CONFLICTS IN THE CITY CONGRESS: REFLECTIONS ON URBAN UNREST

VALENCIA, 2ND-4TH APRIL 2014

  

Welcome to the international research conference on conflict and protest movements research. This confererence is organised by the Spaces in Conflict and Crisis research group in partnership with Aula Ciutat and the Observatoire de Conflits from the Quebec University in Montreal (Canada) and will be hosted by the Instituto Interuniversitario de Desarrollo Local at the University of Valencia (Spain).

Conflicts around planning issues represent an important element in urban politics. Their relevance as a vehicle of political mobilization is growing alongside their impact in terms of public opinion. This congress responds to a social claim in a context of increasing criticism on metropolitan governance and planning practices in many cities: the need for more discussion and reflection on the causes, dynamics and outcomes of locational, spatial, urban or territorial conflicts. 

This conference aims at bringing together different perspectives on conflicts around urban planned developments, with a focus on the role planning practices may play both in defining/framing and in possibly solving/reframing conflicts. In particular, it will focus on crucial aspects of urban geography: the multi-scalarity of urban phenomena and policies; new approaches in conflict and protest movement research; the spatial dimension of social mobilization; the growing claim for deliberative democracy mechanisms or the limits to existent institutional structures and practices for decision-making.

In the following sections you can find more information about the conference:

CONGRESS TOPIC
CALL OF PAPERS
TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION
FULL PROGRAM  NEW!!

Contact person:

Luis del Romero
Department of Geography
University of Valencia

HOST:

Spaces in Conflict Research Group -IIDL
University of Valencia

PARTNERS: