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UrbaChina 3rd International Conference, 2nd day

Attendees to the UrbaChina 3rd International Conference

Attendees to the UrbaChina 3rd International Conference

During the 2nd day of UrbaChina 3rd International Conference, UrbaChina consortium members had the opportunity to listen to presentations prepared by Chinese scholars on the urbanisation in Kunming.

Members of the Stakeholder committee (Massimo Bagnasco, Meng Jianjun, Yuan Zhigang, Bernard Yvetot) gave to the audience advice to pursue the UrbaChina programme with success.

UrbaChina 3rd international Conference brochure

Sebastien Goulard

Sebastien Goulard

Ph.D. in political science (EHESS, Paris); M.A. in social sciences (EHESS, Paris); M.A. in international relations (IRIS, Paris), B.A. (Hons) in international political studies (ESE - Nottingham Trent University)

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International conference on sustainable water resources management

The XXXIV. International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Sustainable Water Resources Management, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.

Special Journal Issues

ICSWRM 2013 has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on Advances in Sustainable Water Resources Management. All submitted papers will have opportunities for consideration for this Special Journal Issue.

Location

  • Scandic Sergel Plaza, Brunkebergstorg 9, Box 16411, 103 27 Stockholm, Sweden 

Date

  • July 15-16, 2013

Paper submission

  • May 31, 2013

Publicity chair

  • James Nelson, Ph.D., New Mexico State University, New Mexico, USA
  • Alexander Vaninsky, Ph.D., HOSTOS CUNY, New York, USA
  • Igor Astrov, Ph.D., TTU, Tallinn, Estonia

Website

Monique Abud

Monique Abud

Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, Paris, France

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中欧城市创新国际研讨会

中欧城市创新国际研讨会由中国国家发展和改革委员会城市和小城镇改革发展中心与欧盟委员会科研创新总司联合中国政府及欧盟委员会相关部门、欧洲在华科研人员网络共同举办。

研讨会将于2013年5月30日至31日在广东省佛山市举行,届时,中欧双方城镇化与创新领域的政策、科研与企业界代表将出席此次研讨会。

研讨会的主要目的是:

  • 提出可持续和创新城镇化领域的联合研究主题及旗舰项目
  • 提出科研与创新方面存在的框架条件障碍,并就如何克服这些障碍启动对话
  • 交流中欧(包括中国与欧盟及其成员国和协同国)城镇化科研创新领域合作信息和最佳实践

研讨会成果将为中欧城镇化伙伴关系中的科研创新支柱以及将于今年召开的第一次中欧创新合作对话作出贡献。

5月29日,研讨会将在佛山市安排实地考察,30日和31日举行全天会议,发言以及分会讨论将围绕下列议题进行:

  • 可持续规划
  • 绿色城市交通
  • 城市可持续能源解决方案

研讨会日程草案请参阅 http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/china/press_corner/all_news/news/2013/20130426_zh.htm

 

 

Chi-Han Ai

Chi-Han Ai

Ph.D. candidate of EHESS ( École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris) focusing on regional economic development in China and Taiwan.

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Round table panel for Marie-Claire Bergère’s new book

chinecapitalismeFor the release of Marie-Claire Bergère’s book (Marie-Claire Bergère, Chine, Le nouveau capitalisme d’état, Paris, Fayard, 2013, 312 p.) a panel presided by Frédéric Obringer (director of the CECMC, CNRS) will bring together, in the presence of the author:

Historian on modern China, of which she has studied the changes for the last forty years, Marie-Claire Bergère returns to the hybrid nature of the Chinese regime. She shows how the reforms launched since 1980 are conducted in an authoritarian manner by an elite whose goal is not to create a capitalist system, but to best use the market resources to develop the wealth of China, strengthen its power and preserve the Party monopoly.

Other publications by Marie-Claire Bergère:

Full text of book reviews in French of  Chine, le nouveau capitalisme d’État by Alain Roux and by Pierre Haski.

Date

Thursay 16 May 2013, 3 p.m. to 5p.m.

Location

Salle du Conseil A  (basement) EHESS, Bâtiment Le France, 190-198 avenue de France, Paris 75013

Contact

obringer@ehess.fr

Website

cecmc.ehess.fr

Aurélia Martin

Aurélia Martin

Chargée de communications et des médias pour l'UMR Chine Corée Japon (CNRS)

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LSE-PKU Summer School 2013

The course “Urban Asia: Cities, society and development” is taught by Dr Hyun Bang Shin of the London School of Economics’ Department of Geography and Environment, a specialist in Asian cities with particular interests in cities in East Asia including China.

