GEOSUS 2023 | Second Announcement - Call for Abstracts

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GeoSus 2023

The International Workshop on Geography and Sustainability 2023Theme: Geography and Sustainable Development: Challenges and OpportunitiesOctober 26-29, 2023, Beijing, ChinaThe International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development launched by UNESCO highly recognized the importance of basic sciences for attaining sustainable development.  As a transdisciplinary discipline studying the coupled human and nature systems and their interactions, geography has natural advantages to promote sustainable development by providing the underpinning theories, methodologies, models and data. Geographers have made important contributions to exploring the nexus between the natural and social sciences, and delivered knowledge and experiences that are needed to support transformation towards sustainable development. The International Workshop on Geography and Sustainability 2023 aims to identify the challenges and explore the opportunities associated with geography and sustainable development. All submissions addressing sustainable development from a geography perspective will be warmly welcomed.

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Organization

Host

Organizers

• Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University
• The International Geographical Union (IGU-UGI)
  
• The Geographical Society of China

Co-organizer

• Geography and Sustainability

• IGU Commission on Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability(IGU-GFE)

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Committee

Scientific Committee

Chairs

Bojie Fu

Beijing Normal University, ChinaResearch Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

IGU Vice-President

Michael Edward Meadows

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Nanjing University, China

IGU President

Organizing Committee

Chairs

Changqing Song

Beijing Normal University, China

Guoyou Zhang

The Geographical Society of China

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Important Dates

Deadline for abstract submission:

August 31, 2023

Notification on abstract acceptance:

August 31, 2023

Deadline for early registration:

August 31, 2023

Deadline for standard registration:

September 30, 2023

Publication of conference guide:

September 30, 2023

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Call for abstracts

Abstract submission is open for the proposed sessions now. You will be required to provide the following information for your abstract, including Title, Abstract up to 300 words, Keywords, Author information (Name, Affiliation/Organization, Contact Email, etc.), and session topic most relevant to your submission. Presentation mode (Oral or Poster) will be decided at the time of session scheduling. Author's preferred presentation mode is usually honored though not guaranteed to be satisfied. 

https://geosus2023.scievent.com/submission/guidelines/
Thematic Sessions1. Carbon emissions, sequestrations and carbon neutralityConveners

• Yangjian Zhang (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
• Jonathan Adams (Nanjing University, China)

2. Climate-smart conservationConveners

• Walter Musakwa (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
• Regis Musavengane (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

3. Coupled Human-cultivated land utilization systemsConveners

• Xiangbin Kong (China Agricultural University, China)
• Minghong Tan (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
• Xinli Ke (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)

4. Dryland climate change and water cycleConveners

• Jianping Huang (Lanzhou University, China)
• Haipeng Yu (Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

5. Dryland sustainabilityConveners

• Nan Lu (Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
• David Eldridge (UNSW, Australia)
• Changliang Shao (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China)
• Jingyi Ding (Beijing Normal University, China)

6. Earth observation and big earth data for sustainabilityConveners

• Bingfang Wu (Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) 

7. Ecological security, risk, and sustainability in urbanizationConveners

• Jian Peng (Peking University, China)
• Yanxu Liu (Beijing Normal University, China)

8. Ecosystem service flow and payment for ecosystem serviceConveners

• Jing Li (Shaanxi Normal University, China) 
• Xianfeng Liu (Shaanxi Normal University, China) 

9. Geography education and sustainable developmentConveners

• Paulo Pereira (Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania)
• Wenwu Zhao (Beijing Normal University, China; IGU Commission on Geography for Future Earth: Coupled Human-Earth Systems for Sustainability)

10. Human-nature coupling system and sustainabilityConveners

• Shuai Wang (Beijing Normal University, China)
• Örjan Bodin (Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, Sweden)
• Haibin Chen (Northwest A&F University, China)

11. Land degradation as a local and global challengeConveners

• Matija Zorn (Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Slovenia; IGU Commission on Land Degradation and Desertification)

