Abstracts

This track will explore how planning can promote the shift towards a low carbon society, address responses to climate change, support vibrant and productive ecosystems, and promote the more efficient use of natural resources.

This track will explore all aspects of planning for social and community well-being in both urban and rural contexts, from physical and mental health, access to healthy food and safe and affordable homes to culture, heritage and community cohesion.

This track will explore the changing scales and mechanisms of planning and governance, including global, European, national, city-regional and neighbourhood scales.

This track will explore the governance of infrastructure, how governments and businesses seek to expedite the delivery of infrastructure projects –including major infrastructure projects, and the implications of a tightening emphasis on delivery for democracy, public engagement and spatial planning.

This track will explore the changing mobility of individuals and communities, the connections between communities and activities, and their travel and transport needs.

This track will review, adapt and develop the theories and concepts necessary to support planning for future generations, as well as refresh the conceptual vocabulary of the discipline.

This track will explore how we educate planners, communities and others so that they can actively promote the well-being of current and future generations, as well as case studies of innovation in planning education.

There will be roundtable sessions or themed sessions discussing a range of ideas.

This track will explore how urban design and the planning of shared, public spaces contribute to the well-being of individuals and communities.