** Just published on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website:
* The use and impact of dispersal orders
This study explores the implementation and impact of dispersal
orders, and highlights implications for policy.
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/housing/2135.asp
Thursday 18 October 2007
Wednesday 17 October 2007
Launch of Nuffield Council on Bioethics report
The ethics of public health
Launch of Nuffield Council on Bioethics report
13th November 2007
10:00-13:00
One Great George Street, Westminster , London SW1P 3AA
How and when should the government intervene in our lives to help us be healthy? Some people object to the 'nanny state' - they want to be left to make their own lifestyle choices. Others think that the government should do more to tackle problems such as childhood obesity and the binge drinking culture. And what are the responsibilities of the food and drinks industry?
At this seminar, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics will publish its latest report 'Public health: ethical issues', which considers the obligations of governments, individuals and others in improving the health of the population. Members of the Working Party that produced the report, chaired by Lord Krebs, will outline their recommendations for policy makers in four areas - alcohol and smoking, infectious diseases (including surveillance and vaccination), obesity, and fluoridation of water.
Speakers will include:
Lord Krebs Kt FRS FMedSci (Chair)
Principal, Jesus College, University of Oxford
Professor Tom Baldwin
Department of Philosophy, University of York
Ms Julia Unwin CBE
Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York
Professor Roger Brownsword
Centre for Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London
Professor Jonathan Montgomery
School of Law, University of Southampton, and Chair, Hampshire Primary Care Trust
Professor Anne Johnson FMedSci
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School
Professor Christine Godfrey
Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Copies of the report will be available at the seminar. Admission is free but places should be reserved in advance. If you would like to attend, or for more information, please send your name, affiliation (if applicable) and email address (or postal address) to: bioethics@nuffieldbioethics.org or Tel: +44 (0)20 7681 9619.
For further information see: www.nuffieldbioethics.org
Launch of Nuffield Council on Bioethics report
13th November 2007
10:00-13:00
One Great George Street, Westminster , London SW1P 3AA
How and when should the government intervene in our lives to help us be healthy? Some people object to the 'nanny state' - they want to be left to make their own lifestyle choices. Others think that the government should do more to tackle problems such as childhood obesity and the binge drinking culture. And what are the responsibilities of the food and drinks industry?
At this seminar, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics will publish its latest report 'Public health: ethical issues', which considers the obligations of governments, individuals and others in improving the health of the population. Members of the Working Party that produced the report, chaired by Lord Krebs, will outline their recommendations for policy makers in four areas - alcohol and smoking, infectious diseases (including surveillance and vaccination), obesity, and fluoridation of water.
Speakers will include:
Lord Krebs Kt FRS FMedSci (Chair)
Principal, Jesus College, University of Oxford
Professor Tom Baldwin
Department of Philosophy, University of York
Ms Julia Unwin CBE
Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York
Professor Roger Brownsword
Centre for Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London
Professor Jonathan Montgomery
School of Law, University of Southampton, and Chair, Hampshire Primary Care Trust
Professor Anne Johnson FMedSci
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School
Professor Christine Godfrey
Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Copies of the report will be available at the seminar. Admission is free but places should be reserved in advance. If you would like to attend, or for more information, please send your name, affiliation (if applicable) and email address (or postal address) to: bioethics@nuffieldbioethics.org
For further information see: www.nuffieldbioethics.org
Meeting of the Epidemiology & Public Health Section
Meeting of the Epidemiology & Public Health Section
Waste - a public health issue
Friday 16 November 2007
Max Rayne Lecture Theatre, The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
