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Workshops Review

T41f - What is Ideal City like in the 21st Century?

Chinese PM (Prime Mover):

Houqiang LI
Professor, Deputy Director, Policy Research Office of Sichuan Provincial Committee of the CPC

European PM:

Jacques Saint-Marc
Secretary-General of GIVE (French Inter-ministerial Group on Mobility and Electric Vehicles)

Topics (included but not limited to):
- Urban renewal and cultural inheritance;
- Transcultural and historical experiences in, and the innovation of “Garden City”;
- The ideal city of the 21st century

T43i - Post-quake Reconstruction and Sustainable Development

Chinese PM:

Nanshan AI
Professor, College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University

European PM:

Ana Maria CRUZ NARANJO
International Consultant in Industrial Risk Management and Emergency Planning

Topics (included but not limited to):
- Risk study of secondary disasters in earthquake-prone areas; construction and sustainable development of new rural areas; the participation of farmers, ethnic minorities and the homosexual in the post-earthquake reconstruction

The launching ceremony of the Third China-Europa Forum (CEF) was held in Chengdu on 7 July 2010. It was followed by several multi-thematic Dialogues, including two workshops on urban issues – T41f and T43i.

Prominent guests participated in the dialogues included Pierre Calame; Dr Gerhard Stahl, Secretary General of the Regional Committee of EU; Mr Gang BAI, Vice Mayor of Chengdu ; Dr Yan CHEN, Executive President of CEF; Dr Shuo YU, Coordinator-General of CEF; and Mr Jiatai CHEN, Executive Vice President of Chengdu Association for Science and Technology.

T41a - Urban Design and Management - Sustainable and Eco-city Community
T41d - Urban Development and City Governance

Chinese PM:

Paul LIN Dong
General Manager, You Si Mei Di Design Institute

Renbiao ZHANG
Deputy Director, Chinese Urban-Sociology Society
Professor, School of Political Science and International Relations, Tongji University

European PM:

Julien Woessner
Architect
Responsable de programme, Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le Progrès de l’Homme (FPH)

Pascaline Gaborit
Director, the European New Towns Platform (ENTP)

Topics (included but not limited to):
- The concept of eco-city and the Chinese and European perceptions of eco-city;
- Development paths toward an eco-city in China and Europe;
- Modes of urban governance: Changing role of the government in urban planning and management;
- Contradictions between urban planning and social development; city functions; and the perception of “Better City, Better Life”

T41e - City, Transport and Energy

Chinese PM:

Haixiao PAN
Professor, Colleges of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

European PM:

Jean-Francois Janin
Head of Intelligent Transport Mission

Topics (included but not limited to):
- Sustainable mobility: A new challenge for urban transportation; Traffic management and urban transportation planning; Minimization of energy consumption and CO2 emissions; Improvement of security and accessibility; Cooperation among stakeholders and public participation

T26a - Social Housing Policy

Chinese PM:

Suisheng CAI
Chairman of Guangdong Real Estate Association

European PM:

João Carvalhosa
Vice President, Portuguese Liaison Committee for Social Housing;
CEO, Portuguese Association of Municipal Housing

Topics (included but not limited to):
- Division between the housing market and social housing;
- Protection of housing rights of new (im)migrants;
- Energy efficiency and social housing;
- Property management and social housing

T31d - Developing urban agriculture to resolve food crisis

Chinese PM:

Jianming CAI
Researcher, the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

European PM:

Yves Cabannes
Chair of Development Planning, Development Planning Unit, Faculty of the Built Environment, UCL-IRIS (Institutional Research Information System)

Topics (included but not limited to):
- The urban food crisis, fuelled by the paramount economic and financial crisis, has to be addressed through a radical re-thinking, planning and building of cities;
- Modes and experiences of the urban agriculture development;
- Social inclusion of vulnerable groups;
- Entertainment and leisure for urban population deprived of a link with nature;
- Enhancement of urban food safety;
- Urban agriculture and low-carbon agriculture

T41b - Conservation of Urban Heritage and Renew of Old Cities

Chinese PM:

Shuo CHEN
Professor, Deputy Director, Fuzhou Planning and Design Institute

European PM:

Jean-Michel Galley
Project Manager, ANVPAH and VSSP

Topics (included but not limited to):
- Experiences of protection and renewal of ancient cities in China and Europe;
- Preservation of regional features of urban cultures;
- Public participation in urban heritage protection and old cities renewal

In 2009, the workshop issued Three Lanes and Seven Alleys* Declaration on Urban History, Culture and Urban Renovation.

Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, Photo: linshan123123

*Note: Three Lanes and Seven Alleys is a well-preserved ancient block, built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911). It is known as the "Museum for China’s Ming and Qing Buildings" and the "Living fossil of Urban Lifang System".

T46c - Role of Inhabitants in the Management of Urban Communities

Chinese PM:

Chunchen WANG
Secretary,Work Committee of the CPC, Education Bureau of Yangpu District, Shanghai

European PM:

Christophe Pons
Project Manager, “Exchange of Inhabitants between Gran Lyon-Berlin-Birmingham”; _ Consultant on EU Affairs

Topics (included but not limited to): - Exchanges of inhabitants from different communities; resident participation in community governance; integration of newcomers/immigrants into local societies and fusion of races; Personal safety and community tranquillity