International Workshop
“Scenario for Sustainable Megacities”
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“Megacities and the Global Environment” project will hold an international workshop “Scenario for Sustainable Megacities”. We look forward to seeing you there.
| Date & time: |
11 August, 2010, 9:00 - 17:30 |
| Venue: |
Meeting Room (An Block 301/302), Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo ( Access) |
| Title: |
"Scenario for Sustainable Megacities" |
| Registration: |
On-site only (Free of charge) |
| Organizer: |
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, “Megacities and the Global Environment” project |
| Co-organizer: |
Center for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, the University of Tokyo |
| Remark: |
Handbill (PDF: 415KB) |
How can we tackle the rapidly growing megacities? How can we imagine sustainable future of megacities? No time to stop. We must work on these rapidly growing megacities. In this workshop, urban professionals will discuss the scenario for sustainable megacities, with reference to Jakarta, Mexico and Tokyo.
Program:
| 9:00-9:10 |
Opening Address
- Narifumi Tachimoto (Director-General, RHIN)
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| 9:10-9:15 |
Introduction
- Shin Muramatsu (Professor, RHIN)
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| Part I Megacities Today |
| 9:15-10:00 |
Tokyo
- Junichiro Okata (Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
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| 10:00-11:30 |
Jakarta
- Gunawan Tjahjono (Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Indonesia)
- Wiriyatmoko Kadari Hadisantoso (Head, Department of Spatial Planning, Jakarta Special Province)
- Choirunnisa Chotib (Department of Spatial Planning, Tangerang City)
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| 11:30-12:00 |
Discussion: Megacities Today |
| Part II Scenario for Sustainable Megacities |
| 13:30-14:30 |
“Why Scenario for Megacities? With Special Reference to Jakarta, Tokyo and Mexico”
- Akiko Okabe (Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Chiba University)
- Yuko Yamashita (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University)
- Hironori Kato (Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
- Akinobu Murakami (Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba)
- Ryoma Kitagaki (Project Assistant Professor, Center for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, the University of Tokyo)
- Kengo Hayashi (Project Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
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| 14:30-15:30 |
“Viewpoints for Sustainability”
- Junichiro Okata (Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
- Kiyonobu Kaido (Professor, Graduate School of Urban Science, Meijo University)
- Yumiko Iwafune (Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo)
- Masaaki Okamoto (Associate Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Study, Kyoto University)
- Hideki Koizumi (Associate Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
- Kazuhiko Moji (Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
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| (15:30 - 15:45 Break) |
| 13:30-14:30 |
“Viewpoints for Sustainable Jakarta”
- Gunawan Tjahjono (Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Indonesia)
- Wiriyatmoko Kadari Hadisantoso (Head, Department of Spatial Planning, Jakarta Special Province)
- Choirunnisa Chotib (Department of Spatial Planning, Tangerang City)
- Sutanto Soehodo(Deputy Governor, Jakarta Special Province)
- Miftah Ruyani Azhuri (Head, Bureau of Spatial Planning and Environment, Jakarta Special Province)
- Izhar Chaidir Idroes (Department of Spatial Planning, Jakarta Special Province)
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| 13:30-14:30 |
Discussion: Scenario for Sustainable Megacities |
| 17:25-17:30 |
Closing Address
- Shin Muramatsu (Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
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| MC: Norihisa Shima (Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo) |
Contact:
HAYASHI Kengo

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