CITTA 15th Annual Conference on Planning Research
The CITTA 15th Annual Conference on Planning Research will debate “Sustainable Neighbourhoods” with an emphasis on walkability, active transportation, shared and electric transport modes, diverse and inclusive housing, and healthy living, i.e. promoting overall diversified, socially equal and thriving neighbourhoods. In particular, it will discuss the need to promote urban living areas with good conditions to access daily activities within short distances and using sustainable transport modes, namely active modes. Furthermore, these living areas must also guarantee inclusivity, safety and zero carbon emissions and act as health promoters for the population, both physically and mentally. Furthermore, most and foremost, they must act as providers of daily living in safe and sustainable conditions under extreme situations such as pandemics, climate changes in the urban environment or economic and energy limitations.
Sustainable neighbourhoods represent a broad thematic area that can relate to urban and transport policies, social participation, urban design, infrastructure, road management, indicators for sustainable mobility and accessibility, environmental, social and economic impacts, activities and facilities optimal locations, pavement or signage, intelligent information systems, quality of life, pedestrian-friendly spaces and social interaction, among other thematic areas.
Moreover, sustainability broadly can be divided into economic, social, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
The conference will be held in Coimbra, Portugal on 22 June 2023, under the main topic Sustainable Neighbourhoods.
Submitted contributions should fall under at least one of the four conference topics/tracks:
- Urban and transport policies and impacts;
- Urban design, greening and housing planning strategies and models;
- Transport modes accessibility planning and modelling and
- Infrastructure planning, implementation and management.
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Qr Code Book of Abstracts |
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Keynote Speakers
There are three invited speakers:
- Agnès Patuano, Karst Geurs and Steven Farber.
Agnès Patuano
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KEYNOTE TITLE: Designing neighbourhoods for active ageing Prof. Dr. Agnès Patuano is an Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning (Wageningen University – The Netherlands) and an expert on landscape architecture and human health. She trained in landscape research through internships at the University of Sheffield (UK) and at TUWien (Austria), before pursuing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh (UK). While there, she joined the team at OPENspace, the international research centre investigating issues of accessibility and inclusivity of public outdoor spaces, particularly to older people and vulnerable communities. She supported the development and delivery of an innovative MSc programme training a new generation of future practitioners in the fields of landscape architecture and wellbeing. She also contributed to the Mobility, Mood and Place research project, collecting quantitative and qualitative data on older people’s experiences of walking in urban environments. She is currently working on developing a research agenda operationalizing landscape design solutions to support and improve the health of populations. |
Karst Geurs
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KEYNOTE TITLE: The role of smart mobility hubs in creating sustainable neighbourhoods Karst Geurs is appointed Full Professor of Transport Planning at Department of Civil Engineering. His research focuses on interactions between land use and transport, accessibility modelling and evaluation and the dynamics in travel behaviour. From 2009-2013 he was Associated Professor at the Department of CE. He worked at the National Institute for Public Health and Environment from 1997 and moved to the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency in 2005. In 2006 he received his PhD at the Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, on accessibility appraisal of land-use and transport policy strategies. He teaches master courses on Transport Policy and Planning, Land Use and Transport Interactions and Sustainable Transport within the Master Track Transport Engineering and Management. He is chair of the Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research (NECTAR), Editor-in-Chief of the European Transport Research Review (ETRR) and member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Transport and Land Use (JTLU). |
Steven Farber
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KEYNOTE TITLE: Justice and Neighbourhood Completeness in the North American Suburb. Steven Farber is an Associate Professor of Human Geography at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC). His research investigates the social and economic outcomes of travel behavior, transportation planning, and urban form with an aim to provide empirical evidence in support of improved transport and social policy in cities. He is the Director of Mobilizing Justice, a national partnership conducting research in support of more equitable transportation planning, policy, and outcomes. He is also directing the Suburban Mobilities Cluster of Scholarly Prominence and is an Associate Director of the University of Toronto Mobility Network. Dr. Farber has authored more than 80 journal articles and book chapters on topics related to accessibility, time-use, mobility, equity, and participation in daily life activities. He sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Transport Geography, Travel Behavior and Society, Geographical Analysis, and the Journal of Geographical Systems. |
Accomodation
Here you can find all recommendations, from Trivago
Our recommendations (with different prices) adding locals web sites:
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Ibis |
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Rius Studios and Suites |
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Casa de São Bento |
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IBN-Arrik |
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Sapientia Hotel |
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Penedo da Saudade |
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