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地理卓越學術講座系列
Geography Distinguished Seminars Series
Landscape sustainability science: The confluence of ecological, geographical, & design sciences
Date: 14 OCT 2024 (Monday)
Time: 10:00-11:00 (HKT)
Venue: CLL, Department of Geography, 10/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=96947
Abstract:
Landscapes are where biodiversity and ecosystems reside and function; where people live, work, and play; and where people and nature interact and coevolve. Forests, grasslands, lakes, cities, and their mosaics are all landscapes of different kinds. Ecologists and geographers cannot escape landscapes in any study relevant to the real world. Academics claim their disciplinary territories, but problems in real landscapes completely ignore and utterly scorn disciplines. Thus, to make our landscapes beautiful, resilient, and sustainable, landscape scientists and practitioners must collaborate more closely and extensively than ever before. Almost every discipline seems relevant to sustainability in one way or another, but ecology and geography provide the “material linchpin” for harmonizing our wellbeing aspirations with nature’s ecosystem services. It seems clear that if we are to achieve global sustainability, we must make our landscapes sustainable first, not the other way around. In this talk, I present the landscape sustainability science framework, which links landscape patterns to biodiversity, ecosystem services, landscape design and governance, and human wellbeing, in order to promote interdisciplinary collaborations across natural and social sciences for sustainability.
Prof. Jianguo (Jingle) Wu
Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Landscape Ecology and Sustainability Science
School of Life Sciences and School of Sustainability
Arizona State University, USA
Prof. Wu is Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Landscape Ecology and Sustainability Science, School of Life Sciences & School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA. He obtained his Ph.D. from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA in 1991, and did his postdoc work at Cornell and Princeton during 1991-1992. His research has covered the fields of landscape ecology, urban ecology, and (landscape) sustainability science. Prof. Wu has authored/edited 20 books and more than 410 peer-reviewed journal articles/book chapters. The total number of citations to his work is 63,693, with an H-index of 112 (as of 9/28/2024 according to Google Scholar).
He has been the Editor-in-Chief of Landscape Ecology, the flagship journal of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, since 2005. His other professional services and honors include: Program Chair of US Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) in 2001; Councilor-at-Large of IALE-North America (2001-2003); Founding Director of Sino-US Center of Conservation, Energy and Sustainability Science (2007-2012); American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Award for International Scientific Cooperation (2006); Elected AAAS Fellow (2007); Leopold Leadership Fellow (2009); Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award from US Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) (2010); Served with Distinction as Editor-in-Chief of Landscape Ecology from US-IALE (2010); Outstanding Scientific Achievements Award from International Association for Landscape Ecology (2011); Distinguished Service Award from US-IALE (2012); Elected Fellow of Ecological Society of America (2019); IALE Presidential Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service (2023). Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher (Environment and Ecology & Cross-Field: 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023).
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