20th APDR Congress | Évora | 10-11 Julho 2014

Call for Papers
20th APDR Congress
University of Évora, Évora (Portugal), 10-11 July 2014

 

20th APDR Congress, to be held at the University of Évora, Portugal, from July 10 to July 11, 2014.

Theme of the Congress: Renaissance of the Regions of Southern Europe

More information: http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2014/index.html

Abstract Submission Deadline: March 30, 2014 http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2014/submissions.html

Results of the review process will be communicated to authors by approximately: April 14, 2014

The submission of abstracts and papers should be carried out in the following platform: https://events.digitalpapers.org/apdr2014/

 

The 20th APDR Congress has the main theme of Renaissance of the Regions of Southern Europe. In the recent years, the southern Europe countries experienced, particularly aggravated, the economic crisis that affected much of the western world. This crisis has thus helped to exacerbate the existing inequalities between the North and South of Europe. After several decades away from levels of development and economic growth recorded elsewhere and the considerable efforts in terms of regional development policies, the southern regions of Europe need to find your way. Thus, this Congress will seek to answer the following questions: What conditions are necessary for the economic revival of southern Europe? What is wrong in regional development policies pursued so far? How can countries of southern Europe to improve their levels of development? The boundary between Europe and the Mediterranean is a threat or an opportunity? How can Southern Europe take advantage of the connection to the South Atlantic?

The 2014 APDR Congress will work through plenary sessions, conferences and round tables, workshops and parallel sessions.  Parallel sessions will include: i) abstracts submitted to Regular Sessions (RS), proposed by the organization; and ii) abstracts submitted to Special Sessions (SS), proposed by participants and discussion topics included in workshops proposed by the participants.