The Eleventh Conference on Urban Development and Planning
The year of 2016 is a crucial year for Chinese Government to implement the 13th Five-Year Plan and a decisive stage in finishing building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. It is also a very important year to improve new type urbanization and convey the spirit of Central Urban Work Conference, as well as tackle the challenges of sustainable development working together with world community. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development passed by the United Nations, which provides urban development targets featuring inclusiveness, safety, resilience and sustainability. The Central Urban Work Conference, which was held for the second time by Chinese leaders in 37 years, aims to encourage local governments to integrate their various types of urban plans into a single master plan, enhance urban planning, design and construction level, promote ecological restoration and city repair, reinforce sponge city and utility tunnel construction, advocate resources recycling use, optimize urban traffic, largely complete renovation of shantytowns, underdeveloped areas in cities, and dilapidated housing, so as to improve the urban management level.
Under such context, the “2016 (the Eleventh) Conference on Urban Development and Planning”, supported by Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, P. R. China, and jointly organized by Chinese Society for Urban Studies and People’s Government of Changsha Municipality, will be held on August 16-17, 2016 in Changsha, Hunan Province, in the hope of providing a platform for improving and extending the advanced experiences, innovative technologies and managerial approaches to tackle various challenges confronting urban development.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATIONS
SUPPORTED BY
- Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, P. R. China
ORGANIZED BY:
- Chinese Society for Urban Studies
- Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of Hunan Province
- People’s Government of Changsha Municipality
PROMOTED BY:
- Hunan Xiangjiang New Area Administrative Committee
- Beijing Buddy Conference Co., Ltd
CO-ORGANIZED BY:
- China Eco-city Council
- China Eco-city Academy
- Digital City Council of Chinese Society for Urban Studies
- Chinese Historical and Cultural Cities Council
- Energy Foundation China
- China Academy of Urban Planning & Design
- China Association of City Planning
- Changsha Pilot Investment Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Hunan Xiangjiang New Area Development Group Co., Ltd
DESIGNATED WEBSITE
http://www.cityup.org/topic/planning_2016/English/index.shtml
DATE：August 16-17, 2016 (registration on August 15)
VENUE：Worldhotel Grand Jiaxing Hunan (No. 247, Jinxing Middle Road, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan Province）
CONFERENCE THEME: Green Cyclicity, Inclusive Resilience, Harmonious Livability
SESSION TOPICS：
1 New-Type Urbanization and Eco-City Construction in China
2 Experience & Examples of Eco-City Planning and Practice
3 Comparison of Urbanization Processes in the U.S. and China
4 Green Transport and Integrated Transport System
5 Latest Development of Smart City Construction
6 Livable &Sustainable Cities Development and Transition
7 Water System Planning and Water Ecological Restoration
8 Development and Protection of Historical and Cultural Cities
9 Theory and Cases of Ecological Restoration &City Repair
10 The Urban Comprehensive Utility Tunnel Design, Construction and Management
11 Sponge City Planning and Construction
12 Planning Method, Implementation, Management and Innovation of “Integration of Multi-Type Urban Plans”
13 City Underdeveloped Areas Greening Practices and Innovation
14 Addressing Climate Change Ways and Experiences in Cities
15 Urban Planning Construction Management Reform and Innovation
16 Cities Integrated Law Enforcement Reform and Innovation
17 Rural Planning Construction Management and Industrial Innovation
Welcome to attend the conference. If you are an expert in this field and would like to deliver a speech based on one of above topics, please contact [email protected].
16/08 - 18/07/2016