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PLANNING 2052 – one-day international conference
Rich Mix arts centre, London
January 25th, 2019
http://urbanvoices.uk/about-the-conference/
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What will urban planning be like in 2052?
This one-day international conference brings together policy makers, researchers, planners, architects and artists to envisage the role of urban planning in the future.
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In 1972, the Club of Rome published The Limits to Growth – a pioneering study on the dangers of unconstrained population and economic growth.The study was received with denial. Critics refused to listen to what they deemed to be a ‘doomsday fantasy’, arguing that technology would remove perceived planetary constraints and that the global population and economy should grow unhindered forever. Only today are its predictions being seen clearly.
Forty years later, Jørgen Randers, co-author of The Limits to Growth, published a new study looking forward another forty years. Reflecting on the insubstantial efforts in averting climate crisis since the seventies, Randers predicted what the world would likely look like in 2052.
So, what is status quo in 2052 and what can planners do to ensure a better life for urban dwellers? What factors determine what happens to a site, area or a city when economic growth is no longer the dominant goal and human flourishing and ecological regeneration matter most? How do we take the first step towards long-term envisioning for alternative urban futures?
By taking a liberatory step away from our immediate constraints and into tomorrow, this conference explores the future of government’s role in city design by imagining the shape of urban planning in 2052. Planning 2052 will be a day of both serious and adventurous discussion among inspiring peers and creative collaborators. We know the status quo is faltering, together we can envisage the role of urban planning in the future.
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Programme highlights:
• Keynote by climate scientist Jørgen Randers, author of 2052 and Limits to Growth
• Panel discussion with economist Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics; performance maker Zoë Svendsen and architect Sunand Prasad
• Workshops by artist Brandon Labelle, artist collective Building Conversation and Common Cause Foundation
• Audio walk by urban research collective zURBS
• Inputs by urban designer Barbara Holub, author of Planning.Unplanned and Karl James from The Dialogue Project
• And many others!
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For more information and full programme: http://urbanvoices.uk/about-the-conference/
For tickets: https://richmix.org.uk/events/urban-voices-conference/
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The conference is funded by the British Academy Rising Star Engagement Awards, and organised in collaboration with Royal Holloway, University of London, the Architecture Foundation, Oslo Architecture Triennale and Rich Mix.
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