2009 Awards for Excellence Ceremony and the 2009 World Town Planning Day Celebration
ISOCARP celebrated the World Town Planning Day in a joint event - hosted by the GDANSK University of Technology, the City of Gdansk and the Society of Polish Town Planners (TUP) on 8 November 2009.
The Event was marked by:
- The 2009 ISOCARP Awards for Excellence Ceremony
- An International Seminar on 'Planning for Urban Change'
The 2009 ISOCARP Awards for Excellence were conferred in recognition of exceptionally innovative urban and regional initiatives that best express the theme of the 45th ISOCARP World Congress on “Low Carbon Cities” in Porto, Portugal.
These Awards were created as the highest honour that ISOCARP can award to a city, region or an institution.
The winners:
The 2009 special emphasis was given to projects recognising the importance and significance of spatial and environmental planning in the era of climate change and globalisation and the participatory planning processes.
The 2009 ISOCARP Awards for Excellence in the category
“district planning/ urban design”:
Beijing Changxindian Low Carbon Community Concept Plan
Joint Submission by Arup and Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design
The 2009 ISOCARP Awards for Excellence in the category
“urban/ city planning”:
New Comprehensive Planning of Wuhan
Wuhan Planning and Design Institute, People's Republic of China
The 2009 ISOCARP Awards for Excellence in the category
“strategic/ regional planning”:
Plan Al Ain 2030: Urban Structure Framework Plan
Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council, United Arab Emirates
The jury of the 2009 ISOCARP Awards for Excellence consisted of:
- Dirk Engelke ISOCARP Vice President Communication, pakora.net, Germany
- Ismael Fernandez Mejía, ISOCARP President, Mexico
- Thomas Kiwitt, Technical Director Greater Stuttgart Region, Germany
- Pierre Laconte, ISOCARP Former President, Belgium
- Mairura Omwenga, ISOCARP Liaison Office Nairobi, University of Nairobi, Kenya
- David Prosperi, Florida Atlantic University, United States of America
- Shi Nan, Secretary General Urban Planning Society of China
- Alfonso Vegara, Fundacíon Metropoli, Spain
- Pablo Vaggione, ISOCARP Secretary General, Design Convergence, Spain
