Urban areas fundamentally alter micro- to regional-scale atmospheric and hydrological processes via modification of energy and water balances. With urbanization continuing globally, understanding and mitigating these impacts on society and infrastructure is critical. This session solicits submissions from research and practice communities bridging natural and social sciences to address urban climate and water challenges. Relevant approaches span micro- to regional-scale modeling, high-resolution satellite remote sensing, and dense low-cost or crowdsourced networks that capture fine-scale to city-wide heterogeneity of the urban canopy layer.
We welcome studies on urban atmospheric and hydrological dynamics, their biometeorological implications, and the efficacy of urban planning and design strategies in mitigating the impacts of urban heat, floods, droughts, and other hazards.
We specifically invite research:
- resolving these processes across different spatial and temporal scales
- linking physical dynamics with human health and well-being under extreme events
- highlighting cascading and compound hazards such as concurrent heatwaves, drought and pluvial flooding, and their disproportionate impacts on communities with unequal adaptive capacity
- focusing on actionable science demonstrating how cities use novel data products and climate services to guide planning and policy
- applying emerging innovations and approaches that foster climate-resilient and adaptive cities and citizens, such as digital twins, AI-based forecasting, early-warning systems, and citizen science, as well as other innovations for climate resilience.