Title
Understanding the rural-urban-climate nexus I
Understanding the rural-urban-climate nexus II
Session Description
Achieving greater sustainability in an urbanizing world requires an improved understanding of rural-urban epistemologies, rural-urban interdependencies, the vulnerability of these inter-
dependencies to climate change, and the socio-ecological implications of these vulnerabilities. This series of sessions aims to bring together researchers and practitioners focused on rural-
urban linkages and their implications for multi-dimensional inequalities, food systems, land-use change, human well-being, or multi-scale socio-environmental governance in the context of
climate change. Urban populations are expected to increase by over 2 billion between now and
until mid-century—similarly, urban infrastructure is expected to more than double—with much of
this growth concentrated in areas highly exposed to climate hazards. At the same time,
urbanization fundamentally changes demand for natural resources, food preferences, transport
networks, or labor markets, ultimately reshaping rural systems facing their own climate stresses
as well as due to urban cascading impacts in rural areas, via rural-urban linkages.
Understanding whether emergent rural-urban linkages are resilient to drought, heat waves or
extreme precipitation, for example, is a major challenge for sustainable development. This
series of sessions will examine the reciprocal processes between urban and rural systems that
are both increasingly exposed to climate hazards and their implications for sustainability.
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Urban populations and infrastructure are anticipated to rapidly increase in the near future,
especially in areas highly exposed to climate hazards. To this end, these linked sessions will
examine the reciprocal processes between urban and rural systems that are both increasingly
exposed to climate hazards and their implications for sustainability. Our aim is to offer an
opportunity for convergence between rural and urban specific knowledge in the context of climate adaptation and vulnerability with presentations of recent research on the rural-urban-
climate nexus.
We invite senior and junior researchers to submit papers on new and on-going work focused on
i) any rural-urban linkages ii) vulnerability of rural-urban interdependencies to
climate hazards iii) the socio-ecological implications of rural-urban vulnerabilities.
For those wishing to participate, please contact one of the co-organizers (listed below) by
October 31, 2022 with the following in an email:
subject line = AAG Abstract – Understanding the rural-urban-climate nexus
your contact information
your title and abstract, copy and pasted into the body of the email
your presenter identification number (PIN)
Dr. Jonathan Sullivan
Postdoctoral Fellow
School for Geography, Development & Geography
University of Arizona
jasullivan@arizona.edu
Dr. Bhartendu Pandey
Postdoctoral Fellow
Urban Nexus Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Princeton University
bhartendu.pandey@princeton.edu
Andrew Zimmer
Doctoral Student
School for Geography, Development & Geography
University of Arizona
azimmer@arizona.edu