The conference focused on ”Sustainable Cities and Communities” - Sustainable Urban Development and Regeneration -. Besides sharing information on the state of Asian Cities and their problems in terms of urbanization, we also shared the Habitat III related issues, such as New Urban Agenda and International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning and so on. In addition, site visits were carried out before the conference to see what kind of community regeneration projects were promoted in/outside of Fukuoka city.
In the era of population decrease and aging society, Japanese communities face new problems like “how to regenerate the city” or “how to shrink the city”. The site visits were good case studies for responding to those problems which Asian counties would face in near future.
- Organized by:
- UN-Habitat Fukuoka Office
- Co-organized by:
- Nishi Nippon Newspaper
- Supported by:
- Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center
Participants
- ○Journalists from Asian countries ;
- 1. Mr. Lixin Wan (Associate Opinion Editor, Shanghai Daily )
2. Mr. Faizan Haidar (Special Correspondent, The Hindustan Times )
3. Mr. Takao Maeda (Deputy Editor, Nishinippon Newspaper )
4. Ms. Eunyoung Kim (Senior reporter, The Busan Ilbo )
5. Ms. Sarantuya Tsedevsuren (Freelance journalist )
6. Mr. Teeranai Charuvastra (Staff reporter, Khaosod Newspaper )
7. Mr. Pham Hoang Anh (Reporter/ Sub-Editor, Viet Nam News )
- ○Moderator and research report
- Mr. Takayuki Kubo, Senior Researcher , Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center