13th International Congress of
Asian Planning Schools
Association (APSA 2015)
Towards An Asian Urban Agenda:
Planning Asian Diverse-City,
Intense-City, Complex-City
and Authentic-City
1214 August 2015
Conference Hall, Block B12,
Faculty of Built Environment,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Introduction
Towards an Asian Urban Agenda : Planning Asian Diverse-City,
Intense-City, Complex-City and Authentic-City
It is widely accepted that urbanisation is the phenomenon of the
21st Century. As we approach the critical threshold of year 2020
and at a time the world is faced with numerous economic, social
and
environmental uncertainties, an intellectual and in-depth
deliberation on an Asian Urban Agenda is imperative and highly
timely.
Urbanisation is at its most rapid in Asia. The process is yet to
see any sign of levelling out. The ADB
(2008, in UNU-IAS, 2013) projects that Asia will see an
additional 1 billion urban residents in the next
25 years. The bulk of increase is expected to take place in the
less and least developed cities. Taken as
a whole, the Asian continent is a continent of great disparity
that poses immense and highly varied,
and complex challenges to urban scholars, planners and
policymakers in the planning of more sustain-
able and liveable Asian cities. As Asian civilisations develop
and progress on this vast canvas of diver-
sities, Asian cities intrinsically become the loci of historic,
spatial, economic and socio-
cultural diversity, intensity and complexity.
As globalisation continues to accelerate, the spatial, economic
and socio-cultural diversity, intensity
and complexity of Asian cities are only set to increase. Rising
in tandem with these will be various
environmental impacts. The concomitant social impacts would
widen economic gap between the urban
affluent and the urban poor; social segregation; increasing
vulnerability to environmental disasters;
rising intensity and complexity of relief efforts and costs in
the event of disasters; energy and food
security; depleting urban health and safety; and escalating
costs in the provision and maintenance of
affordable and resilient urban infrastructure and services.
Most solutions to the diverse, intense and complex issues facing
Asian cities have largely found their
roots in non-Asian theories and practices, and premised largely
upon their economic viability and
profitability, leading to homogeneity in urban solutions.
Globalisation, be it through the cumulative
unintended effects of increased exposure to other urban contexts
among planners or through formal
planning education in Asian planning schools whose curriculum
contents have been inadvertently built
upon predominantly Western theories, which give rise to the
crucial issue of authenticity and identity crisis of Asian
cities.
APSA 2015 the 13th APSA International Congress wishes to
challenge the best minds in academia or practice of urban planning
and design, especially in Asia, to jointly deliberate upon, and set
an Asian
Urban Agenda: Planning Asian Diverse City, Intense City, Complex
City and Authentic City. Urban scholars, practicing urban planners
and designers, urban policymakers, academics and practitioners
from other relevant professions are cordially invited to submit
abstracts and papers under any of the
following six conference tracks and relevant topics.
Important Date
31 March 2015 Abstract Submission Deadline
06 April 2015 Notification of Acceptance or Rejection
25 May 2015 Full Paper Submission Deadline
29 June 2015 Paper Feedback
1 July 2015 Early Bird Registration Deadline
20 July 2015 Revised Paper Submission/Poster Submission
Deadline
21 July 2015 Author-Presenter Registration Deadline for
Inclusion
in Conference
1214 August 2015 APSA 2015
Please submit your abstract to [email protected]
Registration
Fees
INTERNATIONAL
LOCAL
Early Bird Registration
APSA Member USD180
Non APSA Member USD230
Student APSA Member USD90
Student Non APSA Member USD120
Ordinary Registration
APSA Member USD220
Non APSA Member USD280
Student APSA Member USD110
Student Non APSA Member USD140
Early Bird Registration
APSA Member RM600
Non APSA Member RM750
Student APSA Member RM300
Student Non APSA Member RM400
Ordinary Registration
APSA Member RM700
Non APSA Member RM900
Student APSA Member RM350
Student Non APSA Member RM450
Contact
Organizer
Organiser:
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Faculty Of Built Environment,
Co-Organiser:
Asian Planning School Association
In Collaboration :
For further information or updates, please contact:
Mr. Gobi Krishna Sinniah
+6011-11965692
Or visit:
http://www.utm.my/apsa2015
* The organiser is in the process of applying for CPD points
from Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) and The Board of
Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents Malaysia.
