ERC GeoDiverCity International Workshop

ERC GeoDiverCity International Workshop
Theories and models of urbanization
Thursday 12th and Friday 13th October 2017 | Paris, France

The ambition of the meeting is to engage discussion about fundamental questions regarding urban theories and modeling. Invited keynote speeches will be followed each by a roundtable of discussion. Related major results from the ERC will also be presented. The intention of the workshop is to summarize the state of knowledge and prepare an agenda for future research.

Programme

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Day 1 | Thursday October 12th

9:30
11:00

Urban theories and complexity (1)

Keynote:

Michael Batty

, « Which complexity for urban systems? »

Discussion:

Olivier Bouba-Olga

, « Innovation, In and Out of the City »

Juste Raimbault

, « Complexity, Complexities and Complex Knowledges »

GUEST SPEAKERS

11:00-11:30 | Coffee break

11:30
13:00

Building models: experimentation of theories and reproducibility

Keynote:

Romain Reuillon

, « Towards Computer Assisted Modeling »

Discussion:

Clémentine Cottineau, Juste Raimbault, Marion Le Texier, Florent Le Néchet & Romain Reuillon, « Using OpenMole to explore the impact of initial spatial conditions on geosimulation models »

Roundtable about OpenMole with Paul Chapron, Guillaume Chérel, Clémentine Cottineau, Mathieu Leclaire, Sébastien Rey-Coyrehourcq

GEODIVERCITY PRESENTATIONS

13:00-14:00 | Buffet lunch

14:00
15:30

Urban theories and complexity (2)

Keynote:

Elsa Arcaute

, « Scaling laws, insights and limitations »

Discussion:

Horacio Samaniego

, « The Topology oc Comminicating across cities in increasing sizes, or the complex task of « Reaching Out » in Larger Cities »

Francisco Maturana

, « Urban scaling and deviations. Exploratory analysis based on functional elements and spatial planning of Chile »

GUEST SPEAKERS

15:30-16:00 | Coffee break

16:00
17:30

Urban theories and big data

Keynote:

Marc Barthelemy

, « Revisiting economics for understanding urban data »

Discussion:

Arnaud Banos

and Céline Rozenblat

GUEST SPEAKERS

17:30
18:30

Are scaling laws transferable towards urban theories?

Presentation:

Olivier Finance

and Elfie Swerts

, « Scaling laws in urban geography. Linkages with urban theories, challenges and limitations.

GEODIVERCITY PRESENTATIONS

Day 2 | Friday October 13th

9:30
11:00

Economy versus geography:
theories of urbanization and cities development

Keynote:

Michael Storper

, « Urban systems: the geography of income and population »

Discussion:

Lena Sanders

, Isabelle Thomas

and Céline Vacchiani-Marcuzzo

, « Lions and butterflies facing geography of cities »

GUEST SPEAKERS

11:00-11:30 | Coffee break

11:30
13:00

Economy versus geography: theories of urbanization and cities development

Presentation:

Solène Baffi

and Clémentine Cottineau

, « What is emerging? Understanding urbanisation dynamics in BRICS countries through a geographical approach, the case of Russia and South Africa »

Which theories and models from and for big data?

Presentations:

Thomas Louail

, « Denoising data with talk: augmented interviews to better understand spatial behavior »

Robin Cura

, « Visual exploration and simulation of large and long data of urban growth »

GEODIVERCITY PRESENTATIONS

13:00-14:00 | Buffet Lunch

14:00
15:30

Urban theories and international comparison

Keynote:

Fulong Wu

, « Urban theories and urbanization processes: is China specific? »

Discussion:

Natacha Aveline

Elfie Swerts

GUEST SPEAKERS

15:30
17:30

CONCLUDING ROUNDTABLE

International comparisons:
harmonization of data, comparability of results, level of universality for theories and models

Animation:

Eric Denis

and Denise Pumain

Questions to:

Elsa Arcaute, Michael Batty, Marc Barthelemy, Michael Storper, Fulung Wu

CONCLUDING ROUNDTABLE

17:30 | End of the workshop

Acknowledgements

European Research Council

UMR Géographie cités

Institut des Systèmes Complexes Paris-Île-de-France

Contact

olivier (.) finance (at) live (.) fr

Urban theories and complexity (1)

Building models: experimentation of theories and reproducibility

Urban theories and complexity (2)

Urban theories and big data

Are scaling laws transferable towards urban theories?

Economy versus geography: theories of urbanization and cities development

Economy versus geography: theories of urbanization and cities development

Which theories and models from and for big data?

Urban theories and international comparison

CONCLUDING ROUNDTABLE International comparisons: harmonization of data, comparability of results, level of universality for theories and models

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Economy versus geography:
theories of urbanization and cities development

CONCLUDING ROUNDTABLE

International comparisons:
harmonization of data, comparability of results, level of universality for theories and models