GC21J:
Human-Environmental Interactions: Past, Present, and Future I

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Session ID#: 32486

Session Description:
Human-environment interaction is an important issue in the entire human evolution history. Climate and environment change have greatly impacted and shaped human biological evolution, spatial distributions, technological innovations and societal developments in the past, while human activities started to considerably affect climate and environment changes at least three to five thousand years ago. However, because of the complexity of human-environment interactions, we still know little about how prehistoric human adapted to rapid and large-extent climate changes, how civilized societies responded to abrupt climate and environment changes in the Holocene, and how humans influenced past, present and future climate and environmental changes. This session aims to explore the trajectory of climate change and human-environment interaction since the late Pleistocene and to understand the patterns, mechanisms and evolution of human-environment relationships. We welcome presentations concerning these issues from multi-disciplinary perspectives, to promote the advancements of research in the field.
Primary Convener:  Fahu Chen, Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China
Conveners:  Tristram Kidder, Washington University in St Louis, Department of Anthropology, St. Louis, MO, United States, David Dian Zhang, The University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography, Hong Kong, China and Guanghui Dong, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Chairs:  Fahu Chen, Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China and Tristram Kidder, Washington University in St Louis, Department of Anthropology, St. Louis, MO, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Tristram Kidder, Washington University in St Louis, Department of Anthropology, St. Louis, MO, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0456 Life in extreme environments [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1605 Abrupt/rapid climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4323 Human impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Linked Climatic, Environmental, and Societal Changes in the Lower Yellow River Area during the Neolithic-Bronze Age Transition (253682)
Shi-Yong Yu, University of Minnesota Duluth, Large Lakes Observatory, Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Colonizing Dynamic Alluvial and Coastal Landscapes in the Holocene (275987)
Tristram Kidder1, Xinyi Liu2 and Kelly Ervin2, (1)Washington University in St Louis, Department of Anthropology, St. Louis, MO, United States, (2)Washington University in St. Louis, Anthropology, St. Louis, MO, United States

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