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地理卓越學術講座系列
Geography Distinguished Seminars Series
Observation and Modeling of Urban Ecosystem Dynamics
Date: 17 JUL 2024 (Wednesday)
Time: 15:30-17:00 (HKT)
Mode: Hybrid
Venue: CLL, Department of Geography, 10F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Via Zoom: Zoom link will be provided upon successful registration
Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=94466
Lecture Summary:
Urban ecosystems are complex and dynamic and provide essential goods and services for human society. This seminar will cover characterization of impervious surface area dynamics in the urban, modeling of urban vegetation productivity, and assessment of the positive and negative effects of urbanization on vegetation greenness and productivity.
Professor Xiangming Xiao
Professor, Ecology and Remote Sensing at School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma
Professor Xiao is a professor of ecology and remote sensing at School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma. His research portfolio includes land cover and land use change, Earth system science, and human-animal-environmental health. As PI or Co-I, Professor Xiao has been involved in 68 projects receiving a total of ~US$277 millions from federal agencies since 1994. He has authored or co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters (Google Scholar Citations = 37,451, h-index = 106, i10-index = 363). He was recognized as "Highly Cited Researchers" in 2021/2022 (Cross Field) and 2023 (Geoscience) by the Clarivate (Web of Science), note that "Highly Cited Researchers" are 1 in 1000, of the world population of scientists and social scientists.
