Conferences
(TRACK 3 - Local Government Response Towards the COVID-19 Pandemic )
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers
7-11 April 2021, Seattle WA, USA
Call for papers
AAG Annual Conference 2021, Seattle, WA, USA, 7-11 April 2021
SESSION TITLE
Local Governance and the COVID-19 Pandemic: impacts, challenges, responses
ORGANIZER & CHAIR
Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
DESCRIPTION
The International Geographical Union Commission on Geography of Governance aims to advance knowledge of the geography of territorial governance, at the urban, local and regional levels, namely the conditions, scale and characteristics of new modes of territorial governance, in particular those that will emerge as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, and its social, cultural, political, economic and environmental consequences.
The session 'Local Governance and the COVID-19 Pandemic: impacts, challenges, responses' aims to examine and discuss the impact of the pandemic on central-local government relations and on local government policies, on public services, housing, social services, mobility, and spatial planning. It will discuss the actions taken by local government towards the COVID-19 pandemic, and its outcomes and impacts, during the first and second waves of the pandemic, as well as lessons for the future.
We invite abstracts that concern various aspects of the role of local government during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts, as well abstracts focused on the ongoing changes in local governance systems in this context, namely changes associated with the use new digital technologies. We welcome abstracts of those engaged in the activities of the IGU Commission on Geography of Governance, as well as from anyone with a relevant contribution in this field.
We are interested to discuss:
- What strategies, plans, policy measures, and actions have been adopted by local government to control and shape the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic locally and what has been its impact on the effects of the pandemic?
- What strategies, plans, policy measures, and actions have been adopted by local government to tackle the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, on society and on the local economy?
- What strategies, plans, policy measures, and actions are local government employing to distribute resources and care among local populations, what cooperation with local community action networks and citizen initiatives during the pandemic?
- What changes have been introduced in central-local relations (decentralization / re-centralization), what innovations in multi-level governance have been tried to tackle more effectively the COVID-19 pandemic, what has been the role of inter-municipal cooperation and metropolitan government in this context, and what is being done through cross-border municipal and regional cooperation during the pandemic?
- What has been the role of technologies in local mobility, on remote work and education, and on surveillance through tracking and tracing the COVID-19 in urban areas?
- What local government strategies, policy measures, planning scenarios, and actions are being designed for the post COVID-19 crisis, namely towards building resilient, smart communities?
This session is associated with the Action Plan developed by the IGU Commission on Geography of Governance - 'IGU-CGoG COVID-19 Action Plan' (for more information, see the commission website: https://sites.google.com/view/igucgog-covid19/home).
Deadline for abstract submission: 19 November 2020
For additional information on this session, please contact:
Carlos Nunes Silva, University of Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: cs@campus.ul.pt
Registration and abstract submission: https://www2.aag.org/aagannualmeeting/
SESSIONS
SESSION I - Local Governance and the COVID-19 Pandemic: impacts, challenges, responses (I) >>
SESSION II - Local Governance and the COVID-19 Pandemic: impacts, challenges, responses (II) >>
SESSION III - Local Governance and the COVID-19 Pandemic: impacts, challenges, responses (III) >>
SESSION IV - Local Governance and the COVID-19 Pandemic: impacts, challenges, responses (IV) >>
SESSION V - Local Governance and the COVID-19 Pandemic: impacts, challenges, responses (V) >>
SESSION VI - Local Governance and the COVID-19 Pandemic: impacts, challenges, responses (VI) >>
SESSION I - Program (pdf) >>
SESSION II - Program (pdf) >>
SESSION III - Program (pdf) >>
SESSION IV - Program (pdf) >>
SESSION V - Program (pdf) >>
SESSION VI - Program (pdf) >>
IGU Commission on Geography of Governance
2021 annual conference
Poznań, Poland
23-25 June 2021
TRACK 4. Impacts and challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic on local government
· Local government during a pandemic - reactions and actions
· Responses of local government to the pandemic threats and outcomes
· Reshaping of organization of public services in the pandemic time
Conference website: https://sites.google.com/view/geogov2021/
34th International Geographical Congress,
İstanbul, Turkey, 16 - 20 August 2021
Chair: Carlos Nunes Silva,
University of Lisbon, Portugal, E-mail: cs@campus.ul.pt
Description
The session 'Local Government Response Towards Covid-19 Pandemic' aims to examine and to discuss strategies, plans, policy measures, and actions taken by local government towards the COVID-19 pandemic, around the world, its outcomes and impacts, as well as lessons for the future.
Among other issues, the session aims to address the following: 1. Strategies, plans, policy measures, and actions adopted by local government to control and shape the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic locally; 2. Strategies, plans, policy measures, and actions adopted by local government to tackle the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, on society and on the local economy; 3. Strategies, plans, policy measures, and actions employed by local government to distribute resources and care among local populations; 4. Cooperation with local community organizations and citizen initiatives during the pandemic; 5. Relationship between local government strategies, plans, policy measures, and actions towards COVID-19 pandemic and public behaviour; 6. Effectiveness of local government strategies, plans, policy measures, and actions, taken in different countries , in the reduction of the local spread of COVID-19; 7. Changes in central-local relations (decentralization / re-centralization); 8. Innovations in multi-level governance to tackle more effectively the COVID-19 pandemic; 9. Role of inter-municipal cooperation and metropolitan government in this context; 10. Cross-border municipal and regional cooperation during the pandemic; 11. Local government strategies, plans, policy measures, and actions for the post COVID-19 crisis; 12. Lessons for the future governance of cities and other human settlements learnt from this pandemic.
This session is associated with the action plan developed by the IGU Commission on Geography of Governance - 'IGU-CGoG COVID-19 Action Plan' (for more information, see the commission website: https://sites.google.com/view/igucgog-covid19/home). It is expected that a selection of this session papers will be published in the Springer Series 'Local and Urban Governance' (https://www.springer.com/series/16129).
Deadline for abtract submission: 11 January 2021
