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NEW! OPUS
2008 |
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IAPS 2008 - |
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First
call for "Doctoral
Studies on Housing" Joint Symposium
organized by HERA-C and HREC. 20-22
May 2008. Deadline abstracts: 20 Febr 08. |
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The
World Universities Forum, 2008 Davos,
Switzerland, 31 Jan-2 febr 2008. |
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International
Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence (ICADI).
February 21-23, 2008
Hilton - St. Petersburg, FL
PreConference Intensive
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Housing
and Sustainability, University of York 11-13
April |
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Open
Space Conference: Innovative Approaches to Research Excellence in
Landscape and Health, Edinburgh,
19-21 September 2007. |
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The
Asia Pacific EcoHealth Conference
Ecology and Health: People & Places in a Changing World
30th November - 3rd December 2007 |
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International HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL
CONDITIONS IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES. |
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Geographies of
practice and the urban outdoors |
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NEW
DIRECTIONS IN CHILDREN'S GEOGRAPHIES |
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Great
Places, Great Cities |
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Conferences |
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NEW
DIRECTIONS IN CHILDREN'S GEOGRAPHIES |
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IAPS
19 in Alexandria |
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IAPS 18 in
Vienna |
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IAPS holds a major
conference every two years. These conferences have until now
been held in Europe and Western Asia.
IAPS is
very keen to support conferences which are compatible with the objectives
of the Association and in which our members will have an interest
and may indeed be attending and speaking. For example, a way to
support related conferences is to offer to organise a paper session.
By these means the IAPS Board will put together a themed symposium,
including supplying the speakers. We believe this is an excellent
way of encouraging collaboration between organisations, and for
this reason we will always try to look favourably on any request
by another organisation to organise such a session at one of the
IAPS conferences.
The Networks too organise symposia and conferences.
IAPS is very keen to have links with sister organisations,
and we are constantly looking for ways in which these relationships
can benefit the membership. For example, it has been agreed that
members of EDRA, MERA and PAPER will get reduced rate registration
fees for IAPS Conferences. This is in turn reciprocated so that
if an IAPS member attends an EDRA Conference they pay the same fee
as an EDRA member. Membership of IAPS also enables reduced subscription
rates to the journal Environment and Behavior.
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FUTURE CONFERENCES
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Open
Public Urban Spaces (OPUS2008)
Stavangen,
Norway/ 26-29 June 2008.
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OPUS
will be a major international architecture, landscape architecture
and urban design conference to be held in Stavanger Norway as an official
event of Stavanger2008 involving leading architects, scholars and
artists.
The first international OPUS Symposium will be arranged in Stavanger,
Norway June 26th 28th 2008 at the Little Concert Hall, Bjergsted
as an official event of the Stavanger2008 year as one of the Cultural
Capitals of Europe.
Arranged by the University of Stavanger, and
the University of California at Davis in collaboration with Stavanger2008
and the National Association of Norwegian Architects.
read
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World Universities Forum, 2008 Davos,
Switzerland, 31 Jan-2 febr 2008. |
This
Conference will examine the role and future of the University in a
changing world.
To be held in Davos, two days after the end of the
World Economic Forum (WEF), participants should come early to participate
in the public forum aspect of the WEF and WEF participants
should stay on to attend our Conference.
Main speakers will include leaders from universities
around the world and those reflecting on the nature and future of
the University. The program will include numerous paper, colloquium
and workshop presentations.
Please visit the official website: http://universitiesforum.com/
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International
Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence (ICADI).
February 21-23, 2008
Hilton - St. Petersburg, FL |
Please visit the officil website!
Notice also: ICADI
2008 Universal Design Preconference Intensive:
The 21st Century Community
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
8:00am - 5:00pm Cost $100
Download here: Conference
Registration Brief
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Housing
and Sustainability, University of York
11-13 April
The conference is co-sponsored by the National House-building
Council Foundation. The organisers are: Steve Wilcox of Centre for
Housing Policy, University of York (stevewpwilcox@aol.com) and Madhu
Satsangi (m.satsangi@sbe.hw.ac.uk), Heriot-Watt University.
Abstracts for workshop papers are welcome and
should be sent by email to Madhu
Satsangi by 31 January, 2007.
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Over
the past decade, the research and policy profile of housing sustainability
has grown significantly. Yet even the most cursory research shows
that meanings of sustainability are myriad and contested and truly
integrative perspectives rare. The conference aims to provide a forum
for research that deepens understanding of individual dimensions of
housing and sustainability economic, social and environmental
and for research that looks at how conflicting sustainability
agendas could be reconciled. The conference will include high profile
plenary speakers and interactive workshops.
Speakers confirmed to date include Professor
Mark Shucksmith (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Professor Colin
Jones (Heriot-Watt University) and Dr Oliver Hartwich (the Policy
Exchange). There will also be presentations outlining the results
of new research on sustainability issues that has been supported
by the National House-Building Council Foundation.
