IUPEA - International Urban Planning and Environment Association
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engaging communities and citizens for sustainable development
CITIES FOR US
engaging communities and citizens for sustainable development
1st UPE Lusophone Symposium Keynote Speakers
Jorge Gaspar
Geographer and Urbanist. Professor Emeritus, University of Lisbon, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning. Researcher at the Centre for Geographical Studies. Visiting Professor at the Technical University and the Universities of Umea and Paris X. Doctorate from the University of Lisbon (1972), postgraduate from the University of Lund. Coordinated investigations and projects applied in Geography, Planning and Urban Development. Technical coordinator of the National Programme for Spatial Planning Policy - PNPOT. He published some twenty books and more than two hundred articles. Effective member of the Academy of Sciences, member of the Academia Europaea and Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universities of León, Geneva and Évora.
Judite Nascimento
Judite Medina de Nascimento - concluded in 2009, a PhD in Geography - Regional and urban planning at the University of Rouen, France. In 2004, completed the Master in Geography - Regional and Local Planning at the University of Lisbon. Finished her degree in Geography in 1995 at the State University of Kharkov, Ukraine. She was a member of the Board of the Department of Science and Technology, University of Cape Verde and is a professor in the framework of this University since its foundation. It was Professor of Geography of the former Institute of Education in Cape Verde since its founding in 1996 to its integration at the University. She has dedicated its research and teaching activities in scientific fields: regional planning, planning and urban management, urban governance, urban geography and urban growth and development. Judite has a book and several published articles in international journals, and participated in several collective books. She was Director of the Local Development Research Centre and Regional Planning at the University of Cape Verde. She is currently Dean of the University of Cape Verde.