ron@dbrmelb.oz.au (Ron Sharpe) (12/13/88)
First Notice & Call for Papers
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS IN URBAN PLANNING
AND URBAN MANAGEMENT
Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, August 22-25, 1989
SPONSORED BY :
Australian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (AURISA)
Eastern Regional Organization for Planning and Housing (EAROPH)
Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP)
Information Technology Division, American Planning Association (APA)
Royal Australian Planning Institute (RAPI)
Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
Spatially-Oriented Referencing Systems Association (SORSA)
With rapid development of computer technology, especially
microcomputers, computers are more widely used in urban planning
and management than in the past. The main objective of the
Conference is to provide an international forum to exchange the
experience of using computers in urban planning and management,
to review the latest advancement in the use of computers in
different sectors of planning, and to discuss the impact of
future computer technology on urban planning and management. This
Conference is one of the most important international meetings on
the use of computers in urban planning and management held in
Asia, one of the fastest growing areas in the world.
SESSIONS :
Invited and contributed papers will be presented in the following
main sessions of the Conference which discuss the design and use
of general, geographic/land information system, management
information system, computer aided mapping, computer aided
design, simulation, modelling, and expert system software :
1) Land Use and Transport
2) Infrastructure and Social Facilities
3) Housing
4) Environment
5) Urban Planning and Managment Information System
6) Impacts of Computers on Urban Planning and Urban Management
CONFERENCE LANGUAGE : English
REGISTRATION FEE : US$250 after June 1, 1989
US$220 before June 1, 1989
US$200 for members of sponsoring institutes
Registration fee includes conference papers,
a technical trip, lunches, and tea and coffee
ACCOMMODATION : Accommodation of will be arranged by a
designated travel agency in Hong Kong
TECHNICAL TRIP : A one-day technical trip will be organized to
look at the use of computers in urban
planning and management in Hong Kong,
particularly in public housing and new town
development.
POST-CONFERENCE TOUR : Depending on the number of interested
participants, post-conference trips to
Beijing and the Pearl River Delta will be
arranged.
CALL FOR PAPERS :
Papers related to the main sessions of the Conference are
welcome. The deadline for submission of abstracts of papers for
the Conference is January 31, 1989. Please send abstract to the
Conference Secretariat.
CONFERENCE ADVISORS :
Prof. Michael Batty, U.K.
Prof. Ian Masser, U.K.
Dr. Richard Klosterman, U.S.A.
Prof. Marvin Manheim, U.S.A.
Prof. Ross Newkirk, Canada
Prof. Peter Nijkamp, Netherlands
Dr. Ron Sharpe, Australia
Dr. Anthony Yeh, Hong Kong
FURTHER INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FORM :
Conference Secretariat
Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Tel : 5-8592722
Telex : 71919 CEREB HX
Fax : 852-5-479907
e-mail: hkucs!hkucc!hdxgoy via uucp