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The Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences is co-organising the thematic sessions of research papers during the IGU Regional Conference in Kraków, Poland, 18-22 August 2014. Please note that abstract submission is done through the Conference webpage only, from where you can download conference sessions' outline.

 

Sessions organized by IGU Commission / Task Force (in parentheses chairpersons and organizers from IGSO PAS)

C12.04 Climatology

  • Climate change impacts and vulnerability (Krzysztof Błażejczyk)

C12.15 Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change

  • Changing Dynamics of Tourism in Central Europe (Marek Więckowski)
  • Tourism and political borders (Marek Więckowski)

C12.18 Hazard and Risk

  • Adaptation and governance for future climate change and disaster (Marek Degórski)

C12.38 Transport and Geography

  • Transformation of Transport Systems in Central and Eastern Europe (Zbigniew Taylor)

C12.39 Urban Commission: Urban Challenges in a Complex World

  • The Labyrinth of Social Changes: New Theoretical and Methodological Approaches (Magdalena Górczyńska)

Thematic sessions

  • Geomorphological hazards in different morphoclimatic zones – magnitude and frequency (Zofia Rączkowska)
  • History of geographical research in Central and Eastern Europe (Leszek Starkel)
  • Natural environment, climate change, disasters and its impact on human society in South Asia (Paweł Prokop)
  • Knowledge and Rurality: Creation, Transfer & Migration (Konrad Czapiewski)

Excursions

Call for Papers

 

Special pre-conference meeting organized by IGU Commission 

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