IGU

International Geographical Union

Commissions

C08.01 Applied Geography Professor Robert Stimson Centre for Research into Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures Level 8 Computer Science Bldg. 69 St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+61 7 3 365 6307 +61 7 3 365 3561 r.stimson@uq.edu.au http://policy.gmu.edu/agc/members.html
C08.02 Arid Lands, Humankind, and Environment Professor Mahmoud M. Ashour Ain Shams University Department of Geography Cairo Egypt	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+20 2 410 1752 +20 2 2472 1752 or +20 010 2591982 mmashour_99@yahoo.com http://ahe.uni-koeln.de
C04.03. Biogeography and Biodiversity Professor Udo Schickhoff University of Hamburg Institute of Geography Bundesstr. 55 D-20146 Hamburg Germany	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+49 4 0428384911 +49 4 042 838 4981 schickhoff@geowiss.uni-hamburg.de www.geowiss.uni-hamburg.de/i-geogr/
C08.04 Climatology Professor Zbigniew Ustrnul Jagiellonian University Department of Climatology Gronostajowa 7 Krakow 30-387 Poland	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+48 12 6645324 +48 126645385 zbigniew.ustrnul@uj.edu.pl http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr/igu-coc
C08.05 Coastal Systems Professor Edward Anthony Universite du Littoral Cote d’Opale 1, Place de l’Yser, B.P.1022 Dunkerque Cedex 1 59385 France	Phone Fax E-mail URL:	+ 33 3 28 23 73 00 + 33 3 28 23 73 13 anthony@univ-littoral.fr http://IGU-ccs.ucc.ie/
C08.06 Cold Region Environments Professor Dr. Nancy Doubleday Carleton University Department of Geography and Environmental Studies Loeb B 349, 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa Ontario K1S 5B6 Canada	Phone Fax E-mail URL:	+1 613 520 2600, X-8370 +1 613 520 4301 nancy_doubleday@carleton.ca http://www.geogr.uni-jena.de/cre/index.html
C08.06 Cold Region Environments Dr. Dario TROMBOTTO Ianigla - CCT Mendoza - Conicet Casilla de Correo 330 5500 Mendoza, Argentina	Phone Fax E-mail URL:	CO-CHAIR AS OF 3 JULY 2008 + 54 261 524 4208 + 54 261 524 4200 dtrombot@lab.cricyt.edu.ar http://www.cricyt.edu.ar
C08.07 Cultural Approach in Geography Professor Benno Werlen Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Institut fuer Geographie Grietgasse 6 Jena D-07743 Germany	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+49 364 194 8840 +49 364 194 8842 benno.werlen@uni-jena.de http://www.cultural-geography.net
C08.08 Dynamics of Economic Spaces Professor Michael Taylor University of Birmingham Department of Geography Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT United Kingdom	Phone Fax E-mail URL:	+44 121 41 45535 +44 121 41 45528 m.j.taylor@bham.ac.uk http://uac.utoledo.edu/igu_commission/index.htm
C08.09 Environment Evolution Professor Andrei A. Velichko Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Geography 29, Staromonetny per. Moscow 119017 Russia	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+7 495 238 0298 +7 495 939 0033 paleo@online.ru; lenanov@mail.ru http://igu.org.ru/en/environment_evolution_commission.html
C08.10 Gender and Geography Professor Robyn Longhurst University of Waikato Department of Geography Private Bag 3105 Hamilton New Zealand	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+64 7 838 4046 +64 7 838 4633 robynl@waikato.ac.nz http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/igugender
C08.11 Geographical Education Professor Lex Chalmers, Chair The University of Waikato Department of Geography Private Bag 3105 Hamilton New Zealand	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+ 64 7 838 4436 + 64 7 838 4633 lex@waikato.ac.nz http://igu-cge.tamu.edu/
C08.12 Geographical Information Science Professor Brian Lees The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy School of Physical, Environmental, and Mathematical Sciences Canberra ACT 2600 Australia	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+61 2 626 88061 or mobile: +61 04386 24444 +61 2 626 88786 b.lees@adfa.edu.au http://www.igugis.org/
