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RegioResources 21-2013: A Cross-disciplinary Dialogue on Future Perspectives for a Sustainable Development of Regional Resources

Date: 
18/09/2013
Excerpt: 
RegioResources 21 started in 2011 to establish a permanent cross-disciplinary dialogue on sustainability features in planning, decision and policy making on multiple scale levels. The 2013 conference focuses on ecosystem services...

PhD Position in Research Group "Urban and Regional Planning"

Date: 
20/05/2013
Excerpt: 
The Institute of Geography at the University of Bern is now inviting for applications to fill a PhD position in the research group "Urban and Regional Planning". The deadline for application is 20 May, 2013.
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Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning: President's Scholarship for 2012

Date: 
23/03/2012
Excerpt: 
Applications are now welcomed for the President's Research Scholarship of the Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning for 2012. The Title of this year's scholarship project is "Food Flows in British Cities".
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A Rural Typology for Strategic European Policies

Date: 
25/01/2012
Excerpt: 
The role that the agricultural sector plays in rural areas has considerably changed in the last decades, and is reflected in a major shift towards multi-dimensional, multi-sectoral land use. The rural typology presented in this paper has been produced as a response to a new policy need for typologies addressing the diversity in regional rurality.
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Scientists Call for CO2 Effects of Biofuel to Be Calculated

Date: 
07/10/2011
Excerpt: 
A group of scientists and economists has called on the EU to recognise the effects that using food crops for biofuel has on carbon emissions. ...
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Green Energy for Towns and Cities 2011

Date: 
28/09/2011
Excerpt: 
This international conference is aimed at regional, city and town planners, who have the task to reduce the carbon emissions of their constituents. The aim is to give answers to green applications like the cost of implementation, return on investment, possible funding and case studies.

European Commission White Paper on Transport 2011

Date: 
20/06/2011
Excerpt: 
In mid June, the European Council discussed the White Paper on Transport that has been proposed by the European Commission earlier this year. Most member states welcomed the idea of a comprehensive strategy but many urged that the aims outlined in the White Paper were too ambitious. ...
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