IGU Thematic Conference 2017 - "Land use/cover changes, biodiversity, health and environment, local and regional development"

IGU Thematic Conference 

on

"Land use/cover changes, biodiversity, health and environment,

local and regional development"

 

Bucharest, Tulcea

 Romania

11-15 September 2017

Organized by: Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy, Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest

THE CONFERENCE RATIONALE:

Connecting land use and biodiversity is essential to understand the relationships between ecosystems and socio‐economic systems, ecosystem services, and the potential risks and benefits to regional specialization

and human welfare. Such topic calls for investigations on how human activities and global environmental changes affect terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, human well‐being and public health, what are the

feedback and the potential local and regional futures. In this context, the rationale of the conference is to bring together scientists and  stakeholders  from various connecting  fields to address different effects of ecosystems  changes,  to  set‐up  mitigation  and  adaptation  strategies  and  contribute  with  scientific information to local/regional land use, planning and environmental policies.

MAIN THEMES:

• Land Use/Cover Change and Land Degradation
• Impacts of Land Use/Cover Changes on Biodiversity Loss
• Causes and Consequences of Land Use/Cover changes
• Biodiversity Conservation and Management
• Extreme Weather Events, Socio‐Territorial Vulnerabilities and Impacts on Public Health
• Environmental Changes and Human Health: Impacts and Inequalities 
• Distribution of Health Resources, Access to Health Care and Spatial Justice
• Local Resources and Regional Specialization
• Local and Regional Development: socio‐economic disparities
• Spatial Development and Territorial Cohesion
• Cross‐border Cooperation and Neighbourhood Policies
• Governance and Policies in Planning, Land use and Biodiversity

For further information: igu.tc.2017@geoinst.ro