It is our pleasure to announce the 1st Moroccan Regional Science Association (AMRS) Congress and 23rd Portuguese Association for Regional Development (APDR) Congress, to be held at Marrakech, Morocco, from May 30 to 31, 2016.

 

Theme of the Conference: Sustainability of Territories in the Context of Global Changes

 

The Congress will work through plenary sessions, conferences and round tables and parallel sessions. Parallel sessions will include: i) abstracts submitted to Regular Sessions (RS), proposed by the organization; and ii) abstracts submitted to Special Sessions (SS), proposed by participants. Sessions can be either in English, French or Portuguese.

 

The call for abstracts is open and your participation is very welcome!

 

Special Sessions

 

SS01 – Regional Science in Africa

Organizers: Cássio Rolim and Tomaz Ponce Dentinho

SS02 – Asymmetries in metropolitan areas: measuring, correcting and rethinking

Organizer: Jorge Gonçalves

SS03 – Sustainable Tourism in the Age of Globalization

Organizers: Oliver Fritz and Martin Falk

SS04 – Entrepreneurship in sustainable and creative territories

Organizer: Luísa Carvalho

SS05 – Cultural Tourism and Regional Development

Organizers: Paula Remoaldo, Laurentina Vareiro and José Cadima Ribeiro, University of Minho

SS06 – Contributions of higher education institutions (HEIs) for territorial development: building bridges between the local and global

Organizer: Conceição Rego

SS07 –Sustainable Built Environments for a better Human Health

Organizers: Elisabete Freire and José Luís Crespo

SS08 – Participatory Planning and Sustainable Built Space

Organizers: José Luís Crespo and Elisabete Freire

SS09 – Adapting to global change at the coast

Organizers: Nadia Mhammdi and Abdellatif Khattabi

SS10 – Adapting to climate change through improved watershed management and payment for environmental services

Organizer: Abdellatif Khattabi

 

 

Themes of Regular Sessions:

 

1. Agriculture, fisheries and food security
2. Climate change mitigation and adaptation
3. Climate risk management in the perspective of human security
4. Economics of Environmental and Natural Resources
5. Education, health, wealth, and human welfare
6. Environmental services and their attractiveness to private sectors
7. Financial System and Regional Development
8. Green growth in energy, transport and infrastructures
9. Green growth in natural resources
10. Local Reactions to Global Changes
11. Mediterranean Renaissance
12. Migration and urban vitality
13. Migration, Urbanization and Spatial Justice
14. Natural resources, biodiversity, environment and sustainable development
15. Opportunities and constraints for innovation in green enterprises
16. Poverty, social policy in space and environment
17. Regional Cooperation and Development
18. Regional Development in Africa
19. Rural Development and Agriculture Economics
20. Spatial Dimensions of the Financial and Monetary Crises
21. Territorial Multi functionality and, Sustainable Regional Development
22. Theory, Methods, Data and Reality in Regional Science
23. Bartolomeu Award*

 

 

Deadline for Abstracts submissions: April 20, 2016 (NEW DATE). Abstracts should be submitted electronically, using the platform available on the Conference website: https://events.digitalpapers.org/amsr_apdr

 

All information at the congress website: http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2016/

 

Looking forward to meeting you in Marrakech!

 

Abdellatif Khattabi

Chair of the Local Organizing Committee

*The Bartholomew award is awarded to scientists aged less than 33 years (including co-authors) on the 15th of July each year, presenting a paper in a session of APDR Congress. The prize is awarded by a jury of appreciation by the Director of the Portuguese Journal of Regional Studies and two scientists appointed by him. The assessment criteria are: conceptual coherence, relevance to regional science and its impact on regional development.