Here’s a very interesting announcement for an international conference headed by the International Eco-Cities Initiative, a multi-national research network coordinated by scholars at the University of Westminster.

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ECO-CITIES IN PAN-ASIA – International Conference
Date: June 17-18, 2011
Location: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Call for Papers Due Date: January 14, 2011

The participation of early career researchers and practitioners is particularly welcome and will be supported through a competitive travel bursary scheme.

Deadline for submitting abstracts (250 words): 14 January 2011.
Please send the abstracts to: d.tomozeiu@westminster.ac.uk

Proposals are invited for papers to be presented at the 5th International Conference hosted by the International Eco-Cities Initiative in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Westminster. The conference will bring together academics, planners and policy experts with the aim of analyzing and comparing a variety of eco-city developments in China, India, Japan, South Korea and other Asian countries. The focus will be on discussing diverse eco-city initiatives within their specific local and national contexts, as well as comparing relevant governance and innovation perspectives across national and cultural boundaries.

We welcome papers discussing (i) individual eco-city case studies; (ii) cross-national comparative analyses; and/or (iii) theoretical perspectives relating to eco-city innovation in various Asian contexts.

For more details please visit: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/ecocities
(see International Conferences link)

Daniel Tomozeiu
University of Westminster
309 Regent St
W1B 2UW, London, UK
Email: d.tomozeiu@westminster.ac.uk
Visit the website at http://www.westminster.ac.uk/ecocities