EUROPEAN GREEN CITIES :building urban resilience and sustainability in an era of austerity

French-British Planning Study Group

SPRING Seminar

BRISTOL, 13/14 MAY 2015

Wednesday 13th May 2015

Location: Room 1.11, Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol

9.30 Registration

10.00 Olivier Sykes (University of Liverpool) Welcome and introduction to French and British Planning Study Group

10.15 Stephen Hall (UWE Bristol) and Aksel Esroy (University of Bristol)Welcome and introduction to seminar.

WORKSHOP 1 (11.00-12.30)

11.00 Alex Nurse (University of Liverpool) 'European Green Capital: A tool to revitalise cities?’

11.20 Sebastien Loew (University of Westminster) 'EcoCités: A French approach to sustainable development'

11.40 Ian Smith (UWE Bristol) 'Suburban Neighbourhood Adaptation for a Changing Climate'

12.00 Discussion Lunch

WORKSHOP 2 (13.30-15.00)

13.30 Renaud Epstein (University of Nantes) 'Multi-Level Governance: Steering at a distance through awards'

13.50 Christophe Demazière (University of Tours) 'Achieving Sustainable Development through Spatial Planning: The limits of national planning reform on localism'

14.10 Steven Griggs (Leicester De Montfort University) 'Populism, Localism and Environmental Politics: The development of the new Nantes Airport'

14.30 Discussion

Thursday 14th May 2015

Registration

WORKSHOP 3 (15.15 -17.30)

15.15 Natacha Seigneuret (University of Grenoble) 'European Urban Projects for Smart Energy Management: Grenoble - a resilient and sustainable city?'

15.35 Reg Harman (Interfaces Consultants) ‘Transport lessons from Grenoble: developing the case for an Oxford Metro’.

15.55 Stephen Hall (UWE Bristol) 'Building and Reproducing Regimes for Sustainable Urban Development in Bristol and Grenoble'

16.15 Discussion

17.00 Stephen Hall (UWE Bristol) and Aksel Esroy (University of Bristol) Introduction to Bristol European Green Capital 2015 and briefing for Thursday 14th May

17.30 Close

20:00 Evening Meal (Optional, venue to be confirmed)

Location: Room 1.11, Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol

09.30 Round table: ‘Bristol European Green Capital 2015’, Professor Martin Bigg (UWE Bristol and Vice Chair Bristol Green Capital Partnership) Dr Aksel Esroy (University of Bristol and Secretary, Bristol Green Capital ‘Place Action’ Theme Group, plus colleagues from Bristol 2015, Bristol City Council

11.00 Walking tour of Bristol historic harbourside

12.30 Working lunch meeting of Franco-British Planning Research Group

To register for the seminar contact: Stephen Hall, UWE, Stephen3.Hall@uwe.ac.uk