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Cities in Latin America and International Institutions
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Joel Outtes
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Sep 20, 2008 21:16 PDT
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Call for Papers
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, www.aag.org, Las
Vegas, NV, USA, March 22-27, 2009
Sessions: 1) Cities and Urban Regions in Latin America; 2) International
Institutions and/or Urban and Planning Issues.
Organizers:
Joel Outtes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, email
Out-@uol.com.br and
Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email: besm-@eiu.edu
Deadline: October 03, 2007
We invite paper proposals for a session on urban topics in developing areas
and internationally to take place at the annual meeting of the AAG
(www.aag.org) in Las Vegas, March 22-27, 2009. Papers might explore, but not
be limited to
Economic restructuring and its spatial impacts
Changing urban morphology
Transnational linkages
Urban hierarchies
Historic city centers
Urban historical geography
Ethnic neighborhoods
City planning in Latin America
Criminality
The informal sector
Intra-metropolitan mobility
The politics of urban environmental problems
Informal transportation and social conflicts
Participatory budget and urban social movements
Urban social geography
The International Planning Movement
The Urban International: the spatiality of international institutions such
as the IFHP-International Federation for Housing and Planning, UCLG-United
Cities and Local Governments, IULA-International Union of Local Authorities
and IHA-International Housing Association alone or in Comparative
Perspective
After registering for the conference at http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/
and submitting your abstract for a paper session, forward a copy of the
abstract and your PIN to:
Joel Outtes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, email
Out-@uol.com.br and
Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email: besm-@eiu.edu
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