H34H:
Water, Energy, and Society in Urban Systems II

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Session ID#: 34235

Session Description:
Urbanization creates areas of intense hydrological and ecological modification leading to complex surface and sub-surface hydrologic flow paths and altered energy balance dynamics, infrastructure stresses, and novel ecosystem configurations. A growing body of work is characterizing urban hydrologic systems and links to society, economy, and public health. However, climate change, aging infrastructure, and substantial material fluxes modify and complicate these coupled systems. Continued inquiry and synthesis reveals unexpected interactions and impacts present in urban systems. This session invites a diversity of research associated with process, impacts, and mitigation in urban systems, with a focus on complex relationships among hydrology, ecology, climatic, energy, society, and green infrastructure approaches.
Primary Convener:  Daniel Bain, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, United States
Conveners:  Claire Welty, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Dept. of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering and Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, Baltimore, MD, United States, Aditi Bhaskar, Colorado State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, CO, United States and Laura A Schifman, Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
Chairs:  Laura A Schifman, Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States and Ana Mijic, Imperial College London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, London, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaison:  Daniel Bain, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:

0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1843 Land/atmosphere interactions [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Interaction of coastal urban groundwater with infrastructure due to tidal variation (288946)
Xin Su, Stevens Institute of Technology, Union City, United States and Valentina Prigiobbe, Stevens Institute of Technology, Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering, Union City, NJ, United States
Urban water supply infrastructure planning under predictive groundwater uncertainty: Bayesian updating and flexible design (251812)
Sarah Fletcher and Kenneth Strzepek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
The Use of Hydrograph Analysis and Impulse Response Functions to Improve Understanding of Groundwater Flooding: A Case Study from the Chalk Aquifer, United Kingdom. (217991)
John Bloomfield1, Matthew Ascott2, David Macdonald2, Ben Marchant3 and Andrew McKenzie4, (1)British Geological Survey Wallingford, Crowmarsh Gifford, UNITED KINGDOM, (2)British Geological Survey Wallingford, Wallingford, United Kingdom, (3)British Geological Survey Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, (4)British Geological Survey, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Impacts of Urbanization on Water Use and Energy-related CO2 Emissions of Residential Consumption in China: A Spatio-temporal Analysis during 2003-2012 (287415)
Jialiang Cai, Aalto University, Department of Built Environment, Aalto, Finland, He Yin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, WI, United States and Olli Varis, Aalto University, Department of Built Environment, Espoo, Finland
Urban Land Cover Type Influences CO2 Fluxes within Phoenix, Arizona (240743)
Eli R Perez-Ruiz, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States, Enrique R Vivoni, Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, AZ, United States and Nicole P Templeton, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Green Infrastructure Increases Biogeochemical Responsiveness, Vegetation Growth and Decreases Runoff in a Semi-Arid City, Tucson, AZ, USA (233872)
Thomas Meixner1, Shirley A Papuga2, Anthony Michael Luketich3, Tyler Rockhill4, Erika Liliana Gallo4, Jack Anderson5, Luis Salgado5, Kayla Pope6, Neha Gupta7, Yoganand Korgaonkar8 and D. Phillip Guertin9, (1)University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, United States, (2)The University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, (3)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, (5)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States, (7)University of Arizona, Arizona Institute for Resilience, Tucson, AZ, United States, (8)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development, and Environment, Tucson, United States, (9)University of Arizona, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, United States
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Green Infrastructure vs. Conventional Wastewater Treatment Plants (209461)
Natalie Morse, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Todd Walter, Cornell University, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States
Spatial and temporal shifts in gross primary productivity, respiration, and nutrient concentrations in urban streams impacted by wastewater treatment plant effluent (Invited) (237052)
Sarah H. Ledford, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Temple University, Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Laura Toran, Temple Univ, Philadelphia, United States

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