RSM contact:
Phil McShane
Academic Department, Royal Society of Medicine,
1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE
Tel: (+44) (0) 20 7290 3942 Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7290 2989
Email: epidemiology@rsm.ac.uk
Chair: Giovanni Leonardi
Council Member
9.30 am Registration, tea and coffee
10.00 am Public health management of waste
Jenny Griffiths, Consultant in Public Health
10.40 am The ecological footprint of waste
Ecological footprint studies in London/Liverpool
Speaker, tbc
11.20 am Tea and coffee
11.40 am Models of human exposure to chemicals and other hazards in the vicinity of landfills
Richard Mohan, Health Protection Agency
12.20 pm Epidemiological evidence of adverse health effects for populations near landfills
Lars Jarup, Imperial College
1.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm Odours from waste sites and the implications for Public Health
Helen Smethurst, health Protection Agency
2.40 pm A decision analysis framework for minimising health hazards of urban pollution: the example of waste
Zaid Chalabi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
3.20 pm Completion of evaluation forms
3.30 pm The NHS, the patient, procurement and sustainability
Paul Durrands, Senior Commercial Adviser, NHS south Central
4.10 pm Close of meeting
CPD: 5 credits
Non-Fellow: £45
Fellow: £20
Associate: £20
Trainee - Fellow: £10
Student: £10
Student Members: £5
Trainee: £15
Book on-line at: www.rsm.ac.uk/epidemiology
Waste - a public health issue
Friday 16 November 2007
Max Rayne Lecture Theatre, The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
RSM contact:
Phil McShane
Academic Department, Royal Society of Medicine,
1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE
Tel: (+44) (0) 20 7290 3942 Fax: (+44) (0) 20 7290 2989
Email: epidemiology@rsm.ac.uk
Chair: Giovanni Leonardi
Council Member
9.30 am Registration, tea and coffee
10.00 am Public health management of waste
Jenny Griffiths, Consultant in Public Health
10.40 am The ecological footprint of waste
Ecological footprint studies in London/Liverpool
Speaker, tbc
11.20 am Tea and coffee
11.40 am Models of human exposure to chemicals and other hazards in the vicinity of landfills
Richard Mohan, Health Protection Agency
12.20 pm Epidemiological evidence of adverse health effects for populations near landfills
Lars Jarup, Imperial College
1.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm Odours from waste sites and the implications for Public Health
Helen Smethurst, health Protection Agency
2.40 pm A decision analysis framework for minimising health hazards of urban pollution: the example of waste
Zaid Chalabi, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
3.20 pm Completion of evaluation forms
3.30 pm The NHS, the patient, procurement and sustainability
Paul Durrands, Senior Commercial Adviser, NHS south Central
4.10 pm Close of meeting
CPD: 5 credits
Non-Fellow: £45
Fellow: £20
Associate: £20
Trainee - Fellow: £10
Student: £10
Student Members: £5
Trainee: £15
Book on-line at: www.rsm.ac.uk/epidemiology
Tuesday 16 October 2007
Centre for Urban Theory, Swansea University: Seminar Series 2007-8
Centre for Urban Theory
2007–8
07-11-07 Prof.
20-11-07 Dr Neal Alexander (Trinity College Carmarthen) Mapping Junkspace: Ciaran Carson’s Urban Cartographies 12.00, N226a,
04-12-07 Prof. Dave Clarke (
16-01-08 Prof. John Lovering (
29-01-08 Dr Hilary Stanworth (
12-02-08 Prof. Judith Phillips (
26-02-08 Dr. Andrew Law (
Organizer: Dr Richard G. Smith, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Associate Director of the Centre for Urban Theory, Department of Geography, School of Environment & Society, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP. Email: r.g.smith@swan.ac.uk; Tel: 01792 602558
Capital's push as 'premier' city
Capital's push as 'premier' city
A five-year plan to promote Cardiff from a "first division" city to the "premier division" has been unveiled. An economic strategy drawn up by Cardiff Council says the capital should be competing with successful European cities like Dublin and Prague by 2012.
It aims to establish the city as an international business location and build on its reputation for quality of life and sporting and cultural events.
But the report stresses Cardiff must improve transport systems to succeed.
| | HAVE YOUR SAY It has a world class stadium.....The city needs a bit of a tidy up, and some decent advertising. Ifancyapint |
Mark Stephens, Cardiff Council's executive member for economic development and finance, said: "The strategy provides a platform to move Cardiff forward on many fronts and sets out a long term vision for the city.
