Before revision: Additionally, UGEC aims to:develop an understanding of the interactions and feedbacks between urbanization and global environmental change at local and regional scales; create multidimensional integrative perspectives; promote parallel and comparative analysis across regions and themes; promote cross-temporal and cross-spatial scale approaches; and communicate information to policy makers and the public.
After revision: Additionally, the goals of UGEC include: multidimensional integrative perspectives; promoting parallel and comparative analysis across regions and themes; utilizing cross-temporal and cross-spatial scale approaches; and outreaching and communicating UGEC-related scientificcreating information to policy makers and the public.