Call for Papers Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, www.aag.org, New York, USA, February 24-28, 2012.
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 [email protected] and Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email: [email protected] Deadline: September 20, 2011 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 New York City, February 24-28, 2012. 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, urban gangs and the Geography of illegal territories The informal sector Intra-metropolitan mobility The politics of urban environmental problems Population Issues 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 [email protected] and Betty Smith, Eastern Illinois University, email: [email protected]
