Theme

· From Physical Planning to the Planning of Flows and Relations

Relational approach: conceptions, requirements and obstacles

Participation and Relation: From planning for people to planning with people

Urban actors’ benefits and conflicts in planning

Urban governance and spatial speculation

· Analysis of Spatial Consequences of Rail Development

Socio-spatial impacts of High-Speed Rail transport development

Risk and damage in spatial railway development

Metro stations, urban identity and evolution of urban geography

Transportation and spatial equilibrium

· Spatial Mobility in Border Regions

Economic exchanges in borderland regions and development potentials

Spatial strategic opportunities and threats in borderland regions

Borderland international activities from division to cooperational integration

Cross-border spatial mobility and socio-cultural evolution 

· Metropolisation of Urban Regions

Activities concentration and dispersal in urban regions

Multi-centric policies and spatial equilibration in mega-city regions (new-cities development)

Urban sprawl and informal expansion of settlements

Urban governance challenges and territorial actors conflicts in mega-city regions 

· Telecommunication and Urban Network Development

Telecommunication technologies and socio-cultural evolution of life-style

Land use planning standards for activities in virtual spaces

New structure and hierarchy for urban network and inter-city relations