Dear UTSG members,
Please see the below call for papers at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference to be held in London on 28th-30thAugust 2013.
This call for paper welcomes the submission of papers exploring the contributions of health and transport geographers to research into walking and cycling. Please submit a title and abstract of up to 250 words to Lisa Davison ([log in to unmask]) and Angela Curl ([log in to unmask]) by Friday 1st February .
Walking & Cycling – Physical Activity, Sustainable Transport or harsh reality? : The contributions of health and transport geography
Do people walk and cycle because of the perceived health benefits, because it is seen as sustainable and environmentally friendly or is it simply a necessity for some people, especially in the current economic climate?
This session seeks to draw together a range of methodological perspectives relating to walking and cycling from health and transport geographers.
Research and policy interest surrounding the health benefits of sustainable travel is proliferating with a number of papers focussing on the relationship between the built environment and health outcomes facilitated through these travel modes. Supporting this. the recent NICE public health guidance 41 calls for more to be done to encourage walking and cycling, in recognition of the potential health benefits.
However, much of this interest comes from outside of geography, increasingly it is public health and built environment professionals and researchers who are exploring the role of non-motorised modes. In response this session is designed to bring together geographers working in this field to establish the research being undertaken and create links as well as discussing how we can influence public policy and more theoretically the role of geography. The session convenors welcome range of methodological and critical viewpoints reflecting on walking and cycling.
The final format of the session will be decided once abstracts have been received but we intend to allow time for discussion.
Angela Curl, University of Glasgow
Lisa Davison, University of Ulster
TGRG Postgraduate Prize
Eligible author presenters are encouraged to submit a paper for the TGRG Postgraduate Paper Prize, which is will be sponsored by Emerald Publishing in 2013. There is a first prize of £100, and a runner-up prize of a book chosen from the Emerald transport titles.
To enter for the prize, a full paper of not more than 6000 words should be submitted to the Secretary of the TGRG (Kate Pangbourne, [log in to unmask]) no later than 5pm on the Friday of the week prior to the conference.
Eligibility for Postgraduate Prize:
Eligibility is restricted to post-graduate students (or those who have had their viva within six months of the date of the conference) presenting their own work. There is a presumption that the papers ought to be sole authored.
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