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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
 

Abstracts should be submitted online.  Please click on the link below in order to submit your abstract

http://smit2011.net/submission_form_en.aspx

If you are having difficulty submitting on-line, please submit as per the following instructions:

 

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

 

Participants are welcome to submit abstracts in the areas listed below, but are not limited to those mentioned. Areas correspond to the IGU commission titles.

Please indicate at the bottom of your abstract whether you would like to present your abstract within the framework of a commission, and indicate the name of the commission or in the main conference sessions.  If you prefer to present your paper within the main conference sessions, kindly indicate one or more study area corresponding to the commission titles below, compatible with the context of your abstract.

 

Abstracts will be sent for review and authors will be informed in due time whether their abstract/s have been accepted.  Inclusion of abstracts in the scientific program and on the Disc of Abstracts is dependent on payment of registration fees.

 

Abstracts should be submitted online as per the link above or via email to: geography@targetconf.com.  If by email, the abstract should be saved as a Word document and sent as an attachment, please do not send as a PDF file. If using Word 2007, please save file as a document that can be opened in Word 2003.

 DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS:  MARCH 15, 2010

Abstracts should be submitted online.  Please click on the link below in order to submit your abstract

 

COMMISSIONS / AREAS
 

01 Applied Geography
02 Arid Lands, Humankind & Environment
03 Biogeography & Biodiversity
04 Climatology
05 Coastal Systems
06 Cold Region Environments
07 Cultural Approach in Geography
08 Dynamics of Economic Spaces
09 Environmental Evolution
10 Gender and Geography
11 Geographical Education
12 Geographical Information Science
13 Geography & Governance
14 Geography of the Global Information society
15 Geography of Tourism, Leisure & Global Change
16 Geomorphic Challenges for the 21st Century
17 Global Change & Human Mobility
18 Hazard & Risk
19 Health & Environment
20 History of Geography
21 Indigenous Knowledge & Peoples' Rights
22 Islands
23 Karst
24 Land Degradation & Desertification
25 Land Use and Land Cover Change
26 Local Development
27 Marginalization, Globalization & Regional and Local Responses
28 Modeling Geographical Systems
29 Mountain Response to Global Change
30 Political Geography
31 Population Geography
32 Sustainability of Rural Systems
33 Urban Commission: Emerging Urban Transformations
34 Water Sustainability
35 Task Force: Geoparks
36 Task Force: Megacities
37 Other
 

 Please note the following instructions for the preparation of abstracts:

 

·         Abstracts can be submitted either in English or French

·         Abstracts should contain no more than 300 words

  • Recommended font: Times New Roman, size 12pts. Do NOT use a smaller font size
  • Single spacing
  • Title should be typed in UPPER CASE letters in bold and left aligned.
  • Presenting author's name should be underlined and bolded
  • Presenting author will be considered the contact person for all correspondence connected with this abstract unless alternate instructions are provided
  • Author/s names and institution/s should be in upper and lower case
  • If submitting more than one abstract, each abstract must be sent as a separate email or separate on-line submission.  Please indicate that these are different abstracts

·         No endnotes or frames are acceptable

·         Please note: Faxed abstracts will not be accepted


Abstracts will be loaded onto the conference website once the program has been finalized and registration fees have been received from the presenting author.  If you do not wish to have your abstract appear on the website, please indicate this on your abstract.