GC41F:
Sustainable Deltas: Multidisciplinary Analyses of Complex Systems I Posters


Session ID#: 8120

Session Description:
Deltas account for ~1% of global land area, but are home to > 500 million people.  They play a key role in agricultural production and commerce – yet, deltas are amongst the world’s most threatened socio-ecological systems, a situation projected to amplify in the 21stcentury due to natural and anthropogenic impacts.

This session invites contributions that advance research on deltas as complex systems, develop delta dynamics modeling, explore metrics of vulnerability and resilience of social-ecological systems, promote data sharing for advancing science and local solutions, consider governance issues linked to the sustainable development of deltas, and use satellite data for risk assessment. Analysis of current challenges in specific deltas, and knowledge gaps to achieve pathways to desired delta futures are especially welcome. 

This session contributes to the International Council of Science “Sustainable Deltas 2015” initiative aiming to foster international science-policy interactions for a sustainable future of deltas.

Primary Convener:  Irina Overeem, CSDMS/INSTAAR, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Fabrice Renaud, United Nations University, Institute for Enviroment and Human Security, Tokyo, Japan, Paola Passalacqua, University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, United States and Sylvia Szabo, University of Southampton, Social Statistics and Demography, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom
Chairs:  Irina Overeem, University of Colorado, Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States, Fabrice Renaud, United Nations University, Institute for Enviroment and Human Security, Tokyo, Japan and Paola Passalacqua, University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Sylvia Szabo, University of Southampton, Social Statistics and Demography, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom
Co-Organized with:
Global Environmental Change, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes, Hydrology, and Public Affairs

Cross-Listed:
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • H - Hydrology
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • IGBP: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme -
Index Terms:

