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

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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