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The European Urban Research Association (EURA) and the Urban
Affairs Association (UAA) will hold their second Joint Conference
on City Futures in Madrid. We extend an invitation to colleagues
from Europe, North America and from across the world to join us
in a major forward looking conference examining the future of cities.
Background – the City Futures Joint Conference, Chicago
The Madrid conference will build on and take forward the international
dialogue that started at the first City Futures Joint Conference
held in Chicago in July 2004. Hosted by the College of Urban Planning
and Public Affairs (CUPPA) at the University of Illinois at Chicago
(UIC), and attended by over 250 participants from 36 countries,
our first Joint Conference was intensely international. Full details:
www.uic.edu/cuppa/cityfutures.
Aims of City Futures in a Globalising World
The central aim of the Madrid Conference in 2009 is to lift the
quality of international dialogue about urban issues by:
- Creating a whole conference sharply focussed on international
exchange
- Engaging different disciplinary perspectives and approaches
- Welcoming papers that address policy concerns – local,
regional, national and international – that speak to the
impact of policy on the ground
Conference Themes
This conference calls for papers relating to one or more of the
following themes.
We welcome scholars from diverse disciplines as well as practitioners.
- Climate change, resource use, and urban adaptation
How sustainable are modern cities? What policies are being introduced
to tackle climate change?
- Knowledge and technology in urban development
How are cities harnessing knowledge and technology to increase
the quality of life for their citizens? Whither local economic
development in a rapidly changing world?
- Community development, migration and integration in
urban areas
How are cities coping with rapid population movements –
both into and out of cities? What are the implications for housing,
urban regeneration and community building of international population
shifts?
- Urban governance and city planning in an international
era
Sound city governance and urban planning are critical to urban
success. What are the implications of current trends for political
and managerial leadership? How should cities position themselves
internationally?
- Architecture and the design of the public realm
The quality of architecture and urban design affects the quality
of life in cities. What innovations are taking place in urban
design and planning at street level? Are cities redesigning themselves
to cope with new challenges relating to, for example, public safety?
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