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Technical Seminar: Urbanization and Climate Change in Asia: Impacts and Adaptation
 


Date, time & venue

2019-04-04;19:00-20:00;Room 2614, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong

Co-organized by: CIWEM, HKIE-Environmental Division, City University of Hong Kong


Programme Highlights

During the last 20-30 years, because of rapid economic growth, extensive areas of agricultural and rural land in many countries in Asia have been transformed into cities. Such changes have substantially modified the exchanges of heat, moisture and momentum between the land surface and the atmosphere. In addition, these cities, many of which have been known as mega-cities, generate additional heat and pollutants that are injected into the atmosphere. Furthermore, many of these cities have been developed over a short period of time, and hence city planning in general has been minimal. All these consequences of urbanization have great impacts on the regional climate, which will also be affected by global climate change. Thus, cities in Asia have suffered, and will likely continue to suffer, significantly in terms of climate hazards.

 

In this talk, how urbanization and global climate change can modify the regional climate will first be presented using examples from the Pearl River Delta of China and other mega-cities. The possible impacts of such climate hazards will then be discussed. To reduce the consequences of such impact, possible actions by governments will be proposed.

 

Speaker:--

Prof. Johnny Chan, Chair Professor of Atmospheric Science, City University of Hong Kong

 

Professor Chan is currently Chair Professor of Atmospheric Science and the Director of the Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre at City University of Hong Kong. He is also one of the Co-Directors of the Asian Network on Climate Science and Technology.

 

Professor Chan’s research on typhoons and monsoons is internationally renowned. He has published over 200 SCI journal articles. According to the Web of Science, he ranks number one worldwide in the number of publications in tropical cyclones. He was the Chair of the Tropical Cyclone Panel of the World Meteorological Organization Tropical Meteorology Research Working Group during 2013-18. He is an Honorary Fellow of the UK Energy Institute, a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and a recipient of the International Journal of Climatology Award of the Royal Meteorological Society.

 

The technical seminar will be jointly organized by CIWEM HK, the Environmental Division of HKIE and City University of Hong Kong

 

Details

Date:                            1 Apr 2019 (Monday)

Time:                            19:00 – 20:00

Venue:                          City University of Hong Kong (Room to be confirmed)

Fee:                              Free

 

Note:

  1. Registration is accepted on a first-come-first-served basis, and preference will be given to CIWEM and HKIE members.  Maximum of participants of 110.

  2. Successful applicants will be informed by email. Payment method will be advised where applicable. Those who fail to show up will need to cover the financial implication and will not be entertained in two subsequent CIWEM HK events.

  3. The Participants should arrange for their own insurance if it is considered necessary. 

  4. Attendance certificate will be awarded after seminar by email.

  5. Adverse weather arrangement: this event will be cancelled if a typhoon signal No. 8 or above, or the black rainstorm warning is issued within 2 hours before the assembly time or during the event. CIWEM HK will notify the participants of the subsequent arrangements accordingly.

Application Method:

Please complete the on-line registration form on or before 25 Mar 2019.  Successful applicants will be informed individually by email. Only registration form with all entries duly completed will be processed. All personal data collected in the registration form will only be used to process the application for this event, and will be destroyed immediately after close of the event.

For enquiries, please contact Mr Norman Cheng at 94676833. 





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