In the 21st century, the rapid urbanization, high density growth, urban sprawl and slums, as well as increasing informality in urban activities, are still the major challenges for most Asian cities and regions. In response to these issues which aimed to establish how engineering, including civil engineering, environmental engineering, architecture and urban planning, can make significant contributions to the resolution of the increasingly severe problems caused by global warming, environmental pollution and urban vulnerability, and to the realization of sustainable cities and regions in Asia, we came to recognize the importance of promoting new paradigms and methodologies. At the same time we recognized the limitation of individual activities in research and education to solve complicated environmental issues.
Following the Agenda of the International Workshop in December 2012 at The University of Tokyo, Japan, we are going to establish an international alliance in order to form an international and interdisciplinary network connecting universities and research institutions toward a solution to sustainable urbanization and regeneration based on the accumulated education and research achievements and experiences of universities in Asia and other regions. This international conference that is going to be initiatively organized by the Organizing Committee for International Alliance for Sustainable Urbanization and Regeneration (IASUR) will be a memorable event to the launch of the new alliance as well as a remarkable opportunity to exchange the up-dated information and ideas.
The main theme of this conference is "Sustainable Society as Our Challenge". We have to steer the directionality for sustainable urban regeneration or urbanization so that it is repositioned within the scope of, and the capacity for, urban and regional sustainability through a process of continuous international collaboration. We have great expectations that this new alliance will make a significant contribution in further developing and raising the academic status of research and education for the future of Asian cities and regions.
Atsushi DEGUCHI
Chair, Organizing Committee of the First Conference of International Alliance for Sustainable Urbanization and Regeneration (IASUR)
Professor, Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chairman
Atsushi DEGUCHI, Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
> http://udcx.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Top.html
Member
Hitoshi IEDA, Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
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Eiji HATO, Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Hironori KATO, Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
> http://intl.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.html
Shuichi MATSUMURA, Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
> http://www.buildcon.arch.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html
Yasunori AKASHI, Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Toshio OTSUKI, Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
> http://keikaku.arch.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
Junichiro OKATA, Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Aya KUBOTA, Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Akito MURAYAMA, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
> http://up.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~murayama/
Hidetoshi OHNO, Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
> http://kingo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ohno/po/ohno_eng.html
Riki HONDA, Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
> http://intl.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/honda_e.html
Yoshiyuki KAWAZOE, Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
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Shichen ZHAO, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Human-Environmental Studies, Kyushu University
> http://z-lab.arch.kyushu-u.ac.jp/default.htm
Tsuneaki FUKUI, Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Hosei University
> http://fukuilab.wordpress.com/
Noriko AKITA, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Horticulture, Environmental Science and Landscape Architecture, Chiba University
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Daisuke ABE, Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Science, Ryukoku University
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Norihisa SHIMA, Associate Professor, Faculty of Regional Development Studies, Toyo University
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Secretariat
Junhwan SONG, Project Researcher, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Tomoko MORI, Project Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Acknowledgement
Co-Organizers: International Society of Habitat Engineering and Design
School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Urban ReDesign Studies Unit, The University of Tokyo
Urban Design Center, Kashiwanoha(UDCK)
Official Sponsors: The Kajima Foundation
Mitsui Fudosan Co.,Ltd.
Nominal Supporters: Architectural Institute of Japan
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
The City Planning Institute of Japan
Kashiwa City
