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Mega-Regional Development and Environmental Change in India and China

Dates: 12th -13th May 2015
Venue: CiSTUP-SID Conference Hall, Center for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India

Co-ordinators:
Ramachandra T V [cestvr@cistup.iisc.ac.in],
Bharath H. Aithal [bharath@ces.iisc.ac.in],
Jefferey M. Sellers [sellers@usc.edu]

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Programme Schedule [PDF]


Location: Center for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
May 10th – 11th: Arrival of participants (Resource persons accommodated at IISc Main Guest House, Tala marg, Indian Institute of Science campus, Phone 080-22932289/2293 2311)


Date
Time
Lecture Details

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12-05-2015
9:30 am  
Inauguration
9.45 am 
Initiatives at CiSTUP – Overview:  J M Chandra Kishen
9.55 am 
About the workshop:, T.V.Ramachandra
10-10:30 am
Tea
10:30 am
Overview of Comparative Research Program: Urban Development and Environmental Change in India and China -
  • Jefferey Sellers (Department of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Southern California, USA)
11:00 am
Mega-Regional Development in India: Overview of the Research
  • T.V. Ramachandra, (Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science)
  • Bharath H. Aithal, (Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science)
12:00 pm
Mega-Regional Development in China: Overview of the Research
  • Jingnan Huang (Wuhan University, P.R. China)
  • Yong Liu (Southwest University, P.R. China)
1 – 2:00 pm
Lunch
2 – 4:00 pm
Interactive sessions with stakeholders
4 – 4:30 pm
Concluding session

 

 

 

 

13-05-2015
9:30 am  
Development of Urban Corridors in India and China
  • India:   Bharath Aithal
  • China:  Jingnan Huang, Yong Liu
  • Discussion:  Jefferey Sellers
12 – 1:00 pm

Lunch break

1:00 pm  
Peri-urban Development Around Indian and Chinese Cities:    Research Update and Discussion
  • Jefferey Sellers
2:30 – 3 pm
Tea
3 – 4:30 pm
Next Steps and Second Year Activities
14-05-2015
8 - 6:00 pm
Field visit (Co-ordinated by Bharath Aithal)