The overarching theme for the Congress will be Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness – Regional Perspectives. This encapsulates a number of different aspects that are topical and relevant not only for Liverpool but also across the whole of Europe.

The conference will bring together the scientific expertise on impact assessment, land use and landscape research, environmental economics, agriculture, forestry,rural sociology, urbanisation and the science policy interface. Innovative results on impact assessment related to land use and policy...