Future challenges of the New Urban World : what model of development for the Moroccan city ?
The Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) organized in association with the National Institute of Urban Planning (INAU), the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and JPI Urban Europe in Rabat, on October 1-2, 2012, an international scientific meeting on the theme " New urban world future challenges the: which development model for the Moroccan city ? "
The aim of this meeting is to analyze in depth the driving forces and impacts of the process of cultural, economic, social and technological development induced by modern cities, to identify challenges to urban areas (climate change, security... ), to identify new ways to redesign cities and to offer possible outcomes for appropriate policies that enhance urban agglomerations’ development potential worldwide and particularly in Morocco.
The meeting brought together policy makers, civil society actors and several scientists and experts from Morocco and around the world to discuss from trans-disciplinary perspectives various challenges and opportunities facing the new urban world.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012
8.30-9.00
Registration
9.00-10.00
OPENING SESSION
- Introductory speech, Mohammed Tawfik MOULINE, General Director of the Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) (Morocco)
- Opening addressNabil BENABDALLAH, Minister of Habitat, Urban Planning and City Policy (Morocco)
- What urban policy and planning for Rabat as the Kingdom’s capital and UNESCO world heritage site ?, Fathallah OUALALOU, Mayor of Rabat (Morocco)
- Environmental Requirements and the Sustainable Development of the City of Rabat , Abdelkrim Bennani, President of the Association Ribat Al Fath for Sustainable Development (Morocco)
- Critical urban issues and their treatment during the seminar, Peter Nijkamp , VU Univ. Amsterdam, (Netherlands)
10.00
COFFEE BREAK
10.15-11.30
SESSION I : THE FUTURE OF CITIES
Chair : Yoshiro HIGANO, President Regional Science Association International, Univ.of Tsukuba (Japan)
Rapporteurs : Roberta CAPELLO and Abdelaziz ADIDI
- The Future of Cities: a Global Perspective, Peter NIJKAMP and Karima KOURTIT, VU Univ. Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- The Future of Cities: a Moroccan Perspective, Mohammed EL MALTI, Ecole Nationale d’Architecture, Rabat (Morocco)
- Sustainability Issues in African Cities, Arthur GETIS, San Diego State Univ. (United States)
- The Future of Cities: What Strategy for Mastering Urban Development and Enhancing Economic Competitiveness of Casablanca, Hamid BEN ELAFDIL, Casablanca Regional center for investment (Morocco)
- Reading Demographic Tea Leaves: Population Change and Urban Futures, Rachel S. Franklin, Univ. Brown Providence, RI (United States)
11.30-13.00
SESSION II : LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENT IN CITIES
Chair: Mourad AMIL, Directeur de l’Agence Urbaine de Kelaat Seraghna (Morocco)
Rapporteurs : Karima KOURTIT and Tomaz Lopez DENTINHO
- The urbanization issue in the land planning policies in Morocco, Abdelouahed FIKRAT, Director of Land Planning, MHUPV (Morocco)
- Sustainability in the New Urban World: Lessons from Shrinking Cities, Neil Reid, Univ. of Toledo, Ohio (United States)
- How to feed the cities: Land use conflicts and urban agriculture, André TORRE, UMR SAD-APT Agro Paristech (France)
- Development of new geographies : Focus on economic and industrial governance and their effects on economic and social upgrading in Central Europe, Milan BUCEK, Univ. of Economics Bratislava (SK)
- Fragmented cities : Place, migration and development in the global south, Lawrence A. BROWN, Ohio State Univ., Columbus (United States)
- Vulnerability of Moroccan coastal cities to climate change risk (sea level rise and flooding), the case study of Nador, Abdellatif KHATTABI, Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) and Ecole Nationale Forestière d’Ingénieurs (ENFI) (Morocco)
- Regional economic impacts of natural disasters in Brazil : The case of floods in Sao Paulo, Eduardo Haddad AND Eliane T. DOS SANTOS, Depart. of Economics at the Univ. of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
13.00-14.30
LUNCH
14.30-16.00
SESSION III : URBAN GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF CITIES
Chair: Said MOUFTI, IRES (Morocco)
Rapporteurs : Eduardo HADDAD and Abdellatif KHATTABI
- What makes spatial planning spatial and are plans being prepared now any more spatial than those in the past?, Peter BATEY, Univ. of Liverpool (United Kingdom)
- Economic Development of the Moroccan Cities: Challenges and Perspectives, Abdellah LEHZAM, INAU (Morocco)
- New Frontiers for Growth: Fundamental Determinants for African Port Investments, Francesca MEDDA, UCL, Univ. College London (United Kingdom)
- Innovation, Cities and Productivity, Hans LÖÖF, Royal Inst. Technology, Stockholm (Sweden)
- The Creative City in the New Urban World, Charlie KARLSSON, Jönköping International Business School (Sweden)
