Events in November 2012
Cellular Automata Modeling for Urban Systems
Nuno Norte Pinto, Assistant Professor, University of Coimbra, PortugalFriday 30th November 2012 - 1:00pmThis lecture will focus on the use of cellular automata (CA) models to simulate urban phenomena and complexity.
Movember Finale
Charity eventFriday 30th November 2012 - 10:30amStaff and students at the Cardiff School of Planning and Geography display their Movember charity creations and make a final call for Mo Money!!
Postgraduate Open Day 2012
Wednesday 28th November 2012 - 11:00amThe Postgraduate Open Day will provide you with an ideal opportunity to find out more about postgraduate study at Cardiff. A link to book your place can be found by selecting 'Postgraduate Open Day 2012' above.
Beyond Ticking Boxes? Making Design Decisions in Planning Within the Context of Localism
Richard Guise, Director of Urban Design Consultancy Context 4DTuesday 27th November 2012 - 5:30pmRichard Guise is a chartered architect and planner with more than 38 years experience of practice and teaching in architecture, planning and urban design. EVENT NOW FULL
(fully booked)UCAS Open Day - Cardiff School of Planning and Geography (24/11/12)
Various Academic members of staffSaturday 24th November 2012 - 11:30amApologies but this Open Day is fully booked. Please take a look at our other dates available.
‘Enquiry by Design’. Managing Change. The Approach of the Prince’s Foundation.
Noel Isherwood, Welsh representative of the Prince's Foundation for Building CommunityTuesday 20th November 2012 - 5:00pmA presentation followed by question and answer session led by a panel of experts who have had specific experience of working with social and business communites in designing their own local regeneration and pro-growth strategies.
Future of Local Service Delivery
Prof. Malcom Williams, Prof. Jonathan Scourfield, Dr Madeleine Pill, Dr Valeria Guarneros-MezaWednesday 14th November 2012 - 1:00pmThis is the first of three seminars under the theme "The Future of Public Service Delivery: Social Sciences Inter-school Seminar Series".
Traffic and Towns: 50 Years on
Peter Headicar, Reader in Transport Planning, Oxford Brookes UniversityTuesday 13th November 2012 - 5:30pmFifty years ago the iconic report ‘Traffic in Towns’ set out how to transform towns to cope with impending mass motorisation.
Growing Regenerative Communities of Food
Alison Blay-Palmer, Assoc. Prof., Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. CanadaTuesday 13th November 2012 - 4:00pmThe complexity of problems such as climate change, food and nutrition insecurity, high rates of food related disease, and escalating rates of unemployment requires the adoption of a sustainable food systems perspective.
GLAMORGAN LECTURE SERIES - Fat places? Exploring Environmental Causes of Obesity
Julie Guthman - University of CaliforniaMonday 12th November 2012 - 5:30pmGuthman will discuss some of the conceptual and empirical limitations of the obesogenic environment thesis.