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Urban and Regional Carbon Management (URCM)

Explore place-based carbon budgets, trajectories, and management in urban, regional, and global contexts, integrating perspectives for sustainability science. Building a network of carbon cycle research and training opportunities.

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Urban and Regional Carbon Management (URCM)

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  1. Urban and Regional Carbon Management (URCM) Penelope Canan Global Carbon Project Tsukuba International Project Office

  2. Linking the Global, Regional, Local Urban and Regional Carbon Management (URCM) research on place-based carbon budgets using a comparative and historical approach to urban, regional, and global carbon footprints, their determinants, trajectories, & management opportunities.

  3. Cities-in-Regions

  4. Historical Windows of Opportunity for Now & for the Future for De- Carbonized Development

  5. Regional Carbon Budget Deforestation CO2 Emissions Urbanization Residential Buildings Infrastructure Extension Wood Extraction Agricultural Expansion Transportation Industry Urban Design Proximate Drivers The “Human Dimensions” (Underlying Causes) LAND USES ENERGY

  6. Place-Based Variations in the Carbon-Climate-Human Cycle POETICs

  7. Population Organization Eco-Environment Technology Institutions Culture Composition, Distribution Groups, Organizations (Structure & Stratification) Ecosystem/Climate/Land Cover/Land Use Energy, Transportation Economy, Polity, Health, Education, Religion Beliefs, Values, Customs, Ethics Specifying the Variables that are Key to Understanding Place-Based Variations in the Carbon-Climate-Human Cycle

  8. Integrating Perspectives For Sustainability Science and URCM

  9. A Portfolio of Research Approaches • Case studies • Cross-sectional statistical approaches • Narratives, surveys, interviews • Secondary data analysis • Remote sensing • Qualitative Comparative Analysis • Social Network Analysis • Models Scenarios, GIS, Simulations • Quantitative Indicators of Trends • Meta-Analyses

  10. Building Network of Carbon Cycle Research & Training SIGN UP SHEET !!!!!

  11. Integrating Information on Carbon Footprints and Social Change at Multiple Scales in Space and Time URCM Framework Human Dimensions Databases Literature Reviews, Bibliography Qualitative Comparative Analysis Regions Population Interpretive Synthesis Hub Spatial Comparative Cities Organization Places Culture Socio-cultural Land Use & Emissions Data Development Pathways Quality of Life Indicators Ecosystem Services Data Ethno-Eco-Environmental Typologies Environment Climate Biogeophysical Carbon Technology Global & Regional Models Comparison Historical Trends Current Conditions Policy Options Carbon-Climate-Human Institutions Change Carbon Budgets Climate, Weather Culture Impacts Scenarios Consequences Research Tools Training Collaboration Dissemination Collaborative Action Research & Management Networks

  12. Literature Review Models Comparison Indicators & Measures Retrieving Information From URCM Database Carbon Budget, Climate Change

  13. Two Opportunities…  Asian Carbon Cycle Research Conference in March 2006, Beijing

  14. Selected Literature Abler, R. 2003. Global Change and Local Places: Estimating, Understanding, and Reducing Greenhouse Gases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Dhakal, Shobakar. 2004. Urban Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emission in Asian Mega-Cities: Policies for a Sustainable Future. Kanagawa: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies. Lankao, P. R. et al. (eds.) 2005. Can Cities Reduce Global Warming?: Urban Development and the Carbon Cycle in Latin America. Mexico: IAI, UAM-X, GCP. Lebel, L and D. Totrakool (eds.). 2005. Integrating Carbon Management into Development Strategies of Cities – Establishing a Network of Case Studies of Urbanisation in the Asia-Pacific (final report for APN project 2004-07-CMY-Lasco). Kobe: Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research. Rayner, Steve and Elizabeth Malone (eds.). 1998. Human Choice & Climate Change (4 Volumes). Columbus: Battelle Press. Svirejeva-Hopkins, A. 2004. Urbanised Territories as a Specific Components of the Global Carbon Cycle, Dissertation, University of Potsdam.

  15. www.globalcarbonproject.org

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