Date : July 22nd (Sat) – 24th (Mon), 2017

Venue : Laboratory of Urban and Landscape Design, FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia

Organized by Far Eastern Federal University, Russia & Seoul National University, Korea

The 6th Asian Culture Landscape Association International Symposium

Urban Cultural Landscape and Urban Regeneration

Date: July 22nd (Sat) – 24th (Mon), 2017

Venue: Laboratory of Urban and Landscape Design, FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia

Organized by Far Eastern Federal University, Russia & Seoul National University, Korea

The 6th Asian Culture Landscape Association International Symposium

Urban Cultural Landscape and Urban Regeneration

Most of the ancient cultures, especially the Asians in the ancient past ordered the natural world on

cosmological principles and shaped harmonious relation with nature, which ultimately resulted into

formation of Urban Cultural Landscapes. Mountains and springs, plains and rivers, were sites and

channels of sacred power from historical events and timeless sacred forces in evolving the cultural

landscapes. And, geographical features were inscribed by human hands to mark their achievement

and accomplishments in the frame of built structures and advanced culture of urban world. Such

natural and constructed places commonly became centers of advanced human activities and

interaction, serving as pivot of harmonizing the world through their inherent message and

underpinning meanings ensembles in the Urban Cultural Landscapes, UCL. That is how they require

special care for understanding and planning, and also care for maintaining them as nexus of

visioning future and fulfilling the SDGs as envisioned by the UNO / UNESCO.

The Urgency

Cities will dominate the landscape of the future. UN projections indicate that 75% of the human

population will be living in cities by 2050. The effects of urbanisation and climate change however are

converging in dangerous ways. Cities are major contributors to climate change due to housing,

transport and various energy consuming activities. At the same time the way cities are organised also

make citizens vulnerable to the effects of climate change and extreme weather. Especially urban

areas in the global South are less equipped to react fast and effective. The most affected populations

are the marginalized and poor - i.e. slum dwellers in developing countries – who tend to live along

riverbanks, on hill slides, near polluted grounds, along waterfronts in coastal areas, and so on.

Top-down Solution & Bottom-up Engagement

A popular top-down concept is that of the Smart City bringing many technological opportunities for

active citizen’ engagement but used increasingly for top-down monitoring and control. A positive

global trend are the growing international networking and connecting initiatives between cities, often

on specific themes, and the rise of new international bodies such as the recently established Global

Parliament of Mayors.

Actually, each city has it owns economic, ecological, cultural and political reality what refers the need

to understand the urban landscape and it dynamics ‘each city approach’ must be build ‘context

specific’. But citizens, men and women, and their daily life are rarely the starting point at the design

table of urban solutions. Inclusiveness is a popular term, but real inclusive urban design and

implementation processes are exceptional. Active citizenship promotion, active involvement of urban

NGOs, residents associations, social entrepreneurs and community groups are needed.

P r e a m b l e

Date: July 22nd (Sat) – 24th (Mon), 2017

Venue: Laboratory of Urban and Landscape Design, FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia

Organized by Far Eastern Federal University, Russia & Seoul National University, Korea

The 6th Asian Culture Landscape Association International Symposium

Urban Cultural Landscape and Urban Regeneration

T h e m e s

The planned 6th ACLA Symposium 2017 will broadly examine the role of Urban Cultural

and heritage Landscapes in harmonizing the world, with emphasis on awakening the deeper sense

of regenerative strategies and measures and making policies, drawing upon the perspectives of

multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural interfaces, within and beyond the world of Asia. The three broad

themes are given below:

(A) Urban Cultural Landscape, UCL: Spirit of Place:

Evolution of Urban Cultural Landscapes, UCL: historicity and cultural continuity; growth and

representation of UCL: symbolism and archetype; cosmological principles: spatiality of time and

temporality of space; UCL as nexus of global understanding and harmonizing the world;

Assessment and appraisal of UNESCO Reports the issues of UCL and HUL, Historic Urban

Landscape; Urban Cultural Landscape as System; Values and images of UCL: archaeological,

architectural, historic, scientific, aesthetic, socio-cultural or ecological point of view.

(B) Historic Urban Landscape, HUL:

Morphology of Urban Landscapes; attributes and representation: tangible and intangible

heritages; Regulatory system of UCL and HUL; Ritual landscape as Urban Heritage:

ritualisation process, cosmogram and complexity; Architectural approach to urban heritage and

cultural landscapes; Sacred city and cosmic order: Issues of UCL and HUL; Strategies for

Urban Development; Quality management.