C08.13 Geography of Governance Professor Jan Bucek Comenius University Department of Human Geography and Demography, Mlynska dolina G Bratislava 842 15 Slovakia	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+421 2 6029 6310 +421 2 6542 9064 bucek@fns.uniba.sk http://www.igu-gog.org/
C08.14 Geography of the Global Information Society Professor Mark Wilson Michigan State University School of Planning, Design and Construction 101 UPLA Building East Lansing MI 48864 USA	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+1 517 353 9054 +1 509 472 8102 wilsonmm@msu.edu http://www.igu-informationsociety.org
C08.15 Geography of Tourism, Leisure, and Global Change Professor Jarkko Saarinen University of Oulu Department of Geography PL3000 PL 3000 Oulu 90014 Finland	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+358 8 553 1716 +358 8 553 1693 jarkko.saarinen@oulu.fi http://www.geog.nau.edu/igust/
C08.16 Geomorphic Challenges for the 21st Century Professor Anthony Parsons University of Sheffield Department of Geography Winter Street Sheffield S10 2TN UK	Phone Fax E-mail:	+44 114 222 7952 +44 114 279 7912 a.j.parsons@sheffield.ac.uk http://www.gc21.group.shef.ac.uk/
C08.17 Global Change and Human Mobility Professor Armando Montanari Department of European and Comparative Studies Sapienza Università di Roma P. le Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Roma Italy	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+39 06 491919 +39 06 490450 MD3046@mclink.it http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/geo/globility
C08.18 Hazard and Risk Professor Shigeko Haruyama Mie University Graduate School of Bio Reources 1577 Kurimachiyasyo, Tsu Mie Japan	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+81 59 231 9576 +81 59 231 9591 haruyama@bio.mie-u.ac.jp http://www.bio.mie-u.ac.jp/~haruyama/hazard_and_risk_plan.html
C08.19 Health and Environment Professor Wuyi Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research 3 Datun Road Beijing Ontario 100101 China	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+86 10 64889286 +86 10 64856504 wangwy@igsnrr.ac.cn http://geog.queensu.ca/igu-com-he/
C08.20 History of Geography Professor Jacobo García-Álvarez Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Departamento de Humanidades: Geografía, Historia Contemporánea y Arte C/ Madrid 133, Edificio 17, despacho 17.2.14 Getafe 28093 Spain	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+34 91 624 92 09 or +34 91 856 13 44 +34 91 624 85 62 jacobo.garcia@uc3m.es http://web.univ-pau.fr/RECHERCHE/UGIHG/
C08.21 Indigenous Knowledges and Peoples' Rights Professor Jay T. Johnson University of Kansas Department of Geography 1475 Jayhawk Blvd Lindley Hall 402 Lawrence KS 66045 - 7613 USA	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+1 785 864 5547 +1 785 864 5378 jaytjohnson@ku.edu http://www.indigenous.ku.edu/ipkrc
C08.22 Islands Professor Chang-Yi David Chang National Taiwan University Department of Geography 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 106 Taiwan	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+886 2 33 66 58 27 +886 2 23622911 changyi@ntu.edu.tw http://igu-islands.giee.ntnu.edu.tw/
C08.23 Karst Dr. Elena Trofimova Laboratory of Geomorphology Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences 29, Staromonetny str. 109017 & nb sp; Moscou Russia	Phone Fax E-mail:	+7 495 238 03 60 +7 495 959 00 33 eltrofimova@rambler.ru
C08.24 Land Degradation and Desertification Professor Gudrun Gisladottir University of Iceland Institute of Geology and Geography Reykjavik 101 Iceland	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+ 354 525 4471 + 354 552 1331 ggisla@hi.is https://webspace.utexas.edu/hudsonpf/comland
