IGU THEMATIC CONFERENCE
ISLANDS IN RELATIONS: CONFLICTS, SUSTAINABILITY, AND PEACE
SESSION [virtual / online]
TITLE: "Adaptive island governance and climate change: The role of local government and spatial planning systems"
Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal) cs[at]campus.ul.pt
The
Session aims to explore and to discuss recent developments of local
government systems in small Islands and the respective Spatial Planning
Systems, in particular in small Island States. The Session will address,
among others, the following research questions: Is the Local Government
System in small Island States robust enough to address climate change
and its effects? How and to what extent does the Spatial Planning System
in small Island (States) consider adaptation to climate change? This
Session is associated with the Action Plan on “Local Governance and
Climate Emergency: Strategies, Plans, Actions, Outcomes, Impacts” of the
IGU Commission on Geography of Governance
(https://sites.google.com/view/igucgog-climateemergency/home). The
Session can eventually comprise several panels with papers on the role
of local government on climate action in small islands states in the
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION, HERE: https://polgeog.jp/igu-tc2023/abstracts/
Deadline for Abstract submission: 15 October 2022