- A sustainable coordinated model for the regeneration of Ljubljana par Sasa DOBRICIC et Marco Acri, ETCAEH et Univ. of Nova Gorica (Slovenia)
16.00
COFFEE BREAK
16.15-17.30
SESSION IV : GOVERNANCE OF FUTURE CITIES
PANEL : Management of the territory and governance of the city – Local elite, urban management and development in Morocco
Chair: Wim HAFKAMP, Director Dutch Institute for City Innovation Studies (NICIS) (Netherlands)
Rapporteurs : Cathy MACHARIS and Othmane BENJELLOUN
- M. Mohamed Faouzi, Wali of Marrakech Tensift Haouz (Morocco)
- Jean-Claude THILL, UNC Charlotte (United States)
- Tarik TLIGUI, vice Mayor of Assilah (Morocco)
- Roberta CAPELLO, Polytechnico di Milano (Italy)
- Aziz EL MAOULA EL IRAKI, INAU (Morocco)
17.30-18.00
SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE SESSIONS BY RAPPORTEURS
18.00
CLOSURE OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE WORKSHOP
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2012
08.15
Departure by bus from Golden Tulip Farah Hotel
9.00- 10.45
SESSION V: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIO-CULTURAL DYNAMICS
Chair : Othman BENJELLOUN, IRES (Morocco)
Rapporteurs : Andres RODRIGUEZ-POSE and Aziz EL MAOULA EL IRAKI
- Transition through dialog : a stakeholder based decision process for cities, Cathy MACHARIS, Université de Bruxelles (Belgium)
- Socio cultural dynamics in urban areas, Ali AMAHANE, National Institute of Archaeological Sciences and Heritage (Morocco)
- The Digital city and new spatio-temporal divisions of labor, Robert KLOOSTERMAN, Univ. of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- The cultural base of cities in the ruture, Luigi FUSCO GIRARD, Univ. of Naples Federico II (Italy)
- New satellites cities policy in Morocco, Abdelghani ABOUHANI, General Director, Ministry of Habitat, Urban Planning and City Policy (Morocco)
- Towards socially sustainable cities in Africa, Antoine BAILLY, Univ. of Geneva (Switzerland)
10:45
COFFEE BREAK
11.00-13.00
SESSION VI : ANALYSIS AND MODELS OF FUTURE CITIES
Chair: Karima KOURTIT, VU Univ. Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Rapporteurs : Francesca MEDDA and Mohammed BOULAHYA
- Urban dynamics: Some critical modeling issues, Geoffrey HEWINGS, Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (United States)
- Computers, urban studies and urban management, Jean-Claude THILL, UNC Charlotte (United States)
- When migrants rule : the legacy of mass migration on economic development in the US – Urban trend in a changing and spiky world, Andres RODRIGUEZ-POSE, Dept of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics (United Kingdom)
- Addressing urban Divide; Looking into the spatial allocation of property rights and public investment, Tomaz LOPES CAVALHEIRO PONCE DENTINHO (Portugal)
- One or infinite optimal city sizes? In search of an equilibrium size for cities Roberto CAMAGNI and Roberta CAPELLO, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
- Menapolis : Supporting systems to the decision for the strategic urban development, Mme Hind BOUHIA, Director of Strategy and Development, Holding CDG Development (Morocco)
13.00
LUNCH
14.30-16.00
Session VII: NEW STRATEGIC ORIENTATIONS FOR COMPETITIVE, SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE CITIES
PANEL : New insights and ingredients for a future-oriented research and training agenda
Chair: Charlie KARLSSON, Jönköping International Business School (Sweden)
Rapporteur: Jean Claude THILL and Said MOUFTI
- Arthur GETIS, San Diego State Univ. (United States)
- Roberto CAMAGNI, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
- Yoshiro HIGANO, Univ. of Tsukuba (Japan)
- Pia LAURILA, Scientific officer for the European Commission, Brussels (Belgium)
- Abdelaziz ADIDI, Director of INAU (Morocco)
- M. Mohammed BOULAHYA, Regional conslultant on water and climate (Algeria)
16.00
COFFEE BREAK
16.15
Conclusions of the sessions by the rapporteurs
16.45
Synthesis and conclusions of the meeting
Roberta CAPELLO, Jean-Claude THILL, Andres RODRIGUEZ-POSE, Othmane BENJELLOUN and Abdellatif KHATTABI
17.15
Closure : Ways forward
Mohammed Tawfik MOULINE and Peter NIJKAMP
20.30
FAREWELL DINNER
OKAnnuler
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- Introductory speech, Mohammed Tawfik MOULINE, General Director of the Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES)
- Presentation of Mr. Peter NIJKAMP and Mme Karima KOURTIT
- Presentation of Mr. Arthur GETIS
- Presentation of Mr. Hamid BEN ELAFDIL
- Presentation of Mrs Rachel S. Franklin
- Presentation of Mr. Abdelouahed FIKRAT
- Presentation of Mr. Neil Reid
- Presentation of Mr. André TORRE
- Presentation of Mr. Abdellatif KHATTABI
- Presentation of Mr. Eduardo Haddad et Mrs Eliane T. DOS SANTOS
- Presentation of Mr. Milan Bucek
- Presentation of Mr. Lawrence A. BROWN
- Presentation of Mr. Peter BATEY
- Presentation of Mr. Abdellah LEHZAM
- Presentation of Mrs Francesca MEDDA
- Presentation of Mr. Hans LÖÖF
- Presentation of Mr. Charlie KARLSSON
- Presentation of Mrs Sasa DOBRICIC and Mr. Marco Acri
