2008 Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts Online Program

Paper Session: 4247 Water and sustainability in urban environments I is scheduled on Friday, 4/18/08, from 10:10 AM - 11:50 AM in Empire Room #6, Westin, 7th Floor Sponsorship(s): Water Resources Specialty Group Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group Urban Geography Specialty Group Organizer(s): Heejun Chang - Portland State University Kelli L. Larson - Arizona State University Chair(s): Heejun Chang - Portland State University Abstract(s):   10:10 AM   Author(s): *Lawrence Band - Univesity Of North Carolina - Chapel Hill  Abstract Title: Hydroclimate variability impacts on urban and suburban water quality 10:30 AM   Author(s): *Luc Claessens - University of Connecticut Christina Tague - University of California, Santa Barbara  Abstract Title: In-Stream Nitrogen Processing in Suburbanizing Watersheds 10:50 AM   Author(s): *David E Tenenbaum - University of Massachusetts Boston Lawrence E Band - UNC-Chapel Hill Aaron Moody - UNC-Chapel Hill Jingfeng Xiao - Purdue University  Abstract Title: MODIS Surface Moisture in Urbanizing Landscapes 11:10 AM   Author(s): *Nagraj Rao - Clark University  Abstract Title: Does Lawn Area affect Residential Water Demand? Case Study of Ipswich, MA 11:30 AM   Author(s): *Heejun Chang - Portland State University Vivek Shandas - Portland State University Hossein Parandvash - Portland Water Bureau  Abstract Title: Spatial patterns of residential water use in the Portland metro area Session Description: The sustainability of freshwater is becoming increasingly complex in many urban areas. Ongoing land use and land cover change associated with population growth has resulted in increasing residential water demand, changes in watershed hydrology, and deterioration of in-stream water quality. Integrated water management and best management practices have been introduced to mitigate some of the challenging problems in metropolitan regions.  Solving these problems, however, is often compounded by expected climate change that is likely to bring additional uncertainty to decision-making.  In this session we seek to present and discuss different approaches to studying complex urban water issues through integrated, multidisciplinary and geographic approaches.

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