IGU CGoG - 2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCE "LOCAL AND URBAN GOVERNANCE: TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD" - CAPE VERDE

International Geographical Union

Commission Geography of Governance

2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

 LOCAL AND URBAN GOVERNANCE: TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD

 4 - 7 September 2019

University of Cape Verde

Praia - Cape Verde

 Conference website ->

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Workshop on "New challenges of Decentralisation"

IGU Commission Geography of Governance

Workshop on "New challenges of Decentralisation"

Pécs, Hungary, 9-10 May 2019

 Conference website ->

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AAG 2019 SESSION - "Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World"

Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers

3-7 April 2019, Washington DC

Call for papers

SESSION TITLE

"Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World"

ORGANIZERS & CHAIRS

Eran Razin (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) & Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

 

DESCRIPTION

Local government and urban governance networks are of prime significance for the quality of life in human settlements, urban policies and patterns of spatial change. Hence, the study of aspects of local governance, such as territorial reforms, changing hierarchies and networks, local finance, intra- and inter-sectoral partnerships, local leadership, urban politics and citizen participation, is perpetual since the late 19th century. Nevertheless, the 21st century presents diverse new challenges, including reaction to climate change and environmental sustainability, adaptation to immigration and diversity, application of new “smart city” technologies in local management, and political-ideological transformation, such as the predominance of neo-liberalism and the rise of neo-populism.

The International Geographical Union Commission on Geography of Governance aims to advance knowledge of the geography of territorial governance, at the urban, local and regional levels, namely the conditions, scale and characteristics of new modes of territorial governance, and its social, cultural, political, economic and environmental consequences. It also aims to identify new perspectives and to explore new research methodologies and different geographical approaches in the field of urban, local and regional governance.

We invite abstracts that concern various aspects of local government reform and governance transformations, and their spatial, social, economic and environmental implications, particularly those concerned with the new challenges of the 21st century. The scope of our session is international, including comparative research. We welcome abstracts of those engaged in the activities of the IGU Commission on Geography of Governance, as well as from anyone with a relevant contribution in this field.

 

SESSIONS ORGANIZED BY THE IGU COMMISSION GEOGRAPHY OF GOVERNANCE

SESSION 1. Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World 1: Governance Networks and Local Government Reform (Chair: Eran Razin) >>>
 

SESSION 2. Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World 2: Aspects of urban development I (Chair:Carlos Nunes Silva) >>>
 

SESSION 3.  Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World 3: Aspects of urban development II (Chair: Eran Razin) >>>

SESSION 4.  Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World 4: A social-environmental sustainability focus (Chair: Carlos Nunes Silva) >>>

 

IGU CGoG - 2018 ANNUAL CONFERENCE - FIFTY YEARS OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE

2018 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

IGU Commission Geography of Governance

4 - 5 September 2018

 Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning

         University of Lisbon, Portugal

 Conference website ->

BOOK SERIES - LOCAL AND URBAN GOVERNANCE

                                           Local and Urban Governance 

Series Editor: Carlos Nunes Silva

Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning

University of Lisbon, Portugal

E-mail: cs@campus.ul.pt

This series contains research studies with policy relevance in the field of sub-nationalterritorial governance, at the micro, local and regional levels, as well as on its connections with national and supranational tiers. The series is multidisciplinary and brings together innovative research from different areas within the Social Sciences and Humanities.

The series is open for theoretical, methodological and empirical ground breaking contributions. Books included in this series explore the new modes of territorial governance, new perspectives and new research methodologies. The aim is to presente advances in Governance Studies to scholars and researchers in universities and research organizations, and to policy makers worldwide. The series includes monographs, edited volumes and textbooks. Book proposals and final manuscripts are peer reviewed.

The areas covered in the series include but are not limited to the following subjects:

• Local and regional government

• Urban and metropolitan governance

• Multi-level territorial governance

• Post-colonial local governance

• Municipal merger reforms

• Inter-municipal cooperation

• Decentralized cooperation

• Governance of spatial planning

• Strategic spatial planning

• Citizen participation in local policies

• Local governance, spatial justice and the right to the city

• Local public services

• Local economic development policies

• Entrepreneurialism and municipal public enterprises

• Local government finance

• Local government and sustainable development

• Anthropocene and green local governance

• Climate change and local governance

• Smart local governance

The series is intended for geographers, planners, political scientists, sociologists, lawyers,

historians, urban anthropologists and economists.