(C) Regenerating Urban Cultural Landscape:

Urban Conservation; Public Policy and Urban Conservation; Urban Heritage Management:

Changing scenario; Approaches to Regenerating UCL; Greening the City: Urban Ecology &

Urban Foresty; Management of Urban Environment; Issues of preserving heritage in Urban

Century; Use of HUL and UCL in alternative cultural and heritage tourism and City planning;

‘Interfaces’ and cultural interaction: sharing the experiences of different groups from different

parts of Asia, role of NGOs in mass awakening, and public participation in heritage

regeneration programmes; ‘Interfaces’ among urban planners, policy makers, and integrated

approach to fulfil SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals; issues of Habitat III and their

linkages in planning HUL and UCL.

Date: July 22nd (Sat) – 24th (Mon), 2017

Venue: Laboratory of Urban and Landscape Design, FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia

Organized by Far Eastern Federal University, Russia & Seoul National University, Korea

The 6th Asian Culture Landscape Association International Symposium

Urban Cultural Landscape and Urban Regeneration

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Francesco Bandarin, Asstt Director-General Culture, & Ex-Dir WHC, Unesco, Paris, FRANCE

Prof. Dr. Sung-Kyun Kim (President- ACLA); Seoul National University, Seoul, KOREA.

Prof. Maria E. Ignatieva (Urb-Rural Dev.), LaArk, Swedish Univ. Ag Sc, Uppsala, SWEDEN

Prof. Dr. Rana P.B. Singh (Vice-President- ACLA); Banaras Hindu University, INDIA.

US$ 300.- (will cover 4/5-nights stay: 21~25 July 2017, Hotel/ FEFU Guest House stay, all the

meals, receptions, Symposium kits and publications, and full coverage of field trip).

NOTE: Presently, we are NOT in position to offer/ or subsidized air fare, even economy class.

Programs

Important Dates

July 22nd (Sat) & 23rd (Sun): 6 Sessions of Focal Symposium

July 24th (Mon): Field Study (the sites will be informed later)

April 20th 2017: Abstract Submission Deadline

>> Abstract (200 words + 5 keywords, with full affiliation and address), 12pt TNR ft.

>> MsWd.-Title, followed with Name, Position and affiliation, Full Address (Mobile, Email), Country.

>> Curriculum Vitae (CV, updated 2017)

May 31st 2017: Notification of Abstract Acceptance

June 30th 2017: Final Paper Submission

>> Harvard style format; max. 6000 words with Abstract, MSWd)

# Proceedings-based book will be published from an internationally reputed publisher.

Registration Fee

Date: July 22nd (Sat) – 24th (Mon), 2017

Venue: Laboratory of Urban and Landscape Design, FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia

Organized by Far Eastern Federal University, Russia & Seoul National University, Korea

The 6th Asian Culture Landscape Association International Symposium

Urban Cultural Landscape and Urban Regeneration

Scientific Committee

Prof. Alessio Russo, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, RUSSIA

Prof. Evgeny Korzhov, Far Eastern Federal University Vladivostok, RUSSIA

Prof. Vladimir Pavlovskiy, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, RUSSIA

Prof. Petr Kuznetsov, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, RUSSIA

Prof. Sung-Kyun Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, KOREA

Prof. Ismail Said, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Sekudai, Johor, MALAYSIA

Prof. Rana P.B. Singh, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, INDIA

Prof. Nodar Elizbarashvili, Chair IGU C16.25, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, GEORGIA

Prof. Shangyi ZHOU, Ins. Regional & Urban Planning, Beijing Normal University, CHINA

Prof. Francesco Bandarin, Asstt Director-General Culture, & Ex-Dir WHC, Unesco, Paris, FRANCE

Prof. Michael Turner, UNESCO Chair in Urban Design & Conservation Studies, Jerusalem, ISRAEL

Contact: Convener & Secretary

Prof. Dr. Alessio RUSSO, PhD; [Руссо Алессио]

Head of the Laboratory of Urban and Landscape Design, School of Arts, Culture and Sports,

Far Eastern Federal University, Building G.

Office G373, FEFU Campus, Russky Island, Vladivostok 690950, RUSSIA.

Tel. +7 (914) 710 93 82. E-mail: russo.a@dvfu.ru ; www.dvfu.ru/en/