CRITICAL related conferences and links

Research Resources

Dublin City Council
Dortmund City Information
Tampere City Information
Newcastle City Council
Newcastle City Council Environmental Charter
Newcastle Local Agenda 21 Team
Newcastle City Council City-Wide Regeneration Scheme: ‘Going for Growth’
City of Melbourne
Melbourne 2030 Planning for Sustainable Growth
Growing Victoria Together
Victoria State Government Key Policy Areas
Community and Regional Partnerships at RMIT
CEOs for Cities
Cyburbia, the urban planning portal
FOCI
Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC)
The English Core Cities Group
Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas
The Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, University of Salford
Social Exclusion Unit, UK Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Government Office for the North East Neighbourhood Renewal
Government Office for the North East: Initiatives, Funding Programmes and Projects across the North East
Informationskreis fur Raumplanung e.V. (“Information Circle Spatial Planning”)
Institut fur Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung und Bauwesen des Landes NRW (“Institute for Research on State and Urban Development of Northrhine-Westphalia“)
Projektverbund Nordstadt (“Project Network Nordstadt“)
Urban II Programme
Rund um Hannibal und HeroldstraBe e.V. (“Around Hannibal and Herold Street”)
Free internet community platform for Dortmund
Evangelische Kirche in der Nordstadt ("Protestant Church within the Nordstadt“)
The Resident University, The Hague/NL
Stadt Dortmund, Urban II Program and Quartiersmanagement Nordmarkt ("Urban II Programme, City of Dortmund")
Depot e.V.(“Centre for Handicraft, Art, Media and Neighbourhood“)
Kunstlerhaus Dortmund (“Artists’ Centre Dortmund”)
Theater im depot ("Centre for Theatre Art Dortmund“)
Dortmund-Project ("Economic and urban development initiative of the City of Dortmund")
LEG Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft NRW GmbH (“Development Corporation of the State of Northrhine-Westphalia Ltd.”)
Projektburo Phoenix (“Future Location Phoenix Dortmund”)
Projekt Ruhr GmbH (“Regional development corporation of the State of Northrhine-Westphalia for the Ruhr area")
Wirtschafts- und Beschaftigungsforderung Dortmund (“Economic and Employment Promotion Dortmund”)
Ziel 2 Sekretariat NRW (“Objective 2 Agency of NRW”)
Start-up initiative of the dortmund-project
Business growth initiative of the dortmund-project
Stadtteil-Schule Nordstadt e.V. (“Neighbourhood School Nordstadt”)
Dortmunder Agenda-Verein e.V. (“Agenda Association of Dortmund”)
Lokale Agenda 21 - Agendaburo Stadt Dortmund ("Local Agenda 21 of the City of Dortmund")
MST.Factory Dortmund GmbH ("Competence centre for the local MEMS industry")
The Urban Audit


Associated Research Projects and Reports

Urban Development and Social Polarisation (URSPIC)
Evaluation of Local Socio-Economic Strategies in Disadvantaged Urban Areas (ELSES)
Cities’ Actions against Social Exclusion (CASE)
Best eEurope Practices (BEEP)
Estimation and Mapping of Employment Relocation in a Global Economy in the New Communications Environment (EMERGENCE)
Education and Training for Governance and Active Citizenship in Europe (ETGACE)
European Lifelong Learning Expertise for Cities, Towns and Regions Organisational Networks (ELLECTROnet)
Victoria Dept of Education and Training (2002) Victoria as a Learning Region. State of Victoria, Australia.
Charles D.R., Bradley D., Chatterton P., Coombes M. and Gillespie A. (1999) Core Cities: Key Centres for Regeneration. Newcastle, CURDS.
Charles D.R., Benneworth P. and Taylor J. (2001) The Regional Mission: The regional contribution of higher education. London, Universities UK.
Charles D.R. and Benneworth P. (2002) Evaluating the Regional Contribution of an HEI: A Benchmarking Approach. Bristol, HEFCE.
OECD (2001) Cities and Regions in the New Learning Economy. Paris, OECD.
Page D. (2000) The reality of social exclusion on housing estates. York, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
lab.3000 Research Reports.
Urban Task Force (1999) Towards an Urabn Renaissance. Wetherby, DETR.
ODPM (2000) Urban White Paper: Our Towns and Cities: The Future – Delivering an Urban Renaissance.
AMION Consulting (2001) Urban Regeneration Corporations (UDCs): Learning the Lessons. London, ODPM.
ODPM (2003) Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions - Seventh Report. London, The Stationery Office.
ODPM (2003) Cities, Regions and Competitiveness. London, ODPM.
UK Government (1999) A better quality of life: a strategy for sustainable development for the UK. London, The Stationery Office.
ENV (G) (2002) Sustainable Development in Government. London, Sustainable Development Unit
DTI (1998) The Competitiveness White Paper: Our Competitive Future: Building the Knowledge Driven Economy. London, DTI.
One NorthEast (2002) Realising our potential: The regional economic strategy for the North East Region. Newcastle, One NorthEast.

Conferences and other interesting events (past and present)

2006 World Planning Schools Congress, 11-14 July, Mexico City, Mexico. Prof. Sergio FLORES Pena, Chair, Local Organizing Committee, Autonomous National University of Mexico, E-mail: urbanismo@correo.arq.unam.mx Fax: +52.55.5622 0722 www.gpean.org. Assoc. Prof. Johanna Looye, ACSP representative to WPSC Steering Committee, Johanna.Looye@uc.edu

Regional Studies Association International Conference "Regional Growth Agendas", University of Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark, 28-31 May 2005.

Leverhulme International Symposium "The Resurgent City", London School of Economics and Political Science, 19-21 April 2004.

Regional Studies Association International Conference "Reinventing Regions in a Global Economy", Pisa Conference Centre, Pisa, Italy. 12-15th April 2003.

Core Cities Summit 2003 "Cities Taking the Lead", Newcastle Civic Center, Newcastle, UK. 5th and 6th June 2003.

Universita di Lecce, eBusiness Management School Advanced International Summer School "Rethinking Regional Development Policies: The role of social capital in promoting competitiveness in Less Favoured Regions", 2nd - 5th July 2003, Grand Hotel, Masseria Santa Lucia Ostuni - Brindisi - Italy.

The project "European Cities in Transition" consists of three "High Level Scientific Conferences", sponsored by the European Commission and the German Scientific foundation (DFG). The third EuroConference "Cities in the Regions", will take place on the 14th and 15th November 2003 at the "Haus der Europäischen Urbanistik", Albrecht-Dürer-Str. 2, 99425 Weimar, Germany.

Conference Papers and abstracts are available from the Melbourne 2002 Conference "Learning Cities and Regions" website.






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