The course explores the contemporary dynamics of urbanisation in Asia, with special emphasis on cities in East and Southeast Asia that have experienced rapid urban development with strong state intervention in city-making and economic development. Re-making of Chinese cities will also be highlighted in the course, benefiting from the geographical advantage of having the summer school in China. The course will pay attention to examining the differences as well as similarities of urban development between Chinese and other Asia cities. More information about the course can be found at http://www2.lse.ac.uk/study/summerSchools/LSEPKUProgramme/courses/gy201.aspx.

The course will be taught through 36 hours of lectures and 12 hours of classes over the two week period, and assessed through a mid-term essay and a final exam.

Applications for the course can be submitted online at www.lse.ac.uk/LSEPKUSummerSchool where more information is available.

Any queries can be sent to lse-pku.programme@lse.ac.uk or to Dr Shin directly on H.B.Shin@lse.ac.uk.

LSE-PKU Summer School Office

London School of Economics and Political Science

TW3.400, Floor 4, Tower 3,  Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK

Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7359 Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 7368

e-mail: lse-pku.programme@lse.ac.uk

www.lse.ac.uk/LSEPKUSummerSchool

 

Monique Abud

Monique Abud

Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, Paris, France

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A basic understanding of Kunming city

Kunming-Green Lake, Ai Chi-HanKunming : location and weather

Kunming is located in the southwest of China and is the provincial capital of Yunnan province. The abbreviation of Kunming is “Kun”. Kunming is also known as the “city of eternal spring” because of its perpetual spring-like weather and its annual average temperature of 15 ° C (The average temperature of June is 19° C)1

Kunming’s Population

Kunming has a population of 7.26 million.  Its resident population is 6.43 million. 64% of its resident population lives in Kunming city and 36% in the rural areas of Kunming. As for the age distribution of the resident population, 15.5% of the members of this population are under 14, 72.41% are between 15 and 59, 12.09% are between 60 and 65 and 8.37% are more than 65 years old. The United Nations considers a society to be ageing when 10% of its population is over the age of 60. So, according to this standard, Kunming is an aging society2.

Immigrants : numbers and origins

There are 1.98 million immigrants in Kunming from other provinces or from other cites in Yunnan province. Most of the immigrants from other provinces hail from Sichuan, Guizhou, Chongqing, and Hunan. The other major influx comes from other cities in Yunnan province, including Qujing, Zhaotong, Chuxiong, and Honghe3.

The urbanisation rate in Kunming

In 1953, the urbansation rate in Kunming was about 9.06%. In 2010, it had reached 34.72%. However, compared to the overall rate in China, which is 49.68%, Kunming’s urbanisation rate is relatively low4.

The output value of primary to tertiary sector of Kunming

Kunming’s GDP reaKunming 產業ched 301.114 billion yuan in 2012. Primary sector: In 2012, the growth of the primary sector represented 15.916 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 6.4%. Secondary sector: In 2012, the growth of the secondary sector represented 137.848 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 16.1%. Tertiary sector: the growth of the tertiary sector represented 147.35 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 13.0%5.

 

In our next article, we are going to discuss Kunming’s importance in economics and communications in the eastern Asian area.

  1. Kunming luyou 昆明旅遊, Retrieved from http://www.yntrip.net/big5/yunnan/kunming/qihou.htm , last accessed 23 April 2013 []
  2. Kunming shi di liu ci quanguo renkou pucha zhuyao shuju gongbao昆明市第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报. Retrieved from http://yn.yunnan.cn/km/html/2011-05/26/content_1632518.htm , last accessed 23 April 2013 []
  3. Kunming shi di liu ci quanguo renkou pucha zhuyao shuju gongbao昆明市第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报. Retrieved from http://yn.yunnan.cn/km/html/2011-05/26/content_1632518.htm , last accessed 23 April 2013 []
  4. Cong liu ci renkou pucha kan yunnan renkou chengzhen hua fazhan zhuangkuang六次人口普查看云南人口城镇化发展状况Retrieved from http://www.yxstats.gov.cn/xxxs.aspx?id=2013031909584078 , last accessed 13 April 2013 []
  5. 昆明GDP突破3千亿大关 同比增长14.1% Kunming GDP tupo qian yi da guan tongbi zengzhang 14.1%. Retrieved from http://yn.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2013-01/29/c_132135024.htm, , last accessed 23 April 2013 []
Chi-Han Ai

Chi-Han Ai

Ph.D. candidate of EHESS ( École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris) focusing on regional economic development in China and Taiwan.

