Advances in Urban Ecohydrology: People–Plant–Water Dynamics in the Built Environment

Session ID#: 279544

Session Description:
Improved understanding of urban ecohydrology is key to addressing the combined challenges of urbanization and natural hazards, including extreme heat, flooding, and water quality degradation. Nature-based solutions and green infrastructure offer promising strategies, but their effectiveness depends on understanding complex interactions among hydrology, energy, vegetation, and the built environment. This session invites research that advances our understanding of these dynamics and their spatiotemporal variability through fieldwork, modeling, and interdisciplinary approaches. We welcome studies that: (1) quantify urban water and energy budgets; (2) evaluate green infrastructure performance; (3) explore plant responses to urban stressors; and (4) inform equitable and science-based urban design. Contributions spanning from plant physiology to watershed-scale processes and from natural to engineered systems are encouraged. Submissions addressing the social implications of how ecosystem benefits are distributed are especially welcome. Together, we aim to foster dialogue and discovery around the ecohydrological foundations of resilient, sustainable, and livable cities.
Index Terms:

0493 Urban systems [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1813 Eco-hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1834 Human impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Elizaveta Litvak, Arizona State University, School of Sustainability, Tempe, United States
Conveners:  Kyle Blount, University of Illinois, Springfield, School of Integrated Sciences, Sustainability, and Public Health, Springfield, United States, Kun Zhang, University of Minnesota Duluth, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, Duluth, United States and Carolyn Breden Voter, University of Delaware, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Earth Sciences, Newark, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Aaron Alexander, University of Wisconsin Madison, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Madison, United States
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