It is our pleasure to announce the SPECIAL ISSUE titledUrban freight, land use planning and public administration strategiesto be hosted byRegion

Important Dates

Submission opens: October 1st, 2015

Deadline for submission of full paper: November 27th, 2015

Feedback from first-round reviews: March 11th, 2016

Deadline for re-submission of papers: July 1st, 2016

Feedback from second-round reviews (if required): September 12th, 2016

Final manuscripts due: November 11th, 2016

Planned publication: 2017

Guest Editors: Edoardo Marcucci^è, Valerio Gatta^è, and Laetitia Dablanc^æ

^èDepartment of Political Science, University of Roma Tre, Italy

^æ  Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Free University of Bruxelles, Belgium

Well-being and economic growth are intertwined. Cities are the catalyst and engine of an innovation-based economy where new ideas represent the strategic input of production. It is no surprise that people tend to live in cities both in the developed and developing countries because this is where wealth is created, high quality services are available and life quality is comparatively higher with respect to other parts of the country.  While this is true, one has also to acknowledge the negative impacts such a concentration produces in terms of congestion, accidents, polluting emissions and so on. To be attractive cities need to be well functioning and thus an adequate in flow of goods, intermediate and final, and outflow of exports and waste has to be guaranteed so much that modern lifestyle is heavily reliant on well-functioning supply chains and freight transportation systems. 

Urbanisation is becoming more and more the manifestation of economic growth with rising percentages of city dwellers with respect to others living elsewhere. 

Modern urban policies are trying to foster the implementation of a mobility paradigm prioritising non-motorised modes, public transport use and the regeneration of urban space. While these actions seem, prima facie, appropriate to increase city liveability, at the same time, the lack of integrated, passenger and freight, policies is evident. This makes even more strident the problems arising from the single level of intervention perspective often adopted by policy makers. When adopting a mid- to long-term view on urban freight distribution issues one cannot avoid acknowledging the strong impact city planning plays. Under this respect one could use, as a mere explanatory example, the discussion pertaining to the integration of warehousing and logistics activities into local and regional policies making and planning processes.

This Call for Papers is linked to the Urban Freight and Behaviour Change (URBE) Conference held in Rome, October 1st and 2nd 2015 (http://host.uniroma3.it/eventi/urbe/). http://host.uniroma3.it/eventi/urbe/specialissues.php   

Scope of the Special Issue

This Special Issue will foster the understanding of the role alternative planning approaches, sustainability perspectives and various priorities have in determining the type of policies implemented, the way they are discussed among the interested stakeholders and how they are likely to be accepted and impact on behaviour change. 

This will be performed both by illustrating methodological innovations as well as presenting relevant case studies. Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1) Sustainable Urban Logistics Plans

2) Urban freight transportation planning and rational decision-making processes 

1) Planning practices and freight transport infrastructure and logistics sprawl

2) Project financing initiatives and infrastructure funding

3) Freight Planning and major urban infrastructure projects

4) Public space and land use planning 

5) Freight demand uncertainty and planning

6) Logistic platforms and facility location planning

7) Integrated passenger and freight planning

8) Technology and business models 

Submission Method

For this Special Issue, authors are encouraged to send their papers to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  All submissions will go through standard double-blind peer-review process. For guidelines to prepare your manuscript, please visit: http://openjournals.wu.ac.at/region/  

Inquiries

Prospective authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors for feedback and comments about the topics of the research papers. All enquiries regarding this call for papers should be directed to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Review of Regional Studies

The Official Journal of the Southern Regional Science Association

The RRS is an Open Access journal with no subscription, submission, or publication fees of any kind! We are indexed on RePEc, ECONLIT, Cabell's, ABI/Inform, and EBSCO. Our RePEc Simple Impact Factor for August 2015 is 1.458, which ranks us in the top 20% of RePEc journals. Journal Archives

We especially encourage submission of articles presented at the SRSA Conference (March 31- April 2, 2016, Key Bridge Marriott, Washington, DC) and NARSC (November 11-14, 2015, in Portland, Oregon). You will need to create an account to submit articles. Please contact Mark Burkey or Michael Lahr if you have any questions.

