Awaji Landscape Planning and Horticulture Academy/University of Hyogo, September 11-14, 2010

The Pacific Rim Community Design Network is returning to Japan more than ten years after the conference in Saitama in 1999. The theme of this year is “Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Landscapes.” Using the exquisite setting of Awaji Landscape Planning & Horticulture Academy /University of Hyogo on the island of Awajishima near Kobe, Japan, the conference will examine the connections between sustainability of local communities and the broader environment in the face of globalism. We invite papers and case studies that examine and compare movements across geographic locations that seek to sustain and improve the conditions of local communities and identities through place-based efforts and activism.

The 3-4 day event will consist of an all-day open symposium/workshop featuring demonstrations, exhibitions, and poster sessions with citizens, non-profit organizations, and professionals, a day of paper presentations and discussion, and 1-2 day tour of the landscape and community design activities on Awajishima.

The abstract (and paper if applicable) shall address one or more of the following topics as related to the conference theme, “Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Landscapes”:

Community design with greenery or ecology
Edible landscape and urban agriculture
Grassroots, landscape design and city planning against climate change
Bio-diversity and community
Healing and horticulture therapy
Innovative landscape
Landscape for different generation
Disaster prevention and reconstruction
Cultural heritage
Tourism
Participatory for urban and rural design
Social inclusion in city planning

For inquiries, please contact:

Leiko Toyoda (Corresponding person)
Mayumi Hayashi (Conference Coordinator)

Important Dates!

First Announcement – December 2, 2009

Deadline for abstracts –  March 15, 2010

Notice of acceptance --  April 15, 2010

Deadline for registration – June 30, 2010

Deadline for bilingual full paper – July 10, 2010

Conference check-in – September 11, 2010

Conference Registration Fee  

Professional participant: JPY ¥15,000; Student participant: JPY ¥5,000