{"id":791,"date":"2012-10-08T16:29:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T14:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban-studies.eu\/?p=791"},"modified":"2012-10-08T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T14:31:09","slug":"newsletter-planum-newsletter-no-52012-special-issue-43rd-uaa-urban-affairs-association-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban-studies.eu\/?p=791","title":{"rendered":"NEWSLETTER Planum Newsletter no. 5\/2012 | SPECIAL ISSUE | 43rd UAA Urban Affairs Association Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dear Readers,<\/span><\/strong>
\nPlanum is glad to present you the 43rd Conference of the Urban Affairs Association:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Building the 21st Century City:\u00a0Inclusion, Innovation, and Globalization
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\nWith special tracks on Media & Urban Life, and Urban Issues in Asia and the Pacific Rim\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\u00a0THE ASSOCIATION<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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The Urban Affairs Association (UAA) is the international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers, and public service professionals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Urban Affairs Association is dedicated to creating interdisciplinary spaces for engaging in intellectual and practical discussions about urban life. Through theoretical, empirical, and action-oriented research, the UAA fosters diverse activities to understand and shape a more just and equitable urban world.<\/em>\u00a0(Adopted March 12, 2010)<\/p>\n

UAA is the successor organization to the Council of University Institutes for Urban Affairs, formed in Boston in 1969 by a group of directors of university urban programs. Today, UAA includes over 600 institutional, individual, and student members from colleges and universities throughout North America, Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n

The Urban Affairs Association holds a conference each spring in an urban center. These yearly conferences are an integral part of UAA\u2019s efforts to increase knowledge about urban places and promote the development of research activities. They provide an excellent opportunity for members to exchange ideas, information, and experiences.<\/strong> The conference program features both topics of institutional concern and those related to urban issues. Although formal papers are presented, with selected papers published, the conference format also allows opportunities for informal activities designed to foster professional networking and open discussion.<\/p>\n

\u00a043rd CONFERENCE THEME<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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The urban context represents a multiplicity of social, economic, and political challenges, as well as great successes. This year\u2019s conference theme focuses on highlighting urban successes facilitated by governments, individual residents, neighborhood groups, non-profits, and others across the globe.\u00a0Issues raised by the conference theme are those that are relevant to the San Francisco context and other urban cities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These 21st<\/sup> century issues are broadly framed as:<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u2022\u00a0INCLUSIVE CITIES<\/strong>
\nSuccesses and Challenges in Diversity and Inclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who has access in richly diverse cities? How is that access gained? When faced with exclusion, how can\/have marginalized groups penetrate local institutions and have a voice in larger society?<\/span><\/td>\n

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\u2022\u00a0INNOVATIVE CITIES<\/strong>
\nNational and International Partnerships\/Collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n

In what ways have cities used the technology within their borders and across their regions to improve quality of life for their citizens? What are some successful outcomes of innovative strategies that have been transferred from one context (i.e., local, regional, or national) to another?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u2022 GLOBAL CITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

How have cities taken advantage of their role in the international economy to improve quality of life in the future? How have the successes and failures of nations shaped policy practices in other nations – socially, economically, politically, and environmentally?<\/td>\n

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\u2022 NEW URBAN CHALLENGES<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are some 21st<\/sup>\u00a0century challenges, at the local, regional, national, and\/or the global level, that have arisen as policymakers, practitioners, and individuals work toimprove the lives of urban populations?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Special Conference Tracks<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u2022 URBAN ISSUES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RIM<\/strong><\/p>\n

This track covers a variety of urban issues affecting urban populations and places in Asia and\/or the Pacific Rim such as poverty, governance, sustainable development, environmental degradation, and technological innovations, to name a few.<\/td>\n

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\u2022\u00a0MEDIA AND URBAN LIFE<\/strong><\/p>\n

This track captures the diverse perspectives of scholars and practitioners from a variety of fields (e.g., communication, journalism, urban affairs, public policy, law, political science, sociology, criminal justice, architecture, and city\/regional planning) as they explore the intersection between media and urban life \u2013 i.e, physically, political, and socially.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0ADDITIONAL TOPICS<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

In addition to exploring the topics that frame the conference theme and special tracks, we encourage proposals that focus on the broad array of research topics typically found at UAA conferences:
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