Seminars & Conferences - Spring 2024 EarthTalks Series: Urban Systems Science

Mondays at 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building

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A growing majority of the world’s population lives in cities. Urban systems are complex, including interactions between tightly connected human and natural systems both within city boundaries and between cities and the surrounding rural environment. Understanding how cities function is critical to monitoring, managing and improving the urban environment and the environment of the entire globe. The urban environment is also highly heterogeneous, often including striking disparities in the living conditions of and environmental quality experienced by the urban population. Understanding the causes of these disparities, and working towards improving the health, economy and living conditions for disadvantaged populations is a critical challenge in urban systems. The Earth Talks series on Urban Systems Science will bring a series of leading researchers engaged in this increasingly important area of earth, environmental and social sciences research.

The series will also operate as the graduate course, Earth 597.

The series is scheduled to take place in 112 Walker building from 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. and will feature the following speakers:

Organizing Committee Members:

Ken Davis, Antonia Hadjimichael, and Ava Lee

Sponsored by EESI

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