2017 Special Focus - Pathways to Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for State and Society. Themes: 1: Environmental Sustainability, 2: Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context, 3: Sustainability Policy and Practice, 4: Sustainability Education.

Tracs: - Governance, Politics, Ethics and Conflict in Planning, - Informal Housing, Land Tenure and Government Programs, - Housing and Community Development, - Spatial Policies and Land Use Planning, - Planning Practice and Innovation in Planning Education, - Planning History, - Planning...

Empirical or theoretical papers in the following areas are especially welcome: - Measurement of national income and wellbeing - Income distribution - Inequality (of income, wealth, education or opportunities) - Poverty - Socioeconomic mobility - Definition and measurement of the middle class -...

Throughout history, agriculture and natural resources have been used for the production of food, feed, fiber, fuel, and environmental goods. Recent developments in demand (both in terms of quantity and quality), technology, and traditional energy and chemistry markets have reinforced the demand...

The international symposium on “Inclusive Agro- Enterprise Development” is a part of the technical program of IAAE’s Triennial Conference of 2012. Areas of special interest for discussion include: - Business models linking producers and buyers - Agro-industry clusters, agribusiness...

F.O. Licht’s Sugar and Ethanol Brazil offers vital commercial insights into all aspects of the industry, bringing together experts and senior executives from across the industry – producers, traders, equipment suppliers, oil companies, shipping and logistics specialists, biotechnology...

Latin America, a thriving region of more than 600 million people, has a promising decade ahead. It is a leading global trader of agro-products with major reserves of raw materials and immense rainforests, which are vital for the global climate and hold potential for renewable energies. Major...

All over 2010, the World Social Forum process will take place in a decentralized manner with events and activities across the globe. The main objective of the events will be to sum up, from the analyzes and experiences of global civil society social movements and organizations, proposals to face...

Bringing together delegates from the sugar industry, energy, finance and government, Cogeneration Brazil 2009 is the perfect forum for you to analyse this highly topical subject and network with senior figures from leading international companies in this sector. [gemäß den Informationen des...

With its stable regulatory framework and 13 biodiesel tenders introduced by the federal government over the last three years, Brazil urgently needs a more highly organised production chain to meet the demands of the National Biodiesel Programme, which forecasts the possible introduction of new...