Presentations

WorldMap - A GIS Platform for Scholarly Collaboration & Teaching, at Jerusalem - Herbrew University (Mt. Scopus), Thursday, March 2, 2017:
Worldmap provides a unique GIS platform designed for scholars and educations who wish to either publish their own work or engage students in learning the fundamentals of the geographic information sciences while publishing their research.  The presentation provides an overview of the many features built into WorldMap, as well as examples relevant to landscape archaeologists and general users wanting to publish their data spatially.
Social well being, urban planning and spatial justice, at Seattle. AAG Meeting, Monday, April 11, 2011:

Citation: Pallares-Barbera, M.; Casellas, A. (2011). Social well being, urban planning and spatial justice. Presentation. Association of American Geographers (AAG) Meeting. Seatle, WA.

Concerns regarding population's well-being in terms of day-to-day quality of life are focal points for social enquiry, policy makers and institutions. This paper focuses on the manner in which the urban settings can be transformed and adjusted to fulfill population needs through urban planning. Specifically, it addresses how the needs for urban services are embedded and planned into the urbanism of a...

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OLIVE OIL TRACEABILITY, MARKETS AND SMALL FIRMS, at AAG Meeting Las Vegas, NE, Thursday, March 26, 2009:

Citation: Vera, A. & Pallares-Barbera, M. (2009). OLIVE OIL TRACEABILITY, MARKETS AND SMALL FIRMS. Presentation. Association of American Geographers (AAG) Meeting. Las Vegas, NE.

Social responsible agro-industry companies are concerned about the quality of their product traceability. Their competitive advantage, their increasing returns of scale, and market share are direct proportional to firm’s capacity to prove social responsible production. In addition, final product has to be not only the maximum quality but superb. The only way to have correct returns to...

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Public Sector Intervention in Embodying New Economy in Inner Urban Areas: The Barcelona Experience , at AAG Las Vegas, Sunday, March 22, 2009:

Citation: Pallares-Barbera, M.; Casellas, A. (2009). Presentation. Public Sector Intervention in Embodying New Economy in Inner Urban Areas: The Barcelona Experience. (54) 2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV  March 22-27, 2009.

This article investigates the process of urban and economic revitalization of a traditional industrial working-class neighborhood into a knowledge-based economic district. It explores why and how this new district is the result of an assertive public policy led by Barcelona's city council...

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