Special Sessions Call for Papers

*Please note that the deadline for submission of abstracts is extended until January 19, 2015*

Cluster 1: TRANSPORT NETWORKS

Call for Papers Theme: "Smart transport network investments and smart outcomes?"

Cluster 1 of NECTAR (Network of European Communications and Transport Activities Research) focuses on transport networks including investments in networks, their impacts and evaluation. Cluster 1 is planning to organize two sessions (3 or 4 papers each) at the International NECTAR Conference which will be held in Ann Arbor, MI (14-16 June 2015). The Conference will bring together leading researchers from Europe, North America and elsewhere. Arrangements for publication of the papers presented in Cluster 1 Sessions are under consideration.

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Cluster 2: POLICY AND ENVIRONMENT

Call for Papers Theme: "The Environmental, Planning and Policy Implications of Advanced Technologies"

Cluster 2 of NECTAR (Network of European Communications and Transport Activities Research) focuses on policy and environmental issues and is planning to organize two sessions (3 or 4 papers each) dealing with this topic at the International NECTAR Conference which will be held in Ann Arbor, MI (14-16 June 2015). The Conference will bring together leading researchers from Europe, North America and elsewhere. Arrangements for publication of the papers presented in Cluster 2 Sessions are under consideration.

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Cluster 3: LOGISTICS AND FREIGHT

Call for Papers Theme: "Smart freight transport: the way forward"

Cluster 3 of NECTAR (Network of European Communications and Transport Activities Research) focuses on logistics and freight and is planning to organize two sessions (3 or 4 papers each) dealing with this topic at the International NECTAR Conference which will be held in Ann Arbor, MI (14-16 June 2015). The Conference will bring together leading researchers from Europe, North America and elsewhere. Arrangements for publication of the papers presented in Cluster 3 Sessions are under consideration.

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Cluster 4: TRAVEL, MIGRATION, HOUSING, AND LABOUR MARKETS

Call for Papers Theme: "The Dynamics of Migration, Housing, and Labour Markets in Land Use and Travel Patterns"

Cluster 4 of NECTAR (Network of European Communications and Transport Activities Research), is planning to organize one or two sessions dealing with this topic at the International NECTAR Conference, to be held in Ann Arbor, MI (14-16 June 2015). Traveling patterns, migration, housing and labour markets are important for the overall economy and for the everyday life of many people. When studying this issue a range of different theories, modelling approaches, are involved, and an array of complex dynamic processes and endogeneity issues are at stake, both over time and space. The Conference will bring together leading researchers from Europe, North America and elsewhere.

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Cluster 6: ACCESSIBILITY

Joint NECTAR-RSAI Call for Papers Theme: "Accessibility, Resilience and Vulnerability"

NECTAR (Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research) – in cooperation with RSAI (Regional Science Association International) – is organizing a Special Session focusing on the topic “Accessibility, Resilience and Vulnerability”. This special session aims to bring together leading researchers from Europe, the United States and elsewhere. Arrangements for publication of the papers presented are under consideration.

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Cluster 7: TRANSPORT SECURITY

Call for Papers Theme: "Smart Securing of Transportation Activities"

NECTAR Cluster 7 is organizing a Special Session focusing on the topic “Smart Securing of Transportation Activities”. This special session aims to bring together leading researchers from Europe, the United States and elsewhere. Arrangements for publication of the papers presented are under consideration.

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Cluster 8: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Call for Papers Theme: "Big data and mobility: a digital framework of human communications for smarter cities"

This special session seeks to attract papers which will provide insights both from a conceptual and an empirical perspective, on how cities can utilise the breadth of various and heterogeneous sources of big data to provide a smarter urban environment. Papers on other topics related to the Cluster Theme “ICT” are also welcome, and there will be room for these topics in other conference sessions.

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