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ISUF 2009: Urban
morphology and urban transformation
The theme of the conference is Urban morphology and urban transformation.
The organizers and the Council of ISUF invite participation in the
Conference by interested academics and professionals. Topics
on which proposals are particularly welcome include:
- Urban morphological theory
- Urban morphology, planning and design
- Urban morphology and architectural design
- New developments in research on building typology
- Typological research, planning and design
- Cities in transition
- Cities in a global era
- Urban form in Asia
- Traditional urban form
- Urban heritage and change
- Geospatial technology in urban morphology
Proposals for papers should take the form of abstracts of papers,
in either English or Chinese. They should be prepared in the following
format: title of paper, author(s) name, affiliation, address, e-mail
address, telephone number, key words and 250-word abstract. They
should be addressed to Professor Yinsheng Tian, Department of Architecture,
College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, South China University
of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China (e-mail: ISUF2009 @scut.edu.cn).
Abstracts of papers must be received on or before 31 December 2008.
Notification of whether abstracts have been accepted will be provided
by 1 March 2009. Those whose abstracts have been accepted will be
required to pay a registration fee by 15 June 2009 to have their
papers included in the conference programme. The registration fee
includes membership of ISUF, and conference lunches and dinners.
Following acceptance of abstracts, submission of papers (not exceeding
4000 words) is optional. If submitted, they should be received by
Professor Tian by 15 July 2009. Authors should consult the notes
for the guidance of contributors to Urban Morphology, available
on the ISUF website (www.urbanform.org) or in recent copies of the
journal, before preparing their papers. Selected papers may be published
after the conference.
The official conference languages are English and Chinese. There
will be a New Researchers' Forum, in which researchers new to the
field are invited to take part. New researchers should indicate
when they submit their abstracts whether they would like to be included
in the New Researchers' Forum.
The city of Guangzhou, with over 2000 years of history, is the
third largest city in China. Capital of one of the most economically
dynamic provinces in China and located some 120 kilometres north
west of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is the southern gateway of China. A
number of excursions to places in the city and the region will be
featured.
Enquiries and suggestions concerning the conference should be forwarded
to Professor Yinsheng Tian (e-mail: ISUF2009@scut.edu.cn), or Dr
Kai Gu (e-mail: k.gu@auckland.ac.nz). The Conference organizing
committee comprises Yinsheng Tian and Yunding Lu, South China University
of Technology; Dong Wang and Haojun Ye, Guangzhou Urban Planning
Bureau; Kai Gu, University of Auckland; and J. W. R. Whitehand,
University of Birmingham.
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