The 2024 ARL Congress Major Infrastructure Projects - Planning: between protests and calls to pick up the pace included two hybrid English-language sessions.

Eco-Social Policy and Practice for Innovation and Transformation 

Free online workshop, 28^th May 2024, 10-12.00 CEST, online 

The Leibniz Biodiversity Research Network, of which the ARL is a member, recently presented "10 Must-Knows from Biodiversity Research" for 2024 as a guide for the conservation of biodiversity.

Spatial planning in Kosovo changed drastically after Yugoslavia collapsed and Kosovo was thrown into conflict in the late 1990s. 

The ARL Lunch Talks are a newly introduced, regularly occurring online-event series taking place at lunchtime.

ARL delegation was in Brussels on February 26-27, 2024. 

The planning system in Albania has paradigmatically changed since the Second World War, and even more so in the last decade, with a shift from the urbanism approach to a comprehensive and integrated system.

Do they pose a threat for open spaces and undermine spatial planning? 

11 March 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 CET, online

Do they pose a threat for open spaces and undermine spatial planning? 

11 March 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 CET, online

🌍🤝Join us for a virtual conference on Planetary Justice and Societal Responsibility in International Sustainability Sciences! March 13-14, 2024 

The objective of water management planning is to maximise the availability of regional water resources to meet the usage requirements of individuals and of society as a whole and to provide effective sewage treatment, flood protection, and groundwater management.

On January 23, 2024, an exchange on the topic of "Sustainable Energy Production" took place at the ARL Headquarters with delegates from El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Honduras. 

Spatial planning in Belarus was developed within the planning system of the USSR until the 1990s.

“SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE”
THUR 26 – SAT 28 September 2024, Vienna

People all over Germany have made it clear in recent days that democracy, human dignity and rule of law are unshakeable values in our society. Civil society is showing that our democracy is alive and able to defend itself. 

Ecosystem services has become established as a concept encompassing the services nature provides for the benefit of humans

Planning can be thought of as the mental process of anticipating future actions. When things go wrong in the planning process, that is referred to as a planning error. 

Off into new worlds, that's our motto for this year!

COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) is committed to educating and supporting editors, publishers, universities, research institutes, and all those involved in publication ethics. COPE aims to move the culture of publishing towards one where ethical practices become a normal part of the culture itself.

The ARL international working group „German Land Policy Revisited – Reflections and Lessons from Abroad” (short: LAND POLICIES IN EUROPE) has published a special issue in “Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning” (RuR).

The evolution of the political system in Serbia was followed by changes in the planning doctrine.

Studying planning culture contributes to a deeper understanding of planning practice by identifying the ways planners and
planning institutions think and act on the basis of typical (societal) orientations and the associated value systems.

International Conference in Rome, 10 to 11 October 2024

Deadline for abstract submissions: 1 March 2024

In the future, ensuring the availability of groundwater in an adequate quality and quantity will become increasingly
challenging. Protecting groundwater involves taking appropriate measures to ensure that aquifers are recharged and that groundwater pollution is prevented.