Dear list members,
We are holding a conference in March (19-20) and would be interested to
have a perspective from economic geographers with a focus on developing
countries / development economists.
A copy of the conference flyer is attached and the conference information
is pasted below, with URLs for flyer and application form.
I really hope you'll be able to make it, and please do disseminate this to
any other people whom you think might be interested.
Apologies for cross-posting.
With best wishes for 2009
Michal
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Michal Lyons
Prof. of Urban Development and Policy
Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences
London South Bank University
Borough Rd, London SE1 0AA, UK
+44 20 78157239
DEVELOPMENT FROM DISASTER: SCALING-UP OWNER-DRIVEN RECONSTRUCTION
INVITATION TO CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP 19 & 20 March 2009 at London South
Bank University, London, SE1
'Owner Driven' Reconstruction (ODR) is now gaining wide acceptance among
governments and some of the largest agencies. It also finds
support in the Hyogo Framework of Action, signed by 168 governments and
international agencies. With this up-scaling, ODR is encompassing a
widening range of approaches to participation and reconstruction, which
are designed and applied in a widening range of political,
cultural, spatial and economic circumstances. While agencies have
fairly wide experience of local-level implementation, and this is
supported by a strong body of research, the practical and theoretical
implications of up-scaling are yet to be fully understood.
Through comparative analysis of theory and practice in eight national or
sub-national programmes, the conference will debate:
(How) can ODR be up-scaled without losing its intrinsic benefits for
development? Can up-scaling bring benefits to ODR? In what contexts -
political, institutional, cultural, spatial and economic - does a
particular scaled-up approach work better than others? And are
specific reconstruction criteria, for example vulnerability reduction,
served better than others? In the context of its much wider adoption, what
really is intrinsic to ODR?
The conference is a collaboration between the International Federation of
the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Practical Action and
London South Bank University. It will bring together experienced
practitioners, donors and academics working in shelter and/or development
to review recent, unpublished research, and ontribute to the development
of a multi-level toolkit for agencies and of a research and advocacy
agenda.
Download the conference FLYER:
http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/rbdo/external/DevelopmentfromDisasterFlyer09.pdf
Download the conference BOOKING FORM:
http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/rbdo/external/DevelopmentfromDisasterbookingform .pdf
We hope to see you there.
Michal Lyons, Theo Schilderman and Graham Saunders
At the moment it is unlikely that we will be able to pay for travel and
subsistence of first-world participants, but we have kept the costs as
modest as possible.
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Michal Lyons
Prof. of Urban Development and Policy
Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences
London South Bank University
Borough Rd, London SE1 0AA, UK
+44 20 78157239
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