Urban Environmental Pollution - UEP 2010
Overcoming Obstacles to Sustainability and Quality of Life
Boston, USA • June 20-23, 2010
Oral and poster abstract submission deadline: February 1, 2010
Submit abstracts now at: www.uep2010.com
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Please remember to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations at UEP2010 by February 1, 2010.
Contributions on the following themes are invited to supplement the plenary lectures
listed below.
CONFERENCE THEMES
Globalization and the Urban Environment: Setting the Scene
- Urban metabolism
- Processes and dynamics of megacities
- Urbanization in China: Problems & prospects
Urban Environmental Pollutants: Nature and Effects
- Air quality in urban environments
- Particulates and human health
- Urban warming: Human health
- Urban warming: Ecology, diversity
Urban Environmental Pollutants: Nature and Effects
- Urban water pollution and storm water
- Urban chemical pollution
Moving Toward Sustainable Development and Improved Life Quality
- Sustainability: Eco-urban space
- Ecoroofs (green roofs)
- Trees, cooling, air quality
Moving Toward Sustainable Development and Improved Life Quality
- Adaptation of the built environment to climate change
- Utility of increasing reflective surfaces
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Christopher Kennedy, University of Toronto, Canada
- Urban metabolism
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Douglas M. Brugge, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
-Traffic pollution and human health
Linda Davies, Imperial College, London, UK
OPAL - Open Air Laboratories
Francisco Escobedo, University of Florida, USA
- Urban trees and sustainability
Roy Harrison OBE, University of Birmingham, UK
- Air quality in urban environments
Jan Kleissl, University of California, San Diego, USA
- Urban heat island mitigation
Ingo Kowarik, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
- Biodiversity in urban environments
Frauke Kraas, University of Cologne, Germany
- Megacities of the world
Bradley Rowe, Michigan State University, USA
- Ecoroofs (green roofs)
Yong-Yuan Zhu, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Urbanization in China: Problems and prospects |