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- Regional Studies Association RSA

Dates:November 26-26, 2010
Description:Regional Studies Association Winter Conference 2010 - Regions and the Environment
Location:London, The Resource Centre, United Kingdom
Subject:Contributions are welcomed on the following themes: • Climate change as a driver of regional policy • The challenges of low carbon economies • Developing and evaluating sub-national policies for adaptation and mitigation • Post-Copenhagen challenges for taking forward international and sub-national environmental policy • Post ‘Climategate’ challenges for public engagement in regional environmental policies • Planning, postpolitics and the limits of consensus • Green infrastructure and the problems of ‘town cramming’ • Regional and urban planning for the environment • Strategies for local and regional resilience • Evaluation Urban Renaissance, Smart Growth • Alternative approaches – transitions towns, low impact development zones, local food initiatives • Low carbon zones • Environmental risk and public understanding of science • New sectoral approaches – regions and transport, environmental protection, health, education... • Planning, postpolitics and the challenges of consensus • Critical analysis of tools for environmental policy • Ecological and carbon footprints – challenges for their regional and local usage[gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information]
JEL Code:Q
URL:http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/future.asp

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