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Hi and welcome to the wiki website that we set-up for the UGEC 2010 Conference. This is a dynamic web structure that will allow us to quickly update information about the conference prior, during and after the event. For other information, you can visit our static conference site

Contents 1 Thank You! 2 Post-conference materials 2.1 Videos 2.2 Plenary Presentations 2.3 Parallel Presentation Papers 2.4 Session Summaries 3 Pre-conference materials 4 Conference Stats In a Glance 5 Contacts 6 Wiki Directions

Thank You!

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Post-conference materials

Videos

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15th

Plenary 1: Building Sustainability: Addressing vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the context of urban development

PART 1 James Lopez, Senior Advisor to HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims, USA

PART 2 Aromar Revi, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, India

PART 3 Roberto Sánchez-Rodríguez, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico and UC Riverside, USA

PART 4 Cheikh Mbow, University of Senegal; Session Q&A/Discussion

Plenary 2: Sustainability through rapid urban and population growth: The role of rates, scale, location, form and function

PART 1 Introduction: Peter Marcotullio, Hunter College, CUNY, USA; George Martine, Consultant, UNFPA, Brazil

PART 2 Stephen Wheeler, UC Davis, USA

PART 3 William Solecki, Hunter College, CUNY, USA

PART 4 Session Q&A/Discussion

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16th

Plenary 3: Institutions, governance, planning, and sustainability

PART 1 Introduction: JoAnn Carmin, MIT, USA; Raf Tuts, Chief Urban Environmental Planning, UN-Habitat, Kenya

PART 2 Raf Tuts, continued; Shuaib Lwasa, Makerere University, Uganda

PART 3 Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University, UK

PART 4 Session Q&A/Discussion

Plenary 4: Local action for biodiversity: Building resilience from the roots up

PART 1 Introduction: Debra Roberts, Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Dept., eThekwini Municipality (Durban), South Africa; Christopher Boone, Arizona State University, USA

PART 2 Stephen Granger, City of Cape Town’s Environmental Department, South Africa

PART 3 Stephen Granger continued; Richard Boon, Biodiversity Planning, eThekwini Municipality (Durban), S. Africa

PART 4 Richard Boon continued; Session Q&A/Discussion

PART 5 Session Q&A/Discussion continued

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17th

Plenary 5: Urban land systems for sustainability

PART 1 Introduction: Billie Turner II, Arizona State University, USA; Karen Seto, Yale University, USA

PART 2 Marina Alberti, University of Washington, USA

PART 3 J. Morgan Grove, United States Forest Service, USA; Concluding Remarks: Billie Turner II

Plenary 6: Sustainability of desert urbanization

PART 1 Introduction: Billie Turner II, Arizona State University, USA; Michael Crow, Arizona State University President, USA; Nancy Grimm, Arizona State University, USA

PART 2 Patricia Gober, Arizona State University, USA

PART 3 Grady Gammage Jr., Gammage and Burnham PLC; Session Q&A/Discussion

Plenary Presentations

(these are listed in the order of appearance in the actual conference)

Session 1: Jim Lopez | Aromar Revi | Roberto Sanchez-Rodriguez | Cheikh Mbow

Session 2: George Martine | Stephen Wheeler | Bill Solecki

Session 3: Raf Tuts | Harriet Bulkeley | Shuaib Lwasa

Session 4: Christopher Boone | Stephen Granger | Richard Boon

Session 5: Karen C. Seto | Marina Alberti Part 1/Part 2 | J. Morgan Grove

Session 6: Nancy Grimm

Parallel Presentation Papers

• Adelekan, Ibidun O.
• Assheuer, Tibor
• Aykan, Sonay
• From, Tatiana
• Gollapalli, Gowtham
• Gorman, Lisa; poster
• Jiong, Shu et al.
• Lampis, Andrea
• Silva, Ricardo Toledo

Session Summaries

Session Summaries

Pre-conference materials

Below you can find the most current information regarding various aspects of the conference:

• UGEC 2010 Official Conference Program (The pdf of the printed version of the program)
• UGEC 2010 Abstract Book (This final version of this pdf document will also be included in a USB drive distributed to the conference participants. Updates will be reflected in the downloadable version on this page.)
• UGEC 2010 Participants (This is an Excel format. The final version of this list will also be included in a USB drive distributed to the conference participants. Updates will be reflected in the downloadable version on this page.)
• Program Overview
• Plenary Session Details
• Parallel Session Overview
• Parallel Session Details (This is up-to-date information on changes in the conference program. Updates will be reflected in the downloadable version on this page.)
• Poster Session Details
• Directions to session presenters/chairs
• Recent Academic Publications
• Sponsors
• UGEC 2010 International Scientific Planning Committee
• Conference Sustainability Considerations
• Hotel Infomation
• Pre-conference field trip (This is a field trip UGEC is organizing for conference participants on the afternoon of Thursday October 14th, the day before the start of the conference - Come join us!)

Conference Stats In a Glance

Contacts

Corrie Griffith Project Coordinator International Project Office IHDP Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project (UGEC) Global Institute of Sustainability Arizona State University PO Box 875402 Tempe, AZ 85287-5402 USA email: cgriffi9@asu.edu tel: +1-480-965-6771 fax: +1-480-727-9680

Michail Fragkias Executive Officer International Project Office IHDP Urbanization and Global Environmental Change project (UGEC) Global Institute of Sustainability Arizona State University PO Box 875402 Tempe, AZ 85287-5402 USA email: fragkias@asu.edu tel: +1-480-727-7833 fax: +1-480-727-9680

Wiki Directions

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