"It will enable us to position Cardiff as a competitive European capital city."
The report - Competitive Capital - says current developments in the city, including the St David's 2 shopping centre, the new Cardiff City stadium and the Sports Village in Cardiff Bay, will bring future investment to the capital and its surrounding regions.
It identifies opportunities for the city over the next five years, including events such as the Ashes Test in 2009 and the Ryder Cup in 2010.
The report also says there is an opportunity too for a second phase of regeneration in Cardiff Bay.
"As the waterfront matures, it is important to provide a continued programme of action to ensure the bay further develops as a vibrant business and leisure destination," it says.
According to the report, Cardiff experienced the highest percentage increase in total employment of any of the UK core cities, such as Liverpool and Manchester, with an increase of 26.9% between 1998 and 2004.
| | CITY CHALLENGES To increase the competitiveness of Cardiff as a leading international capital city To become a widely recognised international business location that encourages growth and innovation in thriving sectors To create a highly skilled and qualified workforce To tackle deprivation and regenerating local communities To ensure that Cardiff has a modern, world-class transport infrastructure To build on Cardiff's reputation as a "quality of life" city Source: Competitive Capital, the Cardiff Economic Strategy 2007-2012 from Cardiff Council |
It also says it has a highly skilled workforce which outperforms the national average.
The city's size - "small and compact in design" - is also a plus point, with the report noting that "there is growing evidence of the future will be the smaller cities - those with human scale and a closer relationship to the natural environment".
Expansions
But the report highlights a number of problems the city must overcome to reach its full potential.
These include a shortage of office space and the absence of an international business park, although there are hopes this could be addressed by 2012.
One of the main problems identified is the "polarisation of skills" between Cardiff and the south Wales valleys which needs to be addressed.
However, it says as many households in the capital are living below the poverty line than in Merthyr and Blaenau Gwent put together.
Deprivation
The reduction of this deprivation, particularly in inner city areas like Butetown, Grangetown and Riverside, is a "critical factor" in Cardiff's future success, the report concluded.
The report also says that with 70,000 commuters to the city, and traffic growing at 2.5% year, Cardiff is facing "considerable pressure" on the existing road network and public transport.
An over-reliance on the private car and associated heavy commuting between the valleys and coastal belt has added to growing pressure on the city's transport infrastructure, it stated.
The city needs to develop an efficient integrated public transport and "real alternatives" to the car by 2012, but is "facing huge challenges," the report said.
Russell Goodway, the former leader of Cardiff Council and current chief executive of the city's Chamber of Commerce, said transport was the key to ensuring the capital continues to improve.
"We can build a superlative capital but it needs to spread out to the regions," he said.
"There's some antagonism towards Cardiff as they [the regions] see it getting everything. We need to ensure they feel part of that success and that they benefit from that success. That's what a capital city does. Improving transport is the way to do that."
The report also raises concern at links to Cardiff International Airport, with "under-utilisation and under-capacity" needing to be addressed.
The report pulls together various studies, including a review of the city's economic competitiveness by Professor Michael Parkinson, of the European Institute of Urban Affairs.
Call for Papers: Emotion, Space and Society
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Call for Papers
EMOTION, SPACE AND SOCIETY
For more information: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/locate/emospa
Online submission: http://ees.elsevier.com/emospa/
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New Journal for 2008!
Emotion, Space and Society provides a forum for interdisciplinary
debate on theoretically informed research on the emotional
intersections between people and places. The journal aims are
conceived to encourage investigations of feelings and affect in
various spatial and social contexts, environments and landscapes.
Questions of emotion are relevant to a variety of disciplines, and
submissions will be sought from across the full spectrum of the
humanities and social sciences.
Submissions will investigate the multiplicity of spaces and places
that produce and are produced by emotional and affective life,
representing an inclusive range of theoretical and methodological
engagements with emotion as a social, cultural and spatial phenomenon.