Scanning Update: Scanned back issues from 1988-2002 are now up. Thanks to Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, the ERS, Dan Rickman, Michael L. Lahr, and the RRI for donating the 95 print-only issues of The Review of Regional Studies from 1970-2002. (ARCHIVES).

Vol 45, No 2 (2015)

Co-edited by Michael L. Lahr, Amanda Ross,  and Mark L. Burkey

Table of Contents

Articles

First Call 

We announce the first Call for Sessions and abstracts for the EUROGEO 2016 Conference, which will take place 29-30 September 2016 in Malaga, Spain. EUROGEO invites abstracts from participants working in all areas of geographical research and development. To register and submit an abstract visit the Conference Web pages.

EUROGEO 2016

EUROGEO 2016 will focus on the transformative nature of geographic information, the ways geographers are thinking spatially about people, environments, and the relationships between them and how they can contribute to the achievement of a better world.
The theme of the conference is "Geographic Information: for a better world". Geographic Information: for a better world will provide opportunities to demonstrate the dynamic nature of geographical research of changing natural and social settings, studying the world, its landscapes, places, people and their relationships with the environment.
The conference will include paper and poster sessions, round tables and workshops. 
Registration and submission of abstracts can be done via the Conference Web pages

Publishing Your Research  

EUROGEO's journal, the European Journal of Geography (EJG) will invite conference participants to submit their articles for the conference issue based on the conference theme. 
EJG is an international, peer reviewed open access, free to download publication. The Journal is based on the European Association of Geographers’ goal to make European Geography a worldwide reference and standard. 

Dear Colleague,

We have the pleasure of announcing:

The Regional Helix 2016  [http://helix2016.ipcb.pt]

An International Conference on Regional Triple Helix Dynamics

"The Challenges of Triple Helix Interactions on Less Favoured Regions"

To be held from the 29th of June to the 1st of July, at the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal.

The conference encompasses a broad spectrum Triple Helix related subjects. It is devoted to discussion of current research and applications regarding basic directions of Triple Helix development directions.

Focus: Innovation | Entrepreneurship | Territorial Competitiveness

>>Boosting innovation, entrepreneurship and competitiveness in regional triple helix spaces

Sectors and smart specialisation:Agriculture - Forest - Tourism - Mechatronics - Health & Wellness - Creative Industries -  Biotechnology  - Energy - Higher Education

>>A space for interaction between entrepreneurs, academics, policy makers and technologists

>>Regional HELIX Conference 2016 | Triple Helix Exhibition | Challenge to entrepreneurial ideas

Publication opportunities in journals of recognized international prestige.

We thank all the broadcasting of this event throughout the institutional website and your contact networks.

Thank you very much

Best wishes

The Organizing Committee

A new prize, 'RSAI Young Researchers Prize' will be given for the first time at the RSAI World Congress 2016 in Istanbul. . Please find attached a document about this Prize. This information can be also found on the RSAI website: http://www.regionalscience.org/~r1114egion2da0alh/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1529%3Arsai-young-researchers-prize&Itemid=876. 

Winners 2024

Winners 2021

1st Place

Karina Acosta, Cornell University - "Small area estimation of multidimensional poverty: The case of Cambodia"

2nd Place

John Emmanuel Villanueva, University of the Philippines-Diliman - "Political dynasties and human development investments: Evidence of linkage from Rizal province, Philippines"

Winners 2018

1st Place - Two winners

Dpsita Dhar, Jawaharal Nehru University -"Migration and labor market: a continued case of occupational segregation and caste dominance"

Alexander Lehner, University of Bologna - "450 years of Portuguese colonialism in India: missionaries, education, gender gaps"

2nd Place - Two winners

Deepak Sethia, Indian Institute of Management - "Regional distribution of federal transfers and expenditure in India"

Raya Das, Jawaharal Nehru University - "Low repayment capacity and high indebtedness among agricultural households in India: sustainability of the sector as a source of livelihood"

Objective

The RSAI Young Researchers Prize aims to showcase the research of young scholars in regional science through paper presentation and in-depth discussion organized at the Regional Science Association World Congress. Upon acceptance, competing papers will be presented in the RSAI Young Researchers Sessions, where the young scientists will be provided with extra time to present and receive feedback. Every paper will be assigned to a discussant, and the sessions will be chaired by senior researchers.

Rules

• All submissions have to be written and presented in English.
• Applicants should be less than 35 years old on 31 December of the year of the conference and should not yet hold a senior faculty position. In the case of multiple authors this rule applies to all of the authors.
• The papers should not have been submitted to a journal for publication.
• A cover page should include the paper's title and abstract and full name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of all authors. Affiliation to academic institutions should be stated clearly.
• The papers should be submitted through the World Congress page. The authors should select “RSAI Young Researchers Session” while submitting, in order to be considered for the prize. Papers that are not accepted for RSAI Young Researchers Sessions (when not satisfying all criteria above) will be assigned to ordinary sessions.

Prize

The first prize winner will receive € 600. A second prize of € 300 will also be awarded. All accepted papers will have a reduced registration fee in the Regional Science World Congress. The funding for the prizes is covered by RSAI.

Jury

The RSAI Young Researchers Prize Jury consists of 5 members appointed by the Local Organizing Committee in consultation with the RSAI Executive.

This year’s (2024) committee is made up of

1. Balazs Forman (LOC, JvN)
2. Jozsef Karpati (LOC, JvN)
3. Ilona Palne-Kovacs (MRTT President, University of Pécs)
4. Sarah Low (NARSC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
5. Hee-Jung Jun (PRSCO, Sungkyunkwan University)

The Chair and the Secretary of the Jury will allocate papers and presentations to other members and, if necessary, will propose other reviewers.

Each Jury Member has one vote in the final selection of prize-winning papers.

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  ESPON Seminar

  “A world without borders

  Refugees, cooperation and territories”

  in Luxembourg City, 8 and 9 December 2015

   

  Join the ESPON Seminar and hear from key note speakers on the territorial aspects of refugee migration, the cross-border cooperation, the monitoring for macro-regions as well as on the implementation of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme.

   

  Confirmed speakers Include:

  • Frank Vansteenkiste, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, LU
  • Sandra Di Biaggio, ESPON EGTC
  • Daniel Rauhut, NIBR
  • Mart Grisel, EUKN
  • Romana Mynarikova, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, DE
  • Arni Narain, Department for Communities and Local Government, UK
  • Beatrice Taulegne, Committee of Regions
  • Peter Mehlbye, ESPON EGTC
  • Marianne Guérois, UMS RIATE
  • Jean Peyrony, Transfrontier Operational Mission
  • Nathalie Verschelde, EC DG Regional and Urban Policy
  • Jean-Claude Sinner, Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, LU
  • Teodora Brandmüller, Eurostat
  • Andrea Mairate, EC DG Regional and Urban Policy
  • Talis Linkaits, Baltic Sea Region
  • Roland Arbter, Danube Region
  • Andreja Petković, Adriatic and Ionian Macro Region
  • Tobias Chilla, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Thiemo Eser, Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Development, LU
  • Daniel de Groot, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, NL

   

  The event is organised in cooperation with the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the EU within the framework of the ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme.

   

  See the full programme here.

   

  Registration by Tuesday 1 December 2015 at 15h00 online here.

Dear NECTAR friends,

Please find attached the call for paper for the next CL 8 meeting on "Big data: a new opportunity for urban transport and mobility policies". This meeting will be held at JRC-IPTS premises in Seville during the 10-11 of March 2016.

Kind regards

Ana Condeço

NECTAR secretary

http://www.nectar-eu.eu/