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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Faculty of Social Science, the Department of Geography and Resource Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is organizing an International Conference on “From Vision to Reality: Driving Smart and Sustainable Urban and Regional Development”. It is co-organized by the Research Centre for Urban and Regional Development, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies and Urban Studies Programme, CUHK.
Date: 17 May 2024 (Friday)
Time: 9:30 am – 5:35 pm
Venue: Lecture Theater 1, Ground Floor, Esther Lee Building, Chung Chi Campus, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR.
Register here and secure your seat on or before 3 May (Friday).
Conference schedule (subject to change; please click for the Conference Programme)
9:00 am – 9:30 am Registration
9:30 am – 9:45 am Opening
9:45 am – 10:45 am Keynote Session 1: Planning for Sustainable Cities
Professor Michael DOUGLASS
Mitigating Disaster Risks through Spatial Planning for Local Resilience
Professor Nicholas PHELPS (The University of Melbourne)
Planning WITH Sprawl: Elements of a Strategic Spatial Planning Vocabulary
11:10 am – 12:40 pm Keynote Session 2: Urban Growth and Sustainable Development
Professor Ran TAO (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen))
The China Model of Growth and Urbanization
Professor Meek Kam NG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
China’s Silicon Valley: Smart and Sustainable?
Professor Jiang XU (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
China's Data Valley: Towards Sustainable Urban Growth?
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Keynote Session 3: Urbanization and Governance
Professor Zhu QIAN (University of Waterloo)
Urbanization through Resettlement in China: Credibility, Informality and Communities
Professor Jianfa SHEN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Changing Dynamics of Migration in China: Migration Transition and Destination City Choice
Professor Calvin King Lam CHUNG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Unpacking Data Power in China’s Urban Environmental Governance
4:25 pm – 5:25 pm Keynote Session 4: Impacts of Urban Environment
Professor Yehua Dennis WEI (The University of Utah)
Urban Environments, Intergenerational Mobility and Health Outcomes
Professor Scarlett Ting JIN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
How the Built Environment Affects E-Scooter Sharing Link Flows: A Machine Learning Approach
5:25 pm – 5:35 pm Concluding Remark