City PLANTastic: conference programme and proceedings

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The city is going green. From New York to Copenhagen vegetables are enthusiastically planted on city squares, and buildings are turning green everywhere . The word “plant” is on everyone’s lips, reflecting a growing desire to solve ecological, technical and social challenges in the city.
Hovever, any attempt to create a green city is motivated by certain ecological, political and esthetical perspectives. Therefore the role of plants in tomorrows cities is everything but straightforward. Rather, a broad range of possibilities unfolds.
City PLANTastic is the title of the 8th World in Denmark conference, which invites you to discuss the contemporary tendencies for a greener city. Come and listen to five international key note speakers, whose projects have showed new directions for planting in urban spaces:

The conference presents key note speakers from landscape architecture, urban design and urbanism, who reflect upon the multiple roles of plants in the future city through their most recent projects. The theme for the 2012 World in Denmark conference is City PLANTastic, which will also be explored by researchers through their works.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherForest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen
Number of pages41
Commissioning bodySkov & Landskab
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event8th annual World in Denmark: City PLANTastic - LIFE, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 27 Jun 201229 Jun 2012

Conference

Conference8th annual World in Denmark
LocationLIFE, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period27/06/201229/06/2012

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