Conference, symposiumGeography
Subjects
Theories and models of urbanization
Théories et modèles de l'urbanisation
ERC GeoDiverCity International Workshop
ERC GeoDiverCity International Workshop
Published on Thursday, September 21, 2017
Abstract
The ambition of the meeting is to engage discussion about fundamental questions regarding urban theories and modeling. Invited keynote speeches will be followed each by a roundtable of discussion. Related major results from the ERC will also be presented. The intention of the workshop is to summarize the state of knowledge and prepare an agenda for future research.Keynotes speeches will be delivered by Michael Storper, Michael Batty, Romain Reuillon, Elsa Arcaute, Marc Barthelemy and Fulong Wu. Distinguished scholars will comment their contributions and present their own vision about these questions.
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Presentation
The ambition of the meeting is to engage discussion about fundamental questions regarding urban theories and modeling. Invited keynote speeches will be followed each by a roundtable of presentations and discussion. Related major results from the ERC will also be presented. The intention of the workshop is to summarize the state of knowledge and prepare an agenda for future research.
Program
ERC GeoDiverCity International Workshop
Theories and models of urbanization
Thursday 12th and Friday 13th October 2017
Location: Institute of Complex Systems of Paris-Ile-de-France 113 rue Nationale, 75013 PARIS (métro Nationale Line 6)Thursday October 12th
- 9h30-11h Urban theories and complexity (1)
Keynote: Michael Batty
“Which complexity for urban systems?”
Discussion: Olivier Bouba-Olga: "Innovation, In and Out of the City"
Juste Raimbault: “Complexity, Complexities and Complex Knowledges”
- 11h - 11h30 coffee break
- 11h30 - 13h GeoDiverCity: Building models: experimentation of theories and reproducibility
Keynote : Romain Reuillon
“Towards Computer Assisted Modeling “
Discussion around OpenMOLE: Paul Chapron, Guillaume Chérel, Clementine Cottineau, Mathieu Leclaire, Sebastien Rey-Coyrehourcq
- 13h - 14h buffet lunch
- 14h - 15h30 Urban theories and complexity (2)
Keynote: Elsa Arcaute
“Scaling laws, its limitations and performance of cities”
Discussion:
Horacio Samaniego (with Mauricio Franco and Boris Sotomayor): “Reaching Out” in Larger Cities”
Francisco Maturana: “The Topology of Communicating Across Cities of Increasing Sizes, or the Complex Task of “Reaching Out” in Larger Cities”
- 15h30 - 16h coffee break
- 16h - 17h GeoDiverCity: Are scaling laws transferable towards urban theories?
Presentations: Olivier Finance and Elfie Swerts
- 17h - 18h30 Urban theories and big data
Keynote: Marc Barthelemy
“Revisiting economics for understanding urban data”
Discussion: Arnaud Banos, Céline Rozenblat
Friday October 13th
- 9h30 - 11h00Economy versus geography: theories of urbanization and cities development
Keynote: Michael Storper
"The Growth and Decline of Cities: a perspective from economic geography"
Discussion: Lena Sanders, Céline Vacchiani-Marcuzzo and Isabelle Thomas
- 11h - 11h30 coffee break
- 11h30 - 13h GeoDiverCity: Economy versus geography: theories of urbanization and cities development (2)
Presentations: Clémentine Cottineau and Solène Baffi
"What is emerging ? Understanding urbanisation dynamics in BRICS countries through a geographical approach, the case of Russia and South Africa"
Which theories and models from and for big data?
Presentations:
Thomas Louail :“Denoising data with talk: augmented interviews to better understand spatial behavior”
Robin Cura: “Visual exploration and simulation of large and long data of urban growth”.
- 13h00 - 14h00 buffet lunch
- 14h - 15h30 Urban theories and international comparison
Keynote: Fulong Wu
“Urban theories and urbanization processes: is China specific?”
Discussion: Natacha Aveline, Elfie Swerts
- 15h30 - 17h Concluding round table
International comparisons: harmonization of data, comparability of results, level of universality for theories and models
Eric Denis, Denise Pumain: questions to Elsa Arcaute, Mike Batty, Marc Barthelemy, Michael Storper and Fulong Wu
Keynotes speeches will be delivered by Michael Storper, Michael Batty, Romain Reuillon, Elsa Arcaute, Marc Barthelemy and Fulong Wu. Distinguished scholars will comment their contributions and present their own vision about these questions.
Free registration and provisionnal programme: http://geodivercity.parisgeo.cnrs.fr/blog/international-workshop/
Subjects
- Geography (Main category)
- Society > Geography > Urban geography
- Society > Urban studies
Date(s)
- Thursday, October 12, 2017
- Friday, October 13, 2017
Keywords
- Urbanization, Urbanisation, Villes, Cities,
Contact(s)
- Olivier Finance
courriel : olivier [dot] finance [at] live [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- Olivier Finance
courriel : olivier [dot] finance [at] live [dot] fr
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To cite this announcement
« Theories and models of urbanization », Conference, symposium, Calenda, Published on Thursday, September 21, 2017, https://doi.org/10.58079/ydb