Conference Theme: ‘Quality of Life and Environment’ In the last decades, quality of life has become a central issue for those who plan and study cities or places where people live in response to growing pressures on urban communities, concern about the impacts of urbanisation and the effects...

The pre-conference workshop, parallel to this year’s conference theme, aims to provide an overview of the achievements of ecological economics and discuss its future. The pre-conference workshop will focus on three themes in particular: - An overview of ecological economics - Political economy...

Theme: Sustaining Commons: Sustaining our Future IASC2011 will take a critical look at the interface between human and natural systems, Commons in particular, to build on our understanding on the elements and interconnectedness that sustain life, collective action and our future. The Conference...