Call for Papers: 2016 APNHR conference in Guangzhou, China

Housing issues in a new epoch of urbanization: challenges andopportunities

17 - 19 December 2016

Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou,

China*

Important dates:

Abstract submission deadline (30 Sept. 2016)

Acceptance of abstracts (20 Oct. 2016)
Early bird Registration (20 Oct.-20 Nov. 2016)

Please submit your abstract online: http://fac.arch.hku.hk/upad/apnhr/2016-apnhr/online-abstract-submission/

Contact: [e-mail] 

Website: http://fac.arch.hku.hk/upad/apnhr/2016-apnhr/

Call for papers

In the Asian Pacific Region, most countries are experiencingunprecedentedly rapid urbanization which brings about quantitative andqualitative changes in the urban realm, while more developed Oceania countriesalso facing new challenges of urbanization such as the influx of overseasinvestment and migration. The advent of a new epoch of urbanization in theregion projects profound influence on a number of housing issues, which bringsboth new challenges such as severe problems of housing affordability andhousing security, and new opportunities such as green housing and healthyliving. It is therefore a high time to revisit some classical housing issuessuch as affordable housing policies, residential mobility, social mix andresidential differentiation under the new circumstances, while inquire intosome emerging housing issues in the region, e.g. global investment and housingmarket stability, financialization of housing market, and post-financial crisishousing security. This APNHR conference will bring scholars from variouscontexts to discuss the common challenges and opportunities we are facing, andgenerate a synergy to devise better solutions and envisage a brighter futurefor housing development in the region. 

Keynote speakers

Title: Housing policy and its valueorientation in China Mr. Jun Feng, Vice President and Secretary General, China Real Estate Association.Former Chief Economist of the Ministry of Housing and Urban and RuralConstruction, former Director of Housing Reform and Development Division, andformer Director of Housing Security Division, the Ministry of Housing and Urbanand Rural Construction, China.  

Title: Blame the Parents: housing affordability and for thepost-baby boom generation Professor Chua Beng Huat, Provost Chair Professor, National University of Singapore.

Plenary session speakers:

Title: Housing marketconsequences of China's major urban and sustainability policiesProfessorSi-Qi Zheng, Deputy Head, Department of ConstructionManagement, Hang Lung Center for Real Estate, Tsinghua University.

Title: The Housing Affordability Crisis in Global CitiesProfessor Ed Goetz, Director of the Centerfor Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota, and co-Directorof the University-Metropolitan Consortium; Associate Dean, the Humphrey Schoolof Public Affairs.

Title: Housing and Competition-oriented Urban Policy in JapanProfessor Yosuke Hirayama, Graduate School of HumanDevelopment and Environment, Kobe University.

Sub-themes:

Housingpolicy and social development

Globalinvestment, financialization, and housing market stability  

Affordablehousing and residential differentiation

Housingpolicy and governance

Residentialmobility

Housing and urbanregeneration

Bigdata in housing research

Greenhousing and healthy living

 Special workshops:

Highdensity living

Elderlyhousing

Privaterental housing

Urbanhousing policies and governance in Global South

Housingand Speculative Property Development

Greenhousing and healthy communities

Organizers:

TheAsia-Pacific Network for Housing Research

Centreof Urban Studies and Urban Planning, University of Hong Kong

Departmentof Urban and Regional Planning, Sun Yat-sen University

Supportingorganization:

GuangdongReal Estate Association, China

Academicadvisory Board:

Prof. RebeccaL. H. Chiu, The University of Hong Kong

ProfessorXueqiang Xu, Sun Yat-sen University

ProfessorDesheng Xue, Sun Yat-sen University

ProfessorLin Liu, Sun Yat-sen University

OrganizingCommittee:

Dr.Shenjing He (Conference Chair), The University of Hong Kong

ProfessorYungang Liu (Vice Conference Chair), Sun Yat-sen University

ProfessorJie Chen (Vice Conference Chair), Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Dr.Mandy Lau, The University of Hong Kong

Dr.Xingjian Liu, The University of Hong Kong

ProfessorXun Li, Sun Yat-sen University

ProfessorSuisheng Cai, Guangdong Real Estate Association

Registrationfee:

* Reminder: Participants may need a visa to visit China, pleaseconsult your local Chinese consulate. The organizing committee can providean invitation letter if needed. 

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