UPPD 2015 - Annual International Conference on Urban Planning and Property Development (UPPD 2015)

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Category Urban Planning; Property Development; Curating the City; low carbon precincts; Transportation

Deadline: July 31, 2015 | Date: October 05, 2015-October 06, 2015

Venue/Country: Singapore, Singapore

Updated: 2015-08-13 15:20:14 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

The Annual International Conference on Urban Planning and Property Development (UPPD) serves as a platform for academics, researchers, scientists, consultants and policy makers to interact and discuss how to improve urban planning and property development in order to enhance the lifestyle of the community. The conference will provide an opportunity for the participants to exchange novel ideas and new research development information in the field of urban planning, urban design, real estate and property development. To share experiences and explore science, methods, tools, analysis as applied to these studies.

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Opening Address

Prof. Avi Friedman

"Retooling Cities Sustainably for the 21st Century"

Professor of Architecture

Director, Affordable Homes Research Group

School of Architecture, McGill University, Canada

Keynote Addresses

Prof. Bruce Frankel

"The University as the Driver of the Local Economy: Live, Work, Shop, Play, Learn"

Professor of Urban Planning

Coordinator, Real Estate Development Programs

Department of Urban Planning

College of Architecture & Planning

Ball State University, USA

Assoc. Prof. Monty Sutrisna

Chartered Construction Manager,

Chartered Building Professional

Head of Department,

Construction Management Department

School of Built Environment

Curtin University

Australia

Dr. Huade Guan

Chief Investigator

National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training

School of the Environment

Flinders University

Australia

Dr. Michael Budig

Architecture and Sustainable Design

Singapore University of Technology and Design

Singapore

Prof. David Jones

"Taking Geographic Information Systems modelling one step further: future scenarios for Portland, Victoria, Australia"

Director, Planning & Landscape Architecture Programs

School of Architecture & Built Environment

Deakin University, Australia

The Conference Proceedings will be indexed by Ulrichsweb, EBSCO, CrossRef, ProQuest, and will be submitted to ScienceDirect and Scopus amongst others, where applicable.

Journal: All authors who present their papers at the conference will be invited to submit an extended version of their research paper for the GSTF Journal of Engineering Technology (JET) (Print ISSN: 2251-3701, E-periodical: 2251-371X). All submitted papers will go through blind review process for acceptance. All accepted papers (after the review process) will be included in the JET on a complimentary basis (free-of-charge). GSTF JET is hosted and published on Springer’s Open Access publishing platform - Global Science Journals (GSJ). In addition, it will be indexed by CAS, EBSCO, CrossRef, ProQuest, Ulrichsweb, Cabell's Directories and will be submitted to Google Scholar, IndexCopernicus, ScienceDirect, amongst others.

call for papers

Best Paper Awards and Best Student Paper Awards will be conferred at the conference (in order to qualify for the award, the paper must be presented at the conference).

UPPD 2015 will also constitute a Special Panel Session.

Panel Proposals are invited for submission. A minimum of three papers centering on a specific topic will be accepted for submission under Panel Category.

PROGRAM CHAIR

Dr. Avi Friedman

Professor of Architecture

Director, Affordable Homes Research Group

School of Architecture, McGill University, Canada

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Prof. Bruce Frankel

Professor of Urban Planning

Coordinator, Real Estate Development Programs

Department of Urban Planning

College of Architecture & Planning

Ball State University, USA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Prof. Michael J. Ostwald

Professor and Dean of Architecture

Managing Director CIBER (Centre for Interdisciplinary Built Environment Research)

Co-Editor in Chief, Nexus Network Journal: Architecture and Mathematics

School of Architecture and Built Environment

Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment

University of Newcastle

Australia

Dr Ajibade Ayodeji Aibinu

Senior Lecturer in Quantity Surveying and Construction Economics

Assistant Dean (Research Training)

Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning

The University of Melbourne

Australia

Prof. S. M. Lo

Associate Head & Professor Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Prof. Kathy Denise Dixon

AIA, NOMA, LEED AP BD+C

Division of Urban Architecture & Community Planning

College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES)

University of the District of Columbia, USA

Dr. Henrik P. Minassians

Director, Regional & National Partnerships for Public Sector

Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning

California State University Northridge, USA

Prof. Vincent Nadin

Professor of Spatial Planning and Strategy

Faculty of Architecture & the Built Environment

Department of Urbanism

The Netherlands