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IAHS World Congress on Housing Science National Housing Programmes - New Visions
Posted Date: 18 May 2008 Resource Type: News/Announcements Category: Conference and Symposium
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XXXVI IAHS World Congress on Housing Science
National Housing Programmes - New Visions
3-7 November 2008, Kolkata, India
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
A timeline of national housing programmes across the globe shows very interesting trends, developments, shifts in focus and policies. The 50s decade saw government as an Architect. Much of the national housing programmes started as post war rehabilitation schemes. Australia's public housing schemes for instance, were aimed at housing returned soldiers of WW II. During 1925-30 many innovative municipal housing schemes were done in Germany, mostly in Berlin, Cologne and Frankfurt am Main. In the Netherlands low rent apartments were mostly owned by no profit NGOs. While in Singapore, most of the residential units were publicly governed. Public housing in Singapore is not considered as a sign of poverty or lower standards of living as compared to public housing in many other countries. It is reported that about 85% of Singapore's residents live in such housing. In the 60s government acted as a Planner. The decade was dubbed as the development decade by the UN. Several Master Plans were drawn including the Calcutta Master Plan among others. The Million Programme (Miljonprogrammet) is the familiar term for an ambitious housing programme implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 with the aim of building one million new dwellings in 10 years. However, much of this housing soon began to be looked down upon. The 70s saw government as a Provider. Slum and squatter settlements had assumed significance globally. Government stressed on low cost housing approaches, land banking and site and services schemes. The Kampung Improvement Programme in Indonesia was among the important urban improvement schemes. The 80s saw government as an Enabler. There was a shift towards the private sector. The Casa Propia Programme of the Buenos Aires City Government was an innovative case of public-private financing of social housing. In the UK several local and semi-independent non profit housing associations operated council housing estates, while the US passed a legislation to encourage the private sector to construct affordale homes. The 90s saw government as a Regulator. Community managed upgrading was successfully done in several places. The Orangi Pilot Project was one such best practice. The 2000 saw the government shift role and act as a Partner. This is the era of Smart Cities linking transit with work and education. New materials and construction techniques like nano-powder coated glass houses, cardboard houses, steel houses, are becoming popular. On the other hand, there is an effort to have slum less cities. Real estate development has also assumed a huge significance in many developing countries. A market driven condition prevails. Feasibility studies on best fit approaches are gaining ground and architects, planners and decision makers are having a greater and a revised role to play.
The XXXVI IAHS World Congress on Housing provides an excellent forum to interact among housing scientists, experts, policy makers, real estate developers, managers and academics, among others, and show the new visions. There would be lively presentations and threadbare discussion on the issues of urban development keeping in view the peri-urban and the fringe, innovative housing finance schemes, the latest in building technology and materials, and also construction management concepts. Latest concepts in infrastructure planning and provision, the global issue of slums and squatter settlements with possible solutions and the emerging role of public private partnership projects in shaping our cities of tomorrow will also be discussed.
Urban Development
Urban environmentalism
Effects of Globalisation
Real Estate boom
Peri-urban development
Public private partnership in housing and urban development
Housing in hill towns
Innovative Financing Schemes
Innovative concepts in financing- reverse mortgage, cash reserve ratio etc
FDI in townships
Special Economic Zones
Taxation policy
User service charges
Building Materials
New materials
Use of local materials
Recycling of materials
Nano materials
Low energy materials
Provision of Infrastructure
Community participation in infrastructure planning, implementation, O&M
Alternative techniques
Financing infrastructure
Construction Management Concepts
Feasibility analyses of projects
Best fit approach
Institutional policy
Organizational structure
Decision support systems
Project cost optimization techniques
Construction scheduling
Simulation based optimization approaches
Slum and Squatter Settlements
Slum up gradation approaches
Slum networking
Slumless cities
Community participation
Role of NGOs and CBOs in upgrading
Role of women and adult education in slum improvement
Environmental Aspects
Green technology
Ecological housing
Energy conscious housing design
Rating of buildings
Environmental assessment
Environmental damage, climate change, green house effect
Rain water harvesting, recycling waste water
Registration will include
Congress Documents, Badges, Welcome Social, Lunches, Congress Banquet,Tea Breaks; One day Tour to IIT Kharagpur by buses - one full day visit to the Campus.
Early Bird Late Registration Phd Student-Spouse
Foreign Delegates EUR 500 EUR 600 EUR 350
Indian Delegates INR 8000 INR 10000 INR 5000
Payment Details
SWIFT Transfer (Wire Transfer) details are given below:
Account Name IAHS-2008
Account Number 30292169265
Bank Details State Bank Of India, Kharagpur
RTGS/NEFT Code No. SBIN0000202
Swift Code of SBI, Kharagpur SBININBB339
Important Dates:
Abstract Submission April 30 2008
Paper Acceptance May 23 2008
Paper Submission July 08 2008
Paper Review comments July 31 2008
Final Paper submission August 10 2008
Deadline for Registration August 15 2008
Abstract
The name and contact details of the author are to be clearly indicated in a covering letter. The abstract must not go over into the 2nd page and must not be more than 300 words. The abstract is to indicate the subject of the paper, how the author proposes to develop the subject and its overall objective, aim or outcome. Abstracts will be reviewed in terms of relevance to the Congress, its purpose, scope and themes and the potential contribution to knowledge, design or transformation in housing environments. Authors are to indicate into which of the seven themes their paper would best fit. The last date for submission of abstracts is 03 April, 2008.
Venue
The Sonar, Kolkata
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1, JBS Halden Avenue, Kolkata, West Bengal 700046, India
Overview
The Conference venue has been carefully selected to give the delegates the feel of India; its hospitality, rich cultural and traditional heritage, and also its advancement in modern state of the art technology. A distinctively modern and sleek architectural design contrasts with the rich historical essence of The Sonar, Kolkata. Nestled amidst 16 acres of land, resplendent with greenery, sunshine, and water, India's first five-star deluxe hotel is en route from the airport and a 30-minute drive from the city centre.
With eight meeting and conference rooms with state-of-the-art facilities and outstanding services The Sonar Kolkata creates an inspiring setting for grand international conferences.
The Conference will get underway in 'The PALA', a high-tech conference venue, which is Kolkata's largest pillar-free hotel ballroom. Up to 750 guests can fill the ballroom. An unrivalled outdoor banqueting area, the Sunderbans, allows for great diversity, with 30,000 square feet of space for those enchantingly opulent social and corporate functions.
Contact Us
Prof. (Dr.) Subrata Chattopadhyay
Department of Architecture and Regional Planning
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur 721 302
India
Tel: +91 3222 283210
Mobile: +91 9434005801
Fax: +91 3222 255303
e-mail: schat@arp.iitkgp.ernet.in
All inquiries should be directed to: iahs.2008@gmail.com
For more details, visit http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/
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