BOOK SERIES PAGE: https://www.springer.com/series/16129

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2018 IGU Regional Conference, Québec 6 -10 August

 

2018 INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION REGIONAL CONFERENCE

6 - 10 August 2018

Department of Geography, Université Laval, Québec (Québec)  

Conference website: http://igu2018.ulaval.ca/

Conference Full Program - final (pdf, 25 p.) >> 

Session moderators (pdf, 6 p.) >>

 

Sessions proposed by the IGU Commission Geography of Governance (click >>)

·       Program (5 Sessions IGU-CGoG)

·        Abstracts (5 Sessions IGU-CGoG)

·        PowerPoints (5 Sessions IGU-CGoG - front cover)

 

·        Photogallery - sessions organized by the IGU-CGoG  (click >>)

 

·        Call for Papers >>

For more information about the Sessions organized by the IGU Commission Geography of Governance, contact:

·         Carlos Nunes Silva, IGU Commission Geography of Governance

·         E-mail: igu.geogov@gmail.com

 



 

34th INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS, 2020

 

 

 

2020 - 34th INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS

'Geography: bridging the continents'

Istanbul, Turkey, 17-21 August 2020

 Conference website:  http://www.igc2020.org/en/

 

Download Presentation (PPT file, 29 pp) >>

(Extraordinary) International Geographical Congress, Paris 2022

  2022 - (Extraordinary) International Geographical Congress

'Time for Geographers'

Paris, France, 18 - 22 July 2022

 Conference Info:  http://www.cnfg.fr/actualites/paris-2022/

Download the Bid Book for the IGU Centennial Congress >>

 

EUGEO 2019

EUGEO 2019, NUI Galway, Ireland, 15-18 May 2019

AAG Annual Conference 2019, Washington, USA, 3-7 April 2019 (Session)

SESSION TITLE

"Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World"

ORGANIZERS & CHAIRS

Eran Razin (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) & Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

 

DESCRIPTION

Local government and urban governance networks are of prime significance for the quality of life in human settlements, urban policies and patterns of spatial change. Hence, the study of aspects of local governance, such as territorial reforms, changing hierarchies and networks, local finance, intra- and inter-sectoral partnerships, local leadership, urban politics and citizen participation, is perpetual since the late 19th century. Nevertheless, the 21st century presents diverse new challenges, including reaction to climate change and environmental sustainability, adaptation to immigration and diversity, application of new “smart city” technologies in local management, and political-ideological transformation, such as the predominance of neo-liberalism and the rise of neo-populism.

The International Geographical Union Commission on Geography of Governance aims to advance knowledge of the geography of territorial governance, at the urban, local and regional levels, namely the conditions, scale and characteristics of new modes of territorial governance, and its social, cultural, political, economic and environmental consequences. It also aims to identify new perspectives and to explore new research methodologies and different geographical approaches in the field of urban, local and regional governance.

We invite abstracts that concern various aspects of local government reform and governance transformations, and their spatial, social, economic and environmental implications, particularly those concerned with the new challenges of the 21st century. The scope of our session is international, including comparative research. We welcome abstracts of those engaged in the activities of the IGU Commission on Geography of Governance, as well as from anyone with a relevant contribution in this field.

AAG Annual Conference 2019, Washington, USA, 3-7 April 2019 (Session)

4th International Conference 'Urban e-Planning', Lisbon, Portugal, 23-24 April 2019

4th International Conference 'Urban e-Planning', Lisbon, Portugal, 23-24 April 2019

NZGS/IAG Conference 2018

NZGS/IAG Conference 2018

‘Creative Conversations, constructive connections’

July 11-14, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Session title: (Re)turn of the Regions? Deciding Antipodean regional development

The International Geographical Union Series on Contemporary Geographies

 

The InternationalGeographical Union Series on Contemporary Geographies

Series editors: Iain Hay, Flinders University, Australia and Michael Meadows, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Published in partnership with the International Geographical Union, this book series delivers original, thought-provoking and international perspectives on contemporary geography. It provides a forum for high-quality research spanning the globe and the diversity of geography. One of its core purposes is to support the development of knowledge that will assist and accelerate transformations to a sustainable world, complementing major international initiatives such as Future Earth and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

IGU THEMATIC CONFERENCE - MOSCOW 2018

IGU THEMATIC CONFERENCE

Practical Geography and XXI Century Challenges

 Moscow, Russia, June 4-6 2018

Conference website: http://www.igras.ru/100igras/en/

CONFERENCE FULL PROGRAM (pdf) - > 

 

 

 Session organized by the IGU Commission on Geography of Governance (2 panels - 1 poster)
 

  C16.12 GEOGRAPHY OF GOVERNANCE — LOCAL GOVERNANCE FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE XXI CENTURY: OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS. CHAIRPERSON(S): OLGA GLEZER & CARLOS NUNES SILVA

Panel 1 - 6 June 2018, 9:30-11:00
Chairpersons: Olga Glezer & Carlos Nunes Silva

Local Government Reforms in the Five Lusophone African Countries: The Tortuous Path to Local Democracy

Carlos Nunes Silva

Challenges in Central – Local Relations in Hungary

Mih’aly Lados

Synergy and Decisional Centrifugal Forces in the Metropolitan Area of Cluj–Napoca, Romania

V. Surd, A.–S. Nicula, B.–N. Păcurar, T. Păcurar, V. Raraschiv

Legal Registration of Municipal Boundaries in Russia: The Needs and Process

Olga Glezer 

Panel 2 - 6 June 2018, 14:00 - 15:30 

Chairpersons: Olga Glezer & Carlos Nunes Silva

Macroregionsand Management of Logistics Structures for a New Scenario in the South–EasternMediterranean 
A. Trono, A. Grasso

