LANDac 2016 International Land Conference: 30 June – 1 July 2016

On 30 June and 1 July 2016, LANDac will be organising a new International Land Conference:

Large-scale land acquisition in the context of urban sprawl and climate change – LINKING THE RURAL AND THE URBAN

This conference is a follow-up of the 2015 LANDac International Conference Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development (http://www.landgovernance.org/landac-2015-international-land-conference-report-available/). The 2016 Conference aims to connect rural land debates and the urban agenda. Topics highlighted during this conference include the following:

• Urban land grabs and real estate development/ Urban renewal
• Emerging cities and new city development/ Climate-smart cities & eco-cities
• Urban expansion and compensation/ Fair urbanization?
• Resettlement and sedentarisation
• Informal settlements & slums
• Is there space for the displaced?
• Right to the city/ right to rural land?
• Dealing with land degradation, land subsidence & floods (in collaboration with Future delta’s/ UU)
• Rural-urban linkages – the role of elites
• Urban food markets, value chains and food security
• Urbanization effects of large-scale land investments
• Investments in large-scale infrastructure, industrial parks and special economic zones
• The urban commons (in collaboration with the IASC)
• Climate change related land grabbing
• Land governance and climate related policies

Please find the pre-announcement and call for abstracts here: