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• 27 sep 2010

  Clermont-Ferrand

  Study days - Geography

  Governing Rural–Urban Relationships and Periurban Areas in France and Australia

  Different Land Use Cultures, Same Issues?

  The governance of rural–urban relationships has become a very challenging issue in many countries around the world over the two last decades. Many competing interests are embedded in it: agriculture, metropolitan development, biodiversity conservation, water resources use, etc. Many conflicts take place in periurban areas, for instance. These conflicts are signs of a more general evolution of rural – urban relationships in a context of global change – eg. global warming, loss of biodiversity, the global food challenge, the petrol crisis. This seminar aims to compare how these challenges are tackled in France and in Australia. Considering the differences between the political and institutional contexts of various countries, it will be a great opportunity to think about the role of land use culture in different governance systems. This seminar is organised in partnership with AgroParisTech Clermont-Ferrand, INRA-SAD and UMR METAFORT.

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• 01 oct 2010

  Clermont-Ferrand

  Study days - Geography

  Regional Water Management and Adaptive Management

  How to deal with multi-scalar issues?

  This seminar aims to discuss the interactions between regionalisation of water management and adaptive management. Regionalisation embeds many scales of time and space, which have to be combined to improve and change stakeholder practices. The seminar will bring together international specialists to analyse how adaptive management can deal with institutional, technical and political multi-scalar issues in order to foster change of practises. This seminar is organised in partnership with AgroParisTech Clermont-Ferrand, INRA-SAD and UMR METAFORT.

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• 30 jui 2010

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  The Relationship Between City and Port and the Regeneration of Urban Waterfronts

  Portus Plus Journal

  Portus plus is the new ‘online-magazine’ edited by RETE (Association for the collaboration between ports and cities) will be dedicated to developing the themes in the relationship between city and port and the regeneration of urban waterfronts. In particular, exploiting the advantages of communicating on the Internet, Portus plus will become an opportunity to present original works, theoretical studies or the results of practical experiences. Portus plus will be edited twice yearly and may be consulted on the website of Rete, www.reteonline.org, in the ‘Portus Plus’ section. Anyone can participate in the selection of articles, by responding to the ‘call for papers’ in accordance with the procedures indicated in the forms. The papers submitted will be evaluated by a “Review Committee”, composed of prestigious international experts in the field, and, if they are considered worthy, will be published in the Portus plus digital magazine.

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• 15 déc 2010

  Call for papers - Geography

  Roma Migrants in the City : Practices and Policies

  Call for papers for Géocarrefour (issue n°86, 2011)

  Ces dernières années, les villes d’Europe occidentale ont été marquées par l’arrivée de nouvelles populations, originaires de l’Europe centrale ou des Balkans et appartenant aux minorités Rom. Ces personnes et ces groupes, souvent désignés comme « Roms migrants », ont une très forte visibilité dans l’espace public urbain. Ce numéro thématique de la revue Géocarrefour vise à explorer les différentes formes d’interaction entre les pratiques de ces migrants et les politiques liées à l’encadrement des déplacements et/ou à l’accueil des Roms migrants dans les villes européennes.

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• 15 fév 2010

  Geneva

  Call for papers - Geography

  Regov: regionalization of environmental governance

  Interdisciplinary Approaches, Theoretical Issues, Comparative Designs

  Cette conférence (en anglais) vise à confronter les analyses des scientifiques (principalement géographes, politologues et spécialistes de relations internationales) et des organisations internationales sur les processus actuels d'organisation à une échelle régionale et transnationale des dispositifs de gouvernance environnementale.

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