12. Landscape dynamics and extreme events in the Himalaya: experiences and case studiesConveners

• Pankaj Kumar (University of Delhi, India)
• Manish Kumar (Central University of Haryana, India)
• Shipra Singh (Miranda House, India)

13. Land use/land Cover change and sustainable developmentConveners

• Monica Dumitrascu (Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy. Romania; IGU Commission on Land Use and Land Cover Change)

14. Nature-based Solutions for disaster risk reductionConveners

• Carla Ferreira (Coimbra Polytechnic Institute, Portugal)
• Zahra Kalantari (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
• Pan Haozi (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China)
• Karen Sudmeier-Rieux (TH Kéln, University of Cologne, Germany)
• Milica Kasanin-Grubin (University of Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

15. Nature-based Solutions for synergy of social-ecological-economic developmentConveners

• Ming Luo (Key Laboratory of Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Natural Resources, China)
• Jun Wang (Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Center, MNR; Land Science and Technology Innovation Center, MNR, China)
• Yan Zhang (IUCN China Office, China)
• Emmanuelle COHEN-SHACHAM  (Nature-based Solutions Thematic Group, CEM, IUCN, USA)
• Zhaowu Yu (Fudan University, China)

16. Rural geography in achieving sustainable developmentConveners

• Hualou Long (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
• Yingnan Zhang (Zhejiang University, China)

17. Smart cities and sustainability in comparative perspective

Conveners：

• Gary Sigley (Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, China)
• Marcus Foth (Faculty of Creative Industries, Education, and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
• Mengmeng Zhang (Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, China)

18. Sustainable development goals: assessments, interactions, and advancing pathwaysConveners

• Xutong Wu (Beijing Normal University, China; IGU Commission on Young and Early Career Geographers Working Group on Geography and Sustainability)
• Gabriela Morosanu (Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy, Romania; IGU Commission on Young and Early Career Geographers Working Group on Geography and Sustainability)

19. Sustainable transformation of agricultural land systemConveners

• Xiangzheng Deng (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, China)
• Hua Qin (Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA)
• John Gibson (University of Waikato, New Zealand)

20. Sustainable water resources management in agriculture under drought scenarioConveners

• Paolo Tarolli (University of Padova, Italy)
• Eugenio Straffelini (University of Padova, Italy)

21. Third pole environment and sustainabilityConveners

• Jian Sun (Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Science, China)
• Hua Shang (Rutgers University, USA)

22. Transitional geospace and human-nature coupling for sustainabilityConveners

• Wei Deng (Sichuan Normal University, China)
• Lianqi Zhu (Henan University, China)
• Junhong Bai (Beijing Normal University, China)
• Jintong Liu (IGDB, CAS, China)
• Yuluan Zhao (Guizhou Normal University, China)
• Shaoyao Zhang (Sichuan Normal University, China)

23. Understanding hazards and risks for sustainable developmentConveners

• Takashi Oguchi (The University of Tokyo, Japan; IGU Commission on Hazard and Risk)

24. Urban green spaces and sustainabilityConveners

• Long Li (China University of Mining and Technology, China)
• Xinyang Yu (Shandong Agricultural University, China)
• Changlong Li (Guangzhou College of Commerce, China

25. Urban sustainability: coupling social-ecological systems to overcome climate and biodiversity crisesConveners

• Michael Meadows  (Nanjing University, China; The International Geographical Union)
• Fanhua Kong (Nanjing University, China)
• Ariane Middel (Arizona State University, USA)

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Keynote Speakers

* In alphabetical order of first name

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Registration fee

	Early-bird	Standard
In-person
Regular	1500 CNY	2000 CNY
Student	800 CNY	1200 CNY
Virtual
Regular	200 CNY	400 CNY
Student	free	free

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Contact us

Conference e-mail: [e-mail]

Wenwu Zhao (Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, China)

Yiran Du (Geography and Sustainability, China)

Homepage: https://geosus2023.scievent.com/