GH008
Living Laboratory Experiments for Innovations to Improve Human Health Outcomes in Warming and Growing Cities

Session ID#: 80729

Session Description:
This session will focus on in-situ urban experiments to improve understanding of complex interacting urban environmental challenges (e.g., extreme heat, air pollution, urban flooding), with an emphasis on translation of knowledge into action to improve human health outcomes.  A key consideration is the need for cities to act on limited and uncertain information in the face of complex interactions among challenges and solutions.

Two categories of experiments will be highlighted: natural experiments in which spatial or temporal variations in urban design, policies or surface characteristics result in markedly different environmental and human health outcomes; and designed experiments in which urban planners/managers, community stakeholders, and researchers collaborate in the co-design and implementation of strategies and technologies to affect urban environmental parameters with the end-goal of improving human health outcomes. In both cases presenters are asked to highlight lessons learned and barriers to effective urban environmental planning and mitigation efforts.

Index Terms:

0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
4324 Spatial decision support systems [NATURAL HAZARDS]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
6334 Regional planning [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]

Primary Convener:  David Sailor, Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Chanam Lee, Texas A&M University College Station, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College Station, United States, Bruce Dvorak, Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College Station, United States and Paul Coseo, Arizona State University, The Design School, Tempe, AZ, United States
Primary Liaison:  David Sailor, Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ, United States
 
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