A Suburban World? Global Decentralisation and the New Metropolis – Reston (USA), 6-8 April 2008 06-04-2008 Introduction As urban form changes, new research and policy have to be crafted to meet the
challenges of sprawl, congestion and affordable housing. This conference will
take a look at the new metropolis in the context of global decentralisation.
Description
A new era has been entered where the areas outside worldwide core cities are
forming different settlement systems. In Europe, even tight building controls
have not curbed the appetite of households to move out of the central cities.
China and India, with fast-growing middle classes, are witnessing a startling
expansion of their urban areas with rapid auto-dependent growth on the fringe.
Mexico and Indonesia are beginning to adapt American-style suburban development
patterns. New research and policy have to be created to address the challenges
of sprawl, congestion and affordable housing.
This conference will explore these and other issues in the American as well
as international context.
Abstracts of papers for the conference can now be submitted through the
conference website (see below). Abstracts are due by 30 April 2007.
Programme Location
Reston, Virginia, USA
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