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China planning research symposium

In 2011, China reached a profound historical milestone: more than half of its population lives in cities and towns. In 2013, the new leadership of China announced that the ‘new form of urbanization’ would be the future direction of China’s development. In the last three decades, the profession of urban planning also experienced significant transformation from a blueprint physical plan to the instrument of place promotion. The tool of planning has been playing an important role in stimulating local economic growth. In China’s new urban age, we are seeing new challenges faced by its people. Recent smog in Beijing and other widespread environmental problems indicate the need to transform its development approach. Meanwhile, China’s urban transformation and planning changes raise a challenge for the disciplines of urban studies, planning and geography: can the discipline of urban studies, geography and planning adequately explain these novel phenomena? Recently, there has been an appeal for ‘global urban studies’. Indeed, we have seen more and more Chinese students coming to the universities in the West to learn, and many PhD researchers are studying Chinese cities and planning for their doctoral theses. In professional and academic meetings, China is constantly mentioned but often in a sketchy and anecdotal way. This first China Planning Research Symposium aims to provide a platform for researchers to exchange their studies on Chinese cities and planning. In addition, this event will be interesting to the postgraduate students as well as their supervisors.

Programme
  • Session 1: Development and planning in China
  • Session 2: Spatial transformation of Chinese cities
  • Session 3: Social development in Chinese cities
  • Session 4: Economic and spatial changes

Detailed programme

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Date

  • May 31, 2013

 Time

  • 09:00 – 17:00

Venue

  • Room 517, Wates House, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB

Registrations

 

 

 

Monique Abud

Monique Abud

Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, Paris, France

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Conference on China, inequality, growth and the middle-income trap

More than three decades of high economic growth has transformed the Chinese economy. As China has quickly gone from being a low- to a middle-income country, it is facing new challenges which may, if not dealt with, result in a middle-income trap.

This conference will collect academic papers at both the micro and macro level with the aim of providing empirical evidence concerning challenges in terms of inequality, growth, the risk of a middle-income trap and potential policies to address them.

Location

Date

  • July 1-2, 2013

Organizers

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Monique Abud

Monique Abud

Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, Paris, France

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Gearing up for China’s urban billion

This Policy Spotlight is organised within the framework of the Europe-China Forum, a joint initiative of Friends of Europe and the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the European Union, and with media partner Europe’s World.

The world is watching closely as China’s cities get big, bigger, biggest. China’s rapid urbanisation is unprecedented in human history: by 2030, the country’s urban population will reach 1 billion – roughly one in every eight people in the world. Not surprisingly, China’s new leaders have put urbanisation at the top of their priorities. But their task is not easy, with the country’s new urban dwellers demanding not only cleaner air but also better housing, sanitation, mobility, health, education and recreational facilities. Tom Miller, Managing Editor at GK Dragonomics and author of the book “China’s Urban Billion”, will be sharing his insights on China’s urbanisation challenge.
Please visit the event page for the full program and latest updates from Friends of Europe.

Location

  • Brussels

Date

  • 23 April, 2013

Time

  • 12.30 p.m to 2 p.m

Registration

  • To register, please got to the Registration section of the event page.
  • You will receive a confirmation of your registration prior to the event, including further logistical details. In the meantime, should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at the following number: +32 2 8939824.
Aurélia Martin

Aurélia Martin

Chargée de communications et des médias pour l'UMR Chine Corée Japon (CNRS)

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Shanghaing Mumbai: Theorizing the Asian cities

“Shanghaing Mumbai: Comparative urbanism, exceptionalism and theorising the Asian city”.

A conference by Mrs Pushpa Arabindoo, University College London, Department of Geography Co-director, UCL Urban Laboratory.

Date

  • 18 April, 2013

Time

  • 5 p.m to 7.30 p.m

Venue

  • Université Paris Diderot – Bâtiment Olympe de Gouges – rue Albert Einstein – salle 870 (8ème étage)
  • Métro 14/RER C Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
  • Tram : arrêt/stop Avenue de France
Registrations

Please note: A badge must be taken at the reception to go up to the 8th floor

Monique Abud

Monique Abud

Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, Paris, France

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Conference on the study of inequality in China

A conference on the study of inequality in China will be held at the University of Chicago Center in Beijing on Monday, June 17, 2013. It is organized by the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group, and co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Center in Beijing and the China Center for Economic Research.

