[SPSD] Call for Papers: 10th World Congress of the RSAI, May 26-30, 2014, Bangkok, Thailand

From: Sutee Anantsuksomsri <sutee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: spsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:46:36 +0900
Dear Colleagues,

First of all, my apologies for cross-posting.
Below, please find an announcement from Regional Science Association
International (RSAI) regarding the 10th World Congress of RSAI, which will
be held in Bangkok from May 26-30, 2014.

For the full information please visit
http://www.2014worldcongress.regionalscience.org.

On behalf of the local organizers, I am looking forward to welcoming you in
Bangkok in May 2014.

Sincerely,
Sutee Anantsuksomsri


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The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) invites regional
scientists, policy makers and researchers of related disciplines to
participate in the 10th World Congress. The Congress will be hosted by the
Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat University, Bangkok. It
will be held at the Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, May
26-30, 2014 on the theme of



*Socioeconomic Integration and Transformation: Reshaping Local, Regional,
and Global Spaces*


The Congress will feature several world-renowned keynote speakers on
cutting-edge urban and regional science and policy issues, expert panels,
research presentations and posters. It will be attended by 500 delegates
from the worldwide community of regional scientists.



Research topics related to the theme of the congress are particularly
welcome, but the conference will be open to other topics within the broader
contours of the regional science, urban and regional studies, geographical
sciences and planning, and development. Anticipated sub-themes of the
congress include the following:

   - Emerging challenges for regional development
   - Vision and management of sustainable cities
   - Energy, development, and sustainability
   - Rural and local development
   - Accessibility, infrastructure and regional economic growth
   - Social capital and regional development
   - Agglomeration, clusters, congestion and policy
   - Crisis of public finances, governance and regional development
   - Globalization and regional competitiveness
   - Cross-border cooperation and development
   - Migration, cultural networks and regional development
   - Foreign direct investment
   - Social segregation, poverty and social policy
   - Spatial labor markets
   - Climate change and sustainable regional development
   - Entrepreneurship, networks and innovation
   - Innovation, knowledge economy and regional development
   - Geographical information science and spatial analysis
   - Spatial econometrics
   - New frontiers in regional science: theory and methodology
   - Infrastructure, transportation and communication
   - Land use, real estate and housing markets
   - Facility location modeling
   - Tourism, cultural industries and regional development
   - Urban governance and cities regeneration
   - The computable city
   - City systems and systems of cities
   - Spatial organization and social media
   - Territorial marketing
   - Advances in I-O and CGE modeling
   - Food security
   - Global cities
   - Southeast Asian regional economic integration
   - Politics, ethnicity, and empowerment

We invite formal paper presentations as well as posters (deadline of
December 1st, 2013). Organizers of special session are also welcome. The
abstract submission portal is now open, along with the congress
registration system. Full information on the venue, abstract submission,
registration, schedule of events, accommodation and travel information is
posted at http://www.2014worldcongress.regionalscience.org. Delegates will
soon be able to register for workshops and tutorials.



Feel free to contact the secretariat of the Congress at
2014worldcongress@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for further information. We look
forward to welcoming you in the dazzling city of Bangkok in May 2014.

Jean-Claude Thill, RSAI President

Tomaz Dentinho, RSAI Executive Director

-- 
Sutee Anantsuksomsri, PhD
Assistant Professor
Waseda Institute for Advanced Study
Waseda University
1-6-1 Nishi Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8050, JAPAN
http://www.nijsutee.com/sutee/
[SPSD] Call for Papers: 10th World Congress of the RSAI, May 26-30, 2014, Bangkok, Thailand

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