10th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability1 - 3 September, 2015
Medellin, Colombia
Organised by:
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia
Wessex Institute, UK
Overview
The 10th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability (Sustainable City) will be held at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellin, Colombia. The University is named in honour of the South American Liberator Simon Bolivar.
This Sustainable City meeting follows a series of successful
conferences starting in Rio de Janeiro in 2000 and regularly held since
then in different locations throughout Europe and Asia. The meetings
always attract a substantial number of contributions from participants
from different backgrounds and countries. The variety of topics and
experiences is one of the main reasons behind the success of the series.
The dynamic growth of Colombia and in particular the rapid development
of Medellin, which has recently been designated the most innovative city
in the world, led to its choice as the venue for the Sustainable City
2015 conference.
Urban areas result in a series of environmental challenges varying
from the consumption of natural resources and the subsequent generation
of waste and pollution, contributing to the development of social and
economic imbalances. As cities continue to grow all over the world,
these problems tend to become more acute and require the development of
new solutions.
The challenge of planning sustainable contemporary cities lies in
considering the dynamics of urban systems, exchange of energy and
matter, and the function and maintenance of ordered structures directly
or indirectly supplied and maintained by natural systems. The task of
researchers, aware of the complexity of the contemporary city, is to
improve the capacity to manage human activities, pursuing welfare and
prosperity in the urban environment. Any investigation or planning on a
city ought to consider the relationships between the parts and their
connections with the living world. The dynamics of its networks (flows
of energy matter, people, goods, information and other resources) are
fundamental for an understanding of the evolving nature of today’s
cities.
The Sustainable City Conference addresses the multidisciplinary
components of urban planning, the challenges presented by the increasing
size of the cities, the amount of resources and sources required and
the complexity of modern society.
Conference Topics
- Planning, development and management
- The community and the city
- Urban strategies
- Architectural issues
- Cultural heritage issues
- Landscape planning and design
- Urbanization of rural areas
- Environmental management
- Sustainable energy and the city
- Transportation
- Waste management
- Intelligent environments
- Quality of life
- Infrastructures and social services
- Sustainable urban tourism
- Planning for risk and natural hazards
- Case studies
Webpage
View the conference website, which has full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission requirements at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/15-conferences/sustainable-city-2015.html