The launch of this journal represents a unique and timely opportunity
to explore exciting new ways to think about natures, cultures and
histories of emotional life.
Contributions are anticipated from authors who call upon and develop
issues emerging from work on emotion from feminist, geographical,
historical, philosophical, psychotherapeutic, sociological,
anthropological, political and other disciplinary perspectives and
from the spatial turn in cultural theory.
The journal also has obvious connections with the recent resurgence of
interest in the importance of 'everyday' life as a social category and
with interactions between place, identity and felt values.
The journal will publish research articles, review articles, and a
variety of shorter opinion and editorial pieces designed to stimulate
debate, together with book reviews and book review essays. Innovative
presentational formats are encouraged.
For possible publication in 2008, submissions to Emotion, Space and
Society MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 15, 2008.
EDITORS, Emotion, Space and Society
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Dr. Joyce Davidson, Queen's University, Canada
joyce.davidson@queensu.ca
Dr. Liz Bondi, University of Edinburgh, UK
liz.bondi@ed.ac.uk
Dr. Elspeth Probyn, The University of Sydney, Australia
elspeth.probyn@arts.usyd.edu.au
Dr. Mick Smith, Queen's University, Canada
ms24@post.queensu.ca
Call for Papers
EMOTION, SPACE AND SOCIETY
For more information: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/locate/emospa
Online submission: http://ees.elsevier.com/emospa/
-----------------------------------------------------------
New Journal for 2008!
Emotion, Space and Society provides a forum for interdisciplinary
debate on theoretically informed research on the emotional
intersections between people and places. The journal aims are
conceived to encourage investigations of feelings and affect in
various spatial and social contexts, environments and landscapes.
Questions of emotion are relevant to a variety of disciplines, and
submissions will be sought from across the full spectrum of the
humanities and social sciences.
Submissions will investigate the multiplicity of spaces and places
that produce and are produced by emotional and affective life,
representing an inclusive range of theoretical and methodological
engagements with emotion as a social, cultural and spatial phenomenon.
The launch of this journal represents a unique and timely opportunity
to explore exciting new ways to think about natures, cultures and
histories of emotional life.
Contributions are anticipated from authors who call upon and develop
issues emerging from work on emotion from feminist, geographical,
historical, philosophical, psychotherapeutic, sociological,
anthropological, political and other disciplinary perspectives and
from the spatial turn in cultural theory.
The journal also has obvious connections with the recent resurgence of
interest in the importance of 'everyday' life as a social category and
with interactions between place, identity and felt values.
The journal will publish research articles, review articles, and a
variety of shorter opinion and editorial pieces designed to stimulate
debate, together with book reviews and book review essays. Innovative
presentational formats are encouraged.
For possible publication in 2008, submissions to Emotion, Space and
Society MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 15, 2008.
EDITORS, Emotion, Space and Society
-----------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Joyce Davidson, Queen's University, Canada
joyce.davidson@queensu.ca
Dr. Liz Bondi, University of Edinburgh, UK
liz.bondi@ed.ac.uk
Dr. Elspeth Probyn, The University of Sydney, Australia
elspeth.probyn@arts.usyd.edu.au
Dr. Mick Smith, Queen's University, Canada
ms24@post.queensu.ca
Research Vacancy at LSE
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
LSE, Department of Management, Operational Research group
Fixed-term for 2 years + 1
Salary: £24,220-£28,057
We are pleased to invite applications for the post of Research Assistant
within the research team at LSE working on the Quest for Quality and
Improved Performance (QQuIP) project, a major five-year, £2.5 million
research initiative supported by The Health Foundation and launched in
July 2005.
We are seeking to appoint a researcher who has an outstanding academic
record including a postgraduate degree. The post is for two years in the
first instance with the possibility of extension to a third year and of
registering to work on a PhD part time.
The post-holder will be responsible for disease modelling with the
objectives of estimating the global impacts of selected interventions in
terms of their costs and reductions in the burden of disease in
populations. This will involve examination of evidence from clinical
literature, identifying sources of data, developing models and
contributing to reports and papers.
