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With best regards on behalf of the SCUPAD organizing committee,
– CALL FOR PAPERS –
46th Annual SCUPAD Congress
May 16th -18th, 2014 in Salzburg, Austria
No Time to Waste: Planning to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
The Salzburg Congress on Urban Planning and Development (SCUPAD) invites abstracts for papers to be presented during its 2013 Congress “No Time to Waste: Planning to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” to be held 16 – 18 of May, 2013 in Salzburg, Austria. Researchers and practitioners who wish to present and discuss their work on this topic are invited to submit an abstract of their proposed paper.
Abstracts should be submitted by email to papers@scupad.org no later than 15th January 2014. Authors will be notified by 1st February 2014 whether their paper is accepted for presentation at the Congress. In addition to a presentation at the Congress, authors can choose to contribute a written paper which can be published on the SCUPAD website.
Details about the call can be found in this document: http://www.scupad.org/web/sites/default/files/downloads/2014_Call_for_Papers.pdf
The topic
Imagine cities where our current concepts of waste are thrown away, and instead we envision a city’s waste as resource. In our world, where scarcity and excess define the chasm between the haves and have-nots; exploring the social, environmental and economic dimensions of waste will help us understand more deeply how we manage our Earth’s resources and how we may help to address the inequities intrinsic to this dichotomy. SCUPAD’s 2014 Congress will explore a paradigm shift where cities and regions can develop new ways of managing the planet’s resources where the concept of harvesting becomes the lifecycle of every element of our lives. Re-evaluating, modifying, and altering chains of production and consumption are ways of renewing connections to our places and to each other; and practical ways to reduce and reuse waste should be integral parts of any city’s metabolism. Although each city has its own DNA and thus may manage its resources and waste in different ways, looking at a variety of successful methods that some cities have adopted in the management of their waste streams may offer templates for replication and adaptation. Expanding our understanding of the generation of urban energies can help us realign our relationships with natural systems. SCUPAD’s 2014 Congress will frame waste as a source of creativity, equity, and sustainable development. Please join us as we question, test, and explore ways we can adopt new policies, expand community education, and share practices that inspire citizen engagement and culture change. There is no time to waste.
The institution:
SCUPAD is an independent, non-profit international organization of planners, whose members are based throughout Europe, the Middle East and North America and recently from South America, India and Northern Africa. All SCUPAD members are professionals working at a high level in their respective organizations: planning and other government authorities, educational and research institutions, private development and consultancy practices. With its annual Congresses since 1965, SCUPAD presents topics for discussion of a contemporary nature and of critical relevance to urban planning and development. Unlike most other international conventions, SCUPAD developed its characteristic style as a more personal exchange among experts, engendering informality, international and transdisciplinary discourse and a lively social and professional network that carries on beyond the Congresses.
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