The 1st IRSA International Institute is a series of lectures with several paper sessions in between. The lectures and paper sessions are organized on topics such as Economic Growth and Development; Poverty; Decentralization, Governance, and Regional Inequality; Urban and Regional Systems, Infrastructure Development and Finance, Interregional Migration, Urban and Interregional Transportation, Resource Utilization, Impact Analysis, Regional Modeling, Regional and Urban Planning, Environmental Quality; Location of Economic Activity, and Energy Issues. Lecture consists of a significant time for the lecturer to discuss a current important topic followed by a question and answer session. Paper sessions are seminar-style with a discussant for each paper and ample time for discussion and constructive feedback to authors.
More specifically, some suggested topics pertaining to the infrastructure development challenges to be addressed at the institute are the following:
- Role of Infrastructure Investment in Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction;
- Mitigating Conflicts Between Infrastructure Development and Environment;
- Government Policies for Promoting Sustainable Infrastructure and Growth;
- Infrastructure Development of Eastern Indonesia;
- Infrastructure Finance and Investment: Transportation, Water, Energy, and Communication
Lecturers are only by invitation, while papers for the paper sessions are for everyone to submit. For the paper session, papers on any regional science topic are welcome.
Important dates :
- Abstract submission deadline : 01 October 2007
- Abstract acceptance notification : 10 October 2007
- Full Paper submission deadline : 15 October 2007
The 1st IRSA International Institute Secretariat :
Dr. Ibnu Syabri
Urban and Regional Infrastructure System Research Division School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development Bandung Institute of Technology
5th Floor Labtek IX-A, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
Phone. +62 (22) 250-4735, +628122049004 Fax. +62 (22) 250-1263
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