News in 2021 
	   
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	Summer school and Commission 3 + 8 workshop in Italy
		20-21 July 2021 Prato, Italy
		Again in 2021 a Summer 
		School in Italy will take place, this time in Prato. As part of the 
		Summer School a workshop organised jointly by 
		FIG Commission 3, Spatial Information Management, and Commission 8, 
		Spatial Planning and Development will take place.
		
		
		Please, join us and take part in the joint Workshop of FIG 
		Commissions 3 and 8 on the theme:
		“Spatial information management to optimize Spatial planning and 
		Sustainable development” 
		The workshop will take place as part of the XXII edition of the 
		"International Summer School", organized by Comitato Internazionale di 
		Fotogrammetria Architettonica.
		The coronavirus pandemic has put a strain on the world population. 
		The urgent need to improve the habitat to better protect themselves 
		within cities leads governments to focus on policies to protect the 
		environment and the territory. But what are the planning policies to be 
		implemented to overcome this crisis?
		The help that digital and geo-information technologies can provide, 
		in terms of ideas for the future, are essential for restarting 
		development that respects our planet.
		The Prato conference, in the context of global environmental policies, 
		can be important to encourage and publicize planning works and proposals 
		based on the management of spatial data as a paradigm of the urban 
		regeneration project and opportunities for sustainable city development.
		Practical cases of strategies to transform and improve cities on 
		themselves will be illustrated, avoiding the recourse to the occupation 
		of further green and free land that would otherwise be destined for new 
		urbanization; thus focusing on the regeneration of the existing degraded 
		building heritage and the private and public spaces that fall within the 
		urban perimeter.
		Urban regeneration, which aims at a welcoming habitat, climatically 
		neutral and efficient in the use of resources, is affected by the 
		problems related to the rigidity of urban spaces, especially overcrowded 
		ones, and by the need for huge economic resources. Could the enhancement 
		of degraded urban areas be the best way to optimize existing and future 
		cities?
		The Workshop will be held both in presence, ensuring compliance with 
		safety, and on line (vitual meeting).
		If you have a paper that addresses the theme of the conference in any 
		way, please submit it at the Joint Workshop of FIG Commissions 3 and 8, 
		Prato, Italy.
		
		See the final programme 
		book of the workshop
		To register please note:
		Given the high number of requests to participate, registrations must 
		be regulated. Therefore a certain number of registrations will be 
		guaranteed every day. Once this number is reached, registrations will be 
		suspended and will reopen the day after. The deadline is July 17th 2021 
		and registrations are open as follows: 
		
			- 14th 2021 July from 10 am; 
 
			- 15th, 16th and 17th July 2021 from 9.00
 
		
		So please do not miss this event and register promptly in 
		the morning. 
		
		Register here: 
		
		https://mm-group-it.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sDZqeJ30Tp-zRcMggh6bAA
		
		 
		 
		Louise Friis-Hansen 		
		3 June 2021