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New Journal for 2010
Editor-in-Chief: M. Sasaki, Osaka City University, Japan Managing Editor: H. Okano, Osaka City University, Japan
The primary goal of City, Culture and Society is to promote pioneering research on cities and to foster the sort of urban administration that has the vision and authority to reinvent cities adapted to the challenges of the 21st century.
For more information and article submission, please visit the journal homepage at www.elsevier.com/locate/ccs
Forthcoming Conference
Elsevier will be attending The Future of Cities, 8 - 9 February 2010, Chatham House, London, UK
Projecting city growth worldwide, The Future of Cities conference will explore how rapid urban growth can be planned, managed and financed. Visit the conference website for more information.
Interview with Graham Moon, Editor-in-Chief of Health & Place
In this interview Graham tells us about the journal Health & Place, what has contributed to its success, papers he would like to see submitted including health policy, health behavior and environmental change impacts on health. He continues by telling us about his ambitions for the journal over the next 5 years.
Applied Geography Call for papers
Papers are invited on any theme involving the application of geographical theory and methodology in the resolution of human problems. Click here for more information. Click here for more information.
Forthcoming Conference
Elsevier will be attending The Future of Cities, 8 - 9 February 2010, Chatham House, London, UK
Projecting city growth worldwide, The Future of Cities conference will explore how rapid urban growth can be planned, managed and financed.
Overcoming Obstacles to Sustainability and Quality of Life
20-23 June 2010, Boston, USA
Selected papers from the oral and poster presentations will be published in a special issue of the journal Environmental Pollution. Papers from the journal are available electronically on ScienceDirect. Abstract submission deadline: February 1st, 2010
Organized by the Society for the Study of Emotion, Affect and Space (SSEAS), the Third International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies will be held at the University of South Australia in Adelaide April 6-8, 2010. Hosted by the Hawke Research Centre and the Bob Hawke Ministerial Centre.
Invited Speakers include:
Professor Sara Ahmed (Goldsmiths College, University of London)
Professor Pal Ahluwalia (University of South Australia)
Professor Michael Dutton (Griffith University & Goldsmiths College)
Find out more about the Society for the Study of Emotion, Affect and Space at www.sseas.org
New Virtual Special Issue
We are pleased to bring you a virtual special issue celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Geoforum featuring 26 papers which demonstrate the excellence and breadth of scholarship.
* Journal Citation Reports®, published by Thomson Reuters, 2009.
THE INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Global in scope and authored and edited by a constellation of internationally recognized experts, this groundbreaking 12-volume reference work provides an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the discipline of human geography and its subject areas.
• Includes over 1000 articles on philosophy, theory, key concepts, methods, practices, and biosketches.
• Authoritative and extensive treatment of each article, with extensive bibliographies for further reading.
• Represents an essential reference resource for undergraduate and graduate students, professional geographers and other scholars in the humanities and social sciences.
Further information, including a full table of contents as well as sample articles, have been hosted on the dedicated microsite here.
NEW SCIENTIST cites the special issue of Political Geography on "Climate Change and Conflict" to make an argument against blaming climate change for the African conflicts. To read the New Scientist article click here, and to read the Political Geography special issue click here.
Geoforum is keen to attract proposals for themed issues which contribute to the overall aims of the journal. Those wishing to submit a proposal please adhere to the Geoforum Themed Issue Protocol
Elsevier's Geography, Planning and Development journals have an important role to play in the developing world where information resources are scarce and scientific knowledge is critical to advancing economic development and human welfare. Hence Elsevier is the main contributor to Research4Life, the three UN programs – HINARI (research on health), AGORA (research on agriculture) and OARE (research in the environment) – that provide developing countries with free or very low cost access to information. For more information please click here.
Focus on Cities profiles
Have you visited the Cities Profiles page yet? Since 1983, the journal Cities has published over 100 of its innovative Cities Profiles. We have taken this opportunity to set up an easily-searchable archive of Cities Profiles.
Read this article on how biology and culture have become increasingly intertwined by one of the world's foremost human geographers, Nigel Thrift, in Volume 1, Issue 2 of Emotion, Space and Society.
Forthcoming Conference
THE INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Guest Edited by Gavin Brown and Jenny Pickerill
Elsevier's Geography, Planning and Development journals have an important role to play in the developing world where information resources are scarce and scientific knowledge is critical to advancing economic development and human welfare. Hence Elsevier is the main contributor to Research4Life, the three UN programs – HINARI (research on health), AGORA (research on agriculture) and OARE (research in the environment) – that provide developing countries with free or very low cost access to information. For more information please 
Focus on Cities profiles
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