American Association of Geographers Conference in April 2008 in Boston

Call for papers on land use for AAG 2008

Call for papers related to land use change and ecology/environment,  as well as hydrology at the American Association of Geographers  Conference in April 2008 in Boston (for conference information see  http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/index.htm).

Studying Land Use Change: Determining the Environmental Impacts of Sprawl

Despite nearly stagnant human population growth in several regions of  the US (such as the Northeast), human consumption of rural land  continues as it is being converted to 0.5 to 5 acre suburban and  exurban residential lots. This low density exurban development  (sprawl) not only consumes vast tracts of prime agricultural lands,  but also leads to the fragmentation and deterioration of existing  habitats for terrestrial plants and animals, the spread of invasive  species, and the alteration of aquatic ecosystem structure and  functionality. This session will focus on illustrating and  understanding the broad range of impacts on the environment, as well  as potential approaches for mitigation. While presentations from the  Northeast are encouraged, others will be considered.

If you are interested in having your abstract considered for this  session, please e-mail it to me no later than Oct 25; consideration  of abstracts will begin immediately:
Dr. Monika Calef - mcalef@albany.edu
 Dept. of Geography and Planning University at Albany
Albany, NY

Additionally, the abstract has to be submitted to AAG by Oct 31 which  is only possible, after you have completed registration for the  conference and received a PIN number. For more information on  abstract submission see  http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/abstract.htm

Please contact either in the address given above or Dr. Gary Kleppel
gkleppel@albany.edu  if there are any  additional questions.