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Land Use and Green Development in Rural and Urban development
24-25 November 2017, Shanghai, China
Shanghai International Symposium of Land & Future
National and international pesenters at the symposium
FIG Vice President Orhan Ercan and Director Louise Friis-Hansen were
invited by FIG Affiliate Member China Land Surveying and Planning
Institute (CLSPI), the Ministry of Land and Resources, and Hanns Seidel
Stiftung to participate in the Shanghai International Symposium of Land
& Future. The Symposium was very well organised by the Planning
Department of the Ministry of Land and Resources, PRC, Science &
Technology and International cooperation Department of the Ministry of
Land and Resources and Shanghai Municipal Planning, Land and Resources
Administration. More than 100 participants attended the two-day
symposium.
Day one concentrated on presentations on rural and urban development
and land consolidation issues. Land and Unit Leader UN-Habitat-GLTN,
Oumar Sylla thanked for the invitation and stated that he appreciated
the invitation and initiative because this region is important for GLTN.
So far biggest focus has been on Africa, but GLTN is much more than
Africa. There are big differences between the regions, but there are
also many things in the rural and urban development that can be learned
from each other. Right now there is a momentum due to the 2030
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and we should use this.
Specific topics that were discussed were:
- Land planning and spatial governance
- Land resource arrangement and revitalization in metropolitan
suburbs
- Land supply-side structural reform
- Rural collective land system reform
Today, China has a specific focus on green development - both in
urban and rural areas. It is imporant that there is a balance between
economic and envronmental goals. In China a 3-step plan from 2017-2050
for countryside development has been established, but there needs to be
support from Industry to fulfil this plan.
Day two started with 9 presentations by young pioneers on:
- exploration of land use planning serving rural revitalization -
Shanghai practice
- Measuring land use in urban suburbs: the "5Q5E" evaluation of
land economical and intensive utilization in 98 towns in shanghai
- Territory planning and space governance: Index, Space and Policy
- take territory planning of Chongqiang as an example
- Think on support ability building of national land data for
spatial planning in new era
- Resource and environment carrying capacity evaluation ofr
provincial land planning
- Bicycle-based transit-oriented development pattern: a case study
in Shanghai
- Study on the coordinated development strategy of rural land and
tourism industry under the target of urban and rural integration: a
case study of Guizhou
- Research on key ecological space identification based on land
use and land cover change in different precipitation years - in case
of Kezuohouqi
- Forecast of Anrica's food problems in 2030 and its impacts on
China
Roundtable session
In the afternoon of day two, a roundtable meeting was organised. the
roundtable discussion was facilitated by Rosy Liao, who is know in FIG
as representative from the Chinese member association, CLSS, and
co-chair of Working Group 8.5 under commission 8. During the roundtable
meeting it was discussed how the Chinese ministry, agencies and
organisations can cooperate with the international organisation. Again
many issues are of interes are in focus in China these days such as
technological possibilities, land management, satelite info, flood
control integrated in spatial planning, valuation, public-private
partnerships etc. China has gone through a tremendous change in a very
few years which has also caused challenges. Therefore China has an
interest in the cooperation with other countries and organisations. FIG
invited Chinese representatives to the FIG Congress 2018 in Istanbul in
May 2018 and encouraged the organisations and representatives to
actively participate in the work of FIG Commissions (like the
involvement of CLSPI and CLSS in Commisison 8).
At the end of the day a technical tour was organised to newly opened
art museum Shanghai Urban Space Art Season, and hereafter to the
River Front area, Xuhui Riverside.
The Symposium was very well organised and provided a good opportunity
for networking and frutful discussions.
At the plenary sessions |
FIG Vice President Orhan Ercan gives a presentation on FIG
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Discussions during the roundtable session |
FIG Vice President Orhan Ercan at the roundtable discussion |
Louise Friis-Hansen
December 2017
