urban green space 6-5-11 - Center for Urban Green Spaces

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CENTRE FOR URBAN GREEN SPACES
ARAVALI FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION
Center for Urban Green Spaces at AFE is committed to: (a) Promoting a higher
appreciation of the role of urban green spaces amongst urban planners, policy makers
and citizens, and (b) Working with urban civic agencies to optimize the flow of tangible
and intangible benefits of urban green spaces that can be enjoyed by proximate
communities.
Aravali Foundation for Education (AFE) is an organization dedicated to creating a
civil society that is conscious of the problem of (and possible solutions to) the steady
degradation of earth’s unique ability to provide various forms of life with a livable habitat.
Set up in 2004, AFE strives to achieve its mandate by designing and implementing
innovative programs aimed at bridging the information divide that exists between the
world of conservation research and the civil society on one hand, and between research
and the policy making establishment on the other.
AFE proactively seeks to bring together institutions from diverse fields of
education, conservation, science and business on a common platform to work together
and enhance human and institutional capabilities for addressing environmental
concerns.
In Partnership with
Green Cities : Green Minds
1ST BIENNIAL
CONGRESS ON URBAN GREEN SPACES
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5 - 7 March 2012 | NEW DELHI, INDIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS
Government of India
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FACULTY OF FORESTRY
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
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IUCN
Center for Urban Green Spaces
Aravali Foundation for Education
ORGANISED BY
DELHI GOVERNMENT
Department of Environment
Govt. of NCT, Delhi

Creation and management of green spaces
(including urban forests) has been gaining
importance as urbanization becomes the
most significant reason for human migration in the
world. Urban Green Spaces provide town and city
dwellers with significant environmental,
recreational and material benefits. They are also
home to a vast diversity of flora and fauna and are
recognized as important repositories of
biodiversity.
This is particularly true for developing
countries where urbanization is progressing at an
unprecedentedly rapid rate and a demographic
switch from a predominantly rural to a
predominantly urban society is taking place. UN
(1991) figures indicate that in 1990 only 37% of
the total population of developing countries was
living in urbanized area. It is predicted that by the
year 2025 the proportion will be 61%. Already
rapid and uncontrolled urbanization in many
developing countries is having fundamental social
and environmental consequences. The role of
Urban Green Spaces in ameliorating this situation
is critical and significant and needs to be
recognized in planning, creation and
management of rapidly expanding urban human
settlements.
From every angle - demographic,
environmental or social - cities in the Indian
subcontinent are far more significant today than
they were a just a few decades ago. In India alone,
they are home to an estimated 340 million people,
or 30% of total population. By 2030, existing and
new Indian cities are expected to provide shelter
to 590 million people, or 40% of the population. It
is a fact that urbanization in Indian sub-continent
is well underway, and will continue unabated.
There is an urgent need to engage with this reality
of an Urban future and look for answers to
questions about longterm sustainability and
environmental robustness of our cities.
CUGS2012 will take a critical look at the
interface between urban human habitations and
urban green spaces to enrich our understanding
of their interconnectedness with quality of life in
our fast expanding cities. The Congress will deal
with physical, spatial, economic, environmental,
aesthetic, and other dimensions of urban green
spaces.
The above subjects would be captured
under the following sub-themes:
Urban Green Spaces : Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Use Optimisation
Urban Green Spaces : Biodiversity, Livelihoods, Economics and Valuation
Urban Green Spaces : Water Conservation and Pollution Control
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CUGS2012 - OBJECTIVES
To review the status, and prospects, of Urban Green Spaces, with specific reference to the Indian subcontinent.
To understand and analyse best practices in planning, establishment and management of Urban Green Spaces.
To examine and analyse successful Urban Green Space initiatives from across the world.
To facilitate exchange of information & ideas and promote cross sectoral learning.
To foster peer review, and networking, among stakeholders to promote concomitant action on pertinent issues.
PARTICIPATION PROFILE
Green Cities : Green Minds
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Urban Planners and City Managers, policy makers at various levels, urban foresters, floriculture and
horticulture experts, academicians and educationists, RWA representatives, CSR Heads and civil society
institutions interested in various dimensions of Urban Green Spaces. These will include, but will not be restricted to,
participants from UN Agencies, government departments and agencies, local authorities and municipalities,
universities and research centers, private sector companies engaged in urban development and civic
management businesses, and bilateral/multilateral developmental agencies, media professionals and students.
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Register Now!
Registration is required for
confirming one's participation in
CUGS2012
10% concession for those who
register before January 31, 2012
For more details about registration process and charges
please visit : www.cugs.in/registration.html
Urban Green Spaces : Civil Society Engagement and Educational Linkages
Urban Green Spaces : Management Practices and Technology
Urban Green Spaces : Policy, Planning, Finance and Governance
Please note that the papers may cut
across more than one of the six sub-themes.
For more information on the sub-themes visit the
Congress website: www.cugs.in
Abstracts Invited
Abstracts are invited for Oral and Poster
presentations on topics relevant to any one or
more of CUGS sub-themes.
Travel grants and registration fee waiver will
be available for a limited number of Indian
participants.
For more details regarding submission of abstracts and
cut-off dates please visit : www.cugs.in/abstracts.html
CUGS2012 Exhibition
Showcase your efforts and/or target your
products and services to highly focused and
relevant target audience.
Limited number of exhibition stalls available
strictly on first come first service basis.
For more details regarding CUGS2012 Exhibition
please visit : www.cugs.in/exhibition.html
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