Sustainable Cities and Regions: Enabling Vision or Empty Talk? - Örebro, 11-13 March 2009 11-03-2009, Source: Urbanicity.org Introduction A majority of the world's population lives in urban areas, a situation that
entails both expectations and strains. Cities are frequently depicted as sites
of economic growth and innovation, and their location in sub-national regions
has become an important dimension of sustainable economic development. Likewise,
the role of cities in times of globalization is frequently stressed.
Accordingly, in discussing sustainability and the highly topical issues of
climate change and biodiversity, we see an increased emphasis on urban and
regional governance, including issues such as the design and function of urban
areas, land use, energy efficiency, and social inclusion.
Description
There are, however, also processes of exclusion and social and economic
polarization as well as problems of environmental degradation. Thus, cities and
regions are sites of contradictory tendencies, in that they both compete and
work in partnership with each other, include and exclude, assemble but also
divide. These circumstances put the focus on the complex relationship between
sustainability, efficiency, and democracy.
The aim of the conference is to focus the role of cities and
regions in discussions of sustainable development. What do the contradictory
trends in cities and regions imply? How are affiliation and alterity
constructed? What does the talk of the sustainable and liveable city or region
mean? Who represents whom and on what mandate in such discussions? At the
conference, these and related issues will be addressed in keynote presentations
and working groups organized around the following notions:
Acknowledgement
The conference is organized with financial support from the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas). Organizers
Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CUReS), Örebro University and School of business (EKI), Mälardalen University. Click
here
if you want to contact the organizers.
Programme
Early-bird registration, expires 20 December 2008, 1.700 SEK VAT 25%
included. Please transfer your conference fee no later that December 20, 2008.
For registration after 20 December 2008, costs are 2.100 SEK VAT 25% included.
Please transfer your conference fee no later than February 15, 2009.
The organizers have also provided
travel
information.
Location
Fakultetsgatan 1
SE-701 82 Örebro
Sweden
+46 19 303000
Register Links Click here to visit the conference websiteClick here for the website of Formas, the Swedish Research CouncilClick here to visit the CUReS websiteClick here to visit the website of the University of ÖrebroClick here to visit the website of the School of Business from the University of Mälardalenback |
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