Urbanization

Home to more than half of the world's population, cities are increasingly subject to crises. How to address the issues of urban growth and better understand its interactions with the environment? |Read more

 

 

Workshop | Call for Papers

goSMART - Second IEEE International Workshop On Global Trends in Smart Cities

21-24 October 2013 | Sydney, Australia

Cities of the future can be models of environmental efficiency, because increased density and better management reduce the cost of service delivery, promote innovation, and enable prosperity through economic development. The goSMART workshop will bring together academics, researchers and practitioners from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas. |Read more

Conference

Challenges of Urbanization and Development in Africa in the Context of Climate Change

24-26 July 2013 | Arusha, Tanzania

Rapid urbanization, increasing vulnerability and urgent need to enhance the capacity of African institutions to work together to manage risks and foster urban adaptation and resilience motivate the design and organization of the three-day International Conference. |Read more

Conference

Agricultural development within the rural-urban continuum

17-19 September 2013 | Hohenheim, Germany

The Tropentag addresses issues of resource management, environment, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food, nutrition and related sciences in the context of rural development, sustainable resource use and poverty alleviation worldwide. Tropentag 2013 will be organised by the faculty of agricultural sciences of the University of Hohenheim. |Read more

Conference

People and the Planet 2013 Conference

2-4 July 2013 | Melbourne, Australia

The conference is part of a larger process of rethinking sustainability across the world. The conference is co-organized by the UN Global Compact Cities Programme, and one of the tasks will be to debate and build upon the recommendations of the Cities Track that lead into the Rio+20 Earth Summit in Brazil in 2012. The conference is linked also to the UN Habitat ‘City Changes’ campaign. In other words, the conference is not a one-off event, but rather will be integrated into a series of ongoing meetings, forums and conferences. |Read more

Call for Papers | Conference

International Conference 2013 on Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development

30 August - 1 September 2013 | Beijing, China

As an effort to deal with the challenges facing rapid globalization, urbanization, informationization and global climate changes in Asian and other countries in the world, the aim of International Conference 2013 on Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development is to gather researchers and experts from the interdisciplinary fields of urban and regional issues for sharing the latest research outcomes and successful practices on spatial planning and sustainable development. |Read more