Below are links to information on past ISOCARP Congresses (2001-2016), and titles of the ISOCARP Congresses since 1965.

Since 2001, the selected Papers (Case Studies and Theoretical Papers) are displayed on the ISOCARP Paper Platform. Have a look and browse through the knowledge of ISOCARP. Papers of former years are also available as publications, which can be ordered in the webshop. Also available for download is a survey of all themes, workshop topics, and congress team members of  all ISOCARP Congresses between 1965 and 2018.

2019 – Beyond the Metropolis
55th ISOCARP Congress
Jakarta/Bogor, Indonesia, 9-13 September 2019

2018 – Cool Planning: Changing Climate and Our Urban Future
54th ISOCARP Congress
Bodø, Norway, 1-5 October 2018

2017 – Smart Communities
53rd ISOCARP Congress; Joint Conference ISOCARP-OAPA
Portland, Oregon, USA, 24-27 October 2017

2016 – Cities we Have vs Cities we Need
52nd ISOCARP Congress
Durban, South Africa, 12-16 September 2016

2015 – Cities Save the World: Let’s Reinvent Planning
51st ISOCARP Congress
Rotterdam, Netherlands, 19-23 October 2015

2014 – Urban Transformations – Cities and Water
50th ISOCARP Congress
Gdynia, Poland, 23-26 September 2014

2013 – Frontiers of Planning – Evolving and declining models of city planning practice
49th ISOCARP Congress
Brisbane, Australia, 1-4 October 2013

2012 – Fast Forward: Planning in a (hyper) dynamic urban context
48th ISOCARP Congress
Perm, Russia, 10-13 September 2012

2011 – Liveable Cities: Urbanising World. Meeting the challenge
47th ISOCARP Congress
Wuhan, PR China, 24-28 October 2011

2010 – Sustainable City / Developing World
46th International Planning Congress
Nairobi, Kenya, 19-23 September

2009 – Low Carbon Cities
45th International Planning Congress
Porto, Portugal, 18-22 October

2008 – Urban Growth without Sprawl
44th International Planning Congress
Dalian, China, 19-23 September

2007 – Urban Trialogues
43rd International Planning Congress
Antwerp, Belgium, 19-23 September

2006 – Integration and Disintegration
42nd ISOCARP Congress
Istanbul, Turkey – 14 -18 September 2006

2005 – Making Spaces for the Creative Economy
41st International Planning Congress
Bilbao, Spain, 17-20 October

2004 – Management of Urban Regions
40th International Planning Congress
Geneva, Switzerland, 18-22 September

2003 – Planning in a More Globalised and Competitive World
39th International Planning Congress
Cairo, Egypt, 17-22 October

2002 – The Pulsar Effect
38th International Planning Congress
Glifada, Athens, Greece, 21-26 September

2001 – Honey, I Shrunk the Space – Planning in the Information Age
37th International Planning Congress
Utrecht, The Netherlands, 16-20 September


ISOCARP Congresses 1965-2000

2000 – “People‘s Empowerment in Planning”
Cancun, Mexico

1999 – “The Future of Industrial Regions – Regional Strategies and Local Action towards Sustainability”
Gelsenkirchen, Germany

1998 – ‘Land and Water – Integrated Planning for a Sustainable Future”
Azores, Portugal

1997 – “Risk Assessment and Management: Planning for an Uncertain Future”
Ogaki, Japan

1996 – “Migration & the Global Economy: Planning responses to disintegrating patterns and frontiers”
Jerusalem, Israel

1995 – “Adaptation and Mediation in urban planning”
Sydney, Australia

1994 – “Expanding Demands on Planning”
Prague, Czech Republic

1993 – “Cities, Regions and Well-being”
Glasgow, United Kingdom

1992 – “Cultural Identities and Unity”
Cordoba, Spain

1991 – “Planning for Leisure – the Challenge of Tourism”
Guadalajara, Mexico

1990 – “The Environment and the City”
Warsaw, Poland

1989 – “Communication Technology and Mobility and their Impact on Urban Structure and Form (25th Anniversary)”
Basel, Switzerland

1988 – “Urban and Metropolitan Peripheries”
Taormina, Italy

1987 – “Planning and Actions for Shelter for the Homeless”
Delhi, India

1986 – “Research for Urban Planning Practice”
Paris, France

1985 – “Implementation of Planning – Non-Governmental Actions in Urban Planning”
Berlin, Germany

1984 – “Implementation of Planning in Small Towns – Agents of Action”
Braga, Portugal

1983 – “Implementation of Planning: The Partners”
Amsterdam, Netherlands

1982 – “Habitat for All: What is the Solution?”
Istanbul, Turkey

1981 – “Renaissance of the City, How?”
Stockholm, Sweden

1980 – “Planning and Education”
Tunis, Tunesia

1979 – “Planning and Energy”
Strasbourg, France

1978 – “Evolution of Urban and Regional Planning with Regard to Changes in the Society”
Montreal, Canada

1977 – “Urban Change and Urban Structure: How to Regain Coherence”
Athens, Greece

1976 – “Demands on Land”
Helsenki, Finland

1975 – “Planning for our Inheritance”
Edinburg, United Kingdom

1974 – “Urban Planning and Political Decision”
Munich, Germany

1973 – “Integration and Segregation in Urban Land Uses and Activities”
Zurich, Switzerland

1972 – “Visual Qualities of the Built-up Environment”
Gothenburg, Sweden

1971 – “Physical and Economic Planning”
Antwerp, Belgium

1970 – “Education of the Planner”
Aix-en-Provence, France

1969 – “The Integration of Public Transport in Town Planning Policy”
Dusseldorf, Germany

1968 – “Preservation and Life of Historic Sites in Urban Planning”
Torino, Italy

1967 – “Texte Programme of ISoCaRP”
Lyon, France

1966 – “The Urban Developments in the Region”
Coimbra, Portugal

1965 – “The Position of the Netherlands in a Uniting Europe”
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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