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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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Symposium “Towards Cities Friendly with All…The Role of Municipalities in Fostering the Humanitarian Aspect”, 5-7 Jamad Thani 1429H, (10-12 May 2008), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
This symposium is intended to shed light on the inadequacy of the humanitarian aspect in the modern city, and the impact of town planning and designing of residential environments on the issue.       ... Details
Symposium on “The Role of Training, Legislations, Regulations and Mechanisms for their Implementation, in Urban Sustainable Development”, 17-19 Zul Hija 1429H, 15-17 December 2008, WadMadani, Jazira State, Sudan
The symposium aims to disseminate knowledge among the participants, in the fields of urban intergraded development       ... Details
Arab Cities News
Abu Dhabi to host global city forum
Master plan to turn Al Wakra into model city – Qatar
Abu Dhabi: Capital to get a new address system
Multi-billion dollar developments in Mid East announced at MECSC annual convention
GCC nations build economic zones to cut oil dependency
Abu Dhabi takes sustainable tourism to 8th Global Travel and Tourism Summit
Prince Khalid patronizes environmental forum
Cooperation between municipalities, private sector urged
Saudi mega cities take off
Service-Oriented government in Abu Dhabi revealed
Jeddah to have domestic airstrip in eastern suburb
Saudi Arabia: US firm to design ep research park
Kingdom to Run UN’s Tourism Plan in Mideast
UAE to get new capital
Sustainability possible in tall buildings
Saudi Arabia: A Call to Save the Red Sea
Activities
Smart High-Rise Development in Metropolitan Cities - Gdansk, Poland, May 29-31, 2008
First World Conference on City Diplomacy, The Hague, The Netherlands, June 11-13, 2008
World Cities Summit 2008: Liveable and Vibrant Cities, Singapore, June 23-25, 2008
2nd UCLG ASPAC Congress 2008: Sustainable Cities and Local Governments For a Sustainable World, Pattaya, Thailand, July 15-18, 2008
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
Gulf Second Urban Planning and Development Conference & Exhibition, Kuwait, December 2-4, 2008
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