Description:

One of the major challenges of the 21st century is adapting urban regions to effects of the changing climate, including intensifying extreme weather events and rising sea level, while also addressing other ongoing societal stresses. Understanding the impact of extreme weather events like heat waves, extreme precipitation, severe storms, etc. on urban environments is limited. Urban climate modeling has become an important tool to identify and analyze the impact of climate change and can be used as powerful tool to plan and design resilient urban system. Advancing our understanding of the impact of climate and weather extremes on urban system using multi-scale modeling can help us find green cost-effective solutions to build climate resilient urban centers.

In this session, we seek contributions related to urban climate modeling as a key ingredient in the research and experimental design for (i) dynamical and statistical modeling of urban climate across scales for adaption and mitigation, (ii) evaluating urban climate planning scenarios for impact assessments, (iii) role of green and gray infrastructure in reducing climate vulnerabilities for urban communities; and (iv) design integrated studies across social, natural, and engineered systems to improve climate resiliency in urban communities.