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IAPS
2008
Urban diversities, biosphere and well-being:
designing and managing our common environment
Rome, 28/07-01/08 2008
Visit the dedicated site for detailed information:
http://www.iaps2008.com/
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An opportunity of dialogue about the urban environment
and sustainability for different scientific fields, designers, managers
and decision makers
Steering Committee:
Marino Bonaiuto
Sapienza Università di Roma
Mirilia Bonnes
Sapienza Università di Roma
Anna Maria Nenci
LUMSA, Roma
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The
Asia Pacific EcoHealth Conference
Ecology and Health: People & Places in a Changing World
30th November - 3rd December 2007 |
For more information, visit the website
http://www.deakin.edu.au/events/ecohealth2007/
or contact:
Associate Professor Mardie Townsend
School of Health and Social Development
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood Vic. 3125
Australia
Ph. +61 3 9251 7278
Fax +61 3 9244 6261
Email: mardie.townsend@deakin.edu.au
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International
HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES.
11-12 October 2007 Symposium at The Silesian University of Technology.
http://konferencje.polsl.pl/iaps/default.aspx |
AN INTERNATIONAL
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL
CONDITIONS IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
Housing and environmental conditions in post-communist countries
have
changed since 1989. It is interesting to observe these transformations,
compare and synthesize them, and look for positive solutions that
will
improve and guarantee future living conditions. During this symposium
many subjects will be discussed, but the main aim will be to consider
the following topics :
- innovative residential architecture in post-communist countries
- post-communist large-scale housing areas architectural,
cultural,
economic, social and urban problems
- analysis of post-communist cities (such as Tychy and Nowa Huta,
in Poland)
- valuing and regeneration of existing post-communist residential
areas
- dealing with standardization by introducing functional, cultural,
economic and spatial
diversity
- positive and negative impacts of property tenure changes
- creating new identities and social representations for residents
- introducing ecological and energy-saving technologies
- accommodating new consumer lifestyles
- ageing people and buildings
- safety and security in residential areas
- financial, construction, social and architectural problems of
management and maintenance
- conservation of communist and post-communist large-scale housing
estates.
Time and location
11-12 October 2007 Symposium at The Silesian University of Technology.
Venue: The Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture,
Poland
Gliwice, Educational - Congress Center, The Silesian University
of
Technology,
Gliwice, ul. Konarskiego 18B
For further information contact:
Beata.komar@polsl.pl
beata.kucharczyk-brus@polsl.pl
Yours sincerely
Roderick L.
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Geographies of practice
and the urban outdoors
Association of American Geographers Annual
Meeting, 17-21 April 2007, San Francisco, California.
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CALL
FOR PAPERS
Session organisers:
Russell Hitchings, Department of Geography, University of Hull, UK
Rosie Day, Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, UK
This session will explore the diverse transactional relationships
that
inhabitants, workers and visitors have with the urban outdoors.
Through a
particular interest in the mundane practices of different social
groups, we
are also interested to consider how such a perspective might enrich
or
challenge current efforts to increase overall wellbeing through
outdoor
spaces.
Large amounts of resources are spent in cities across the world
in
endeavouring to provide a positive outdoor environment; policy makers
are
often keen to encourage city people outdoors where they are understood
to
derive benefits in terms of improved physical and mental health
and a
strengthened sense of community. Yet provided spaces, where they
exist, may
be under-used, or used in ways not intended, whilst other, incidental
places can prove more popular. Many may lack the means to get to
allocated
sites, even locally, whilst others derive similar benefits in more
removed
locations. Conflicts can also arise when the practices of some may
exclude
or preclude those of others. Furthermore, professional and policy
practices
are also crucial as they configure the outdoors in ways that possibly
seek
to manage and control different social practices. If we move beyond
notions
of discrete spaces, there are issues of lifestyle as changing work
practices, for example, can keep individuals indoors where they
may
actually be happier. Individuals and groups also manage their own
outdoor
experience in ways that minimise the negative by avoiding unpleasant
places
and controlling their sensory experience through clothing and other
technologies.
An examination of practice and the urban outdoors has the potential
to
enrich our understanding of a number of important issues including
environmental justice, social inclusion, city sustainability and
urban
design. More conceptually, it could extend theories of nature experience,
everyday materiality, and physical embodiment and also provide an
important
geographical perspective by considering how outdoor practices can
vary
between cities.
Possible themes:
. Social cohorts: the old, the young, the rich, the poor, the infirm.
· Different lifestyles: those always indoors, those always
outside.
· Communities of practice: cyclists, businessmen, dog walkers,
drivers.
· The experience of environmental processes: weather, sunshine,
snow,
wind.
· City climates: tropical, temperate, seasonal, stable.
· Professional practices that configure and control.
· Exclusionary practices and excluded practices.
Abstracts (250 words max) should be submitted to r.day@socsci.gla.ac.uk
by
Friday 22nd September 2006. You should also consult the AAG website
(www.aag.org) for online registration and abstract submission instructions.
