the 9th Symposium of the International Urban Planning and Environment Association

[i]UPE9[/i] Guangzhou City, China, 3rd – 6th , August 2010 Founded in 1994, UPE is known for being one the earliest international planning organization to focus on urban sustainability. Previous UPE conferences have been international events that have attracted hundreds of professionals, academics and policy makers from all over the world to discuss relevant and timely issues. The UPE9 2010 symposium is jointly organized by Sun Yat-sen University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Urban Planning Society of China. The theme: Sustainable Planning Challenges: Rapid Urbanization, Global Recession and Climate Change. [b]The deadline of call-for-abstract: January 1, 2010[/b] UPE9 website: http://www.upe9.org Contact: [url=mailto:Upe9@upe9.org]Upe9@upe9.org[/url]