Young Cities | New Towns Research Cluster

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In the course of the international symposium on "New Towns as a Concept for the Sustainable Development of Megacity Regions?" held on September the 6th 2006 at the TU Berlin, the "Young Cities"-Project has established a "New Towns Research Cluster", addressing individuals and institutions involved in both research on and planning and construction of New Towns. By sharing information on ongoing research activities of the Young Cities Project and other projects, on up-to-date events and relevant international publications as well as on current and planned New Town building projects the Research Cluster aims at a scientific exchange between its members and initiators on a personal and a professional level. Information will be exchanged and made accessible to members of the Research Cluster by provision of a quarterly electronic newsletter, which will be distributed by the Project Centre of the Young Cities Project.

By installing the "New Towns Research Cluster", the Project consortium hopes to create a forum for international academics and practitioners likewise to share their knowledge and expertise on the development of new settlements. The Research Cluster shall foster the scientific debate in the field of architecture, urban design, urban and regional planning and related disciplines regarding this specific planning concept.

Members of the Research Cluster include institutions and scholars such as:

International New Towns Institute (Marit Geluk, Researcher)
Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt (Dr Mohamed Salheen, Researcher)
The European New Towns Platform, Brussels (Pascaline Gaborit, Director)
Global Urban Research Unit, Newcastle University (Prof Dr Ali Madanipour, Professor)
The Institute for Public Policy Research, London (Jim Bennett, Senior Research Fellow)
International Association for Urban Development, The Hague (Dr Michel Sudarskis, Secretary General)
Joint Centre of Urban Design, Oxford Brookes University (Prof Dr Roger Simmonds, Professor)
Laboratory for Planning in a Global Context, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (Peter Gotsch, Researcher)

Moreover, the Cluster embraces offices and actors currently involved in the planning and construction of New Town Project such as:

Albert Speer und Partner GmbH (Johannes Dell)
Fink+Jocher (Prof. Dr. Thomas Jocher)
Kees Christiaanse Architects and Planners (Markus Dettling)
Neumann Gusenburger Office for Landscape Architecture (Thomas Gusenburger)

If your are interested in becoming a member of the "Research Cluster on New Towns" please feel free to contact the Project Centre of the Young Cities Project via info@youngcities.org.

last amended by Oliver Hisecke March 27 2007, 14:44

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