13 August 2015
14 August 2015
Tentative Programme TRACKS TOPICS Track 1 : Urban Planning and
Design Challenges (PD)
Asian Cities as Drivers of the Asian Century: Challenges to
Urban Planning and Design
Towards defining an Asian urban agenda Urban planning the Asian
way: theories, models, techniques
and tools
Characterising Asian megacities, megalopolis and urban
regions
New roles of planners: advocators, facilitators, enablers and
collaborators
Unlocking the urban housing dilemma/issues/problems
Transportation planning and urban form in an era of resource
and energy scarcity
Promoting green urban mobility and travel behaviour successful
Asian cases
Urban and spatial development in the Information Age Linking the
urban-rural divide or making sense of the
urban-rural blurring? Polycentric urban regions, supra-national
regional planning
In addition, the congress will also welcome papers and posters
on tracks or topics other than those stated
above but within the realm of the main theme.
12 August 2015
08:00 Registration
09:00 Opening Ceremony APSA
2015 & Keynote Address by
Adjunct Prof Datuk Ismail
Ibrahim
10:00 Tea Break
10:15 Session A
11:45 Session B
12:30 Session C
14:00 Session D
15:30 Break
19:30 Gala Dinner
09:00 2nd Keynote Address
10:00 Tea Break
10:15 Session E
12:30 Lunch Break
14:00 Session F
15:00 Session G
16:00 Tea Break
16:15 Closing Ceremony
17:00 General Assembly & Council
Meeting
Track 3: Bridging Urban Research and Urban Policy (RP) Unlocking
the Potential of Urban Research in Managing Asian Cities
Asian planning theories for sustainable, livable Asian cities?
Critical revisit of Asian wisdom in planning Learning from Asian
cities: from theory into practice Understanding and managing sprawl
Data sources and methods for spatial and strategic planning
Planning/Development tools and approaches for managing Towards
evidence-based research and research-informed
policymaking
Successful examples of academia-industry-policymaker
partnerships
The New Sciences and their application in Asian urban planning
GIS and IT solutions in urban planning
Track 5: Green Growth The New Prosperity (GG) Prosperity and
Sustainability Beyond 2020: Asian Green Growth as the Way Forward
Towards low carbon economies: decoupling growth from
environmental impacts
Urban ecosystem analysis, protection and remediation Urban
development and environmental legislation and
policies
Urban innovations for addressing food and energy security
Revisiting sustainability consciousness Urban regeneration and
sustainable urban areas Policies for promoting green technology and
green industry Asian green growth best practices
Track 6: Urban Equity and Authenticity (EA) Towards Inclusive
Asian Cities: Rationalising Equity and Authenticity with
Unprecedented Urban Diversity, Intensity and Complexity Inclusive
urban/city planning rhetoric vs. reality Housing for all and urban
sustainability Urban conservation, cultural heritage and tourism
planning Community and economic development Traditional values vs.
modern development Empowerment and true participation in
development
planning
Sustainable urbanisation, social and cultural issues The
lingering problem of urban poverty Planning for and with an ageing
population Planning for and with vulnerable, disadvantaged and
underprivileged groups
Managing the shrinking city phenomenon Global issues, global
solutions and the urban identity crisis
Track 2: Urban Institutions and Governance (IG) Towards
Resilient Asian Cities: Better Urban Institutions and Governance in
an Age of Uncertainties
Urban dynamics: managing change through governance Strategic
regional partnerships and cooperation among
cities
Collaborative planning and governance Disaster
preparedness/reconstruction and risk
management
Critical Issues in Urban Development Climate change co-benefits
for political buy-in Overcoming behavioural and institutional
inertia in city
planning
Reconciling national and local development goals and
priorities
Planning cities with limited capacities and resources Planning
beyond administrative-spatial and disciplinary
boundaries
Planning functional urban areas vs. administrative spatial
entities (Future) Challenges to good urban governance
Track 4: Soul-searching Planning Education (PE) Rethinking
Planning Education for an Asian Urban Century
Towards an Asian Planning Education Manifesto for an urban
century?
Future perspectives for planning education within the
information society
Re-scoping Planning Education in an increasingly
internationalised /regionalised world
Teaching the art of scientific research and science of artistic
design of cities
From applied Western theories to fundamentally Asian theories of
Asian urbanisation
(Re) Training planners of tomorrow Exploring the potential of
joint curriculum among Asian
planning faculties
Incorporating resilience and risk management in planning
Comparative study in borderless planning
Field Trips/ Tours
