Freitag, 29. November 2013, 9:30 bis 17:30 Uhr
Conference of the Regional Studies Association in Kooperation mit dem
Center for Metropolitan Studies und Think Berl!n
Veranstaltungsort:
Technische Universität Berlin | Hauptgebäude H 2035
Straße des 17. Juni 135
10623 Berlin
Berlin is currently in the process of developing a new spatial development strategy – the Stadtentwicklungs-konzept 2030 (StEK 2030). Other plans and policies to shape the growing metropolitan region are also well under way, such as the new housing strategy and a new strategy of how to deal with municipal real estate. Many of these policies have been influenced by civil society stakeholders who demand a more sustainable development of the city, both in terms of climate change and socially. Extensive public participation processes have been launched to come up with development strategies, which will be perceived as ‘just’ while at the same time supporting Berlin’s economic growth. The conference will discuss the proposed strategies and participatory approaches and whether they are as ‘just’ and ‘sustainable’ as promised. It will look at similar proposals in London and Paris and explore what these new approaches mean regarding current debates on governance, localism or sustainable urban development.
Konferenzsprache: Englisch
Programme
9:30
Welcome and Introduction
Planning the metropolitan region – a historic perspective
Harald Bodenschatz, Center for Metropolitan Studies/TU Berlin
9:50
Towards a sustainable and just city region
Cordelia Polinna, CMS/TU Berlin, Think Berl!n
10:10
The London Governance Debate
Learning from Paris and Berlin through a Research Network
Duncan Bowie, University of Westminster
10:30
Coffee break
Big Plans for Big Cities: Steering sustainable growth
Moderator: Cordelia Polinna, CMS/Think Berl!n
10:50
Coping with Berlin’s housing challenge: New strategies and policies
Dirk Boettcher, Senate Department for Urban
Development and the Environment
11:10
Berlin’s Urban Development Concept 2030 (StEK 2030)
Elke Plate, Senate Department for Urban Development
and the Environment
11:30
Planning the ‚Grand Paris‘ (or Not)?
Paul Lecroart, Institut d‘Aménagement et d‘Urbanisme d‘Île-de-France
11:50
Comment and Discussion
12:20
Lunch
Self-made city: A more sustainable approach?
Commentator & Moderator: Anna Richter, HCU Hamburg
13:20
Participation as a key precondition for a just and
sustainable city region: New approaches from Berlin
Aljoscha Hofmann, CMS/TU Berlin, Think Berl!n
13:40
Co-operatives, collectives and trusts: new approaches to the production of urban space in Berlin
Andreas Krüger, belius Berlin
14:00
Civil Society and the rise of community-based
approaches to planning and development in London
Nick Bailey, University of Westminster
14:20
The Localism Act 2011 and Neighbourhood Planning in the ‘hyper-diverse city’: challenges and first developments
Claire Colomb, Bartlett School of Planning
14:40
Comment and Discussion
15:10
Coffee break
Looking at the Outer City: Transformation of less
sustainable parts of the urban region
Commentator & Moderator: Johanna Sonnenburg, Center for Metropolitan Studies/TU Berlin, Think Berl!n
15:30
Smart Cells: A Strategy for Outer Berlin
Klaus Overmeyer, Urban Catalyst studio/Bergische
Universität Wuppertal
15:50
Outer London and the Outer Metropolitan Area
Ian Gordon, London School of Economics
16:10
Comment and Discussion
16:40
What do we do when we compare cities? Reflections on
Berlin, London and Paris
Allan Cochrane, Open University
17:00
End of conference
Duncan Bowie, University of Westminster