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Call for Papers: 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge Cities - 17-19 November 2008 Istanbul - Turkey

The Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI) and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in collaboration with Al-Medina Al-Munawarah Municipality, is organizing the 3rd international symposium on “Knowledge Cities”. The symposium will be held in Istanbul city - Turkey during 17-19 November 2008.

The scientific committee invites the experts, researchers and specialized persons to actively participate in this symposium by submitting their abstracts of papers and experiences

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Global City, 07-08 April 2009, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Abu Dhabi's emphasis on sustainable urban development and its growing status as a global hub for business and tourism will receive a major thrust early next year when the world's top urban planners, decision-makers, mayors and international media will gather in the capital to participate in Global City Abu Dhabi 2009       ... Details
Symposium on “The Role of Training, Legislations, Regulations and Mechanisms for their Implementation, in Urban Sustainable Development”, 6-8 Safar 1430H, 1-3 February 2009, WadMadani, Jazira State, Sudan
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Events Calendar 2008, 2009
Urban Growth without Sprawl: A way Towards Sustainable Urbanization, 44th ISOCARP Congress, Dalian, China, 19-23 September 2008
The Sustainable City 2008 - Skiathos, Greece, September 24-26, 2008
Fourth session of the World Urban Forum, Nanjing, China, 13-17 October 2008
9th World Congress of Metropolis, Sydney, Australia, 22-25 October 2008
INTA World Urban Development Congress - Riga, Latvia, October 26-29, 2008
XXXVI IAHS World Congress on Housing Science, National Housing Programmes - New Visions, Kolkata, India, November 3-7, 2008
EnviroCities 2008 International Conference, Dubai, UAE, November 11-13, 2008
The 10th Sharjah Urban Planning Symposium (SUPS-10), Sharjah, U.A.E., November 23-25, 2008
Gulf Second Urban Planning and Development Conference & Exhibition, Kuwait, December 2-4, 2008
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