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The 9th Asian Urbanization Conference

August 18-23 2007, Chuncheon City, Republic of Korea

The 9th Asian Urbanization Conference will be held at Kangwon National University, Chuncheon City (80 kilometers from Seoul), Republic of Korea, from August 18 to August 23, 2007. Conference Themes: Theoretical or empirical studies on urban form and process, urban population change including migration, urban systems, quality of life, sustainable development, city marketing & economic development, social justice, urban governance, applications related to GIS, comparative urbanization, and environmental conditions in Asian cities. Other papers which contribute to an understanding of Asian urbanization are welcomed. Registration Information: March 31, 2007 is the deadline for both registration and abstracts. Registration forms and abstracts are accepted via e-mail or by regular post. Include your abstract at time of registration. The general registration fee is $125 US for participants. Registration fees are $60 for participants residing in developing countries and for companions. There is a student registration fee of $60 US. Abstracts should be no more than 200 words should be prepared in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, or compatible format. Submission of complete papers is strongly encouraged. Field trips include a visit to the DMZ (demilitarized zone), premier planning projects in metropolitan Seoul, and local highlights of Gangwon Province. This conference is organized under the auspices of the Asian Urbanization Research Association (AURA). The very successful 8th Asian Urbanization Conference was hosted by the University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences, Kobe, Japan in August 2005 and ably organized by Shii Okuno. The 10th Asian Urbanization Conference (2009) will be hosted by the University of Hong Kong and in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Peopleâ€™s Republic of China. The lead organizer is Anthony Yeh, Center for Urban and Environmental Studies, University of Hong Kong (hdxugoy@hkucc.hku.hk). For more information contact the Principal Organizer, Nakhun Song, or George Pomeroy (AURA Secretary). We would be grateful at expressions of interest as soon as possible. Information is also available at www.ship.edu/~aura. The call for papers in PDF format is attached. Additional information is available at http://www3.uakron.edu/geography/aurapage/aurapage.htm. Principal Organizer Dr. Nakhun Song Kangwon National University 9, Joongang-ro 1ga Chun-cheon-si, Gangwon-do, 200-041 Republic of Korea snh@kdri.re.kr tel. 82-33-250-1336 fax 82-33-242-2416 AURA Secretary Dr. George Pomeroy Shippensburg University 1871 Old Main Drive Shippensburg PA 17257 gmpome@ship.edu (717) 477-1776

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Whatever economic globalization or 'global village' is the very portrait of present world, no one can deny that, it is a wise choice, with world developing, to make every citizen enjoy all the peace, wealth and health maintained by human beings.
Any action to hinder the knowledge from spreading is against the original intension of human.
While on the other hand, to accelerate the spreading of the knowledge is proved to benefit those conferrers and dispensers, in particular the education course.
And in this aspect, the discipline of urban planning begins with its first significant step.
Promoted by of APSA, AESOP, ACSP and ANSAPS, the first World Planning Schools Congress was held in Tongji University in July, 2001. And there were nearly 1000 officials, scholars of urban planning, educators, students and practitioners gathered making a deep discuss on the common achievements in urban planning and construction, communicating actively on working experience, as well as referring to practical experience of the other countries, cities and research partners. Therefore it made a full success.
According to the common sense of the above paragraph, to deliver the spirit to the whole world, 10 countries and transnational planning educational organizations, gathered signing the SHANGHAI STATEMENT on July 14th, which declares:on the goal of increasing mutual communication in order to improve the quality and visibility of planning and planning education. To achieve this, it was agreed to establish a global planning education association network and committees to plan holding the second World Planning Schools Congress and to develop an inclusive communication network.
Here you see the web page of Global Planning Education Association Network directed by the spirit of the Shanghai Statement.
Here we also provide various urban planning organizations with opportunities for mutual communication and immediate report on the significant events of worldwide urban planning, discussing on the developing tide of planning theory, even further, improving the function of urban planning in public life, in order to build a city system which is sustainable and impelling.
What we want to put emphasis on is that this network not only exists in the infinite virtual digital world, but also is consisted of close relations between a myriad of scholars, schools and cities, which must be existing in real life and detailed common study. And we will try our best to bring up this cooperation and communication.

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