The 1st Moroccan Regional Science Association (AMRS) Congress and 23rd Portuguese Association for Regional Development (APDR) Congress will be held at Marrakech, Morocco, from May 30 to 31, 2016. Theme of the Conference is “Sustainability of Territories in the Context of Global Changes”. 

The Congress will work through plenary sessions, conferences and round tables and parallel sessions. Parallel sessions will include: i) abstracts submitted to Regular Sessions (RS), proposed by the organization; and ii) abstracts submitted to Special Sessions (SS), proposed by participants. Sessions can be either in English, French or Portuguese.

Call for Abstracts and Special Session Proposals

The Call for Abstracts and Special Session Proposals is open and all participations are very welcome!

Deadline for Abstracts submissions: April 10, 2016. Abstracts should be submitted electronically, using the platform available on the Conference website.

Deadline for Special Session proposals: February 29, 2016. Proposals should be sent to the .

Themes of specific interest are:

1. Agriculture, fisheries and food security
2. Climate change mitigation and adaptation
3. Climate risk management in the perspective of human security
4. Economics of Environmental and Natural Resources
5. Education, health, wealth, and human welfare
6. Environmental services and their attractiveness to private sectors
7. Financial System and Regional Development
8. Green growth in energy, transport and infrastructures
9. Green growth in natural resources
10. Local Reactions to Global Changes
11. Mediterranean Renaissance
12. Migration and urban vitality
13. Migration, Urbanization and Spatial Justice
14. Natural resources, biodiversity, environment and sustainable development
15. Opportunities and constraints for innovation in green enterprises
16. Poverty, social policy in space and environment
17. Regional Cooperation and Development
18. Regional Development in Africa
19. Rural Development and Agriculture Economics
20. Spatial Dimensions of the Financial and Monetary Crises
21. Territorial Multi functionality and, Sustainable Regional Development
22. Theory, Methods, Data and Reality in Regional Science
23. Bartolomeu Award*

For more information, please visit the congress website at www.apdr.pt/congresso/2016/.