Dear all
Due to the late advertisement of the special sessions the deadline for submission of abstracts for the UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference "Planning Resilient Communities in Challenging Times" has been extended to 21 April 2011.
The Conference will be held at the University of Birmingham, 12-14 September 2011.
The challenging times we face expose communities to a range of risks, hazards and perceived threats which have direct implications for planning: climate change and associated environmental issues; financial constraints, access to credit and economic uncertainty; political and security disorders; the effects of social polarisation and migration upon community cohesion; and, challenges to existing patterns of governance and leadership styles. But what is the role and remit of planning in these challenging times when places and communities will need to be increasingly resilient? Here resilience is increasingly being focused, not upon state institutions but upon citizen and community responses. But do communities have the skills to make effective decisions affecting their resilience and will all voices be heard equally? Moreover, how is planning reconciling the challenge of finding solutions and spatial strategies that will deliver 'more for less' whilst balancing future needs and resources?
Keynote speakers will include: Lord Richard Rogers (inaugural Brian Anson Memorial lecture series); Professor Simin Davoudi, Keiran Rose and Kelvin MacDonald.
Abstracts addressing British, Irish, European and international approaches to resilient communities are very welcome on the following indicative topics:
* Planning for climate change
* Planning theory
* Sustainable development
* Mobility and transport
* Planning for risk
* Urban and rural regeneration
* Participation and governance
* Urban design and physical forms
* Planning and the economic recession
* Learning and education
For more information on the special sessions / round tables
* Potentials and challenges of temporary land uses
* The challenges and opportunities of localism in planning for community resilience
* Planning for health: at the forefront of interdisciplinary research
* A Future Beyond the Car?
* Constructing resilient communities: can regional planning make a difference?
- Infrastructure planning and delivery - planning's new role or back to the past?
Please visit: http://www.curs.bham.ac.uk/planning-research-conference-2011/call-for-abstracts-special-sessions.shtml
Best regards
The Organising Committee
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