The International Federation of Parks and Recreational Administration (IFPRA), ) recently issued a report on urban park benefits. The publication includes a systematic review of the literature on a number of benefits provided by urban parks. Click Here to download the report. For more information, contact Dr. Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch.
An international conference on the theme of “Water Landscapes and Urbanization: design, ecology and management” will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 5-7, 2013. For more information, please visit the conference website: http://www.icon-la.org/.
LATEST NEWS FROM IUFRO URBAN FORESTRY
International Conference ‘Urban Forests and Political Ecologies – Celebrating Transdisciplinarity’
Toronto, 18-20 April 2013
A detailed preliminary programme for this conference, also co-hosted by the IUFRO group, is now available at http://www.ufpe.ca/UFPE/Home.html.
15th European Forum on Urban Forestry – ‘The Walking Urban Forest: a dynamic green infrastructure for our cities’.
Milan, Italy, 7-10 May 2013
The website for this event, co-hosted by our IUFRO group, is now updated, see http://www.emonfur.eu/pagina.php?sez=91&pag=554&label=EFUF+2013. The call for abstracts will be opened soon.
An exciting and unique joint forum… 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference & The IUFRO Conference on Forests for People Traverse City, Michigan, USA – May 19-23, 2013
These two educational programs will be seamlessly blended, while still retaining the individual identity of the two host organizations. The conference will offer several plenary sessions and field workshops, along with separate concurrent sessions tailored to the themes of each conference. One registration and one fee will cover both sessions. Participants will have more opportunities to make a presentation and a wider variety of learning experiences.
For more information, please visit http://www.recpro.org/2013-sorp-ffp-conference
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture with special responsibilities. The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Copenhagen invites applications for a position as Assistant professor of Landscape Architecture with special responsibilities within nature and human health relations from 01.04.2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is limited to 4 years.
For more information, please visit http://www.ku.dk/stillinger/vip/