ORGANIZATION

IGU Commission Geography of Governance

In 1950, 29.6% of the world population lived in urban areas, in 2020 a little over 56%, and in 2050 it is estimated to reach 68.4%, according to the United Nations. This urban growth reorganized space but also time, particularly the night-time, and is expected to continue to do so, at an increasingly fast speed. As a result of this, local and urban policies are increasingly considering, in all regions of the world, and in cities of all sizes, the night-time as a new field of action for local government policy.

This Webinar, organized by the IGU Commission on the Geography of Governance, in the context of the International Geographical Union Geo-Nights Program in 2022, explores and discusses this issue. It aims to bring together researchers, geographers and other social scientists, working on this emerging local government policy field, and the wider public - citizens, policy makers and other stakeholders - from different cities around the globe.

PROGRAM

Convenor: Carlos Nunes Silva, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning,

University of Lisbon, Portugal

Moderator: Anna Trono, University of Salento, Italy

19:00 - 19:05

Welcome / Introduction

Carlos Nunes Silva & Anna Trono

19:10 - 19:25

Measuring, Regulating and Governing Nightlife in the Americas

Jess Reia, University of Virginia, USA

19:25 - 19:40

Neoliberalism and the Nocturnal: A View from the UK

Marion Roberts, Emerita Professor of Urban Design, School of Architecture & Cities, University of Westminster, London UK

19:40 - 19:55

Urban Governance Strategies for Sustainable Urban Night Spaces and “Good Night Out Vancouver”

Sara Gwendolyn Ross, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Canada

19:55 - 20:10

Reshaping the perception of metropolitan cities: artistic, performative and cultural walks in the night

Silvia Grandi, Università di Bologna, Italy & Chiara Bernasconi, Università Cattolica di Milano, Italy & School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

20:10 - 20:25

Street Lighting and 'the Phantoms of the Sidewalks' in Sub-Saharan Africa

Liora Bigon, Interdisciplinary Studies, HIT – Holon Institute of Technology, Israel

20:25 - 20:40

Lighting in the Urban Space, its Impact on the Urban Experience and How We Can Make it Better

Hanan Peretz, Peretz Architecture Studio, Israel

20:40 - 21:00 - Debate & Closing

6th Edition of the GeoNight // 6e édition de la Nuit de la Géographie https://www.geonight.net/about-geonight/

La Nuit de la Géographie / GeoNight

In 2017, the French National Geographical Committee (CNFG) initiated the first « Nuit de la Géographie (GeoNight) », which took place in Paris and in a dozen other French cities. In 2018 and with the support of EUGEO, the events reached a European scale. In 2019, with IGU, more countries around the world organized GeoNight events. Over the years, these events have become highly popular and successful, as demonstrated by the great public diversity, the thousands of people attending GeoNight around the world, the enthusiasm of the events’ organizers, and the recognition of the events’ quality by many international geography associations.

The GeoNight’s sixth edition will take place on Friday, April 1st 2022.