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RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2016

Members of the geographical and related communities are invited to propose sessions, papers and posters.

The theme for the 2016 Annual Conference is nexus thinking, an approach that has attracted a surge of interest in the last five years among academics, policy-makers and third sector organizations. The aim of nexus thinking is to address the interdependencies, tensions and trade-offs between different environmental and social domains – an approach to which geographers might feel an inherent attraction. Rather than seeing energy, food and water resources as separate systems, for example, nexus thinking focuses on their interconnections, favouring an integrated approach that moves beyond national, sectoral, policy and disciplinary silos to identify more efficient, equitable and sustainable use of scarce resources. more….

Call for Editors – Amps

Responding to the major growth in outputs created through these collaborations AMPS calls for several editors of books and journal publications. The positions are on a volunteer basis and can be embedded in two research programmes led by AMPS: Housing-Critical Futures and The Mediated City.

Given the interdisciplinary nature of the research organisation, its journal and associated book publications, this call will be of interest to academics involved with: architecture, urban studies, geography, sociology, media studies, art, new medias and digital technologies. more….

From urban sprawl to compact green cities

Call for Papers of Special Issue on From urban sprawl to compact green cities – indicators for multi-scale and multi-dimensional analysis

This Special Issue for the Journal of Ecological Indicators(www.journals.elsevier.com/ecological-indicators) aims to show up the current international state of art in developing, testing and implementing multi-dimensional (ecological, economic, social) and multi-scale (regional, city, neighborhood) indicators characterizing spatial processes and strategies dealing with urban sprawl and compact green cities for sustainable urban development. more….

Urban Planning Journal (Volume 1, Issue 3)

Deadline for Abstracts: 29 February 2016
Deadline for Full Papers: 15 May 2016
Issue Release: September 2016

Information: This issue of Urban Planning will be dedicated to Sustainable Planning & Technologies. more…

NOT MY HERITAGE: New Identities/Voices in Conservation

Not My Heritage is a one-day student-run symposium exploring the following questions:

Whose heritage are we conserving?
Whose heritage is being unrepresented or underrepresented in the heritage conservation discourse of the 21^st century?

This theme aims to attract submissions that critically address missing identities and voices in the heritage field and/or highlight alternative stories and perspectives in heritage conservation. more…

23rd International Seminar on Urban Form

The theme of the 23rd International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF) is ‘Urban Morphology and the Resilient City’. The organizers and the Council of ISUF invite participation in the Conference by interested academics and professionals. Topics on which proposals are particularly welcome include: urban morphological theory, urban morphology and urban design/planning, urban morphology and sustainability, transformation and resilience in urban development, cities in the global era, urban form in Asia, and comparative urban morphology.

Further details: isuf2016@nju.edu.cn

Call for Entries: Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, 2nd Edition

Oxford Brooks – Expressions of interest to contribute to the second revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World are now invited. more….

Call for Workshop Organizers

The Design & The City conference explores citizen-centered design approaches for the smart city, addressing how social media, big data and other digital technologies may contribute to more sustainable, liveable and sociable urban communities. Specific focus of the conference is on the expanding role of designers as initiators, innovators, campaigners, connectors, organizers, critics and imagineers of alternative urban futures.

We are inviting proposals from designers, activists, researchers, media labs, and others for workshops to be held on April 22, 2016. Workshops are unique opportunities for engaging practitioners, researchers and conference attendees in a productive discussion. more…

Design After Planning: Examining the Shift from Epistemology to Topology

The question of how different types of ‘planning’ should deal with uncertainty has taken on fresh importance. On the one hand, existential threats such as climate change, overpopulation, and new forms of global conflict expand the temporal and spatial horizons of our sense of responsibility as never before. On the other, the world is constructed increasingly as emergent, complex and non-linear; the ‘wicked’ problems it throws up are not amenable to modernist, top-down solutions. more….

Inheriting the City: Advancing Understandings of Urban Heritage

Update 15/10/15: We have received a fantastic response to the first call for papers, drawing responses from over 35 different countries and a diverse range of disciplines including architecture, urban planning, heritage management, tourism studies and many more. The second call for papers is now open more….

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