Further information are available at
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/recruitment/jobsAtLSE/CurrentVacancies.htm#RES/07
/02
A full application pack can be obtained at www.lse.ac.uk/jobsatLSE. If you
cannot download the pack, email hr.recruit.res@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955
6737 quoting reference RES/07/02.
Closing date for receipt of applications is: 2 November 2007.
LSE, Department of Management, Operational Research group
Fixed-term for 2 years + 1
Salary: £24,220-£28,057
We are pleased to invite applications for the post of Research Assistant
within the research team at LSE working on the Quest for Quality and
Improved Performance (QQuIP) project, a major five-year, £2.5 million
research initiative supported by The Health Foundation and launched in
July 2005.
We are seeking to appoint a researcher who has an outstanding academic
record including a postgraduate degree. The post is for two years in the
first instance with the possibility of extension to a third year and of
registering to work on a PhD part time.
The post-holder will be responsible for disease modelling with the
objectives of estimating the global impacts of selected interventions in
terms of their costs and reductions in the burden of disease in
populations. This will involve examination of evidence from clinical
literature, identifying sources of data, developing models and
contributing to reports and papers.
Further information are available at
www.lse.ac.uk/collections/recruitment/jobsAtLSE/CurrentVacancies.htm#RES/07
/02
A full application pack can be obtained at www.lse.ac.uk/jobsatLSE. If you
cannot download the pack, email hr.recruit.res@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955
6737 quoting reference RES/07/02.
Closing date for receipt of applications is: 2 November 2007.
Monday 15 October 2007
Territories Reimagined: International Perspectives
Territories Reimagined: International Perspectives
A psychogeography festival in Manchester, 19th - 22nd June 2008
For details see: http://trip2008.wordpress.com/
For details see: http://trip2008.wordpress.com/
Planum Newsletter - Special News - October 2007
Planum Newsletter - Special News - October 2007
NEWS by PLANUM
The online magazine and international network dedicated to urban planning,
territorial development and architecture
http://www.planum.net/menu.php
1. Conferences, Workshops and Exhibitions
2. Deadline reminder
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1. CONFERENCES, WORKSHOP and EXHIBITIONS
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Interreg IIIC - Progresdec:
Final meeting LAMCODE - Landscape Management for Countryside Development
15th/16th October 2007
Asti
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=943
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GROW People - Planet - Profit: Mainstreaming sustainability across regions
Conference
18th Oct 2007
Diamant Conference Centre, Brussels
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=945
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La civiltà dei superluoghi, notizie dalla metropoli quotidiana
Mostra multimediale, incontri, spettacoli
13 ottobre-7 novembre 2007
Bologna
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=923
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Planertag 2007 - Hauptsache Gewerbegebiet
18./19. Oktober 2007
Heffterhof
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=927
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Maxmising the value of industrial heritage in historic towns: restoration,
regeneration & reuse
English Historic Towns Forum
17-19 October 2007
Thistle Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=934
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Approaching the City
Two-day Conference and Open Forum Discussion
1st and 2nd November 2007
Sheffield
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=866
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Urbact Berlin Conference
Berlin conference
4, 5 and 6 November 2007
Berlin
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=911
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Cooperation is the future! New perspectives for retail development
4th Transnational Retail Forum and Final Conference
8/9-11-2007
Bremen/Osterholz-Scharmbeck
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=929
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Economy of Fascination at "Thematic Production of Post-modern Urban
Landscapes"
International symposium
November 8 to 10, 2007
Heidelberg
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=940
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Urbanpromo 2007
Urban and territorial marketing event
21-24 November 2007
Venezia, Istituto Veneto di Lettere, Scienze ed Arti, Palazzo Franchetti
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=936
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Participatory democracy from the local to the global level : for what sort
of development ?
