The Metrosphere - How Humans, Infrastructure and Nature Shape the Emerging Environment of Cities (In-Person)

ABSTRACT: Cities will house about 70% of the world population by 2050, making them the nexus of multiple scientific and societal grand challenges. The climate extremes and environmental quality in cities are jointly modulated by the Earth systems, the engineered urban systems, and human socio-political systems, complicating the study of these challenges in cities. This talk fuses models, data, and theory to confront this challenge, with a focus on extreme heat and air pollution, and health implications, in urban environments.

BIOSKETCH: Elie Bou-Zeid is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University, where he served as the founding director of the Metropolis Project for urban technology until 2022. An expert in geophysics and atmospheric sciences, his research is broadly focused on measurement and modelling of mass and energy transfer in the lower atmosphere, with applications to urban environmental quality, building energy efficiency, and renewable energy production. Previously, he served on the New York City Urban Heat Island Working Group.

Attendance In Person Only - EOHSI, Conference Room C

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