Find out more about the conference at: http://www.aag.org/
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Places, Great CitiesA
forum for civic leaders who are shaping the future
Krakow, Poland, Thursday 9th - Friday 10th November 2006
Further information
For the complete program, prices and more information see the program
Great Places Great Cities on our website www.levende-stad.nl.
To register, please use the Conference Registration
Form. You can find the Registration Form on our website
www.levende-stad.nl.
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Call for best practices on
good public spaces
The exhibition Good Practices of Public Space in Europe
in the conference hall gives you the possibility to present and share
your best practices and projects on good public space. The exhibition
will be open for both participants and non-participants. The exhibition
is coordinated by Tomasz Jelenski, PhD, Sustainable Urban & Public
Space Design specialist and academic lecturer. If you wish to send
your material, please get in contact the coming week with tomasz.jelenski@wp.pl
or m.hazenbosch@levende-stad.nl.
Conference Great Places, Great Cities
Public spaces are vital parts of every community. Creating great
public spaces that benefit our cities and foster security, lively-hood
and a sense of belonging is the challenge faced by civic leaders
everywhere.
This conference brings together leading experts from around the
world who are challenging the current paradigm in city planning
in order to create better places for people both now and in the
future.
For 2 days of interactive sessions, participants can learn how
to effect change through placemaking, discuss approaches
with leading experts who are pushing the boundaries in urban design,
transportation, community development and city renewal and hear
real-life stories and experiences from change leaders in the field.
The conference will take place in Krakow (Poland), a historical
European city that contains a wealth of great public spaces serving
a variety of communities.
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IAPS 18 IN VIENNA
EAST MEETS WEST
(text by Bob Martens and Alexander
Keul)
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NEW
DIRECTIONS IN CHILDREN'S GEOGRAPHIES:
ADVANCING INTERDISCIPLINARY UNDERSTANDINGS
OF YOUNGER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
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www.northampton.ac.uk/ccy
7th and 8th September 2006
The University of Northampton
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IAPS 19 IN ALEXANDRIA
OF EGYPT
11-16 September, 2006. ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Visit the official
website

Conference Chair
Prof. Ismail Serageldin
Co- Chairs / Organizing Committee
Prof. Mostapha K. Tolba
Prof. Salah Soliman
Prof. Aleya Abdel-Hadi
info@iaps19-bibalex.com
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For more information, please visit the official website: http://www.iaps19-bibalex.com
This Conference was organized by Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Advisory
Committees for: Environment & Developments; Science & Technology.
Read now a commentary about the conference
posted by: Aleya Abdel-Hadi.
Reflections
on the Congress (pdf, 225 KB). By Aleya Abdel-Hadi
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IAPS 18 in Vienna
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This year the Vienna
University of Technology hosted IAPS 18, the eighteenth
Conference of the International Association for People-Environment
Studies from 7-10 July 2004. Almost 400 delegates from 52 countries
presented a total of 387 contributions to this largest European showcase
for Environment & Behavior Research. IAPS 18 comprised 23 Symposia
of 144 Papers, 34 Paper Sessions on 174 Papers, 3 Workshops, 10 Network
Meetings, a Poster Session with 45 contributions and a Young Researchers'
Workshop with 24 contributions. Central thematic blocks included Participation,
Tourism, Environmental Protection, Health, Safety, Special User Groups,
Gender, Creative Environments and Environment Simulation.
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IAPS 18 was held under the
slogan "Evaluation in Progress"
and concentrated in particular on the new EU member states. The Congress
kicked off with a Europe-related keynote session with Dr. Josef Hochgerner
(Sociologist, ZSI), Dr. Wolfgang Petritsch (High Representative in
Bosnia) and Viennese Green Party politician Mag. Christoph Chorherr.
Speakers from Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania and Slovakia organized
an IAPS Forum East. One of the excursions took delegates to nearby
Bratislava in Slovakia where they visited not only the old city but
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The IAPS 18 content was organized
by Prof. Dr. Bob Martens, Vienna
University of Technology, and Dr. Alexander
Keul, University of Salzburg and Vienna University of Technology,
and processed by a local incomer. There was also time during this
major Congress for private discussions, catching up on old friends
and making new acquaintances in the relaxed Viennese atmosphere so
much loved by visitors to Vienna. The event attracted great media
interest - ORF (the Austrian broadcasting company) presented a radio
programme and two news articles were published through the Austrian
Press Agency. |
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The initial outcome
of the joint East-West work is an IAPS 18
CD with the Abstracts not only from all the 2004 papers
but also the Abstracts from all the IAPS Conferences since 1969 (about
2,500 in all). They are stored in a database in the Slovenian SciX
format which permits a full text search through the history of environmental
psychology. The CD is available for 35 Euro
from Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag (Freundgasse 11,
A-1040 Wien) and can be ordered at: office@kunstundkulturverlag.at |
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The 2004 IAPS Research Award
was conferred to:
MARIA JOHANSSON
[Lund Institute of Technology, Dept. of Environmental Psychology,
Sweden]
"Local People's Motives for Biodiversity
Conservation"
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To read more
about the conference visit the site
http://info.tuwien.ac.at/iaps2004/ |
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