Professor Moshe Brawer 1919-2020 Professor Moshe Brawer, Israel’s veteran and senior geographer passed away at the age of 101 on December 28 th 2020. Professor Brawer was responsible for the establishment of two of Israel’s five major Geography Departments, at Tel Aviv and Bar Ilan Universities. At Tel Aviv he chaired the Department in its [...]
A Tribute to Great Geomorphologist and Inspirational Geographer, Ex IGU President Professor Verstappen, Herman Th., 1925-2020 I am deeply pained and saddened to know the demise of Ex IGU President Professor Verstappen, Herman Th. I express my deep condolences to his family, friends and well-wishers. I have been meeting him in IGU Congress and Regional [...]
CEGOT- University of Coimbra in collaboration with IGU Commission on Health and Environment (IGU-CHE) aims to assess the impact of pandemics on family, social and community relationships, addressing housing conditions, work status, local amenities, mobility, behaviours and overall health and well-being. To participate in survey,please find the link below: Link: https://surveys.uc.pt/index.php/992535?lang=en
Geographers globally are harnessing their talents in the fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic. With one third of the world's population now in some form of lockdown, there are extraordinary efforts by geographers to understand the spatial and other characteristics of this deadly virus. A group of Chinese geographers, led by former IGU Vice-President Academician [...]
Dear Colleagues, As reported widely, coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading in China and in some other countries, and it may possibly even be poised to become a global pandemic. The virus not only endangers human life, but also seriously affects our life support systems, economic, social cultural and other activities unless effective measures are taken. [...]
Academician, Dr Bojie Fu, Vice-President of International Geographical Union(IGU), was recently elected as an International Honorary Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The announcement was conducted by Academy President David W. Oxtoby and Chair of the Board of Directors Nancy C. Andrews on 17thApril, 2019. Out of the 214 individuals elected to the [...]
Professor Iain Hay (left) pictured with Professor Mike Meadows, from the University of Cape Town, at La Forêt Montmorency, the research forest of Université Laval, Canada, during a field trip associated with the Executive Committee meetings of the International Geographical Union last year. IGU Vice-President and Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Geography, Iain Hay, has [...]
The latest issue of Nature argues that a rural revival is needed globally to counter urbanization. The paper is co-authored by Professor Yansui Liu and Associate Professor Yuheng Li of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professors Liu and Li are respectively chair and secretary of the [...]
Report about the OURSUS activities and debates in Beijing; and Plan for the near future. On 18 August OURSUS Chair Ton Dietz and OURSUS secretary Qiu Li participated in the jury of the poster competition of the iGEO Olympiad and selected the best posters out of 45 country posters highlighting one or more sustainable city [...]
Chinese glaciologist and climate scientist and IGU Vice-President Dr. Qin Dahe has been awarded this year’s Volvo Environment Prize. The award winner is a key contributor to the fifth assessment report from the UN climate panel (IPPC), whose first section, the “Physical Science Basis”, was released in September. He attracted wide attention last year with [...]
