London Conference
11-12 July 2007, London

Background and purpose

The aim of this third annual SOLUTIONS conference was to present draft final findings and work in progress on various aspects of the London and the Greater South-East case study. International experts were invited to comment on SOLUTIONS work and share their experiences on topics related to SOLUTIONS research, from an international perspective. Policy-makers, practitioners, academics and researchers in the area of land use and transport planning, neighbourhood design, and assessment attended the conference.

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The Programme

Day 1

9:30 – 10:00 am - Registration

Session-1: London Strategic and Local Case Study: Trend and Options

10:00 - 1:20 pm

Chair: Mr. Terence Bendixson, Secretary, Independent Transport Commission

1. London strategic case study: Introduction, Options and preliminary findings (Professor Marcial Echenique and Dr. Tony Hargreaves, Cambridge University)

2. London local case study: Trend findings (Hugh Barton, University of the West of England (UWE))

3. London local case study: Options (Louis Rice and Hugh Barton, UWE)

Session-2: Sustainability assessment

2:00 - 3:30 pm

Chair: Kevin Harris, Community Development Foundation

1. Sustainability assessment (Dr Gordon Mitchell, Leeds University)

2. Comments on sustainability assessment(Professor Lars Lundqvist, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and Professor Marco Ponti, Politecnico University of Milan)

Session-3: Presentations by invited speakers

3:45 - 5:00 pm

Chair: Dr. Stephen Marshall, University College of London, UCL

1. Urban sprawl in Europe: European Agency Report (David Ludlow, UWE)

2. Micro-simulation modelling of land use and transport in North America: Space development micro-simulation in Baltimore PECAS (Professor JD Hunt, University of Calgary)

3. After the Oil Age: Do we have to rebuild our cities? ( Professor Michael Wegener, Spiekemann & Wegener, Germany)

6:00 pm - Close of Day 1

Day 2

Session-4: Urban Structuring

9:30 - 11:00 am

1. Urban Structuring (Dr. Stephen Marshall and Dr. Linda Mitchell, University College of London, UCL)

2. Local Accessibility findings (David Sweeting , University of the West of England (UWE))

Session-5: SOLUTIONS Meetings (members only)

11:15 am- 3:45 pm

4:00 pm - Close of Day 2 and the Conference