Indo-German Conference on Rural-Urban Transitions

University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru, India

The second Indo-German Conference on Rural-Urban Transitions in February 2023 presented the scientific progress and knowledge gained in the field of rural-urban transformations. The three-days program was a vivid forum for exchange and an interdisciplinary discourse among the project members, students, invited speakers, and international guests. While on one hand, it concluded seven years of joint research in  the Indo-German Project framework of FOR2432, it also showed new perspectives for future research, including more South-South collaboration.

Session themes:

1. rural-urban dynamics in food systems and livelihoods

2. land and water use in rural-urban transitions

3. rural-urban dynamics in ecosystem service provisions

4. lifestyles and well-being in rural-urban transitions

5. research networks and future perspectives
 

>>> Program and Book of Abstracts

Session 1
K.N. Ganeshaish
University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Opening keynote

Session 2
Ankit Agarwal
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India
Constructed wetland management in urban catchments for mitigating floods

Session 3
Asmita Sengupta
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
Ecological functions and ecosystem services in emerging urban landscapes

Session 4
Jamuna Prakash
University of Mysore, India
The changing food environment: Dietary health burden and associated challenges

Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
University of Göttingen, Germany
The development of agricultural prices - short-run shocks, long-run trends and implications

Session 5
Andreas Bürkert
University of Kassel, Germany
Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research
History and future of rural-urban transitions

Evening Session
Karen Seto
Yale University, USA
Urbanisation and climate change: Two imperatives for the^21st century