Managing the Urban Rural Interface - Strategies and Tools for Urban Development and Sustainable Peri-urban Land Use Relationships

The conference is organized jointly by the PLUREL project; ASEM 4th Symposium on Urban Forestry; Landscape Tomorrow; Danish Association of Landscape Ecologists; & Danish Architecture Centre

Scope of the event
The conference aims to

1. present the status of scientific approaches to assess the peri-urban land-use relationships and associated effects on sustainability, and
2. to set the agenda for future research in the field.

Topics:

• Urban-rural regions in a globalised world: Driving forces on land use change
• Scenarios: futures for rural-urban regions
• Land-use relationships and the structure of the rural-urban system: European and regional models
• Rural-urban land use dynamics: impacts on resource demands and utilisation
• Quality of life and ecosystem services in rural-urban regions
• Growth management and governance systems in rural-urban regions
• Locally adapted strategies for rural-urban regions: from understanding of issues to finding of solutions
• Managing complexity and tipping points in rural-urban relations
• Economic evaluation of policies affecting land use in rural-urban regions
• Instruments and Tools for Sustainability Impact Assessment
• Growth management and Sustainable Urban Development in Emerging Economies
• Sustainable multifunctional landscapes in peri-urban areas