EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - The strength of cities and regions – SCORUS conference

The strength of cities and regions – SCORUS conference – Darmstadt, 17-19 October 2007

17-10-2007

Introduction

The SCORUS Network on Regional and Urban Statistics will be holding its European conference from 17th to 19th October 2007 in Darmstadt. Under the theme “The Strength of Cities and Regions”, statisticians, researchers and planners of cities and regions will discuss topics they are currently working on.

Description

At the conference the following topics will be discussed:

Cities as the drivers of growth for the wider regions
The social and cultural components of competitiveness of cities and regions
Sustainable economy-oriented development in cities and regions
The impact of regional funding policies
The increasing diversity of cities as a result of EU expansion and globalisation – an asset and a challenge
The organizational set-up for collecting and disseminating urban and regional statistics
Territorial structure and standard regional reference systems
Quality assurance in regional and urban statistics

The organisers are currently seeking paper contributions related to the above mentioned conference outline. Sessions will be organized to bring together papers from various countries in order to highlight both common and disparate approaches to information collection and analysis. If you are interested, please submit your abstract by 15 August 2007.

Programme

Location

Darmstadt, Germany

Links

For more information and to register, please visit the conference website
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