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International Geographical Union Regional Conference 2014 CHANGES, CHALLENGES, RESPONSIBILITIES Kraków, Poland, 18-22 August 2014

IGU Regional Conference which will be held in Kraków, Poland, 18-22 August, 2014. The main theme of the conference is Changes, Challenges, Responsibility. Modern geography faces significant challenges focusing on the recognition of and response to contemporary changes in the environment, society and economy. All this calls for our responsibility. The conference aims to create a forum at which these issues can be addressed. It is open to all geographers across the spectrum who specialize in all fields of the discipline. The conference is going to be an event contributing to efforts undertaken, for example, by ICSU/ISSC Future Earth, and aimed at defining pathways towards sustainability and responding effectively to the risks and opportunities of global environmental change.

Kraków, the former capital of Poland, is the seat of the second oldest university in Central Europe, established in 1364. The Jagiellonian University is the seat of the first ever Chair of Geography in Poland, established in 1849. We believe that the 2014 IGU Regional Conference will be an important and meaningful event, bringing together geographers from all over the world and contributing to a better understanding of the changes and challenges faced by the world and our discipline as well as the responsibility we all share.

GAP aims to contribute by showing the results of his research activity in collaboration with the IRPI and ISSIA institutes of the National Research Council of Bari and Polytechnic of Bari.

GAP authors and presentations

Project: MORFEO
Authors: J. WASOWSKI, F. BOVENGA, R. NUTRICATO, D.O. NITTI, M.T. CHIARADIA
Title: Satellite multi-temporal interferometry for local and regional scale slope instability and subsidence hazard assessment

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