Call for Papers
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, www.aag.org,
San Francisco, CA, USA, April 17th-21st, 2007
Sessions: 1) Cities and Urban Regions in Latin America; 2) International
Urban and Planning Issues.
Organizers:
Joel Outtes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, email
Outtes@xxxxxxxxxx and
Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email: besmith@xxxxxxx
Deadline: October 20, 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 San Fracisco, April 17-21, 2007. 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 History of the IFHP-International Federation for Housing and
Planning, 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
Outtes@xxxxxxxxxx and
Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email: besmith@xxxxxxx