The Rhône-Alpes Regional Council
10-11-12 December 2007
Grenoble, Valence, Saint-Etienne and Lyon
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=931
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Mediacity - Situations, Practices and Encounters
MEDIACITY Conference 2008
18-19th January 2008
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=903
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A Suburban World? Global Decentralization and the New Metropolis
International conference
Reston, Virginia, USA
April 6-8, 2008
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=764
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Planning Theory and Practice
Journal publication
Planning Theory and Practice aims to provide a focus for the development of
theory and practice in spatial planning and to encourage the development of
a spatial dimension in other areas of public policy.
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=928
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Urban Research & Practice - UK
New Journal Urban Research & Practice for 2008
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=845
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Climate Change 2007 - Mitigation
Fourth Assessment Report
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=944
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2. DEADLINE REMINDER
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2008 IPHS book prizes
Conference in January 2008
Chicago
Call for nominations
Deadline for receipt of submissions for the next prize: 31 October 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=935
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Looking beyond one's nose - Russia planning, policies and institutions for
integration
2nd Aesop Young Academics Meeting
St. Peterspurg, Russia
February 6-8, 2008
Deadline for abstract submission: October 25, 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=930
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Urban Development and Reconstruction
Master's course
Venezia, 2007-2008
Application deadline 6nd November 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=933
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Intelligent Public Transport Systems
Call for Papers - International conference
2 to 3 April 2008
Amsterdam
Abstracts should be submitted no later than 31 October 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=942
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Revitalization of the Riverine Front of Oporto in the Zone of Priority
Intervention
International contest for ideas
Porto, Portugal
Deadline for submission: October 31st 2007
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=919
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Critical Geographies of Education
Call for Papers, AAG Boston 2008
Deadline for sending a notice of interest: October 24
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=941
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territorial development and architecture
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1. Conferences, Workshops and Exhibitions
2. Deadline reminder
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1. CONFERENCES, WORKSHOP and EXHIBITIONS
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Interreg IIIC - Progresdec:
Final meeting LAMCODE - Landscape Management for Countryside Development
15th/16th October 2007
Asti
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=943
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GROW People - Planet - Profit: Mainstreaming sustainability across regions
Conference
18th Oct 2007
Diamant Conference Centre, Brussels
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=945
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La civiltà dei superluoghi, notizie dalla metropoli quotidiana
Mostra multimediale, incontri, spettacoli
13 ottobre-7 novembre 2007
Bologna
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=923
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Planertag 2007 - Hauptsache Gewerbegebiet
18./19. Oktober 2007
Heffterhof
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=927
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Maxmising the value of industrial heritage in historic towns: restoration,
regeneration & reuse
English Historic Towns Forum
17-19 October 2007
Thistle Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=934
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Approaching the City
Two-day Conference and Open Forum Discussion
1st and 2nd November 2007
Sheffield
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=866
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Urbact Berlin Conference
Berlin conference
4, 5 and 6 November 2007
Berlin
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=911
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Cooperation is the future! New perspectives for retail development
4th Transnational Retail Forum and Final Conference
8/9-11-2007
Bremen/Osterholz-Scharmbeck
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=929
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Economy of Fascination at "Thematic Production of Post-modern Urban
Landscapes"
International symposium
November 8 to 10, 2007
Heidelberg
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=940
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Urbanpromo 2007
Urban and territorial marketing event
21-24 November 2007
Venezia, Istituto Veneto di Lettere, Scienze ed Arti, Palazzo Franchetti
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=936
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Participatory democracy from the local to the global level : for what sort
of development ?
The Rhône-Alpes Regional Council
10-11-12 December 2007
Grenoble, Valence, Saint-Etienne and Lyon
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=931
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Mediacity - Situations, Practices and Encounters
MEDIACITY Conference 2008
18-19th January 2008
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=903
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A Suburban World? Global Decentralization and the New Metropolis
International conference
Reston, Virginia, USA
April 6-8, 2008
For more information:
http://www.planum.net/Nnews/detailNews.php?ID=764
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Planning Theory and Practice
Journal publication
Planning Theory and Practice aims to provide a focus for the development of
theory and practice in spatial planning and to encourage the development of
a spatial dimension in other areas of public policy.
