Annual Conference
2009 Conference Sessions Submitted for Approval for AICP CM Credits
Conference sessions have been submitted for approval. We will announce when AICP's can register for credit.
2010 will be a GREEN Conference
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2010 Call for Papers and Posters [PDF]
ACSP 51st Annual Conference, October 7-10, 2010
Theme: “Getting to Scale: Planning in multi-scale, functionally integrated environments.”
Local Host: University of Minnesota
Most planning takes place within a complex environment of varied and often competing influences that operate at multiple scales. From the most micro-site-specific environment to global considerations, planners face challenges whose very definition and meaning may depend upon scale. The theme of the conference is meant to highlight the set of analytic and practical issues related to the need of planners to operate in and account for multiple scales. Specifically, we invite the exploration of three sets of questions: 1) How does scale affect our understanding of problems and solutions? How do problems shift in their essential characteristics as one moves from micro to meso to macro scale? 2) How do or how should planners integrate, manage, and reconcile demands and objectives originating at multiple scales? What practices are in place for integrating professional and citizen involvement across scales, including multi-scale collaboration and inter-governmental cooperation? 3) How do planning and governance structures at one scale affect outcomes at another? What are the regional impacts of municipal or neighborhood level planning initiatives, and what are the local impacts of regional approaches?