The current program of the conference includes four main presentations which will explore different aspects of inequality in China. 

The conference will be held on the first day of the Beijing Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality (June 17 to June 23, 2013). This summer school is designed to provide state-of-the-art overviews of different aspects of the study of inequality with a specific focus on China.

Location

  •   University of Chicago Center in Beijing, R. P. China

Date

  • June 17, 2013 (Conference)
  • June 17-23, 2013 (Beijing Summer School)

Contact

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Monique Abud

Monique Abud

Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, Paris, France

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Winter School: Urban hybridity in the post-colonial age

The Macau Winter School is the third such programme in Asian Studies run by IIAS. It will be co-organized this time with the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Macau, and will take place in the historic Chinese port-city Macau from 16-20 December 2013. The Macau Winter School is meant to elicit and interrogate new theoretical paradigms of postcolonial urban hybridity that are informed by experiences emanating from various contexts in Asia and beyond. Participants will be required to assess critically their individual work through discussions led by co-conveners. They will also test their knowledge against the background of the urban setting of Macau where they will reside for the duration of the programme.

The key themes related to postcolonial urban hybridity include but are not limited to:

  • Rethinking notions of hybridity, métissage, creolization, etc., in urban contexts
  • The colonial / postcolonial city – cities before, during, and after Empire
  • Postcolonial and cryptocolonial nation-states and cities
  • Port-cities and maritime connections
  • Contests over land use and ownership (gentrification, eviction, “disneyfication,” ethnic and spatial “cleansing”)

 Location

  • University of Macau. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Macau, P.R. China

Date

  • 16-20 December, 2013

Submission deadline

  • May 16, 2013

Academic Directors

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Monique Abud

Monique Abud

Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, Paris, France

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2013 Shanghai International Conference on Social Science

 SICSS 2013 aims to build a platform allowing parties interested in it to share and discuss their studies from various perspectives in the aspects of social science, including: Culture, Economics, Education, Law, Mass Communications, Politics, Psychology, Society, Tourism, Transportation, Urban Planning, and so forth. All theoretical, empirical, and practical papers (qualitative or quantitative) from scholars and professionals in the above fields (but not strictly limited) are all highly welcomed.

 Location

  • QUBE Pudong, Shanghai, P.R. China

Date

  • July 11-13, 2013

Submission deadline

  • March 31, 2013

Contact

Web site

Monique Abud

Monique Abud

Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, Paris, France

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Corporate responsibility and sustainable development

Presentations and debates will highlight current thinking and how these issues are being addressed around the world nowadays.

The scope of the symposium is interdisciplinary. Are encouraged contributions that focus both on single issues whether social, environmental, economic or technological, as well as contributions that focus on the challenges and opportunities where these streams seem to merge.

Submissions may focus on either practice (e.g., innovative programmes, strategic challenges), or theory (development and reflection), or empirical research (involving the collection and analysis of data).

Location

  • Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China

Date

  • 9-12 April 2013

Organization

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Monique Abud

Monique Abud

Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, Paris, France

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Understanding urban hyperdevelopment in contemporary China

Driven by complex economic and political conditions, the explosive growth of China’s cities has dramatic implications for urban planning, urban form, economic development, the environment, state-society relations, and China’s role in the world. At this conference, invited scholars from the United States and around the world will examine the sources, processes, and consequences of urban development in China.

Topics for presentations and discussion may include: • Control over land, property development, and rents • Decision-making processes related to urban planning • Infrastructure investments and transportation • Environmental consequences • Impact on architectural design and urban form • Community mobilization related to planning decisions • Consumption patterns and impact of urbanization on economic growth • Legal and socioeconomic status of migrant workers • Emergence of China’s global cities • Changing local government institutions

Invited speakers will give presentations as part of several thematic panels, and significant opportunity for questions and discussion will be built into the schedule. There will also be student participation, for which students will prepare in a graduate class on contemporary Chinese urban development.

Location

  • University at Buffalo, State University of New York, South Campus, Crosby hall

Date

  • April 19, 2013

Time

  • 5:30 p.m.

Cost

  • Free

Sponsor

  • Co-sponsorsed by the Confucius Institute and Asian Studies

Web site

Monique Abud

Monique Abud

Centre d'études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, Paris, France

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