List of Sessions: 1. Transnational Production of Urban Space: Convergent City Forms? 2. Urban Polarization 3. Marginalization and Inequality in Globalizing Cities of Developing Countries 4. Promoting Sustainable Urbanization in Developing Countries 5. Migration Networks in Asia: Their Processes,...

Some of the specific issues to be considered are: - What are the forces driving urbanization and how do they differ from one region to another? - What are the economic and environmental costs and benefits of urban agglomerations? - What is the link between urban infrastructure and poverty...

Main Theme: “Globalization, Liberalization, Informatization and Human Behavior" Topics: 1. Theory of Economic Policy 2. Public Finance and Fiscal policy 3. Monetary and Financial Policy 4. Growth, Development and Population Policy 5. Industrial Organization and Industrial Structural Policy 6....

The conference focuses on the possible contribution of towns to rural development by acting as a place of knowledge creation and diffusion in order to avoid processes of decline and promote a geographically balanced and sustainable development in rural areas. An important question related to...

In this 1st International Forum on Insularity in the Mediterranean the main focus areas will be four especially sensitive issues for island territories: agriculture and industry, tourism, transportation and communications and global change.

For the 2nd Halle Forum in 2008 the organisers are planning to bring together scholars dealing with development problems of cities in de-industrialised regions with a special reference to post-transition economies. Colleagues from CEE countries are particularly welcome. The special topic of the...

Agra Europe's 6th Annual Rural Development in Europe Conference will tackle both traditional and new issues facing European rural areas. Government representatives and analysts will present key topics including assessments of new rural development programmes, new opportunities and challenges for...

Der gemeinsame Workshop von Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut (WSI) und Arbeitskreis kritische Regionalwissenschaft (AkR) hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, das Potenzial einer kritischen Regionalwissenschaft für das betriebliche und gewerkschaftliche Interessenhandeln auszuloten. Die...

The theme of the IAOS Conference in Shanghai 2008 is Smart Data, Innovative Uses – Reshaping Official Statistics. An integral part of the Conference is also the 26th biennial conference of the SCORUS, a standing committee of IAOS on regional and urban statistics.

The overarching theme for the Congress will be Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness – Regional Perspectives. This encapsulates a number of different aspects that are topical and relevant not only for Liverpool but also across the whole of Europe.