Territorial Public Self–Government in Russia: Contemporary State, Trends and Problems of Development

Irina Volkova

Inter–Municipal Cooperation in Waste Management: The Case of Poland

Bartlomiej Kołsut 

Spatial Urban Structure as a Base of the Administrative Division: Example of Croatia

Alexey Vasilyev

Poster - 5 & 6 June 2018

The applicability of the Special Economic Zone Model of Local Development - Lipetsk Experience
Gerard Rostom
 

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CONFERENCE VENUE



 Central Palace of Scientists (Prechistenka Street, 16 - Moscow)

 



 Headquarter of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Leninsky Prospekt, 32 A - Moscow)

 The Vernadsky State Geological Museum (Mokhovaya Street B11 Block 11 - Moscow)

 

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PROGRAM SCHEME

 

  



New Approaches, Methods, and Tools in Urban E-Planning

 

Carlos Nunes Silva (ed.) (2018). New Approaches, Methods, and Tools in Urban E-Planning. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 407 pp. (ISBN13: 9781522559993).

Kyrgyz Republic- full member country of the IGU

 

 

The Kyrgyz Republic is now a full member country of the International Geographical Union (proposal approved in the recent IGU General Assembly)

NZGS/IAG Conference 2018 - Session sponsored by IGU Commission Geography of Governance

NZGS/IAG Conference 2018
‘Creative Conversations, constructive connections’
July 11-14, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Call for Abstracts

Session title: (Re)turn of the Regions? Deciding Antipodean regional development

After long neglect Antipodean politicians, the public and academics have rediscovered regions as geospatial entities that matter.  Earlier work had shown their importance within national economies (OECD: Regions Matter, 2009).  Recently, high city accommodation costs have raised public awareness about out-migration to the regions, while academics have raised the spectre of aging and shrinking ‘Zombie’ regions (S. Eaqub: Growing Apart: regional prosperity in New Zealand, 2014; P. Spoonley (ed): Rebooting the Regions, 2016).  In response, New Zealand’s new government proposes a NZ$1 billion/year ‘Regional Development (Provincial Growth) Fund’.  Similarly, Australia has embarked on its Regions 2030 – Unlocking Opportunity initiative.   

Neglected are the challenges of who decides where such support should be directed and whose actions are to be aligned and coordinated to achieve regional growth or managed decline.  Past reforms focused on functional theory to determine geophysical decision-boundaries, but increasingly the regional governance literature is exploring the postfunctionalist drivers – community and identity (e.g. Hooghe and Marks: Community, Scale, and Regional Governance). 

The session sponsored by the IGU Commission on Geography of Governance aims to discuss recent empirical evidence and innovative perspectives on subnational regional governance. We welcome papers on any aspect of the broad area of local and regional governance, country or region reports, as well as comparative approaches, examining theoretical, methodological, and/or empirical issues. We would particularly encourage papers focused on, but not limited to, Australia and New Zealand. 

Key-words: Region; governance; economic-development; local government

Session convenor: Jeff McNeill, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, New Zealand 

Session sponsored by: IGU Commission Geography of Governance 

For additional information, please contact:

Jeff McNeill

School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, New Zealand
E-mail: J.K.McNeill@massey.ac.nz 

Please send an abstract (150-200 words) with the title, author name, institutional affiliation, and contact information to the session convenor until 26 March.

Download Call for Abstracts (pdf) ->

 
 

NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY - http://www.nzgs.co.nz/nzgs-conferences/annual-general-meeting

INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHERS - https://www.iag.org.au/nzgs-iag-conference-july-11-14-2018   IGU Commission Geography of Governance:  https://sites.google.com/site/igugeogov/                                                                                 https://sites.google.com/site/igugeogov/nzgs-iag2018

International Conference “Understanding the Problems of Inland Waters: Case Study for the Caspian Basin”

 

International Conference “Understanding the Problems of Inland Waters: Case Study for the Caspian Basin” 

Institute of Geography of the Azaerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, together with ECO SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Baku, 12-14 May 2018

 

Conference Web-site: http://www.upcm2018.org

 

Polish Geographical Society

 

Polish Geographical Society

 

Polish Geographical Society – 100th Anniversary

 

Congress of Polish Geography2018

 

 

2017 Annual Report of the International Geographical Union

 

 

2017 Annual Report of the International Geographical Union

 

Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Geographic Series

                                  

                                   Izvestiya Rossiiskoi AkademiiNauk, Seriya Geograficheskaya  ->

(Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Geographic Series)

Editorial Board  ->

                             Olga Glezer - Deputy Editor-in-Chief
                             Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

                             Member Steering Committee - IGU Commission Geography of Governance

Regional Research of Russia

Regional Research of Russia ->

Editorial Board ->

                                    Olga Glezer - Deputy Editor-in-Chief

                                    Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

                                    Member Steering Committee - IGU Commission Geography of Governance