Dear IGU National Committee, Due to the postponement of the 2020 Istanbul Congress and General Assembly, I am writing to you in connection with two important matters that need to be resolved by e-ballot, viz. i) election of IGU President and four Vice-Presidents for the period 2020-2024, and ii) selection of the location for the [...]
Invitation for publication through Book Series 1. Springer Series-Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences-Series Ed: IGU Secretary General-R.B.Singh, ISSN: 2198-3542:Link:https://www.springer.com/series/13113 2. Elgar Series-The International Geographical Union Series on Contemporary Geographies- Series Ed: Iain Hay, Flinders University, Australia and Michael Meadows, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Link: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/book-series/environment/the-international-geographical-union-series-on-contemporary-geographies.html 3. Springer Series-Sustainable Development Goals- Series Ed: [...]
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
2nd April 2020 Postponement of 34th IGC 2020 İstanbul Dear Colleagues Following the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and its current trajectory, it has become clear that it will not be possible to hold the 34th International Geographical Congress in İstanbul in August this year as originally planned. Today, the Local Organising Committee and the [...]
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 [...]
The outbreaks of novel coronaviruses (COVID-19) have become increasingly severe worldwide. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. On March 18, 2020, cases of COVID-19 have now been recorded in about 160 countries/territories/areas, spread across six continents, and the number of confirmed cases outside of China has [...]
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. [...]
Dear Colleagues, As widely reported, the novel 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 without effective measures it threatens to seriously impact our life support systems, economic, social, cultural and [...]
En 2017, el Comité Nacional Francés de Geografía inició la primera «Noche de Geografía» en París y en una docena de ciudades francesas. En 2018, las iniciativas, con el apoyo de EUGEO, alcanzan una escala europea. Los dos eventos tuvieron mucho éxito, con una gran diversidad de público y organizadores. La Noche de la Geografía [...]
Geography and Sustainability’ (published by Elsevier) will be the official publication of the IGU commission on Geography for Future Earth. Academician and IGU Vice-President Prof. Bojie Fu is the editor-in-chief. For detailed format guidance, please visit http://igu-gfe.org/author-guidance-forgeography-and-sustainability/