1622 Earth system modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1820 Floodplain dynamics [HYDROLOGY]
4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
6334 Regional planning [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Modelling Multidecadal Fluvial Sediment Fluxes to Deltas Under Future Environmental Change (58223)
Frances Eleanor Dunn, Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht, Netherlands, Stephen E Darby, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom and Robert J Nicholls, University of Southampton, School of Engineering, Southampton, United Kingdom
Characterizing Delta-Scale Connectivity Using Entropic Measures (67774)
Alicia Sendrowski, Michigan Technological University, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Ann Arbor, United States, Paola Passalacqua, University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, United States, Robert Twilley, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Edward Castaneda, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Modeling falling groundwater tables in major cities of the world (69426)
Gilles Erkens, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands and Edwin Sutanudjaja, Utrecht University, Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands
Dynamic changes in an estuary over the past eleven years (69733)
Shruti Khanna, Joaquim Bellvert, Kristen Shapiro and Susan Ustin, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
Is a Decline in Tropical Storms Leading to the Demise of the Mekong Delta? (71941)
Stephen E Darby1, Christopher R Hackney1, Julian Leyland1, Matti Kummu2, Hannu Lauri3, Daniel R Parsons4, Jim Best5, Andrew Paul Nicholas6 and Rolf E Aalto7, (1)University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom, (2)Aalto University, Water and Development Research Group, Espoo, Finland, (3)Aalto University, Aalto, Finland, (4)University of Hull, Energy & Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, (5)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Departments of Geography, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Champaign, United States, (6)University of Exeter, Geography, Exeter, United Kingdom, (7)University of Exeter, Geography, Exeter, EX4, United Kingdom
Stratigraphic Evolution of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Lower Delta Plain and its Relation to Groundwater Arsenic Distributions (72713)
Meagan Grace Patrick1, Steven Lee Goodbred Jr2, Jonathan M Gilligan3, Christopher M Tasich3, Saddam Hossain4 and Kazi Matin Ahmed5, (1)Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States, (2)Vanderbilt University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nashville, TN, United States, (3)Vanderbilt University, Earth and Environmental Science, Nashville, TN, United States, (4)University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (5)Dhaka University, Geology Department, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Salinity Impacts on Agriculture and Groundwater in Delta Regions (72762)
Derek Clarke1, Mashfiqus Salehin2, M. Jairuddin3, Abul Fazal M Saleh2, Md. Munsur Rahman2, Mofizur Rahman4, Kate E. Parks1, Mohammad Hamidul Haque5, Attila Nándor Lázár1 and Andres Payo6, (1)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (2)Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (3)Bangladesh Agricultural University, Soil Science, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, (4)International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (5)Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Soil Science, Patuakhali, Bangladesh, (6)British Geological Survey - NOTTINGHAM, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Implications for sustainability of a changing agricultural mosaic in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, USA (73491)
Steven J Deverel1, Paul Jacobs2, Rodd Kelsey3 and Christina Elizabeth Lucero1, (1)HYDROFOCUS, INC., Davis, CA, United States, (2)University of California, Davis, United States, (3)The Nature Conservancy, Sacramento, CA, United States
Comparing and contrasting observed adaptations in three deltas: the Ganges-Meghna-Brahmaputra, Mahanadi and Volta (73661)
Natalie Suckall, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Robert J Nicholls, University of Southampton, School of Engineering, Southampton, United Kingdom, Adelina Mensah, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Shahjahan Mondal, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunita Dey, Centre for Environment and Development, Kolkata, India and Somnath Hazra, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Measuring Delta Progradation Using Delta Front Flow Patterns: A New Method of Remote Imagery Analysis on the Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, U.S.A. (73891)
Justin David Estep1, John Shaw1 and Douglas A Edmonds2, (1)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States, (2)Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Bloomington, United States
Developing a Truly Global Delta Database to Assess Delta Morphology and Morphodynamics (75145)
Rebecca L Caldwell1, Douglas A Edmonds2, Sarah E Baumgardner3 and Amanda Rose Whaling1, (1)Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States, (2)Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Bloomington, United States, (3)University of Minnesota, Department of Earth Sciences, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Characterizing Temporal and Spatial Trends in Soil Geochemistry on Polder 32, Southwest Bangladesh (75884)
David Christopher Fry, Vanderbilt University, Dept Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nashville, TN, United States and John C Ayers, Vanderbilt University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nashville, TN, United States
Tide and river influences on distributary channels of the Mekong River delta (76896)
Yoshiki Saito1, Van Lap Nguyen2, Thi Kim Oanh Ta2, Toru Tamura3, Yutaka Kanai4 and Rei Nakashima5, (1)Estuary Research Center, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan, (2)HCMC Institute of Resources Geography, VAST, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, (3)AIST - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan, (4)AIST, Geol Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan, (5)Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan
The sediment-starved Yellow River Delta as remotely controlled by human activities in the river basin (77372)
Houjie Wang and Naishuang Bi, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
Water for Agriculture in a Vulnerable Delta: A Case Study of Indian Sundarban (78203)
Tuhin Bhadra1, Sugata Hazra1 and Shouvik Das2, (1)Jadavpur University, School of Oceanographic Studies, Kolkata, India, (2)Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Landsat Detection of the Effects of Hurricane Sandy on New Jersey Coastal Marshes (78669)
Alex Riter1, Michael Kearney2 and Yu Mo1, (1)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (2)Univ Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
Measurements of the Balance of Subsidence and Sedimentation in the Coastal Zone of Bangladesh (79284)
Michael S Steckler1, Dhiman Ranjan Mondal2, Syed Humayun Akhter3, James L Davis1, Steven Lee Goodbred Jr4, Carol Wilson5 and Md. Atikullah Bulbul3, (1)Columbia University of New York, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)CUNY Queens College, Flushing, United States, (3)University of Dhaka, Department of Geology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (4)Vanderbilt University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nashville, TN, United States, (5)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Constant sediment budget of Mekong delta shorelines: implications from long-term shoreline changes (79761)
Toru Tamura1, Yoshiki Saito2, Van Lap Nguyen3 and Thi Kim Oanh Ta3, (1)AIST - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan, (2)Estuary Research Center, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan, (3)HCMC Institute of Resources Geography, VAST, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Linking River Basin Modifications and Rural Soil and Water Management Practices in Tropical Deltas to Sea Level Rise Vulnerability (84326)
Kimberly G Rogers, Eduardo Brondizio, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States, Kushal Roy, Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh, Khulna, Bangladesh and James P Syvitski, University of Colorado at Boulder, CSDMS/INSTAAR, Boulder, CO, United States
Discharge Asymmetry in Delta Bifurcations (84546)
Gerard Salter, California Institute of Technology, Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA, United States, Chris Paola, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Vaughan R Voller, University of Minnesota, Civil Environmental and Geo- Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, United States

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