RAPID URBANISATION AND SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA
Cities and their metropolitan regions are at the leading edge of change in an era
increasingly rapid globalization. Indeed, urban areas themselves are undergoing
astounding transformations of scale and substance in terms of demographics,
socioeconomics, culture, and politics. These changes prompt innovations in
governance, including planning, that progressively incorporate aspects of
sustainability and public participation. Regardless of issue, the urbanization
process brings some of our most important and vexing development challenges.
The magnitude and dynamic nature of rapid urbanization in Asia is distinctive
and demands innovative and novel examination and perspective. Whether it be
issues of rural to urban migration, slums, infrastructure, housing, employment, or
environment, amongst many other issues, the Asian city context is unique both
within and across its entire geographic context. Globalization and technological
developments serve to add complexity to urban issues and problems. At the same
time, these developments also leverage new solutions to problems both old and
new.
Sustainable development strategies, leveraged across all levels of
governance, are clearly needed to address issues associated with Asian
urbanization. With this in mind, the conference will broadly address leading topics
surrounding this issue, including urban resilience, risk and disaster management,
employment, urban poverty, urbanization in the era of ICT, urban planning & urban
governance, urban futures & aspirations, land, urban development, & housing in
Asia.
About the AURA’s Past Conferences
This 13th International Asian Urbanization Conference is being hosted by
Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in
association with the Asian Urban Research Association (AURA). AURA was
established in January 1986 and is housed at Shippensburg University of
Pennsylvania, USA. It is a non-profit research organization whose primary purpose
is to promote the study of urbanization, urban growth and to organize Asian
Urbanization Conferences. The conferences are biennial (held every
other/alternate year) and have resulted in many publications. The scholarly legacy
of the original organizers and the successful history of these conferences have
served to brand this conference as of a recognized quality for a diversity of scholars
and practitioners across the globe.
The inaugural Asian Urbanization Conference was held at The University of
Akron in Akron, Ohio. The conference organizers came to the realization at that time
that a continuing scholarly and applied dialogue was needed, thus establishing the
conference series. The full list of prior conferences is as follows:
Steering Committee
Prof. Ashok K. Dutt
(Founding Member of Asian Urban Research Association, Professor
Emeritus, University of Akron)
Prof. George Pomeroy
(Executive Secretary of Asian Urban Research Association)
Prof. Dr. Suratman Woro S., M.Sc.
(Vice Rector of Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Prof. Dr. R. Rijanta, M.Sc.
(Dean of Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada)
• 1985 – The 1st Asian Urbanization Conference, The University of Akron,
Akron, Ohio, USA
• 1988 – 2nd Conference, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
• 1991 – 3rd Conference, Delhi University, Delhi, India
• 1994 – 4th Conference, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
• 1997 – 5th Conference, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),
London, UK
• 2000 – 6th Conference, Madras University Chennai, India
• 2003 – 7th Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
• 2005 – 8th Conference, Ryutsu Kagaku University (UMDS), Kobe, Japan
• 2007 – 9th Conference, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
• 2009 – 10th Conference, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR,
China
• 2011 – 11th Conference, Osmania University of Hyderabad, India
• 2013 – 12th Conference, Banaras Hindu University, India
1. Rural-Urban Transformation
2. Urban Resilience, Risk and Disaster Management
3. Urbanization, Employment, and Urban Poverty
4. Urbanization in the Era of Information Communication and
Technology
5. Urban Planning and Urban Governance
6. Socio-economic impacts of urbanization
7. Slum Upgrading and Capability Building
8. Urban Futures and Aspirations
9. Natural Resource Governance and Urbanization
10. Communities and the Asian City
11. Land, urban development and housing in Asia
12. Contested Urban Public Space
13. Innovative Approaches to Urban Issues
Organizing Committee
Conference Chair:
Dr. Rini Rachmawati, S.Si., M.T.
r_rachmawati@geo.ugm.ac.id
Conference Co-Chair:
Dr. Dyah Widiyastuti, M.CP.
Organizing Secretary:
Dr. Estuning Tyas Wulan Mei, S.Si., M.Sc.
Steering Committee
Prof. Ashok K. Dutt
(Founding Member of Asian Urban Research Association, Professor
Emeritus, University of Akron)
Prof. George Pomeroy
(Executive Secretary of Asian Urban Research Association)
Prof. Dr. Suratman Woro S., M.Sc.
(Vice Rector of Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Prof. Dr. R. Rijanta, M.Sc.
(Dean of Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Organizing Committee
Conference Chair:
Dr. Rini Rachmawati, S.Si., M.T.
r_rachmawati@geo.ugm.ac.id
Conference Co-Chair:
Dr. Dyah Widiyastuti, M.CP.
Organizing Secretary:
Dr. Estuning Tyas Wulan Mei, S.Si., M.Sc.
Conference Hosted By:
Faculty of Geography
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 55281
Tel: (+62) 0274-589595, FaxL +62274-589595
E-mail: auc2016aura@geo.ugm.ac.id
auc2016aura.geo.ugm.ac.id
