IGU August 2026 Conferences: Istanbul
We are trialling listing members' recent publications relevant to this Commission. Members are welcome to email us their recent publications each with key-words for publication on this page: igu.geogov@gmail.com At this stage we are keeping the list simple with the intention to increase searchability if there is sufficient interest. [1 October 2026]
Castronuovo, V. (2027) (forthcoming). Regimes of Sacred Visibility and the governance of sacred space: Between excess and marginality. In P. Moira, A. Trono, & D. Bozonelos (Eds.), Crossing sacred lines: Transgression, tourism, and participatory governance in religious heritage sites. Palgrave Macmillan. Keywords: Sacred space, Participatory governance, Religious heritage, Marginality, Spatial politics
Brucker, B. (2026). Az őshonos nemzeti és etnikai kisebbségek érdekeinek képviselete az Európai Parlamentben. Tér és Társadalom, 40(1), 59–78. https://doi.org/10.17649/TET.40.1.3685
Brucker, B. (2026). Szubnacionális diplomácia többszintű városi kormányzásban: Budapest városdiplomáciai aktivitása 2019 után. Területfejlesztés és Innováció, 19(1), 75–91. https://doi.org/10.15170/terinno.2026.19.01.05
Brucker, B. (2026). Bypassing the Fidesz-led Central Government? The city diplomacy activities of Budapest in favour of Ukraine. Trabajos de Investigación en Paradiplomacia, 15(1), 25–42.
Carrà, N., & Pultrone, G. (2026). Sustainable tourism, transition paths and circular economy: Strategies, practices, prospects for the regeneration of territories. In A. Trono & P. Moira (Eds.), Cultural heritage tourism and circular economy: Enhancing identity, visibility and sustainability (pp. 87–108). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-14082-1_6 Keywords: Circular Economy, Circular Tourism, Integrated planning, Cultural Heritage, Ecological Transition, Inner Areas, Innovative Practices, Sustainable Tourism, Territorial Capital, Territorial Regeneration.
Castronuovo, V. (2026) (forthcoming). Gli ecomusei come strumenti di policy del patrimonio territoriale: Esperienze regionali a confronto per una metodologia condivisa [Ecomuseums as policy tools for territorial heritage: Comparing regional experiences towards a shared methodology]. In S. Cannizzaro, G. L. Corinto, & G. Petino (Eds.), Beni culturali, ecomusei e sviluppo territoriale (Collana “Atlante”). Pontecorboli. Keywords: Ecomuseums, Public policy, Territorial heritage, Local governance, Regional development
Castronuovo, V. (2026) (forthcoming). Narrazioni, partecipazione e conflitto nei processi urbani di ecomusealizzazione. In Atti della Giornata di Studi "Dalla periferizzazione alle comunità idealizzate: Determinazione, costruzione e valorizzazione delle comunità locali attraverso gli ecomusei". Edizioni Edicusano. Keywords: Participatory processes, Ecomuseums, Urban governance, Local communities, Conflict resolution
Castronuovo, V. (2026) (forthcoming). Oltre la retorica partecipativa: Comunità, potere e inclusione nei processi di ecomusealizzazione. Casi studio a confronto. In S. Cannizzaro, G. L. Corinto, & G. Petino (Eds.), Geotema (ISSN: 1126-7798). A.Ge.I. Keywords: Community engagement, Governance, Power dynamics, Ecomuseums, Social inclusion
Hanxhari R., Hanxhari O., Axhemi S. (2026). The geography of illusion: citizen participation and symbolic problem-solving in Albania's waste management, in “International journal of ecosystems and ecology science (IJEES)”, https://doi.org/10.31407/ijees16.202
Hanxhari, R., Trono, A. (2026). Open Farms, Agritourism, Wine Tourism and the Circular Economy in Albania. In: Trono, A., Moira, P. (eds) Cultural Heritage Tourism and Circular Economy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-14082-1_13
Pálné Kovács, I., & Brucker, B. (2026). Between multilevel governance and urban foreign policy: Budapest and the Pact of Free Cities in Central and Eastern Europe. Eastern Journal of European Studies, 17(1), 338–350. https://doi.org/10.47743/ejes-2026-0116
Pultrone, G. (2026). Publicness e innovazione sociale: Il ruolo della cultura nella rigenerazione dello spazio pubblico. In E. Formato & A. Coppola (Eds.), La publicness nelle strategie e nei progetti di rigenerazione urbana (Vol. 10, pp. 223–229). Planum Publisher & Società Italiana degli Urbanisti. Keywords: social innovation, urban regeneration, public space.
Pultrone, G. (2026). Quale urbanistica per la territorializzazione di Agenda 2030 e la governance delle transizioni. Urbanistica Informazioni, 326(S.I., Vol. 3), 178-181. Keywords: UN 2030 Agenda, Integrated Planning, Socio-ecological Transition.
