2018 International Conference Policy Areas
International Conference Policy Areas
The theme of the 2018 APPAM International Conference is “Public Policy for Sustainable Metropolitan Development" and will focus on the policy areas and sub-topics listed below.
2018 Policy Areas
- Environmental Sustainability
- Combating Climate Change
- Clean Energy
- Pollution Mitigation
- Renewable Energy
- Water
- Other
- Planning and Public Participation and Inclusion
- Cultural & Historical Heritage
- Minorities and Identity
- Public Participation
- Rights to the City
- Sustainable planning & Metro Coordination
- Other
- Secure and Resilient Cities
- Disaster and Reconstruction
- Food and Nutritional Security
- Gang and Criminal Mitigation
- Metropolitan Criminal Justice
- Policing and Public Safety
- Other
- Sustainable Economic Development
- Informality
- Immigration
- Labor Markets
- Metropolitan employment policies
- Natural disasters
- Sectoral Investments
- Taxation
- Other
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- Sustainable Government
- Administrative Reform & Municipal Strengthening
- Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Financial Management
- Intergovernmental Relations
(including rural-urban linkages)
- NGOs and Philanthropic Org
- Polices to Address Inequality
- Sustaining Electoral Democracy
- Urban Governance
- Other
- Sustainable Social Services Across
the Life Course
- Demographic Change Ageing
- Education Policies and Child Development
- Health Care
- Social Services and Wellbeing
- Other
- Sustainable Urban and Metropolitan Development
- Building Resilience
- Housing and Land Markets
- Public Infrastructure
- Spatial Mobility Patterns
- Spatial Segregation/Displacement
- Transportation
- Other
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This is now the policy areas line up with the standard areas for the Fall Research Conference:
| Fall Research Conferene |
2018 International Conference. |
Crime, Justice, and Drugs >
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Secure and Resilient Cities |
| Education > |
Sustainable Social Services Across the Life Course |
| Employment and Training Programs > |
Sustainable Economic Development |
| Family and Child Policy > |
Sustainable Social Services Across the Life Course |
| Health Policy > |
Sustainable Social Services Across the Life Course |
Housing, Community Development, and Urban Policy >
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Planning and Public Participation and Inclusion OR
Sustainable Urban and Metropolitan Development |
| Innovations in Science and Technology > |
Most anywhere! |
Methods and Tools of Analysis >
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Most anywhere! |
| National Security and Homeland Security > |
Secure and Resilient Cities |
| Natural Resource, Energy, and Environmental Policy > |
Environmental Sustainability |
| Population and Migration Issues > |
Planning and Public Participation and Inclusion OR
Sustainable Economic Development
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| Poverty and Income Policy > |
Secure and Resilient Cities OR
Sustainable Social Services Across the Life Course |
Public and Nonprofit Management and Finance >
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Sustainable Government OR
Sustainable Economic Development
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| Social Equity and Race > |
Planning and Public Participation and Inclusion |