ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Submission Procedure

Authors should submit their abstracts through online submission system by following the link https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/APDR2023. 
On-line Sessions will be possible if their proponents chose to have them on-line​.

Abstracts are accepted in the following languages: Portuguese, English or Spanish. The papers can be presented in one of these three languages.

No delegate should submit and present more than 3 abstracts.
Additional submissions (more than 3 abstracts) have the additional fee of 25 euros per presentation.

Submissions must be made by May 26, 2023 (NEW DATE).

1. If you have not submitted through this system in the past, you will need to create a user account by clicking the "Registration" tab in the online system.
2. After you log in to the system, click "+ Create new submission" in the Author Console.
3. Enter the title, the abstract text (around 400 words).
4. The section "AUTHORS" should list your e-mail address, Name, Organization, and Country.
5. To add more authors, please enter the e-mail address of your co-author and click "+ Add." Fill in the fields to provide the name, organization, and country of your co-author and click "+ Add." Repeat this process to add more co-authors.
6. Select two SUBJECT AREAS.
7. Click "Submit."

Submission Decisions

​The organizing committee will notify all submitting authors of their decision until May 31, 2023. June 10, 2023 - Pre-Registration Due and Presenters must register to be included on the program. 

The abstracts presented at the 30th APDR Congress will be published in the Congress Book of Abstracts online (PDF) with ISBN.

​Publication Opportunities
 
Papers presented at the Congress can be considered for publication in the following Journals:
 
1 - Regional Science Policy and Practice (SCOPUS and Web of Science);
2 - Portuguese Review of Regional Studies (SCOPUS);
3 - The Annals of Regional Science (SCOPUS).  
 
The submitted invited papers will undergo the journals' regular review process.
The Organizing Committee will look for the opportunity to promote the production of special issues of these Journals.
Additionally, following the invitation addressed to the conference organizers by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, we have submitted to them a proposal to publish a collection of selected papers from the Congress. Following that process, we are happy to inform all the Congress participants that the book proposal was recently approved by the Publisher. Accordingly, in due time, in the weeks after the Congress, we will get in contact with a few of the authors of papers presented at the Congress to invite them to submit versions of their papers for being considered for inclusion in it, as book chapters.

Abstracts should be submitted in accordance with the template available below:​

• Template in EN

THEME

Sustainability Development Challenges of Territories in Contexts of Uncertainties due to External Shocks and Risk

SPECIAL SESSIONS

SS01 - Agribusiness and Sustainability: Reality, Emergency or Utopia
Ana Marta-Costa (Chair) and Maria Raquel Lucas
SS02 - Sustainability Development Challenges in Metropolitan Regions
Filipe Ferreira (Chair) and Paulo Castro Seixas
SS03 - Regional Development in the Cerrado and the Brazilian Amazon
Antonio Pasqualetto (Chair) and Waldecy Rodrigues
SS04 - Climate change resilient tourism in protected areas
Rita Mafalda Dionísio Sousa and António Vieira (Chair)
​SS05 - Sustainable Tourism Beyond City Center
Rui Florentino (Chair)

SS06 - Empowering Municipalities: Decentralization of Competencies and Local Taxation
Soraia Gonçalves (Chair), Eva Maria Miranda and Laurentina Vareiro
SS07 - Territorial diversities of ageing
Alison Burrows (Chair), Vivien Burrows and Paula Trigueiros
SS08 - Outdoor tourism as a promoter of regional development
Elaine Scalabrini (Chair) and Paula Odete Fernandes
SS09 - Rethinking tourism destinations from a society-centric development
Rui Augusto da Costa (Chair), Adriana Fumi Chim-Miki and Jorge Mota

REGULAR SESSIONS

RS01 - Territorial Sustainability Strategies and External Shocks
RS02 - Governance in the Contexts of Economic, Environmental and Social Crises
RS03 - New Technologies to Support Governance and Sustainable Development
RS04 - Low Density Territories and Sustainable Development
RS05 - Sustainable Development Strategies in Urban Spaces
RS06 - Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
RS07 - Geographic Information Systems and other Geotechnologies in Sustainable Development Planning
RS08 - Big Data for Spatial Optimization and Regional Development in Adverse Contexts
RS09 - Theory and Methods in Spatial Analysis
RS10 - Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods in Regional Science
RS11 - Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Regional and Local Development in Adverse Contexts
RS12 - Economic, Social and Environmental Behaviours in Adverse Health Contexts
RS13 - Sustainable Tourism Strategies

RS14 - Tourism and Pilgrimage: Is there an Answer for the Development of a few Less Urbanized Territories?
RS15 - Inequalities, Asymmetries and Socio-Territorial Cohesion
RS16 - Risk and Disaster Management: Vulnerability and Resilience in Adverse Contexts
RS17 - Active and Inclusive Mobility
RS18 - Effects of Multiple External Risks/Shocks on Islands
RS19 - Demographic Challenges, Migrations and Integration
RS20 - Natural Environment and Territories Development
RS21 - Energy Transition and Regional Development Policies
RS22 - Infrastructure, Housing and Inclusive Growth
RS23 - Networks and Cooperation and Territories Development
RS24 - Regionalization and Decentralization: the Necessary Reform of State Aiming at Deepening Democracy and Enhancing Territories Development
RS25 – Entrepreneurial and Sustainable Ecosystems
RS26 – Circular Economy in Regions and Cities