'The Ideal City' Conference

The Ideal City - new perspectives for the 21st century
October 11-14 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.urbanicity.org/IdealCityAlert.htm


What is the Ideal City?
Amsterdam is known as the ideal city for the 21st Century when measured by
the standard of social justice, environmentalism, planning and design. We
are sponsoring a conference in beautiful Amsterdam (October 11 to 14) and a
scholarly book that will explore what is the ideal approach to housing, drug
laws, transportation, prostitution, environmentalism,crime, brown fields,
and urban design. Indeed, Amsterdam is a laboratory of innovation that
provides a model for the rest of the world. But we also believe that other
cities can also give us innovative, smart, bold and brash ideas as well. We
welcome a range of policy ideas from around the world to help improve the
human condition.

Conference themes

Social justice
Green planning and architecture

Biking and walking
Accessibility for the disabled and elderly

Crime
Health care

Ideal city in history
Socialist city

Is Amsterdam the ideal city?
Non-petroleum forms of transportation

Housing
Sustainability

Faith, race, and gender
Utopian visions

Sexual, political and personal freedom
Tolerance

Creative City
Integrating income, races, and faiths

Which world city is the ideal?

Call for Proposals

Research Papers - Completed research papers in any of the topic areas listed
above.

Abstracts - Abstracts of completed or proposed research in any of the topic
areas listed above, or related areas. The abstract for proposed research
should include the research objectives, proposed methodology, and a
discussion of expected outcomes.

Professionals in the field - Research done by professionals in any of the
topic areas listed above, or related areas.

Case Studies - Case studies in any of the topic areas listed above, or
related areas.

Work-in-Progress Reports or Proposals for Future Research - Incomplete
research or ideas for future research in order to generate discussion and
feedback in any of the topic areas listed above, or related areas.

Reports on Issues Related to Teaching - Reports related to innovative
instruction techniques or research related to teaching in any of the topic
areas listed above, or related areas.


Email your abstract and/or paper, along with a title page, to
jgilde02@sprynet.com. Decision of submissions will be acknowledged via email
within 48 hours.

Audience

Planners, architects, elected officials, policy makers, environmentalists,
along with college students and Professors concerned with what the "ideal
city" should look like.

Why Amsterdam for a conference on the ideal City?

Amsterdam is known as the "Venice of the North." Progressives have called
Amsterdam an ideal city when measured by the standard of social justice.
Holland has what many call a "radical," "progressive," "unique" and for some
a "sinful" approach to housing, drug laws, transportation, prostitution,
crime, brown fields, and urban design. The Netherlands has turned our
American urban policy and planning programs upside down and found innovative
ways to solve social problems. Many American visitors who come to Holland
come away shocked, amazed, impressed and changed forever. Holland is
controversial. Indeed, Amsterdam is a laboratory of innovation that provides
a national model for the rest of the world. It's a place where we can honor
their successes and learn from their errors in urban policy and planning.
Without a doubt, Holland is also the home of world class architecture that
is envied around the world.


The conference website and further information can be found at:
http://www.hollandnow.org/