II INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AFRICAN Urban Planning
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon & International Planning History Society Lisbon, 7-8 September 2017
Call for Papers
The 2nd International Conference on African Urban Planning, organized by the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, in collaboration with the International Planning History Society (IPHS), will be held in Lisbon, on September 7-8, 2017. It will be a forum for the discussion of the state-of-the-art of research on African Urban Planning, four years after the first conference in 2013. The Conference will bring together researchers and planners from academia, public and private sectors, and non-governmental organizations, in an effort to present and debate their research on African Urban Planning and to share knowledge, viewpoints, methods, research outcomes and policy ideas. It is organized around four main themes: •Theme 1 - The History of African Urban Planning •Theme 2 - Learning from African Urban Planning •Theme 3 - Localizing Goal 11 of the SDGs and The New Urban Agenda •Theme 4 - Social and economic challenges and changes in African cities In each of these themes we welcome country and cross-country approaches, studies of individual cities, and the comparison of African cities or countries with one another, and with those elsewhere, in particular in the Global South. For more detailed information on topics and issues see 'Program'.
We invite researchers in the broad area of African urban studies - Planning, Geography, Architecture, History, Anthropology, Archaeology, other Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities - planners, planning consultants, and postgraduate students to present and discuss new evidence and innovative perspectives on African Urban Planning.
PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE & SELECTION CRITERIA
•Participation in the conference requires the presentation of a paper (oral presentation: 20 minutes). •The conference is organized in panels according to topics and issues. Each panel has 5 papers. •All submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed by the Scientific Committee for content and appropriateness to this conference.
•The working
language of the conference will be English. We are open to consider
panels in French, Portuguese and Spanish. Translation services will
not be provided. For more details, contact us.
ABSTRACTS
•All colleagues interested in participating in the conference are invited to submit, by e-mail, an abstract (aprox. 250 words), by no later than 31 January 2017, to:
Carlos Nunes Silva Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning University of Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: urbanplanningafrica2017@gmail.com
•If necessary, contact us to discuss any
ideas that you might have for a paper on the proposed themes and issues or on
other related topics.
•Successful applicants will be informed in March 2017.
PUBLICATION
•A selection of
these papers will be published in academic journals and in other publication
formats. •Full papers will be submitted after the conference for possible publication (deadline to be announced during the Conference).
•More information on this is available in the conference website. Detailed information on the final publication plan will be provided during the conference.
NETWORKING
•The conference is an opportunity for researchers to meet and to discuss future joint research initiatives. More information on this is available in the conference website.
REGISTRATION & FEE
•Conference fee: 100 Euros (includes participation in the conference, program and abstracts in digital format & coffee-breaks) •Registration and payment: 5 - 30 May 2017 •Information about the registration procedure will be provided at the end of March 2017 (see conference website).
IMPORTANT DATES
• Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2017 • Notification of abstract acceptance: 16-17 March 2017 • Registration and payment: 5 - 30 May 2017 • PowerPoint Presentation (PowerPoint file): during the conference • Full paper for publication: date to be announced during the conference
CONFERENCE CONVENOR & ORGANIZATION
Carlos Nunes Silva Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: cs [at] campus.ul.pt Web: https://sites.google.com/a/campus.ul.pt/cns/
CONFERENCE VENUE
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning University of Lisbon Cidade Universitária (University
of Lisbon main campus) Lisbon
Portugal
CONFERENCE e-MAIL & WEBSITE
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