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<\/p>\nA one-day conference at Boston University\u00a0<\/b>exploring how
\nAsia’s cities are reshaping concepts of urban development.
\n<\/b>October 8, 2014
\nMetcalf Trustee Center, One Silber Way<\/p>\n
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Co-sponsored by Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future<\/a>, the\u00a0Initiative on Cities<\/a>, the\u00a0Center for the Study of Asia<\/a>,\u00a0Global Programs India Initiatives<\/a>, and the\u00a0Center for Global Health and Development<\/a>, in collaboration with the\u00a0Lincoln Institute of Land Policy<\/a>\u00a0and BU\u2019s\u00a0Metropolitan College<\/a>.<\/p>\n The full conference agenda is available\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Read our news post following the event, “Panelist Speak on Impacts of Urbanization in Asia at Conference<\/a>.”<\/p>\n A conference report will be published by the Pardee Center later this year. This conference was the first Pardee Center event to be\u00a0streamed live<\/a>\u00a0online.\u00a0Video of the event can be viewed in the\u00a0multimedia section<\/a>\u00a0of our website. The videos are divided by panel:<\/p>\n Conference Overview<\/b><\/p>\n The Asian continent is home to a vast array of cities and urban conditions. From the futurism of Dubai, to the extreme contrast of wealth and squalor in Mumbai, to the spectacular rise of Shanghai and Beijing as global nodes of political and economic power, cities in Asia in the 21st<\/sup> century are redefining notions – both positive and negative — of urbanization. While it is impossible to identify a single model of urban development, cities across Asia are providing examples of ways governmental institutions, the private sector, and civil society generate and manage rates of urbanization at scales previously unimaginable; they are pushing the boundaries of technology, governance, ecological sustainability, and the very concept of progress. Based on the proposition that cities provide a critical lens into social, cultural, economic, and political relationships, and by association humanity\u2019s capacity to solve social and ecological problems, this conference asks: how are Asia\u2019s cities reshaping accepted knowledge about processes of urbanization and urban management? Speakers will examine established theories of urbanization and urban management and ask whether we have the appropriate intellectual and policy toolkit to address issues associated with rapidly expanding cities in the 21st century.<\/p>\n\n