IGU-UGI Newsletter – March 2021
Maria Paradiso condivide la
Newsletter IGU-UGI – March 2021
di cui è ora editor Celine Rosenblatt.
Si riporta di seguito come pervenuta:
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Other IGU recent books
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Commission on Toponymy |
Allison Dollimore & Peter Jordan (eds.) (2021), Place Names and Migration. Proceedings of the Symposium in Vienna, 6-8 November 2019. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. |
Chrismi-Rinda Loth (ed.) (2020), Recognition, Regulation, Revitalization. Place Names and Indigenous Languages.Imprint SunBonani Conference DOi |
Lois-González, R. C. (ed.) (2021). Geographies of Mediterranean Europe. Springer International Publishing AG. DOI |
Invitation for Book Chapter Contribution
RESEARCH ISSUES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF
MODERN GEOGRAPHY
Editors: Jerzy Bański, M. Meadows and RB Singh |
Chapter titles according to the names of the IGU Commissions. The possibility of proposing a title or subtitle!! |
Deadline for manuscript preparation – August 2021 |
Download the detailed recommendations |
Contact: jbanski@twarda.pan.pl |
OUR COMMUNITY
Obituary for Professor Moshe Brawer (1919-2020) |
Professor Moshe Brawer, Israel’s veteran, and senior geographer passed away at the age of 101 on December 28th, 2020. |
Brawer was renowned in two major areas of research and teaching. He established the vibrant discipline of Political Geography and was a world-renowned expert in the field of boundaries. |
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INSTITUTIONAL LIFE
January 2021: IGU joined the Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) which was created in September 2020. |
The 15 International scientific associations which are involved in SCGES, act together to further support women and girls’ equal access to science education, fostering equal opportunity and treatment for females in their careers. READ MORE… |
February 2021: IGU participated in the report of ISC GeoUnions Standing Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) |
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IIASA-ISC Consultative Science platform for sustainability path |
In 2020, a partnership between the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the International Science Council (ISC) has drawn on the combined strengths and expertise of the two organizations to define and design sustainability pathways that will enable building-back a more sustainable post-COVID-19 world. The resulting IIASA-ISC Consultative Science platform has engaged a unique set of transdisciplinary global thought leaders on four themes: |
Governance for sustainability |
Strengthening science systems |
Resilient food systems |
Sustainable energy |
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EXTERNAL NEWS OF GEOGRAPHICAL INTEREST
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE’S COMMENT ON WASHINGTON RIOT |
National Geographic Magazine very rarely dedicates some spaces to political comments. It’s been an unusual decision to give exhaustive information on January 8th, 2021, about the Washington events of only two days before. The defeated President D.Trump’s supporters invaded for hours the Capitol National Parliament. They aimed to block the Joe Biden election’s winner official nomination. The journal stresses that the riot had been quite patently encouraged by the behavior, declarations, and wishes of the losing President. |
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