IGU Commission on Local and Regional Development Annual Meeting, Cuenca, Spain, 13-15th October 2022

Topic: Sociodemographic change and its impact on territorial development policies

Organized by the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Local and Regional Development, the Spanish Working Group of Local Development, which is part of the Association of Spanish Geographers (AGE), and the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Castilla-La Mancha.

Registration Fee
There is no seminar participation fee. Fees for the excursion will be fixed in due course. The participants will pay for their accommodation and meals (lunch) during the conference themselves.

Call for papers

We currently seek submissions of abstracts within any of the proposed sub-themes by the 10th of September 2022. Please send abstract (300-500 words) in doc format, as an attachment, to Dr. Carmen Vázquez-Varela carmen.vazquez@uclm.es. The language of the seminar is English. Following acceptance of abstracts (both in English or Spanish), authors will be notified and invited to submit complete papers for its publication by the University of Castilla-La Mancha following the Seminar.

Thematic axes
– Population challenges and territorial development policies.
– Between theory and practice of local development. Issues, methods, and experiences.
– Cross-border cooperation and neighbourhood policies.
– Challenges of urban-rural relationships. Implications on local and regional development.
– Territorial development and 17 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
– Addressing territorial inequality in a post-pandemic world.

Venue
The seminar will take place at the Faculty of Humanities, Cuenca Campus, University of Castilla-La Mancha. The address is: Avenue Los Alfares, 44, 16071 Cuenca, Spain. (Website: https://www.uclm.es/es/Cuenca/educacion-humanidades).
According to the number of people interested, the format of the meeting could be hybrid, combining the face-to-face meeting with online participation.

Chair of the Local Organizing Committee:
Dr. Carmen Vázquez-Varela, Faculty of Humanities, University of Castilla-La Mancha