Conferences
42nd EAROPH Regional Conference
5 October 2009, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The theme is “Affordable Housing - from nomadic life to city life”. For more details see www.earoph.info
More Footprints Less Carbon
New York City, 7-9 October 2009. For this 10th International Conference on Walking and Liveable Communities, the themes are: walkable communities are sustainable communities; paved with gold - investing in the public realm for a successful city; there is more to walking than walking; design strategies for urban quality; fit cities: community design for active living. For more details see www.walk21.com
ISOCARP Low carbon cities
The 45th ISOCARP International Congress will be held at Porto, Portugal, 18-22 October 2009, focused on the theme of low carbon cities. ISOCARP is a global association of experienced professional planners. It was founded in 1965 to bring together recognised and highly qualified planners in an international network. Jim Coleman is the Australian Vice-President. For more information see www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=409
ICTC Society 2009
27-30 October, Geelong The International Cities, Towns and Communities Society (ICTC) 2009 conference and exhibition will be held at Deakin University Waterfront Campus, Geelong, Victoria from Tuesday 27 October to Friday 30 October 2009. Membership of the ICTC Society (no charge) and more details are available at www.ictcsociety.org
48th International Making Cities Livable Conference
Charleston, SC, USA 17-21 October, 2010 Co-sponsored by the City of Charleston and IMCL Council, this conference will focus on ways to improve children’s health and development by improving the built environment. The conference will bring together 350-400 delegates - elected officials, practitioners and scholars in planning, urban design, land use development, landscape architecture, architecture, public health, paediatrics and child development - from around the world to begin to develop tools for changing the way developers build, and how cities reshape existing neighbourhoods. Those wishing to present papers should submit a 250 word abstract for consideration before November 15, 2009, following the Call for Papers Guidelines on the web at http://www.livablecities.org/conferences/forthcoming-conferences/18.html.
Also in this edition:
- Australia Award for Urban Design 2009
- ‘I’ve never thought of a milk bottle in this way before.’
- Next UDF to focus on Queensland
- The Coburg Initiative
- A short walk away from life’s everyday needs
- Urban design – resilience and survival
- Building activity centres -- strategies for developing strong local economies and communities
- A new approach to housing affordability
- Adam Haddow named ‘Future Leader’
- Curbs on the burbs
- Better waste disposal - Barcelona’s lessons for the transition to higher density
- Vale Barry Rae