Rapid urbanization has taken place in the past two decades in many developing countries, especially in tropical and subtropical zones. Nowadays, over 50% of population in the world lives in urbanized regions which are the key places of production, consumption, and waste generation. Over 75% of energy consumption and 80% of greenhouse gas emissions of the world are concentrated in urbanized areas according to the United Nations statistics. Without careful planning and thoughtful management strategy, cities are facing many environmental problems. Urban ecosystem and health will be a new area for scientists and policy makers to understand the exchange and metabolisms of mass and energy, environmental risks and human health. The GeoTrop 2010 conference will focus on the fate and effect of persistent toxic substances, the biogeochemistry of nutrients, and the systematic analyses of urban metabolisms in tropical and subtropical urbanized regions.
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Fate and effect of persistent toxic substances in soil-water-air continuum in tropical and subtropical urbanized regions;
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Nutrient biogeochemistry and water quality in tropical and subtropical urbanized regions;
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Systematic analysis of urban metabolisms in tropical and subtropical urbanized regions; and
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Other environmental geochemistry studies in tropical and subtropical regions.
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