Burak Guneralp
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- School: Texas A&M University
- Campus: College Station
- Department: Geography
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College Station, TX - Dates at Texas A&M University: April 2018 - December 2019
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Prof. Guneralp's class was pretty easy. He gives around 6 quizzes which can be perfected just by studying the lecture slides. He also gives 4 assignments which adds up to a 100. It's easy to get a 10/10 in the assignments. He even drops the lowest quiz grade. If you are near the margin, he will bump up your grade.
Biography
Texas A&M University College Station - Geography
Experience
Texas A&M University
Assistant Professor
Burak worked at Texas A&M University as a Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
Assistant Research Professor
Burak worked at Texas A&M University as a Assistant Research Professor
System Dynamics Society
member
Burak worked at System Dynamics Society as a member
Stanford University
Postdoctoral Scholar
Burak worked at Stanford University as a Postdoctoral Scholar
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Lecturer
Burak worked at School of Forestry & Environmental Studies as a Lecturer
Yale University
Postdoctoral Scholar
Burak worked at Yale University as a Postdoctoral Scholar
Education
Boğaziçi University
BS and MS
Industrial Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PhD
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Dissertation: "Exploring Structure-Behavior Relations in Nonlinear Dynamic Feedback Models"
Publications
Evidence of urban land teleconnections and impacts on hinterlands
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5(5): 445–451
That urban and rural places are connected through trade, people, and policies has long been recognized. The urban land teleconnections (ULT) framework aims advancing conventional conceptualizations of urbanization and land. The conceptual framework thus opens way to identify and examine the processes that link urbanization dynamics and associated land changes that are not necessarily colocated. In this paper, we review recent literature on four manifestations of urbanization that, along the lines of the ULT framework, highlight the importance of process-based conceptualizations of urbanization and land along a continuum of land systems. We then discuss potential approaches to improve the knowledge base on how and where urbanization is driving land change.
Evidence of urban land teleconnections and impacts on hinterlands
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5(5): 445–451
That urban and rural places are connected through trade, people, and policies has long been recognized. The urban land teleconnections (ULT) framework aims advancing conventional conceptualizations of urbanization and land. The conceptual framework thus opens way to identify and examine the processes that link urbanization dynamics and associated land changes that are not necessarily colocated. In this paper, we review recent literature on four manifestations of urbanization that, along the lines of the ULT framework, highlight the importance of process-based conceptualizations of urbanization and land along a continuum of land systems. We then discuss potential approaches to improve the knowledge base on how and where urbanization is driving land change.
Balancing urban growth and ecological conservation: A challenge for planning and governance in China
Ambio (published online first)
Abstract: China has high biodiversity and is rapidly urbanizing. However, there is limited understanding of how urban expansion in the country is likely to affect its habitats and biodiversity. In this study, we examine urban expansion patterns and their likely impacts on biodiversity in China by 2030. Our analysis shows that most provinces are expected to experience urban expansion either near their protected areas or in biodiversity hotspots. In a few provinces such as Guangdong in the south, urban expansion is likely to impinge on both protected areas and biodiversity hotspots. We show that policies that could facilitate the integration of natural resource protection into urban planning exist on paper, but the prevailing incentives and institutional arrangements between the central and local governments prevent this kind of integration. Removing these obstacles will be necessary in order to safeguard the country’s rich biodiversity in light of the scale of urbanization underway.
Evidence of urban land teleconnections and impacts on hinterlands
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5(5): 445–451
That urban and rural places are connected through trade, people, and policies has long been recognized. The urban land teleconnections (ULT) framework aims advancing conventional conceptualizations of urbanization and land. The conceptual framework thus opens way to identify and examine the processes that link urbanization dynamics and associated land changes that are not necessarily colocated. In this paper, we review recent literature on four manifestations of urbanization that, along the lines of the ULT framework, highlight the importance of process-based conceptualizations of urbanization and land along a continuum of land systems. We then discuss potential approaches to improve the knowledge base on how and where urbanization is driving land change.
Balancing urban growth and ecological conservation: A challenge for planning and governance in China
Ambio (published online first)
Abstract: China has high biodiversity and is rapidly urbanizing. However, there is limited understanding of how urban expansion in the country is likely to affect its habitats and biodiversity. In this study, we examine urban expansion patterns and their likely impacts on biodiversity in China by 2030. Our analysis shows that most provinces are expected to experience urban expansion either near their protected areas or in biodiversity hotspots. In a few provinces such as Guangdong in the south, urban expansion is likely to impinge on both protected areas and biodiversity hotspots. We show that policies that could facilitate the integration of natural resource protection into urban planning exist on paper, but the prevailing incentives and institutional arrangements between the central and local governments prevent this kind of integration. Removing these obstacles will be necessary in order to safeguard the country’s rich biodiversity in light of the scale of urbanization underway.
Changing global patterns of urban exposure to flood and drought hazards
Global Environmental Change 31: 217-225
The studies that quantify the human and economic costs of increasing exposure of cities to various natural hazards consider climate change together with increasing levels of population and economic activity, but assume constant urban extent. Accurate estimates of the potential losses due to changing exposure of cities, however, require that we know where they will grow in the future. We present the first-ever estimates of the changing exposure of urban infrastructure to floods and droughts due to urban land expansion from 2000 to 2030. The percentage of the global urban land that lies within the low elevation coastal zone (LECZ) increases only slightly to 13% by 2030; nonetheless, this corresponds to a 230% increase in the amount of urban land within the LECZ (from 71,000 km2 to 234,000 km2). In 2000, about 30% of the global urban land (i.e., nearly 200,000 km2) was located in the high-frequency flood zones; by 2030, this will reach 40% (i.e., over 700,000 km2). The emerging coastal metropolitan regions in Africa and Asia will be larger than those in the developed countries and will have larger areas exposed to flooding. The urban extent in drylands will increase by nearly 300,000 km2, reaching almost 500,000 km2. Overall, without factoring in the potential impacts from climate change, the extent of urban areas exposed to flood and drought hazards will increase, respectively, 2.7 and almost 2 times by 2030. Globally, urban land exposed to both floods and droughts is expected to increase over 250%. Policy options range from directing development away from flood- or drought-prone zones to large-scale adoption of “green infrastructure” (or “eco-efficient infrastructure”). Decisions, taken today on managing urban growth in locations exposed to these hazards, can make a big difference in mitigating likely losses due to floods and droughts in the near future.
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