Colleagues,
This conference should appeal to a number of
CLAGers, particularly those working in soils and/or environmental history. The
meeting will take place in the Old School of Medicine, an historic 18th century
baroque building in the heart of the city. This should be an excellent
conference, based on last years IGU meeting in Mexico City (also co-hosted by
the UNAM group and the SMG) and because of incredible field trips!
paul
hudson
CALL FOR PAPERS: GEOMORPHOLOGY AND LAND
DEGRADATION
The International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on
Land Degradation and Desertification (COMLAND) is sponsoring sessions entitled
"Geomorphology and Land Degradation" at the International Association for
Geomorphologists (IAG) and Mexican Society of Geomorphology (SMG) conference in
Mexico City, October 27th to November 2nd 2003. Understanding and interpreting
land degradation requires knowledge of explicit process - response thresholds,
landscape sensitivity, and time scales for adjustment. These sessions seek
papers related to the geomorphic impact of land degradation under varying
physical settings and controls (e.g. fluvial, hillslope, aeolian, coastal,
etc...). Session organizers will pursue publication of papers in a reputable
journal outlet. Papers are welcome from a range of disciplines and specialties
that occur within the following broad categories:
ˇ Case studies and
applied (soil erosion and landscape response to engineering and land use
change; environmental history; the role of geomorphology in land
management)
ˇ Methodological (development of criteria for defining
land degradation; field and analytical techniques for studying land
degradation)
ˇ Theoretical (predicting and modeling land
degradation to environmental modification; systems response, including
establishing residence times for perturbations, range of morphologic adjustment;
distinguishing land degradation from "natural" environmental change)
Session organizers:
Paul F. Hudson (Department of Geography,
University of Texas at Austin) and Irasema Alcántara Ayala (Institute of
Geography UNAM, Mexico, D.F.)
Abstract Submission:
The deadline for
abstract submission is March 31
st 2003, with
notification of abstract acceptance by April 30
th
2003. Please contact Paul Hudson (pfhudson@mail.utexas.edu) if you intend to
participate in these sessions. Note that you must register and submit your
abstract online via the conference website. Additional details pertaining to
abstract submission and registration, field trips, and lodging are available
online at:
http://www.smg.igeograf.unam.mx---
Paul
F. Hudson
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
University of
Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
78712
pfhudson@mail.utexas.edu