Austin international conference on "nature and the city" in American

　　Delegates:

　　Tim Beatley UVA, ( University of Virginia ), Charlottesville

　　James Corner New York, James Corner Site development designing institute,  The university of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia

　　Susannah Drake,New York brooklyn, Dland designing institute

　　Carol Franklin And José Almiñana PhiladelphiaMiscanthus landscape design company

　　Kristina Hill University of California , Berkeley

　　Nina-Marie Lister Toronto, Ryerson University

　　Forster Ndubisi  Texas A&M University

　　Laurie Olin, Olin landscape designing institute and partners，University of Pennsylvania

　　Kate Orff New York landscape designing institute

　　Danilo Palazzo  University of Cincinnati

　　Chris Reed Stoss Landscape Urbanism designing institute，harvard university

　　Anne Whiston Spirn， Massachusetts Institute of Technology

　　Charles Waldheim，harvard university

　　Richard Weller，University of Pennsylvania

　　Kongjian Yu，Peking University and Turenscape

　　Conference Organization:

　　Armando Carbonell

　　Frederick Steiner

　　George Thompson George F. Thompson

　　Conference background:

　　At present, nearly half of the world's people live in cities, the future of the city is acknowledged as the most important social and environmental issues in 21Century .

　　Since the development of human civilization, urban green space design and planning for the urban development is very important.

　　19.Century, Frederick law olmsted, walker and their partners jointly designed central park in New York, ushered in a new Angle of view of the public park.

　　20;Century, Ian time, ecology understanding shall guide the design and planning are put forward.

　　In the new century, a new form of green infrastructure to increase, such as New York's Manhattan elevated park and staten island Fresh Kills the park.

　　In this special session, the famous scholar, planners and designers will emphasize the crucial link between nature and cities, ecological design and planning and 　　explains how to promote a more optimized process of world city, maintain a complete connection between the two.

　　Registration：soa.utexas.edu/calendar/natureandcities

　　Venue： Friday，AT&T conference center

      Saturday，Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

      translate：Bo Su

      proofreading：Qiao Wu

　　label:

　　Natural and urban ecological design and urban planning