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World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research

The inaugural meeting of the World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research will be held in Whistler, British Columbia, July 28-30, 2011. The conference will bring together academics and practitioners at the intersection of economics, planning, and engineering in the fields of transport and land use.

In addition to presentations based on rigorously peer-reviewed papers, the conference program will include confirmed plenary presentations from:

• Ed Glaeser (Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University), Keynote Address
• Robert Cervero (Professor of City & Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley), Featured Luncheon Speaker
• David Banister (Professor of Transport Studies, Oxford University), Featured Luncheon Speaker

Submission of Papers

Join this initiative by presenting original and interdisciplinary research papers on topics that address the interaction of transport and land use. Welcome domains include: engineering, planning, modeling, behavior, economics, geography, regional science, sociology, architecture and design, network science, and complex systems.

Papers will be categorized and ranked by peer reviewers. Theoretical, empirical, case-study, and policy-oriented contributions are welcome. All papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of Transportation and Land Use.

Papers must be submitted electronically by December 31, 2010 for consideration. See the WSTLUR paper submission Web page for detailed instructions.

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