Theme: Geography and Sustainable Development: From a Transdisciplinary Perspective
17-20 October 2025 · Xi'an, China
Hosts
Beijing Normal University
Shaanxi Normal University
Geographical Society of China
Organizers
School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University
Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University
IGU Commission on Geography and Sustainability
Co-organizers
Geography and Sustainability
GSC Working Committee on Editing and Publishing
Chairs
Bojie Fu (Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Vice president of IGU) Xiaobing Li (Shaanxi Normal University, China) Fahu Chen (Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Michael Meadows (Nanjing University, China; University of Cape Town, South Africa; Past president of IGU) Nathalie Lemarchand (Université Paris 8, France; President of IGU)
Barbaros Gönençgil (İstanbul University, Turkey; IGU Secretary General)
Bingfang Wu (Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Brett Bryan (Deakin University, Australia)
Changqing Song (Beijing Normal University, China)
Chansheng He (Western Michigan University, USA)
David Eldridge (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Desheng Xue (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)
Fubao Sun (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Guoyou Zhang (Geographical Society of China)
Hua Zheng (Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Jianguo Liu (Michigan State University, USA) Jianping Huang (Lanzhou University, China) Jorge Rocha (University of Lisbon, Portugal) Junguo Liu (North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power) Keith Ronald Skene (University of Dundee, UK) Mei-Po Kwan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China) Peijun Shi (Beijing Normal University, China) Qi Feng (Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Quansheng Ge (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Shujin He (GSC Working Committee on Editing and Publishing) Xiaoyan Li (Beijing Normal University, China) Ya Ping Wang (Shaanxi Normal University, China; University of Glasgow, UK) Yanfen Wang (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences) Yangjian Zhang (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hebei University, China) Yanglin Wang (Peking University; Shanxi University, China) Yansui Liu (Henan University, China) Yonglong Lu (Xiamen University, China) Zhengchao Zhou (Shaanxi Normal University, China) Zhibao Dong (Shaanxi Normal University, China)
* In alphabetical order of first name
Fubao Sun (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Geographical Society of China) Zhibao Dong (Shaanxi Normal University, China; Geographical Society of China) Xiaoyan Li (Beijing Normal University, China)
Yunbo Wang (Shaanxi Normal University, China) Dai Wang (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Geographical Society of China) Wenwu Zhao (Beijing Normal University, China; Chair of IGU-GEOSUS）
Shuai Wang (Beijing Normal University, China) Wei Liang (Shaanxi Normal University, China)
Haibo Zheng (Shaanxi Normal University, China) Yan Li (Beijing Normal University, China; Secretary General of IGU-GEOSUS) Shurong Zhang (Beijing Normal University, China) Yanxu Liu (Beijing Normal University, China) Hao Wang (Shaanxi Normal University, China) Lei Jiao (Shaanxi Normal University, China) Xianfeng Liu (Shaanxi Normal University, China) Ning Wang (Shaanxi Normal University, China) Xuanzi Zhang (Geographical Society of China)
Thematic sessions:
1 Biogeographic processes and evolution mechanisms under the influence of global change
Conveners
Ying Cheng,Ting Ma,Yao Zhang
Shaanxi Normal University, China
Beijing Normal University, China
Zhejiang Normal University, China
2 Conservation, communities and advances in biodiversity monitoring
Conveners
Walter Musakwa, Regis Musavengane
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
3 Coupling of water and forest carbon dynamics across spatial scales
Conveners
Qiang Li, Lei Deng, Mingfang Zhang
Northwest A&F University, China
4 Culture-tourism integration and regional sustainable development: multidimensional perspectives of geography
Conveners
Kai Bai,Zhenbin Zhao,Xianyang Hu
Shaanxi Normal University, China
5 Dryland ecological processes and sustainable development
Conveners
Jingyi Ding, David Eldridge, Nan Lv, Changjia Li
Beijing Normal University, China
University of New South Wales, Australia
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
6 Drylands climate change, extreme events and risks
Conveners
Jianping Huang, Haipeng Yu
Lanzhou University, China
7 Earth observation and AI for ecosystem monitoring and assessment
Conveners
Bingfang Wu
Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
8 Earth surface processes and global change: insights into ecosystem dymamics, climate impacts, and earth system evolution
Conveners
Bin Wang, Linhai Yang
Shaanxi Normal University, China
9 Ecohydrology and biogeography under global environmental change: patterns, drivers and mechanisms
Conveners
Kailiang Yu, Shouzhang Peng, Ning Chen, Changjia Li, Jingyao Sun
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lanzhou University, China
Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Beijing Normal University, China
10 Ecosystem services supply, drivers of change, ecosystem types, restoration, nature based solutions
Conveners
Paulo Pereira, Wenwu Zhao
Mykolas Romeris Univeristy, Lithuania
