In the coming days, 29, 30 of June and 1 July, the assembly hall at the Faculty of Geography and History will host a simposium in which various experts, academics, engineers and politicians will diagnose the urban space of the city and will present predicted plans of action. This event is a part of a programme of activities organised by Cátedra de Cultura Territorial Valenciana of UV.
These events are open to the general public, students, engineers, experts, academics, people in charge of making decisions and all those interested in learning more about Valencian urban space. The entrance is free, but previous registration is required (www.projeccio.uv.es).
On Wednesday, 29 of June, the forum will begin with an institutional presentation by the chair titled “Cultura Territorial” (“Territorial Culture”), created the past month, according to the agreement between UV and Valencian Community by means of Vicerrectorado de Participación y Proyección Territorial, Conselleria de Vivienda, Obras Públicas y Vertebración del Territorio. The secretary of this Council, Josep Vicent Boira, vice-principal for Territorial Projection and Participation, Jorge Hermosilla, and the chair director, Joaquín Farinós are in charge of the opening and the presentation of the event.
The first session will focus on ‘Paisaje, patrimonio y cultura: L’Horta como matriz territorial’ (“Landscape, heritage and culture: The orchard as territorial matrix”). This thematic session will be inaugurated by a full university professor of UV, Joan Romero. Later, general director of Ordenación del Territorio, Urbanismo y Paisaje, José Luis Ferrando, will present a draft of Ley y el Plan de Acción Territorial (PAT) de l’Horta. Oliver Sykes, professor of spatial planning at University of Liverpool will offer a European perspective and will explain the British traditional “city-village” relations.
The evening session on Wednesday the 29th will encompass the subject of the possible new governance of the urban space. Andreas Hildenbrand, advisor at the General Economic Secretary of the Regional Government of Andalusia; Joaquín Martín Cubas, director of the Department of Constitutional Law, Political and Administrative Studies; and Eduardo García de Leonardo, techinician of the General Administration of Valencian Government will participate.
On Thursday the 30th, Mobility and accessibility in metropolitan area will be the main topic of the lectures. The first one will be conducted by Andreu Ulied, who will share his experience in sustainable mobility and accessibility management as Mcrit director, a company dealing with development and implementation of aid systems for decision making in urban, transport and environment planning. Sergio Aguado, head of Valencian government railways (FGV) customer service, will present a new model for the future railway transport within the metropolitan area of Valencia. Finally, María Dolores Pitarch, tenured university professor at the UV’s Department of Geography, will end this themed part with a lecture on the necessary elements for a sustainable mobility and accessibility model.
On Thursday afternoon, conferences will move towards Economics, since some experts are to analyse the metropolitan spaces as an engine for economic development. Antonio Serrano (head of Fundicot, inter-professional association of spatial planning) will analyse the success factors and the resistance in Spanish metropolitan areas. Aldert de Vries (geographer and responsible for the National Urban Agenda) will expose challenges and issues for a new metropolitan agenda; and professor Josep Vicent Pitxer (UV’s Department of Applied Economics) will make proposals from a diagnosis of the productive system.
On Friday the 1st of July, the conference will focus on presenting the project initiation document for the Metropolitan Plan de Acción Territorial (PAT), carried out by María José Salvador, head of the Valencian Department of Housing, Public Works and Spatial Planning; Josep Vicent Boira, secretary of the mentioned Valencian Department; and José Luis Fernando, general director of Terrorial and Urban Planning and Lanscape. After the PAT exposition and subsequent debate, UV’s Principal, Esteban Morcillo and the counsillor María José Salvador will close the event.
Last update: 28 de june de 2016 12:18.
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