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New Journal Urban Research & Practice for 2008
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Climate Change 2007 - Mitigation
Fourth Assessment Report
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Chicago
Call for nominations
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Looking beyond one's nose - Russia planning, policies and institutions for
integration
2nd Aesop Young Academics Meeting
St. Peterspurg, Russia
February 6-8, 2008
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Urban Development and Reconstruction
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Venezia, 2007-2008
Application deadline 6nd November 2007
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Intelligent Public Transport Systems
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2 to 3 April 2008
Amsterdam
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Revitalization of the Riverine Front of Oporto in the Zone of Priority
Intervention
International contest for ideas
Porto, Portugal
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Critical Geographies of Education
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The urban political ecologies of documents: critically extending historical. Call for papers AAG.
Call for papers, AAG Boston, 15-19 April 2008
Session:
The urban political ecologies of documents: critically extending historical
city-natures
Co-organizers:
Ann Marie Murnaghan, Department of Geography, York University, Toronto, Canada
Paul Jackson, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
This session addresses an interest in producing more detailed studies of the way that urban spaces have been inscribed by certain meanings of nature, and how certain uses of nature have become integral to the functioning of these cities at a variety of scales. In comparison to the work of present day (urban) political ecology, an historical approach is, necessarily, mediated through archives, documents, and oral histories. What are the unique challenges, productive discoveries, and the limitations associated with working with these rich and diverse sources?
Urban political ecology, environmental history, historical geography, and cultural ecologies are useful approaches to uncovering stories about urban
natures, but we often see the intersections and fringes of these fields as the most interesting and productive places for new scholarship so we encourage a wide range of researchers to participate.
Ultimately, we want this session to flesh out, historically spatialize, and complicate notions of urban metabolism and circulation. We are interested in how UPE historical research is structured by historical politics and culture; the construction of and gaps in the archives; and the disciplinary, corporate, government and institutional fields in which ideas and research are made. We seek techniques that can help move beyond these structures. We hope to extend beyond locational case studies, and examine how other boundaries or types of objects can structure our inquiries about the construction and production of space, place and nature.
Some areas of research that would be interesting additions to this session are:
-the changing relations between humans and non-humans
-how do you create an archive of the non-human?
-grappling with and contextualizing past understandings of "city" and "nature"
-how do urban natures become "appropriate" or "inappropriate" for certain groups on the basis of changing ideas of race, class, gender, ability, sexuality, age, taken together and separately?
-historical stories of environmental justice
-historical sites and discourses that challenge both terms urban and nature
-how have social movements, political affiliations, and societal norms influenced and affected natures both as materialities and social constructions?
-tracing to the present day problematic continuities that arise from the history of geography as a discipline, for example the Chicago School's urban ecology
-the benefits and constraints of historical methodologies (for example historical materialism, genealogy, Benjamin's literary montage, etc.)
If you are interested in participating in our session, please email titles and abstracts to the co-organizers by 21 October 2007.
Ann Marie Murnaghan, York University (amfm@yorku.ca)
Paul Jackson, University of Toronto (paul.jackson@utoronto.ca)
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Paul SB Jackson
Department of Geography
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
paul.jackson@utoronto.ca
Session:
The urban political ecologies of documents: critically extending historical
city-natures
Co-organizers:
Ann Marie Murnaghan, Department of Geography, York University, Toronto, Canada
Paul Jackson, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
This session addresses an interest in producing more detailed studies of the way that urban spaces have been inscribed by certain meanings of nature, and how certain uses of nature have become integral to the functioning of these cities at a variety of scales. In comparison to the work of present day (urban) political ecology, an historical approach is, necessarily, mediated through archives, documents, and oral histories. What are the unique challenges, productive discoveries, and the limitations associated with working with these rich and diverse sources?
