What is International Geographical Union?
The '''International Geographical Union''' ('''IGU'''; {{lang-fr|Union Géographique Internationale}}, ''UGI'') is an [[international organization|international]] [[association]] of [[Geography|geographical]] organizations around the world. The organization was established in 1922 in [[Belgium]] after the first geographical congress, which was in 1871. The Union has 34 Commissions and four task forces. One of these commissions is the Urban Geography Commission. This compares cities in the [[capitalist]] [[economy]] world and cities in the [[socialist]] economy world. It was created at the UGI conference in [[Moscow]] in 1976. It was proposed by Prof. [[Kasimierz Dziewonski]] from [[Poland]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.igu-online.org/ International Geographical Union / Union Géographique Internationale] * [http://www.igu-urban.com/ Urban Geography Commission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221119/http://www.igu-urban.com/ |date=2016-03-03 }} [[Category:International organizations]] [[Category:1922 establishments]] [[Category:Geography]] {{geo-stub}}