What:
The Conference on Infrastructure Sustainable, Transportation, and Urban Planning is intended to serve as a forum where experts in the field of infrastructure, sustainable transportation and urban planning from India and abroad can get together to discuss the latest developments in their field, identify key issues and challenges, exchange information and learn from experiences and develop an ambitious agenda for future research and technology transfer activities.
For more info:
http://cistup.iisc.ernet.in/conference/TrMainPage.html
What:
“Waterfront Synopsis” will focus on the topic of Placemaking and Sustainability, bringing the forces of environmentalism, climate change, and sustainability together with the ideas of community, livability, health and Placemaking. Many people around the world are realizing the impacts of “Place” and “Placemaking” as a transformative agenda for creating change in cities.
The goal of the conference is for participants to learn about waterfront developments that create a sense of place, strategies to incorporate local entrepreneurs into projects, and how developers and city agencies can work together more effectively to implement a common vision. The intent is to provide practical ideas for people who want to “do” and not just “talk.”
For more info:
http://www.amiando.com/waterfrontsynopsis.html
What:
Tools
Get the latest tools and resources to empower local government sustainability efforts. Learn from ICLEI staff, local government staff, and other experts in the field about how innovation can drive sustainability.
Partnerships
Explore how regional, state, federal, and private partnerships are shaping and supporting local efforts. Make valuable connections at the Summit with your peers and learn the latest developments in Washington.
Solutions
Share leading best practices and see local governments’ innovative climate and sustainability projects featured throughout the event—in panel discussions, trainings, a milestone awards lunch and the Local Sustainability Leadership Awards.
For more info:
http://www.icleiusa.org/main-page/news-events/iclei-local-action-summit-...
What:
This year's conference provides an opportunity to learn from a diverse gathering of transportation individuals from around the world, working together to solve 21st century challenges that are confronted by the community of transportation professionals.
For more info:
http://www.ite.org/annualmeeting
What:
The objective of the WCTRS (World Conference on Transport Research Society) is to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas among transportation researchers, managers, policy makers, and educators from all over the world, from a perspective which is multi-modal, multi-disciplinary, and multi-sectoral. The Society has become a primary forum for such international exchanges in transportation; the World Conferences are the place where leading transportation professionals from all countries convene to learn from one another.
It is an unique role for the WCTR to identify emerging issues and opportunities of a policy, managerial, or technical nature which will influence transportation research, policy, management and education in future years. In this way, the Society and the Conference intend to play a strong leadership role in bridging the gaps between research and practice.
The Society is multi-modal, multi-disciplinary, and multi-sectoral. The members interests cover almost all aspects of transportation research, planning, policy and management. In general, the World Conferences do mirror these breadths of interests. WCTRS membership currently represents 64 countries and aims to extend its influence.
For more info:
http://www.wctr2010.info
Sustainable Mobility Ideas Spread Across Brazilian Cities
Joinville and other cities invite CTS-Brasil experts to discuss sustainable transport and urban planning solutions
Urban transport experts gathered in Joinville, the largest city in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, to share information and best practices at the 1st Urban Planning Forum of Joinville about what other iconic cities in the world are doing to combat congestion, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and improve quality of life for city dwellers.
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Upcoming Event: Challenge Bibendum in Rio de Janeiro
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Culiacan Must Invest in Sustainable Development
Results from a CTS-México study reveal a polluting, expensive pattern of growth in northern Mexico city
The current pattern of urban development of Culiacan, a city in northwestern Mexico, is leading to increased carbon emissions and rising economic costs, according to results from the first phase of the project known as "Towards Low Carbon Competitive Cities (↑C²↓C₂)", led by the Center for Sustainable Transport in Mexico (CTS-México).
