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Abu Dhabi

Boom Cities: Urban Development in the Arabian Peninsula

Cities in the Arabian Peninsula are at the intersection of global energy markets, local and regional politics, international investment, religious networks, and labor migrations. This conference convenes international specialists of urban studies to map the latest evolutions in the field.

Liverpool

Seminar - Urban studies

Rails and urban development. A Comparative Approach between France and the United Kingdom

In many countries, the challenges of sustainable urban development along with preoccupations about energy costs, are leading developers and urban planners to place rail transport at the centre of their concerns. During 2012 members of the French and British Planning Studies Group based at the University of Liverpool and University of Paris 1-Sorbonne have been collaborating on hosting two seminars dedicated to the theme of rail transport and urban development. The intention has been to bring together academics with practitioners and also incorporate visits to view rail investments ‘on the ground’. The first event took place in Paris in May 2012 and addressed light rail development in Europe with a particular focus on the situation in the UK and France. The second seminar will take place in Liverpool on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 November 2012 and consider heavy rail as a means of serving urban development in metropolitan areas.

Athens

Miscellaneous information - Urban studies

Econeighborhoods - Green neighborhoods: where are we in Greece?

La vitesse de la conception et la mise en place des écoquartiers est aujourd’hui sans précédant ! Le développement durable trouve enfin son application opérationnelle idéale sur l’espace. Les thématiques et les options sont variées et extrêmement intéressantes : modes de déplacement alternatifs, circulation bien limitée des voitures privées, bâtiments basse consommation, ou bâtiments à énergie zéro ou positive, utilisation des eaux pluviales, matériaux écologiques, mixité sociale et urbaine, combinaison avec le logement social, promotion de modes de vie durables en général... Les écoquartiers sont partout de projets urbains exemplaires, promus par leurs communautés en tant que « vitrines» de savoir-faire technique et d’action durable, mais aussi en tant qu'outils de communication tant au niveau national que international.

Hong Kong

Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

Foodways and Heritage

International Conference organized by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Department of Anthropology). In collaboration with the UNESCO Chair "Safeguarding and Promotion of Cultural Food Heritages" (University François-Rabelais of Tours, France).This conference aims to :1. look at the politics of foodways and heritage, 2. investigate how different kinds of food are produced, sustained and inherited, 3. investigate how they are preserved as intangible heritage for various reasons.

Istanbul

Study days - Urban studies

Metropolitan energy policies: the case of the Turkish cities

Call for paper for a Seminar at the French Institute of Anatolian Studies (IFEA), co-organized by Eric Verdeil (Jean Moulin University in Lyon - UMR Environment City Corporation) and Jean-François Pérouse (Galatasaray University and IFEA). The report Energy and Urban Innovation (2010) by the World Energy Council underlines the fundamental role of cities in the energy transition and the interlocking of several series of actions, related to technology, economy and policy. It appears that the political and social practices are a major issue and justify an increased contribution of social sciences to the analysis of the implementation of these new policies. The seminar intends to address these issues in the case of large Turkish cities.

Guimarães

Conference, symposium - Modern

Structures of the XXth Century: architectural heritage and patrimonialization

The evolution of the architectural languages of the XX century, from modernist to post-modernist, has often stressed the importance of structures in expressing and fostering innovation. However, in the patrimonialization processes identities, memories and languages, prevail on structures and materials, due to new uses, new norms and standards adaptation.

Champs-sur-Marne

Conference, symposium - Urban studies

Building the urban future and Transit Oriented Development

Rail and other modes connecting with urban and regional development

« Building the urban future and Transit Oriented Development (BUFTOD). Rail and other modes, connecting with urban and regional development », an international scientific and operational conference on TOD. The BUFTOD conference is a dedicated arena for the debate on TOD, allowing the crossing of scientific disciplines and the associated approaches, exchanging on cases studies at the international level (in Europe, Americas, Asia ...). The BUFTOD 2012 conference will explore the role of rail and other transport modes in transit oriented development and the connection with spatial development at the urban and regional scales.

Call for papers - Urban studies

The Outer City

Call for paper for Boundaries, quarterly international magazine on contemporary architecture

Boundaries – international architecture magazine – introduces a call for papers for the fourth issue of the magazine on « The Outer City ». We encourage authors to explore any aspect of this topic, on which we wish to open a wide interdisciplinary debate. The deadline for submission of abstract in English or Italian is March 5, 2012. For further information and guidelines, see : http://www.boundaries.it

Créteil

Study days - Urban studies

Urban renewal projects in Europe

The colloquium will try to highlight two issues about urban renewal projects, shared by all European countries. Who’s benefiting from urban projects? How is it possible to renew in a context of crisis? The first day will inquire both the place left to or/and taken by the citizens in urban projects, the targets of these projects and their social impacts. The second day will assess both the financial crisis impacts on governance, especially on the place of private and public sectors, and the environmental constraints to be taken into account in urban renewal.

Montreal

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Geography

PhD Position in Human Geography, University of Montreal

Poste de doctorant en géographie humaine sur le thème : gouvernance, services municipaux, approvisionnement en eau. Ce poste présente une excellente occasion de s’impliquer dans un projet axé sur les nouvelles tendances en matière de gouvernance de l'eau à l'échelle municipale avec des implications pour relever les défis persistant de l'approvisionnement en eau dans les zones à faible revenu. Le doctorant se concentrera sur l’exécution de l’approvisionnement en eau par les sociétés municipales en vertu de différents régimes de gouvernance et de réglementation. Le candidat retenu sera supervisé par le Dr Kathryn Furlong, professeure adjointe au Département de géographie (www.kathrynfurlong.com).

Lisbon

Call for papers - Sociology

Quality life migration in non-metropolitan areas

Chamada de trabalhos para a sessão 49 do congresso de sociologia rural (World Congress of Rural Sociology), sob o tema Migração e qualidade de vida em áreas não-metropolitanas (Quality life migration in non-metropolitan areas). O congresso terá lugar de 29 de julho a 4 de agosto de 2012, em Lisboa (Portugal).

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