Following the AESOP TG Public Spaces and Urban Cultures annual meeting Becoming Local Bucharest in June 2014, Matej Nikšič, Gabriel Pascariu and Ceren Sezer initiated a themed issue in Built Environment on "Public Spaces and Urban Justice". The deadline for abstract submission is June 1, 2015. You can find more information about the call in this blog post. For questions, please contact to us from the following e-mail address: BEspecialissue@gmail.com . For more information about Built Environment please visit: http://alexandrinepress.co.uk/built-environment .

BECOMING LOCAL PORTO 'Generative Places, Smart Approaches, Happy People'
24th – 25th September, 2015

Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto – PORTUGAL

http://citta-conference.fe.up.pt/

‘BECOMING LOCAL – Generative places, smart approaches, happy people’– is the topic of the 8thCITTA Conference and AESOP Thematic Group on Public Spaces & Urban Cultures event organized by CITTA - Research Center for Territory, Transport and Environment, held at the Faculty of Engineering, Porto University, Portugal, on the 24th-25th September 2015.

The conference aims to investigate and discuss some main topics: (1) Real and virtual boundaries / Physical dimension (2) (Un)successful mediation / Social dimension and (3) Local identities and meanings / Cultural dimension.

Deadline for abstract submission:30 April 2015
Keynote Speakers: Ali Madanipour – (University of Newcastle, UK / Representative AESOP TG - Public Spaces & Urban Cultures); Carlos Fortuna (University of Coimbra, Portugal); Sako Musterd (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

AESOP TG Representatives: Burcu Yigit Turan, Gabriella Esposito de Vita

For more information about the call please visit: http://citta-conference.fe.up.pt/