C08.25 Land Use and Land Cover Change Professor Ivan Bicik Department of Social Geography and Regional Development Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague Albertov 6 128 43, Prague 2 Czech Republic	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+ 42 2 21951380 + 42 2 24919778 bicik@prfdec.natur.cuni.cz http://www.igu-lucc.org/index.php
C08.26. Local Development Professor Michael Sofer, Chair Bar Ilan University Department of Geography ad Environment Tel Aviv, 52900 Israel	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+ 972 3 531 8773 + 972 3 738 4430 soferm1@mail.biu.ac.il or msofer@mail.biu.ac.il http://www.biu.ac.il/soc/ge/igucomld/
C08.27. Marginalization, Globalization, and Regional and Local Responses Professor Etienne Nel, Chair Rhodes University Department of Geography P.O. Box 94 Grahamstown 6140 South Africa	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+ 27 46 603 8321 + 27 46 636 1199 e.nel@ru.ac.za http://grm.cuhk.edu.hk/igu-cmgs/
C08.28 Modeling Geographical Systems Professor Yee Leung Chinese University of Hong Kong Dept of Geography and Resource Management Shatin Hong Kong	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+ 852 2609 6473 + 852 2603 5006 yeeleung@cuhk.edu.hk http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/~igu-cmgs/ (commission secretary : Prof. Pavlos Kanaroglou pavlos@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca)
C08.29 Mountain Response to Global Change Professor Joerg Loeffler University of Bonn, Department of Geography Meckenheimer Allee 166 Bonn D-53115 Germany	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+49 228 73 7239 +49 228 73 7506 joerg.loeffler@.uni-bonn.de , http://www.giub.uni-bonn.de/loeffler http://www.giub.uni-bonn.de/igu-mountains.de
C08.30 Political Geography Professor Anton Gosar University of Primorska Facuklty of Humanities Department of Geography Titov trg 5 Sl - 6000 Koper - Capodistria Slovenia	Phone Fax E-mail: URL	+ 386 5 6637744 + 386 5 6637742 anton.gosar@guest.arnes.si http://www.cas.muohio.edu/igu-cpg
C08.31 Population Geography Prof. Allan Findlay Department of Geography University of Dundee Dundee DD1 4HN Scotland, UK	Phone Fax E-mail	+44 1382 345083 +44 1382 344434 a.m.findlay@dundee.ac.uk
C08.31 Population Geography (vice chair) Professor Brenda Yeoh National University of Singapore Department of Geography Singapore Singapore	Phone Fax E-mail	+65 6874 5281 +65 6779 1428 geoysa@nus.edu.sg
C08.32 Sustainability of Rural Systems Dr. Lucette Laurens Université Paul Valéry Département de géographie, Bâtiment Marc Bloch - 207 Route de Mende, 34 199 Montpellier Cedex 5 France	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+ 33 4 99614726 + lucette.laurens@wanadoo.fr or lucette.laurens@ensam.inra.fr http://www.geog.umontreal.ca/igu-rural-systems/
C08.32 Sustainability of Rural Systems Dr. Ana Maria Bicalho Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro Department de Geografia, Caixa Postal 68537 Cidade Universitaria Ilha do Fondao RJ 21941-590 Brazil	Phone Fax E-mail URL	+ 55 21 22707773 + 55 21 25983280 anabicalho@hotmail.com or anabicalho@acd.ufrj.br http://www.geog.umontreal.ca/igu-rural-systems/
C08.33 IGU Commission on Urban Geography: Emerging Urban Transformations Professor Christian Matthiessen University of Copenhagen Institute of Geography and Geology Oster Voldgade 10 Copenhagen K 1350 Denmark	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+ 45 3 532 2500 + 45 3 532 2501 cwm@geogr.ku.dk http://www.igu-urban.com/
C08.34 Water Sustainability Professor J.A.A. Jones University of Wales Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences Aberystwyth Dyfed SY23 3DB UK	Phone Fax E-mail: URL:	+44 197 062 2595 +44 197 062 2659 jaj@aber.ac.uk http://water-sustainability.ph.unito.it

2000 IGU
Special Committee on
Communications and Networking