Suburban Transitions is a guest lecture series in geography and spatial planning devoted to analysing spatial trends and policies in and for suburban areas. After at least two decades of densification discourses and urbanity praising, suburbs have returned to the research and policy agendas. This happens for good reason, as suburbs still represent vital parts of the city region, and they may complement core metropolitan areas in order to combat the housing crisis. What are the key functional and morphological changes that these in-between space have encountered? How can we think of suburban spaces – given their specific housing and nature mix or transport patterns – as places of opportunities to transition to more sustainable city regions? What would be the related implications for practice?
1st lecture: Tuesday, October 2nd, 13h-14h | MSH – Black Box
Attendance is free. No registration.
For further information please contact malte.helfer@uni.lu
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 13h-14h | MSH – Black Box
CAN URBAN SPRAWL BE HALTED IN FLANDERS? GEO-RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF SPATIAL PLANNING POLICY
Dr Guy Engelen, Flemish Institute for Technological Research, VITO
Thursday, October 4th, 14h30-15h30, | MSH, Black Box
WHICH SUBURBS IN AN URBAN AGE?
Prof Nicholas Phelps, University of Melbourne, School of Design
Tuesday, November 6th, 13h-14h | MSH, Black Box
RECONCILING CORRIDOR REGIONS WITH CONCENTRIC GREEN BELT.
Prof Alan Mace, London School of Economics, Department of Geography and Environment
Tuesday, November 27th, 13h-14h | MSH, Black Box
DICHOTOMY OR CONTINUUM? RENEWED CHALLENGES OF THE URBAN-RURAL CLASSIFICATION IN FRANCE
Dr Mohamed Hilal, Centre for Sociology and Economics Applied to Agriculture and Rural Space, CESAER, INRA, Dijon
Wednesday, February 27th, 13h-14h, MSH, Black Box
SUBURBAN TRANSITION IN A CITY-REGIONAL FRAMEWORK — PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FROM GREATER HANOVER, GERMANY
Prof Axel Priebs, University of Vienna, Institute of Geography and Regional Research