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International Conference “Land use and land cover changes in a globalised World”

IGU-LUCC and the Faculty of Science organize the geographic conference concerning with topics of land use transformations in a global world, current landscape changes, agricultural landscape in Central Europe during transition and many others...

All necessary information and the preliminary application form are available in attachments.

Organizers:
Institutions: IGU-LUCC Commission; Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czechia
Conference Committee: Ivan Bičík (chair of the IGU-LUCC Steering Committee), Petr Mareš, Jan Kabrda.
Web pages: http://www.luccprague.cz/
Contact: kabrda@seznam.cz

Term:
June 28 (Monday) – July 1, 2010 (Thursday)

Place:
Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, 128 43 Prague 2, Czechia
(excursion will take us to one or two other Czech regions)

Programme:
1st day: plenary session of the whole conference (morning); paper sessions (afternoon)
2nd day: paper session
3rd and 4th days: excursion

Topics:
Land use transformations in a globalised World
Current landscape changes
Agricultural landscape in Central Europe during the period of transformation
Historical changes of land use and their driving forces
Regional differentiation of LUCC on various spatial levels
Impacts of agricultural and environment policies on land use
New functions of rural space
Suburbanisation and its impacts on rural landscape

About the conference:
The conference will be focused on land use and landscape in Europe. However, any papers not concerning Europe are appreciated too. A presentation has to fit one of the topics above. Please, send us preliminary application and the title of your presentation until February 14, 2010, and final application and an abstract of your article until the end of April 2010. Rules for abstract submission will be specified in the second circular (February 2010). It is, however, possible to participate in the conference without presenting an article.
An Abstract Book will be given to the participants at the registration. When the conference is over, all papers will be published on a CD-ROM.


Price:
Ca 3.500 CZK (includes ca 1.500 CZK conference fee – abstract book, refreshment, organization and other expenditures; and ca 2.000 CZK for excursion – one day accommodation, transport by bus, other expenditures).
Accommodation in Prague (ca 500 – 1.000 CZK per night) and meals (ca 300 CZK per day) are excluded.
Details on accommodation in Prague will follow in the second circular, together with specified prices and payment details.
Note: 1 EUR = ca 27 CZK.

Important dates:
February 14, 2010: deadline for preliminary application, title of paper (oral presentation)
End of February 2010: second circular
End of April 2010: deadline for final application, abstract submission, payment
End of May 2010: third circular

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Published: Jan 19, 2010 03:10 PM

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