Trono, A., Hanxhari, R., & Castronuovo, V. (Eds.) (2026) (forthcoming). Landscape planning and territorial governance: The role of local authorities in the management and enhancement of the cultural landscape. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Keywords: Landscape planning, Territorial governance, Local authorities, Cultural landscape, Public policy
Brucker, B. (2025). Az Európai Parlament kisebbségügyi munkacsoportjának szerepe a kisebbségek érdekeinek védelmében (2004–2024). Politikatudományi Szemle, 34(1), 67–95. https://doi.org/10.30718/POLTUD.HU.2025.1.67
Brucker, B., & Zsibók, Z. (2025). Önkormányzati diplomácia Magyarországon: Egy új kutatási terület? Területfejlesztés és Innováció, 18(1), 17–31. https://doi.org/10.15170/terinno.2025.18.01.02
Brucker, B., & Zsibók, Z. (2025). Paradiplomacy in Hungary: A new research topic? Trabajos de Investigación en Paradiplomacia, 14(1), 126–143.
Brucker, B. (2025). Önkormányzati diplomácia térben és időben: Elméleti alapvetés. Comitatus: Önkormányzati Szemle, 35(255), 23–42. https://doi.org/10.59809/Comitatus.2025.35-255.23
Carrà, N., & Pultrone, G. (2025). Leave No Place Behind: Politiche e strategie per la transizione. Processi e progetti di rigenerazione territoriale inclusiva. Aracne. Keywords: Community Hub, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Itineraries, Design for All, Ecological Transition, EU Policies, Sustainable Inclusive Tourism, Integrated Planning, Integrated Urban Regeneration, Landscape, Place-based Approach, Public Space, Rural Areas, Social Innovation, Territorial Regeneration, UN 2030 Agenda, Welfare.
Castronuovo, V. (2025). The Camino de Santiago de Compostela and the challenge of accessibility to heritage: The potential of the Portuguese Senda Litoral Way. In A. Trono & V. Castronuovo (Eds.), Inclusion and accessibility: The new challenge of cultural routes (pp. 159–176). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97246-1_8 Keywords: Cultural routes, Accessibility, Camino de Santiago, Heritage inclusion, Sustainable tourism
Castronuovo, V. (2025). Reti museali e sviluppo delle aree interne italiane. Verso un approccio decoloniale e situato. In G. Messina, E. Nicosia, & C. M. Porto (A cura di), Oltre la globalizzazione – Sud/South (Memorie Geografiche N.S. 26, pp. 685–690). Società di Studi Geografici. ISBN: 978-88-946901-6-3 Keywords: Museum networks, Inner areas, Situated governance, Territorial cohesion, Regional development
Pultrone, G. (2025). Implementing the ecological transition: Green infrastructure and ecosystem services as key factors for urban planning innovative paradigms. In Ecological and digital transition in cities: NMP 2024 (pp. 138-150). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82927-7_9 Keywords: Ecosystem Services, Ecological Transition, Green Infrastructure
Pultrone, G. (2025). La conquista di nuovo spazio per l’urbanistica: Quali spazi per strategie e processi di rigenerazione, transizione socio-ecologica e partecipazione in EU (pp. 116–120). Fare spazio/dare spazio in Urbanistica. Keywords: UN 2030 Agenda, Socio-ecological Transition, Public Space.
Pultrone, G. (2025). Verso la costruzione di nuove ecologie territoriali rigenerative per le aree interne e marginali attraverso gli itinerari turistico-culturali. In M. Zazzi & E. Coppola (Eds.), Cammini (Vol. 6, pp. 260–266). In Atti della XXVI Conferenza Nazionale SIU “Nuove ecologie territoriali. Coabitare mondi che cambiano”. Planum Publisher & Società Italiana degli Urbanisti. Keywords: Tourism, Local Development, Planning.
Trono, A., & Castronuovo, V. (Eds.). (2025). Inclusion and accessibility: The new challenge of cultural routes. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97246-1 Keywords: Local governance, Cultural routes, Accessibility, Inclusion, Territorial planning
Trono, A., & Castronuovo, V. (2025). Festival musicali e turismo culturale. Il caso di Martina Franca in Valle d’Itria. In R. Cafiero, G. Lucarno, G. Onorato, P. M. Rigobello, & R. G. Rizzo (Eds.), Turismo musicale. Storia, Geografia e Formazione (pp. 195–208). Pàtron Editore. ISBN: 978-88-555-3697-4 Keywords: Musical tourism, Cultural tourism, Festival della Valle d’Itria, Local development, Identity heritage
Brucker, B. (2024). Budapest városdiplomáciai tevékenysége a közvetlen EU-s források megszerzése érdekében – avagy milyen érdekérvényesítési csatornák állnak a magyarországi helyi önkormányzatok rendelkezésére az uniós térben? In M. Nagy & J. Sáringer (Eds.), Stratégia, identitás és nyelvi hatások: Tanulmánygyűjtemény (pp. 32–49). Aposztróf Kiadó.
