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Austria
Fridolin Krausmann (University of Klagenfurt): “Urban metabolism and sustainable development”. PIRVE International Lyon 2010 conference, March 11, 2010. Download the presentation
Brazil
Glen Hyman (CSO): “Living on the edge: learning partnerships for urban protected areas”. PIRVE International Lyon 2010 conference, March 11, 2010 Download the presentation
Canada
Michael MacMahon and Richard Oddie (City Institute, York University): “Urban sustainability and environmnental research in Canada : prospects for overcoming disciplinary divides ?”. Report commissioned for the PIRVE conceptualisation group, April 2007. Download the report
Germany
“Social-Ecological Research” Programme, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Spain
Cynthia Echave (Barcelona Urban Ecology Agency): “Revitalizing cities from a holistic vision”. PIRVE International Lyon 2010 conference, March 11, 2010. Download the presentation
Sweden
Henrik Nolmark (Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, MISTRA Urban Laboratory Gothenburg): “City and environment : research programming in Sweden – some observation and reflections”. Presentation at the PIRVE conceptualisation meeting, February 15, 2007. Download the presentation
Henrik Nolmark (Urban Laboratory Göteborg, Suède): “Urban Labotary Göteborg. An urban knowledge arena”. PIRVE Conceptualisation seminar, Roundtable 2 – Intercognitivity, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, October 22 and 23, 2007. Download the presentation
The Netherlands
Sako Musterd (Universiteit van Amsterdam) : Urban research Programmes in the Netherlands
Robbert Snep (Alterra, Wageningen UR, Pays-Bas): “Opportunities for biodiversity in urban landscapes. The exemple of business sites”. PIRVE Conceptualisation seminar, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, October 22 and 23, 2007. Download the presentation
United Kingdom
Simon Marvin (Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures – SURF): “Disciplining the city : 3 modes of interdisciplinarity in urban research programmes in the UK”. Presentation at the PIRVE conceptualisation meeting, February 15, 2007. Download the presentation
See also: Evans, R. and Marvin, S., 2006. “Researching the sustainable city : three modes of interdisciplinarity”. Environment and Planning A, volume 38, pages 1009-1028.
Mags Adams (University of Salford, Manchester): “Interdisciplinarity”, PIRVE Conceptualisation seminar, Roundtable 1 – interdisciplinary experiences, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, October 22 and 23, 2007. Download the presentation
Philip James (University of Salford, Manchester): “What room for nature in the city” ? PIRVE International Lyon 2010 conference, March 11, 2010. Download the presentation
International comparison
Edith Besson (PIDUD): “Overview and Critique of European Research Programmes on Urban Sustainable Development : United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain”. Report commissioned by the Programme Interdisciplinaire Développement Urbain Durable (PIDUD), avril 2004. Download the full report
See also : Besson, E. Presentation at the ESF Forward Look seminar: “Urban Science : re-negociating the boundaries between science, technology and society”, Manchester, SURF centre, January 13-14, 2005. Download the presentation. Download the summary.
EU research
Resources on the « Forward Look: Urban Science » programme of the European Science Foundation (ESF)
