2018 IGU REGIONAL CONFERENCE - QUÉBEC



2018 INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION REGIONAL CONFERENCE

6 - 10 August 2018

Départment de Géographie

Pavillon Abitibi-Price, 2405, rue de la Terrasse
Université Laval, Québec (Québec)

E-mail: igu2018@ulaval.ca

Conference website: http://igu2018.ulaval.ca/ 

Doris Wastl-Walter, Past Chair IGU CGoG (2000-2008) and Honorary Member of its Steering Committee will be one of the Keynote Luminary Speaker. 

For information about the IGU Commission Geography of Governance participation in the Conference, contact: 

Carlos Nunes Silva - IGU Commission Geography of Governance
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal

E-mail: igu.geogov@gmail.com 

Sessions organized by the IGU Commission Geography of Governance
in the IGU Regional Conference 2018 - Québec 6-10 August 

1. Local government reforms and governance in recent decades: differentiation and harmonization of institutional models and policies

2. Government and citizen interaction: formal and informal modes of citizen participation and community engagement in local government policy

3. Spatial justice and the Right to the City: local government policies and governance practices sensitive to social and cultural diversity

4. The place-based development policy and the role of local government: difference as an advantage in local development

5. Planning and governance cultures at the sub-national level – exploring diverging trajectories within and across countries

6. Multi-level and transnational governance on the move: unpacking various approaches of governing territorial challenges

7. International cooperation networks of local and regional governments: different conditions and common goals

8. Secessionist movements in the context of 21st century politics: a local governance perspective