CALL FOR PAPERS
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (WITH INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS) ANNUAL CONFERENCE SUSSEX 2000
4th-7th January 2000), UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
JOINT TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY RESEARCH GROUP (TGRG) AND PLANNING
AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH GROUP (PERG) CONFERENCE SESSION
“PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE AND INTEGRATED TRANSPORT
SYSTEMS IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM”
The TGRG and PERG will be organising a joint all day
session at the Sussex 2000 RGS-IBG annual conference,
entitled “Planning for Sustainable and Integrated Transport
Systems in the New Millennium”.
The recent UK transport white paper “A New Deal for Transport” has
indicated the future direction and policy agenda of
national government. This document has identified an
increased need for research in key areas such as
walking, cycling, aspects of public transport and the pricing
of transport systems. It has also increased interest
in institutional processes related to the implementation of
an integrated transport system both within the areas of
transport policy and within other sectors including
education, health, housing, labour markets, retailing and
industry. A key failure of policy and decision-making
historically has been the lack of integrated decision and
policy making across different sectors. New institutional
frameworks and policy are emerging in this increasingly
complex policy environment but is there a need for new
radical policy approaches?
Papers for this conference session are invited which will address
the prospects for the future of sustainable transport
and the integration of transport policy with other areas of
public policy over the next 10-20 years. The aim of the session is
to attract contributions from those working in the field of
transport and planning studies, transport geography and
also those working in different research areas where
transport policy is increasingly likely to impinge on that
particular research or policy area.
Papers which connect with sustainable transport issues and the need
to develop integrated policy approaches are sought from the following
broad areas of expertise: health, education, employment;
social inclusion; environment and heritage; retail and
business management; housing; local economic development;
city, urban and regional planning; urban design.
Intending contributors should contact one of the
convenors, enclosing a paper, title and brief abstract
by 30th June 1999.
Dr. Julian Hine, Transport Research Institute, Napier
University, 66 Spylaw Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5BR. email:
[log in to unmask] tel: 0131-455-5140 fax:
0131-455-5141
Rachel Goodman
The Centre for Alternative and
Sustainable Transport (CAST)
Staffordshire University
Division of Geography
College Road
Stoke on Trent, Staffs, ST4 2DE
Tel: 01782 294296
Fax: 01782 747167
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