Urban political ecology, environmental history, historical geography, and cultural ecologies are useful approaches to uncovering stories about urban
natures, but we often see the intersections and fringes of these fields as the most interesting and productive places for new scholarship so we encourage a wide range of researchers to participate.
Ultimately, we want this session to flesh out, historically spatialize, and complicate notions of urban metabolism and circulation. We are interested in how UPE historical research is structured by historical politics and culture; the construction of and gaps in the archives; and the disciplinary, corporate, government and institutional fields in which ideas and research are made. We seek techniques that can help move beyond these structures. We hope to extend beyond locational case studies, and examine how other boundaries or types of objects can structure our inquiries about the construction and production of space, place and nature.
Some areas of research that would be interesting additions to this session are:
-the changing relations between humans and non-humans
-how do you create an archive of the non-human?
-grappling with and contextualizing past understandings of "city" and "nature"
-how do urban natures become "appropriate" or "inappropriate" for certain groups on the basis of changing ideas of race, class, gender, ability, sexuality, age, taken together and separately?
-historical stories of environmental justice
-historical sites and discourses that challenge both terms urban and nature
-how have social movements, political affiliations, and societal norms influenced and affected natures both as materialities and social constructions?
-tracing to the present day problematic continuities that arise from the history of geography as a discipline, for example the Chicago School's urban ecology
-the benefits and constraints of historical methodologies (for example historical materialism, genealogy, Benjamin's literary montage, etc.)
If you are interested in participating in our session, please email titles and abstracts to the co-organizers by 21 October 2007.
Ann Marie Murnaghan, York University (amfm@yorku.ca)
Paul Jackson, University of Toronto (paul.jackson@utoronto.ca)
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Paul SB Jackson
Department of Geography
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
paul.jackson@utoronto.ca
Posts at CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University
The Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University is
looking to appoint:
Senior Research Fellows (2 posts), Permanent - Full Time
£32,796 - £41,545
Senior Research Fellow in Urban and Regional Policy Analysis or in Economic Geography (Ref: DS304/07) and a Senior Research Fellow in Voluntary and Community Sector Research (Ref: DS307/07).
Research Associates (2 posts)
£22,332 - £27,466
A Fixed Term, Full Time Research Associate in Urban and Regional Policy Analysis or in Economic Geography (Ref: DS305/07) and a Permanent, Full time Research Associate in Social and Economic Regeneration (Ref: DS306/07).
The Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) is recognised as one of the leading academic research centres in Britain in the fields of regeneration, housing and labour market analysis. It currently employs 25 research staff working on a wide portfolio of
projects funded by government, charities and research councils.
Considerable resources have been devoted to supporting staff in recent years to build up a strong record of academic publication to strengthen the submission for the RAE in 2008.
Further details and application forms are available from:
http://ntmizar.adc.shu.ac.uk/HRD/Vacancies/Research/Vacancies/DS30407-30707.asp
The deadline for applications is 19 October 2007.
Research Fellow Appointment: Ethnicity and Health Issues
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> We are looking to recruit a Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow to join our team working on ethnicity and health issues here at Sheffield Hallam University.
>
> I'd be very grateful if you could forward the attached advertisement on to anyone who might be interested.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Sarah
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> Dr. Sarah Salway
> Principal Research Fellow
> & Postgraduate Research Tutor
> Centre for Health & Social Care Research
> Sheffield Hallam University
> 32 Collegiate Crescent
> Sheffield
> S10 2BJ
>
> 0114 225 5496
>
> We are looking to recruit a Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow to join our team working on ethnicity and health issues here at Sheffield Hallam University.
>
> I'd be very grateful if you could forward the attached advertisement on to anyone who might be interested.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Sarah
>
> > <
>
>
>
>
> Dr. Sarah Salway
> Principal Research Fellow
> & Postgraduate Research Tutor
> Centre for Health & Social Care Research
> Sheffield Hallam University
> 32 Collegiate Crescent
> Sheffield
> S10 2BJ
>
> 0114 225 5496
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