Call for Abstracts: CITTA 13th Annual Conference on Planning Research

‘Planning for Human Scale Cities’

Call for abstracts for the 13^th CITTA Conference, organized in partnership with research project BooST, on July 2^nd, 2021, in virtual format. The deadline for abstract submission is April 9^th, 2021. For the submission of abstracts please follow the instructions here.

Confirmed keynote speakers

This year we can expect stimulating contributions on cycling mobility, by Marco te Brömmelstroet, of the University of Amsterdam and on the 15-minute city, by Carlos Moreno, of the University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne (More information available here).

Conference Proceedings

Authors of approved abstracts will have an opportunity to submit a full-size paper to be published in the conference proceedings book. Submissions of papers are accepted until July 4^th, 2021.

Best Student Paper Contest

All papers reflecting either in progress or concluded research by PhD and Masters students can participate in this conference’s Best Student Paper Contest (5000 word limit). Participants will be called to review other works in the scope of this contest and should expect to revise two papers. More information will be available on the website.

The conference comprises plenary sessions and parallel thematic sessions on the following topics:

1.Planning for the Bicycle: Supporting Human Scale Cities

2.Urban form and the environment: Human Scale Planning

3.Transformative Planning and Well-being: Human Scale Governance Arrangements

4.Transport Engineering and Planning: Human Scale Mobility Systems