Beijing Normal University, China
11 Environment and Sustainable Health
Conveners
Shengsheng Gong, Yang Cheng, Yongjun Luo, Peng Jia, Li Wang, Xiaoping Li
Central China Normal University, China
Beijing Normal University, China
Army Medical University, China
Wuhan University, China
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shaanxi Normal University, China
Conveners
Cláudia M. Viana, Jorge Rocha
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Conveners
Yansui Liu, Jinxi Song, Jiajun Qiao, Xianfeng Liu
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
Northwest University
Henan University
Shaanxi Normal University
14 Integrating Disaster Risk Management and Heritage Conservation for Sustainable Development
Conveners
Emmanuel Eze, Takashi Oguchi, Rajib Shaw
University of Münster, Germany
University of Tokyo, Japan
Keio University, Japan
15 Interdisciplinary Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Urban Sustainability and Resilience Challenges
Conveners
Mei-Po Kwan, Jianying Wang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Conveners
Xiaoyun Li, Hao Zheng, Xiang Wang
Shaanxi Normal University, China
Ocean University of China, China
China Agricultural University, China
17 Land Use/Land Cover Change Driving Forces and Impacts in the Anthropocene
Conveners
Monica Dumitrascu
Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy, IGU Land Use and Land Cover Change Commission
18 Landscape pattern, process, and ecosystem services
Conveners
Jing Li, Xianfeng Liu
Shaanxi Normal University, China
19 Leveraging geospatial analysis and AI to model sustainability nexus beyond SDGs
Conveners
Junze Zhang, Prajal Pradhan
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, CAS, China
20 Multi-scale coupled water-carbon processes and their eco-environmental effects
Conveners
Yiping Wu, Sergey Kivalov, Ji Chen, Shuguang Liu, Guoyi Zhou
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Hainan University, China
Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science of Russia
The University of Hong Kong, China
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Conveners
Junran Li, Huijie Xiao, Kebonye Dintwe
The University of Hong Kong, China
Beijing Forestry University, China
University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Zhejiang University, China
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, USA
Universidad de Alicante, Spain
State University of Campinas, Brazil
Michigan State University, USA
23 Planetary aeolian geomorphology
Conveners
Shaanxi Normal University, China
24 Renewable Energy and Climate Change
Conveners
Yan Li, Dan Tong, Laibao Liu, Gang He
Beijing Normal University, China
Tsinghua University, China
The University of Hongkong, China
The City University of New York, USA
25 Revegetation and soil and water conservation benefits in ecologically vulnerable areas
Conveners
Ning Wang,Zhengchao Zhou,Jun Liu
Shaanxi Normal University, China
26 Smart Territorial Spatial Governance
Conveners
Feng Zhen, Becky P. Y. Loo, Zhenjiang Shen, Jiangbin Yin
Nanjing University, China
University of Hong Kong,China
FZU-KU International Joint Lab on Smart Habitat for Humanity
Shaanxi Normal University, China
27 Social-ecological network and collaborative environmental governance
Conveners
Shuai Wang, Örjan Bodin, Haibin Chen
Beijing Normal University, China
Stockholm University, Sweden
Northwest A&F University, China
28 Soil Erosion and Land Resilience: Integrating Geospatial Science, Ecology, and Societal Adaptation
Conveners
Fengbao Zhang, Wenlong Wang, Lei Jiao, Hongming He
Northwest A&F University, China
Shanxi Normal University, China
East China Normal University, China
29 Trees rings and Forest Health
Conveners
Xiaohong Liu, Xiaomin Zeng, Xiuchen Wu, Guobao Xu, Ouya Fang, Wenzhi Wang, Bo Wang
Shaanxi Normal University, China
Beijing Normal University, China
Northwest University, China
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences
30 GeoAI and Spatiotemporal Behavior Interaction
Conveners
Yanwei Chai, Xiaoshu Cao, De Wang, Donggen Wang, Suhong Zhou, Chunli Zhang, Xiaoyan Huang
Peking University, China
Guangzhou University, China
Tongji University, China
Hong Kong Baptist University, China
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shaanxi Normal University, China
31 Urban-Rural Transformation and Sustainable Governance towards the Sustainable Development Goals
Conveners
Yongyong Song, Beibei Ma, Xiping Yang, Yaping Wang
Shaanxi Normal University, China
32 Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Sustainable Development: Transdisciplinary Solutions for Resources Security
Conveners
Junguo Liu, Xiuzhi Chen
North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power
33 Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystem Nexus and Sustainability
Conveners
Xutong Wu, Mengyao Han, Gabriela Morosanu
Beijing Normal University, China
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Geography of the Romanian Academy
Writing & publishing workshop for early career scholars/students
Holly Barcus, Macalester College, USA
Website：https://2025.geosus.org
Early registration: April 10 - August 10, 2025 Abstract submission deadline: August 31, 2025 Standard registration: August 11 - October 10, 2025 Conference date: October 17-20, 2025
Categories | Tickets | |
Early gross rates | Standard gross rates | |
Regular | 260 USD (1800 CNY) | 360 USD (2300 CNY) |
Student | 180 USD (1200 CNY) | 260 USD 1800 CNY) |