Brucker, B., & Horeczki, R. (2024). Önkormányzati diplomácia a nemzetközi térben: Egy kezdődő kutatás első lépései. In M. Nagy & J. Sáringer (Eds.), Stratégia, identitás és nyelvi hatások: Tanulmánygyűjtemény (pp. 83–94). Aposztróf Kiadó.
Brucker, B. (2024). A Visegrádi Együttműködés fővárosainak érdekérvényesítése az EU-ban, avagy milyen érdekérvényesítési csatornák állnak a szubnacionális szereplők rendelkezésére az uniós térben. Comitatus: Önkormányzati Szemle, 34(251), 21–43. https://doi.org/10.59809/Comitatus.2024.34-251.21
Castronuovo, V. (2024). Cultural heritage as a mirror of sustainable development: Its potential roles and functions in areas of environmental crisis: A case study. In G. Messina & B. Kopliku (Eds.), 21st century landscape sustainability, development and transformations: Geographical perceptions (Geographies of the Anthropocene Book Series, pp. 37–55). Il Sileno Edizioni. Keywords: Cultural heritage, Sustainable development, Environmental crisis, Local governance, Policy evaluation
Castronuovo, V. (2024). The connection between cultural and natural heritage: Ex-ante evaluation methodologies for sustainable and durable tourism. In A. Trono, V. Castronuovo, & P. Kosmas (Eds.), Managing natural and cultural heritage for a durable tourism (pp. 31–43). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52041-9_3 Keywords: Ex-ante evaluation, Natural and cultural heritage, Local decision-making, Sustainable tourism, Policy impact
Pultrone, G. (2024). Cultural Heritage and UN Agenda 2030 Territorialization through Innovative Inclusive Tourism Strategies. In M. Sepe (Ed.), Inclusive cities and regions: Territoires inclusifs. 14th Biennale of European Towns and Town Planners, Naples (pp. 410–411). INU Edizioni. Keywords: Cultural Heritage and UN 2030 Agenda; cultural tourism; ecological and digital transitions; inclusive tourism; integrated planning strategies.
Pultrone, G. (2024). Dare voce ai territori: L’acqua come elemento generatore di sviluppo locale sostenibile per affrontare le sfide globali con strategie integrate di pianificazione e governance multilivello. Urbanistica Informazioni, 316, pp. 99-101. Keywords: River, Coastal and Lake Contracts, multilevel governance, integrated planning, territorial regeneration, sustainable development strategies.
Pultrone, G. (2024). Percorsi di innovazione nel governo del territorio: Strategie, protagonisti, strumenti, pratiche nel panorama UE. In C. Pisano & G. De Luca (Eds.), Progettare nel disordine – Progettare il disordine: Riordinare le fragilità urbane (pp. 40-43). INU Edizioni. Keywords: Formal and informal city; innovation and urban governance; UrbanMAESTRO project; sustainable urban transformations and stakeholder engagement; Urban Design Governance.
Pultrone, G. (2024). Territorializzare la transizione verde fra sfide e opportunità. In G. Brunetta, A. Casu, E. Conticelli, & S. Lai (Eds.), Patrimonio ambientale e transizione ecologica nei progetti di territorio (Vol. 4, pp. 72-77). Planum Publisher & Società Italiana degli Urbanisti. Keywords: European policies, Local plans, Participation.
Pultrone, G. (2024). Transform Active Cities Facing the Ecological Transition: Cha(lle)nges, Strategies and Practices in the EU Panorama. TeMA – Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, S.I. 1, 79-96. https://doi.org/10.6093/1970-9870/10210 Keywords: Climate Change, Ecological Transition, Nature-Based Solutions.
Pultrone, G. (2024). Transition pathways and cultural itineraries for sustainable, resilient and inclusive tourism. In Networks, markets & people for transitioning settlement systems: Communities, institutions and enterprises towards post-humanism epistemologies and AI challenges (Vol. 1184, pp. 266-275). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74608-6_26 Keywords: Cultural Itineraries, Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Tourism.
Trono, A., Castronuovo, V., & Kosmas, P. (Eds.). (2024). Managing natural and cultural heritage for a durable tourism. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52041-9 Keywords: Heritage management, Sustainable tourism, Natural resources, Local development, Territorial governance
Tulppo, P., & Grandi, S. (2024). Governance, regional development and management in Cohesion Policy programmes: A geofinance and multilevel perspective. In N. F. Dotti, I. Musiałkowska, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, & J. Walczyk (Eds.), EU Cohesion Policy (pp. 241–254). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209402.00028 Keywords: Geofinance Diamond Model; Political geography; Management ecosystem; Relational networks; Multilevel governance; Regional development