SPSD (Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development)

　SPSDは「空間計画と持続可能な開発」を追究するために、都市計画、地域計画、交通計画、造園学などの関連分野の研究者が集う国際的な学術交流団体です。2011年に、川上光彦が主催して金沢で、SPSD2011として開催しました。参加者100名（外国からの参加者60名を含む）、55編の研究報告が行われました。

　第２回は、SPSD2013として8月に北京・精華大学で行われました。

　第３回は、SPSD2015として、台北・台北科技大学で行われました。

　今後、2017年に第４回ソウル、2019年に第5回千葉、2021年に第６回南京で予定されています。

SPSD2017 in Seoul

Call for paperInternational Conference 2017 on Spatial Planning and

SustainableDevelopment Aug. 19-20, 2017, Seoul

*Happy City** and Better Life**

"After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving backto the city. Dense urban living has been prescribed as a panacea for theenvironmental and resource crises of our time. But is it better or worsefor our happiness? Are subways, sidewalks and tower dwelling an improvementon the car-dependence of sprawl?"*

Cited from "*Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design"*

by *Charles Montgomery*

http://thehappycity.com/the-book/

Conference 2017 Chairman

Prof. Kyung-Jin Zoh， Seoul National University

Conference 2017 Vice Chairman

Prof. Yong-Hoon Son, Seoul National University

Prof. Seung-Hong An, Hankyung National University

Topics

- Happiness, Liveability and Quality of life

- Urban Design and Green City Performance

- Urban Form, Dense Urban Living and Car-dependence of Sprawl

- Energy, Building and Transportation

- Waste, Sanitation and Environmental Governance

- Smart City and ICT life....

Not limited to the above topics

Important Dates: For full paper submission and afterconference publication

- Deadline for abstract (no more than 800 words)：15th Feb, 2017

- Notification for the acceptance of abstract：28th Feb, 2017

- Deadline for full paper：20th May, 2017

- There will be a review process for afterconference publication and deadline for revised manuscript

For abstract only and oral presentation

- Deadline for abstract (no more than 800 words)：15th May, 2017

- Notification for the acceptance of abstract：15th June, 2017

Paper submission:

Please use Easychair online submission system

<http://urbaneastasia.jimdo.com/spsd-2017-seoul/on-line-submission/>

forSPSD2017

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spsd2017

Author Guidelines

SPSD 2017 paper submission and review process will be conducted in the following manner:

1) Full paper submission

SPSD 2017 requires authors to submit the title, list of authors, a briefabstract (about 800 words), and a list of 3-6 keywords for each paperbefore the abstracts submission deadline. Authors can update the aboveinformation when submitting the full-length paper.

The length of each paper should not be longer than 18 pages following theformat given in the paper template.

Submission of the paper abstract and the full-length paper must be doneelectronically.

Paper submissions<http://urbaneastasia.jimdo.com/spsd-2017-seoul/on-line-submission/>

will be reviewed by experts in their respective research fields selected by theconference committee.

2) Afterconference publication

If you like to cooperate with us for after conference publication, pleaseselect the option when you submit your full paper. A review process will beconducted and review reports will send out for further revision.

3) Abstract only

SPSD 2017 requires authors to submit the title, list of authors, a briefabstract (about 800 words), and a list of 3-6 keywords before the abstractssubmission deadline.