IGU Commission on Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability
2018 IGU Regional Conference
Session: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability
6-10 August 2018
University Laval, Quebec, Canada
CALL FOR PAPERS
As part of the 2018 IGU Regional Conference ( which will be held in the Québec City Convention Centre from August 6 to 10, 2018, theIGU commission onGeography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability (IGU-GFE) will organize the session “Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability”. We are inviting papers for presentation in our session which covers the following areas of interest (but are not limited to):
Fundamentals of Geography for Future Earth, and especially new theories and hypothesis on coupled human-earth systems for sustainability;
Open and inclusive platforms for Geospatial Big Data and observations of coupled human-earth systems;
Integrated Earth system models to deepen our understanding of complex Earth systems and human dynamics across different scales;
Linkages and dynamic analysis among ecological process, services, and human wellbeing;
Human Contributions and Responses to global climate/environmental changes and sustainability;
Evaluation tools for sustainable development, multi-scale sustainability evaluation, and sustainable scenarios for transformative development pathways.
All submitted abstracts will be accepted. The review process will determine your place in the program.Before submitting an abstract, you must register online, pay all fees and receive your abstract submission code at:
All abstract submissions must be made throughthe IGU-CAG-NCGE Online Submission Platform: Abstracts must not exceed250 words. The abstract shoulddescribe theobject of study, researchquestions, methods, and conclusions.By submitting an abstract, you grant to the conference organizer the right to publish and distribute your abstract in the conference abstract proceeding and electronically.All abstracts are due by 15 March 2018at 11:59 pm EST.Further details of the submission procedures are available on the conference website:
We also encourage proposals that extend beyond these main thematic areasas a new session under IGU-GFE.Please use the contact details provided at the end of this announcementto discuss new session proposals under our commission.
Important Dates
Submission of organized session proposals / 1 November 2017 to 15 March 2018Submission of individual papers and posters / 1 December 2017 to 15 March 2018
Registration - Early Bird / 1 December 2017 to 31 January 2018
Registration - Regular / 1 February 2018 to 31 May 2018
Notification of acceptance to authors / 1 May 2018
Registration - Late / 1 June 2018
Session Organizers
Bojie Fu,
(Distinguished Professor at Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Dean and Distinguished Professor at Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, China)
Chair of IGUCommissiononGeographyforFutureEarth:CoupledHuman-EarthSystemsfor Sustainability
Email:
Mark Stafford Smith
(Chief Coordinating Scientist in Institute of LandandWater, CSIRO, Australia; Chair of Science Committee, Future Earth)
Vice Chair of IGUCommissiononGeographyforFutureEarth:CoupledHuman-EarthSystems
for Sustainability
Email:
Session Contact person
Wenwu Zhao
(Professor and Dean at InstituteofLandSurfaceSystemandSustainableDevelopment, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, China)
SecretaryofIGUCommission onGeographyforFutureEarth:CoupledHuman-EarthSystems
for Sustainability
Email: