Cher(e)s adhérent(e)s,

Jean-Paul Carrière, Corneliu Iaţu et Bernard Pecqueur ont le plaisir de vous communiquer l’appel à communication du XXXIV^ème colloque géographique international « DIMITRIE CANTEMIR », colloque que notre association co-organise avec l’Université Alexandru Ioan Cuza de Iași (Roumanie).

Le colloque aura lieu du 17 au 19 octobre 2014 à Iași (Roumanie), au Département de Géographie de l’Université Alexandru Ioan Cuza, située dans le nord-est de la Roumanie.

Vous trouverez en attaché l’appel à communication.

Vous avez jusqu’au 20 mars pour déposer nos propositions de communications sur le site dédié : http://www.geo.uaic.ro/cantemir/2014/indexcfr.php qui sera en fonction très prochainement

Cordiales salutations

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Lise Bourdeau-Lepage
Professeure de géographie
Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 
UMR EVS (CRGA)
18, rue Chevreul
69362 LYON Cedex 07

Dear colleague

May I remind you of the announcement of the August Loesch Prize 2014, granted by the city of Heidenheim an der Brenz (Germany) and the August Loesch Association. The submission deadline is January 30, 2014. To meet the deadline, please write, not later than January 30, an E-Mail to

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if you would like to submit your work. We will send you further information how to upload your submission. The invitation of submissions is attached. Please forward it to anybody who might be interested.

Johannes Broecker

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Prof. Dr. Johannes Bröcker

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Institut für Regionalforschung

Tel. +49 431 880 3276

Fax +49 431 880 3363

http://www.ifr.uni-kiel.de/en

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Cher(e)s adhérent(e)s,

L’équipe d’organisation du prochain colloque de notre association qui se tiendra du 7 au 9 juillet 2014 à Paris-Est sur le site de la cité Descartes nous informe qu’il nous reste 4 jours (jusqu’au 27 janvier2014) pour soumettre notre proposition de communication.

Les propositions de communications doivent être soumises directement en ligne sur le site du colloque : http://asrdlf2014.org/appel-communications en suivant le lien dans le corps du texte « J’envoie mon résumé ».

Cordiales salutations

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Lise Bourdeau-Lepage
Professeure de géographie
Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 
UMR EVS (CRGA)
18, rue Chevreul
69362 LYON Cedex 07

Le comité d'organisation des Doctorales ASRDLF 2014 a le plaisir de vous communiquer le programme et l'affiche de la manifestation qui aura lieu du 3 au 5 février 2014 à la cité Descartes.

Vous trouverez également ci-dessous le plan d'accès aux bâtiments dans lesquels se dérouleront les Doctorales :

http://www.univ-paris-est.fr/fichiers/Acc%C3%A8s_UPE_Descartes.pdf

Pour toute question vous pouvez envoyer un mail à l'adresse : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Les informations sont également mises en ligne sur le site de l'ASRDLF : http://www.asrdlf.org/doctorales_ASRDLF.php

The Mexican Regional Development Science Association (AMECIDER) held its 18^th National Meeting in the City of Pachuca (approximately 75kms away from Mexico City), State of Hidalgo, on November 19^th- 22^nd, 2013. The general theme of the meeting was “Socio-territorial integration and development: towards alternative public policies”. The theme was disaggregated in 12 axial topics that structured the discussion in 45 sessions with selected papers. Altogether, 220 papers were presented, written by 360 authors and coauthors. Together with attendees from the general public, the Meeting had a total attendance of 460 registered participants.

Highlights of the Meeting were: (A) the participation of RSAI President, Dr. Jean-Claude Thill, who shared the Presidium and delivered the keynote speech at the opening session. Besides, he shared important suggestions and advice to AMECIDER members and authorities. His sound scholarship and kind presence were an important stimulus for AMECDER (it incidentally deserved a touching verse in a folksong during a dinner meeting!); (B) the Special Forum for Undergraduate Students on regional issues competing for the “Salvador Rodriguez Award” (in memory of the late AMECIDER President assaulted and killed to steal the Association’s money); (C) each day, besides the parallel sessions, there was one plenary session featuring outstanding national regional scientists addressing key issues of Mexican regions; (D) the event had the firm and highly valued support of the local co-organizer ‘El Colegio del Estado de Hidalgo’ (the Hidalgo State College for Graduate Studies); (E) a special four session forum on local regional issues was organized by the Colegio del Estado de Hidalgo and AMECIDER, gathering a significant and diverse audience; (F) finally, the meeting culminated with the General Assembly in which the election of the Executive Committee of AMECIDER for the period 2013-2016 took place, with Dr. Serena Eréndira Serrano Oswald as new AMECIDER President! Congratulations to her, the first woman AMECIDER-President, and our warmest welcome to the NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS! 

Closing Ceremony

	Thematic Axe	Working Session

Local Support Team

Call for Abstracts is now open until 15 March 2014!

The first IALE-Europe Thematic Workshop will take place in 4-5 July 2014, in Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon. Oral presentations and posters are very much welcomed in each of the following topics:

Symposium 1 – Models and methods: What are the most recent methodological developments? What methods and tools are available? How to define categories for multiple purposes – linking social, economic and environmental processes? How much “simplification” is acceptable? How to best integrate different types of knowledge?

(Organization by Francisco Moreira & Emilio Padoa-Schioppa)

Symposium 2 – Data, variables and indicators: What is the availability of data that can support the selection of variables describing the landscape characteristics? How to derive indicators related with different processes? Are there novel ways of data collection, using technological development and using informal and alternative data sources? How to integrate scale?

(Organization by Sónia Carvalho Ribeiro & Carlos Guerra)

Symposium 3 – Case studies across scales: What is experience is out there? Are we supporting a better policy practice? Can best practices be identified? How satisfyingly do they meet policy needs? Are there recommendations that can be formulated on how to progress?

(Organization by Jorge Gonçalves & Veerle van Eetvelde )

More information at: http://ialeworkshop2014.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/

The December 2013 of the newsletter of the North American Regional Science Council is now available -
http://www.narsc.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/NARSCNewsDecember2013.pdf.

The newsletter is posted under the News and Announcement section of the NARSC website - 
http://www.narsc.org/newsite/?page_id=417.

Neil Reid, Ph.D.
NARSC Executive Director

The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the International Geographical Union Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces would like to invite you to attend a conference on the theme of “Globalisation and New Patterns of Services Sector Driven Growth” to be held in Amsterdam, June 19-20, 2014. The deadline for abstract submissions is January 31, 2014.

More information about the conference can be found at http://uac.utoledo.edu/igu_commission/pdfs/2014-UvA-RSAI.pdf

Dear Sir, Madam, Friends, Students, Scholars

I am glad to inform you that Department of Geography, Bankura Christian College (NAAC accredited A+ College & Potential for Excellency) is going to publish Edited Volume in this year on "People, Environment and Management: A Developmental Perspective". (see call - pdf)

On behalf of our department I welcome you all to contribute your research paper(s) in the volume. The book will be published with ISBN number.

Last date of sending the manuscript: 31st January, 2014

Page Limit:     15 pages with maps, tables, charts

Way of contribution: Via mail. 

Regards

Dr. SOMNATH MUKHERJEE
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Bankura Christian College,
Bankura-722101
Mobile: 09932244817

Address of Correspondence
Dr. Somnath Mukherjee,
S/O Sri Jiten Mukherjee,
Bans Bungalow,
Ranchi Road,
Ward No: 3
Post & District: Purulia
Pin: 723101
Mobile: 9932244817

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT TO LITTORAL 2014
Facing present and future coastal challenges

Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the Littoral Conference Organizing Committee we cordially invite you to a traditional, 12th coastal conference Littoral 2014 which is organized jointly by Coastal Research & Planning Institute of Klaipeda University Marine Science & Technology Centre, Lithuania and the Baltic States Office of EUCC – Coastal and Marine Union, Lithuania.

The conference will take place on September 22 to 26, 2014 in Klaipeda, Lithuania.

Conference is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the EUCC Baltic States Office. The participants will get an opportunity to share the results and ideas from their activities in coastal research, conservation and management, and experience the impressive diversity of the southeast Baltic Sea coast.

Littoral 2014 will address a wide range of coastal research, conservation and management issues and focus on networking of coastal researchers and practitioners from all over Europe.

The priority themes of the conference are:
 Integrated Coastal Management – case studies and experiences
 GIS & marine spatial planning
 Coastal and marine nature conservation
 River basin - coast interactions
 Coastal dune management
 Green coastal tourism
 Coastal climate change adaptation
 Coastal management and aquaculture
 Coastal fisheries management
 Coastal lagoon management

Venue:

Conference complex Aula Magna of Klaipeda University
H. Manto str. 84
LT 92294 Klaipeda
Lithuania

Important dates:
January 10, 2014: First announcement, opening of the Congress website.
February 1, 2014: Second announcement with Call for abstracts.
March 31, 2014: Early registration deadline.
April 30, 2014: Abstract submission deadline.
May 10, 2014: Notification about presentations/posters acceptation.
June 10, 2014: Preliminary program announcement.
June 30, 2014: Registration (including registration fee payment) deadline.
July 15, 2014: Final program publication.

Further information about Littoral 2014 is available at the conference website
http://balticlagoons.net/littoral2014/.

Sincerely,
Prof. dr. Artūras Razinkovas-Baziukas
Chair of the Council of Marine Science & Technology Center
Priv.-Doz. Dr. habil. Gerald Schernewski
Acting President of Coastal & Marine Union - EUCC
Prof. dr. Ramūnas Povilanskas
Director of Coastal & Marine Union - EUCC Baltic States Office