I think colleagues on the Social Policy mail base will be interested in this
conference. Michael Cahill
The Housing Studies Association Spring Conference 2001.
University of York on the 18th- 19th of April 2001
Call for papers
'Housing, Environment and Sustainability'
This conference will focus on themes and issues that connect housing, the
environment and sustainability. Key themes to be covered in the plenary
sessions are:
* Housing, politics and sustainability: global and national
perspectives.
* Reconciling social and environmental concerns
* Sustainable housing production and consumption: design and
architectural issues.
* Planning for sustainable housing.
There will be a series of parallel workshops and offers of papers are
invited on:
* Housing and global environmental change
* Damaged environments and the geography of housing
* Housing, density and transportation planning
* Fuel poverty, affordable heat and health
* Density and transportation planning
* Physical and social regeneration in urban and rural context
* Can social sector landlords build affordable, and environmentally
friendly housing?
* What are the implications for housing policy of overcrowding
becoming over consumption?
* The 'environmental justice' movement
* NIMBYs, second homes and rural social exclusion
* Water, waste and wind.
.....and other related topics.
Research students and young researchers are particularly invited to submit
Abstracts; there may be some ESRC bursaries available to assist with their
attendance.
Organisied by Andrew Dixon, Mark Bhatti, & Chris Mackay. Please submit
offers of papers and/or abstracts no later than Friday 15 December 2000 to:
Andrew Dixon.
School of Housing
UCE Birmingham
Perry Barr
Birmingham
B42 2S
Telephone: 0121 331 5116
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
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