
The deadline for submitting an abstract for consideration has been extended to January 8, 2010. Submissions will be reviewed and decisions given to authors by January 25, 2010.
Submitted abstracts must be less than 250 words, can describe results of completed urban ecology research or projects that are in progress, and should focus on one or more of the topics listed above. Studies focused on New York City, other cities, or cross-city comparisons are welcome.
Email your abstract with the subject line "ABSTRACT FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPER" to symposium@milliontreesnyc.org. Please email your abstract as a Word or PDF document with the last name of the presenting author as the file name, and include the following information: your name, affiliation, email, telephone number, and the topic area(s) addressed in your paper. Your submission will be acknowledged within a week.
Note: You must be registered for the meeting to present a paper.
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