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Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south
(AESOP, 2016) Randolph, Rainer
We are publishing here the extended abstracts presented at the IV WPSC. Those which were discussed in the Track Sessions, as well as a considerable number of contributions in Plenary and Special Sessions and Roundtables. Farnak Miraftab´s Opening Keynote “Insurgency, planning and the prospect of a humane urbanism” was published (in portuguese) in ANPUR´s journal Revista Brasileira de Estudos Urbanos e Regionais (Brazilian Journal of Urban and Regional Studies), v.18, n. 3 (2016), p. 363-377 (http://rbeur.anpur.org.br/rbeur/article/view/5499).
It is our conviction that these texts reflect an important panorama of ideas, thoughts, experiences and practices of the nearly 600 researchers, scientists, students and practioneers who attended the congress in Rio de Janeiro with the aim to have an unique opportunity to discuss the matter of planning with colleagues from all over the world.
As it puts our colleague Carlos Balsas in the conclusions he wrote about his experiences by participating the discussions at the congress: “Attention was directed at the need to look forward to more planning not less, more planning research not less, and more educational opportunities to strengthen urban and regional planning. … Alternative paradigms based on the radical deconstruction of prevailing knowledge sets and philosophies by some of those living in southern and northern hemispheres are making positive strides and can be confidently further developed”
ACSP I AESOP Joint International Congrcs. Toronto, Canada, 25-28 July 1996
(International Planning History Society, 1996) Ward, Stephen V.
Five years ago in 1991, the first joint conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) and the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) took place at what was then Oxford Polytechnic in the historic city of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The 1996 Toronto conference was the 'return match', hosted by the Ryerson Polytechnic University and held at the Chelsea Delta Hotel, close to the metropolitan attractions of downtown Toronto. Predictably, the conference, in one of North America's most appealing cities, drew many hundreds of delegates, from both continents. There were no less than 19 subject 'tracks' running simultaneously, plus a poster 'track'. In total, something over 650 papers were programmed, together with 32 fieldtrips ('mobile workshops') and several plenary sessions. Elsewhere on the continent, so it was rumoured, the Olympic Games were taking place. Within all this activity there was a planning history track comprising almost thirty individual offerings, together with several historical papers scattered in other parts of the programme. As in all such events, it is difficult to convey a full flavour of what was on offer, but this review tries to record at least some fragments of the whole event that were particularly relevant to practitioners of planning history.
Announcement of 8th Congress 24-27 August 1994 The Marmara Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey Yildiz Technical University
(International Planning History Society, 1993)
The scientific programme of the congress is planned to consist of two plenary sessions, parallel sessions, poster sessions, a roundtable and workshops. The following topics are being indicated here to serve as guidelines for those who wish to participate and/ or submit abstracts. The tracks will be determined and announced in a second notice, in the letter of acceptance.
‘Planning transatlantic: global change and local problems’, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) and Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) joint international congress: Oxford, UK, 8–12 July 1991
(Elsevier, 1991) Caves, Roger W.
The Joint International Congress rep- resents the first cooperative venture between the North American ACSP and the European AESOP. As of 1990, 117 undergraduate and graduate programmes in urban planning and urban affairs were members of ACSP while there were over 70 full mem- bers. Recognizing that unprecedented changes have taken place over the past few years, the Congress enabled parti- cipants from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean to share ideas and information on a vast array of topics. More than 600 individuals from 23 countries in- cluding the USA, UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden. Au- stralia. France, Czechoslovakia and Israel attended the Congress. Individuals attending the Congress were afforded the opportunity to hear three interesting plenary sessions. Peter Hall, University of California, Berkeley (USA) spoke of an interna- tional agenda for planning in 'Plan- ning transatlantic: the agenda for the 1990s'. Within his talk, Professor Hall commented on the restructuring of London, the impacts of growth, the regeneration of great provincial cities, transatlantic contrasts, the role of the state, and the role of planning educa- tion. Professor David Hall, Oxford University (UK) gave a very informa- tive talk on 'social justice, post- modernism and the city'. Marios Camhis, EC Regional Policy Directo- rate, concluded the Congress with a discussion of 'Europe 2000'.
ACSP/AESOP Joint Congress, Oxford, July 8-12 1991
(Planning History Group, 1991) Ward, Stephen
By any standards the first Joint International Congress of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (of North America) and the Association of European Planning Schools was a unique and extraordinary event. This claim might be regarded as a typical piece of promotional hyperbole, coming as it does from a member of the host institution's organising committee. But the facts speak for themselves: 700 delegates, half of them from North America with the remainder split more or less equally between Britain and the rest of Europe, converged on Oxford making it the largest ever gathering of planning educators anywhere. Just under 400 papers were presented, mainly in 16 parallel 'tracks', each with American and European co-chairs. Conference sessions were balanced by a full complementary programme of study visits, social events, receptions etc.