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RGS – IBG Annual International Conference
28 – 30 August 2013
Hosted at the RGS (IBG) and Imperial College, London.
Modelling for Policy
Session Sponsors: Population Geography Research Group and GIS Research Group
Session conveners: Dianna Smith (Queen Mary University of London), Adam Dennett (CASA @ UCL), and Alison Heppenstall (CSAP @ Leeds)
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Following the popularity of the Modelling for Policy sessions in 2012, we are pleased to be following up in the annual conference this year. This session aims to bring together researchers to report on progress in diverse types of modelling that has direct impacts on a variety of policy domains. We encourage the submission of papers that present novel use of new or established methodologies using GIS or bespoke models. We are particularly interested in policy applications in the area of health, population dynamics, crime/security, urban planning and retail. We intend to represent the interdisciplinary nature of policy research and analysis with a focus on geographic tools and methods.
Papers may include, but are not limited to:
* Estimating and projecting populations and components of demographic change
* Understanding spatial patterns of crime and issues of security
* Models for decision support and urban sustainability
* Modelling different patterns of individual behaviour
* Spatial modelling/estimating disease prevalence in small areas
* Modelling the impact of policy change on retail networks
* New methodological advances, in particular individual-based modelling techniques
Should you wish to be considered for a paper presentation, please email an abstract of no more than 250 words to the session convenors no later than Tuesday 5th February.
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