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1161 | Demographics in times of crises. How will contemporary conditions affect the future demographic situation in Europe? | Robert Szmytkie (1)

Recent years have brought significant political, social and economic changes in the factors shaping demographic processes, which has been associated, among others, with the COVID-19 pandemic or Russian aggression against Ukraine. The effects of these phenomena are felt at various spatial scales (European, National, Regional and Local), often with different manifestations for different types of systems. In view of the above, there are three important research questions, about: [1] the current demographic situation of spatial systems in times of current crises, [2] their adaptation to similar or hitherto unprecedented situations in the future, and [3] the impact of changing political, social and economic conditions on the future demographic situation in Europe.
 

Robert Szmytkie (1)
(1) University of Wrocław

 
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1151 | Minority place-name standardization in Europe | Peter Jordan (1,2)

Related to the representation of minority place names in public space (on town signs, road signs etc.) and on maps exist various regulations in Europe. They differ by 

definition of the minority,
feature categories included (populated places, natural features etc.),
the administrative level where the decision is taken (national, province, district, commune level),
the share of minority population necessary for taking advantage of the regulation,
additional procedures necessary to effectuate the right on the name,
the choice between standard language and dialect name versions,
the kind of visual representation of the minority name,
comprehensiveness of the fields where the minority name has (in addition to the majority name) to be used (only on town signs, also on maps, in all kinds of communication),
the level of officiality of the minority name (as official as the majority name, supplementary official, just for information etc.)
and by several others.

 
The session is to highlight these regulations based on a research project of the Joint ICA/IGU Commission on Toponymy in cooperation with the IGU Commission on the Geography of Governance to be completed in 2024 attempting to compare such regulations in the countries of Europe with autochthonous linguistic minorities on the background of ethnic and linguistic structures, historical and political developments, the political landscape, governance structures, and external relations. Major questions of this project are: Is minority place-name standardization part of the general standardization process or are there specific regulations? Is it a bottom-up or a top-down process and which administrative levels are involved? To which extent do these regulations satisfy linguistic minorities and help to facilitate the relations between majority and minority.
Researchers cooperating in this project (35 individual researchers and research teams for almost all European countries) will be invited to this session to report on the situation in their countries as reflected in their contributions to the project. The session will, however, also be open for all other contributions with relevance for the topic.    Presentations in English

Peter Jordan (1,2)
(1) Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Urban and Regional Research, (2) University of the Free State (South Africa), Faculty of Humanities

 
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1149 | What Future for maritime transport in Europe? | Arnaud Serry (1)

Maritime transport, especially containerisation, has made a major contribution to globalisation and to the geography of globalisation. Maritime networks are also shaping the geography of the world by accentuating inequalities between different parts of the world, in particular in terms of accessibility. Since the 1970s, East Asia has gradually emerged as the new centre of gravity of the global maritime system, instead of Northern America and Europe.
Key global players dominate the maritime industry: container carriers, freight forwarders, terminal handling operators, shippers, ports and inland carriers. They have played a crucial role in the establishment of the container networks, which are shaping the geography of the world.
But after more than 50 years of a booming situation, the shipping industry is perhaps at a turning point of its history. The context is not anymore, the same and two factors can be considered very sensitive for the future of maritime transportation in Europe. On the one hand, the ability of European society to move towards new, more sustainable models at a technological, environmental, social and productive level. So, the European maritime sector, must face major environmental challenges, even though the major technological breakthroughs are still very uncertain in terms of decarbonising maritime transport. On the other one, the geopolitical and global growth context is today moving forcing the European ports to adapt.
Finally, yet importantly, the shipping industry has dramatically changed over the past decade. The oligopolistic situation has crucial consequences for port competition but also for inland services to major cities and hinterlands.
This session will therefore examine the future of maritime transport in Europe in relation to globalisation and the ability of shipping industry to reshape Europe and its geography as has happened in the past.
Proposals are thus welcome on the following themes:
– The interactions between the evolution of international trade and shipping. The consequences of these evolutions Europe.
– The evolution of maritime networks and the interactions between these networks and the geography of globalisation,
– The evolution of the role of ports in maritime networks and the reconfiguration or otherwise of maritime ranges in Europe,
– The evolution of the hinterland service in relation to the geography of the European metropolises,
– The capacity of the European maritime system to respond to environmental challenges and the possible consequences on maritime services. The session will consist of presentations in English.

Arnaud Serry (1)
(1) University Le Havre Normandie

 
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