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Third Workshop of the Regional Studies Association Research Network on “Ecological Regional Development” – June 7-8, 2012
The Third Workshop of the Regional Studies Association Research Network on “Ecological Regional Development” will be hosted by the Geography and Spatial Planning Center at the University of Luxembourg on June 7-8, 2012. The aim of the research network is to further develop the idea of ecological urban and regional development as a way to understand how future regional development strategies can contribute to and help to achieve environmental, social and economic development policy aims within the framework of sustainability. The third workshop features selected conceptual and empirical contributions by internationally renown colleagues as well as directed discussions towards future directions of the research initiative. Please see the attached flyer for the conference programme and further information.
To attend, please
register online
. Registration deadline is May 25, 2012.
The programme of the conference is available here:
(21.05.2012)
Workshop in Luxembourg on Complexity in Land Use and Environmental Impacts Modelling
Luxembourg (14-15 May 2012) will host a
workshop on Complexity in Land Use and Environmental Impacts Modelling
, bringing together researchers on environmental data analysis and risk assessment, and modelling land use and transport changes.
The workshop is organized under the umbrella of the S4 research network, especially the ENVISA and MODUS subgroups. It is co-organised by
- Antonino Marvuglia (Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Resource Centre for Environmental Technologies)
- Geoffrey Caruso (University of Luxembourg, Geography and Spatial Planning Research Centre)
- Mikhail Kanevski (University of Lausanne, Institute of Geomatics and Analysis of Risk)
(03.02.2012)
CAMUSS - International Symposium on Cellular Automata Modeling for Urban and Spatial Systems
Our lab will participate and provides support to the organization of CAMUSS, the International Symposium on Cellular Automata Modeling for Urban and Spatial Systems, to be held in Oporto, Portugal from November 8 to 10, 2012. The symposium aims to make a deep reflection on the scientific history of Cellular Automata (CA) in Geography and Urban Studies through the presentation of the state-of-the-art research on CA, and to devise a new research agenda for the next decades. More information at www.camuss.dec.uc.pt/
(03.02.2012)
Conference on Architecture, European Urbanisation and Globalisation
2,3,4 February 2012
further information: http://architecture.uni.lu/
(23.01.2012)
Geo lab organizing sessions at the AAG Annual Meeting in New York
As a joint effort by the University of Luxembourg and Worchester Polytechnic Institute, Constance Carr, Christian Schulz, Markus Hesse, and Robert Krueger are organizing two sessions at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in New York City. The session series entitled “Situating Urban Sustainability in the Context of Urban Theory and Policy” was endorsed by the Urban Geography Specialty Group as well as the Economic Geography Specialty group.
(10.01.2012)
Nouveaux – New Release – Neuerscheinung
Raumordnung in Luxembourg – Aménagement du territoire au Luxembourg
Sous la coordination de Tobias Chilla et de Christian Schulz 19 spécialistes de l'aménagement du territoire venant de l'université, de l'administration publique et de la planification dressent un tableau complet des évolutions, outils et défis actuels de l'aménagement du territoire au Luxembourg.
Unter der Koordination von Tobias Chilla und Christian Schulz bieten 19 Fachleute aus den Bereichen Wissenschaft, Verwaltung und Planungspraxis einen umfassenden Überblick über die aktuellen Entwicklungen, Instrumente und Herausforderungen der Raumordnung in Luxemburg.
further information: éditions guy binsfeld
(23.12.2011)
