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What?This is the second international event organised in the context of the MEDIUM project. While research conducted in the context of the project focus primarily on the medium-sized cities Hangzhou, Zhuhai and Datong, the conference will consider urban China in its diversity, with a great variety of case studies including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin, the region of the Taihu lake etc.It will address the issue of sustainability from a broad perspective, tackling ageing housing, social inclusion, urban governance, environmental sustainability, participatory processes in urban planning, with a multi-disciplinary approach ranging from geography, political science, economy, sociology, computer science, environmental science etc.For more information, including the programme, visit the webpage of conference on the website of the project&#160;http://mediumcities-china.org/Where?The conference will take place in Guangzhou and is hosted by Sun Yat-sen University.For who?The conference is open to academics, policy makers, urban professionals etc. Registration: Florent Resche-Rigon florent.rescherigon@parisgeo.cnrs.frAbout the organiserThe School of Geograpy and Planning of Sun Yat-sen University with the MEDIUM consortium. The project is supported by the European Union (EuropeAid &#8211; ICI+ programme).ProgramFriday 16 June,15.30 &#8211; 18.00OpeningChair: Natacha Aveline, G&#233;ographie-cit&#233;s, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) &#8211;Scientific coordinator of MEDIUMLuo Jun, President of Sun Yat-sen UniversityBertrand Furno, Consul General of France in GuangzhouLaurent Bochereau, Minister Counsellor, Head of Science, Technology and Environment at the Delegation of the European Union to ChinaAntoine Mynard, Director for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in China Keynote speechSuhong Zhou, Vice-dean, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen UniversityRound table : transnational dynamics of participative planning in Chinese citiesModerator : Audrey Freyermuth, Aix en Provence Political Institute - CHERPA (IEP Aix)Erik Gloersen, Spatial Foresight, Participant to the training and to the stakeholders&#8217; workshop organised in ZhuhaiValentina Anzoise, ECLT - Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca&#8217; Foscari Venice / MEDIUM fellowJudith Audin, Aix en Provence Political Institute - CHERPA (IEP Aix) / MEDIUM fellowNicolas Douay, G&#233;ographie-cit&#233;s, University Paris-Diderot - Paris 7DinnerSaturday 17 JuneSpatio-temporal behaviour in complex urban systems - part 1Chair : Suhong Zhou, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University09.00 The SimpopLocal Model&#160;Denise Pumain, G&#233;ographie-cit&#233;s, University Paris 1 Panth&#233;on-Sorbonne09.25 Visual analytics platform of urban trajectory data&#160;Xinyue Ye, Department of Geography, Kent State University09.50 Modeling hierarchy of a system of cities as a result of the dynamics of firms&#8217; interactions&#160;Mehdi Bida, Celine Rozenblat, and Elfie Swerts, Institute of Geography and Sustainability, University of Lausanne10.15 China's small townships: the challenges and development strategies&#160;Pengjun Zhao, School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing University10.40 BreakSpatio-temporal behaviour in complex urban systems - part 2Chair : Celine Rozenblat, Institute of Geography and Sustainability, University of Lausanne11.10 Modelling with new urban micro data,&#160;Fabien Pfaender, ComplexCity Lab, University of Technology of Compiegne/Shanghai University11.35 Two societies in one city: a spatio-temporal mobility approach (authors: Yang Yue, Qi-Li&#160;Gao, Qing-Quan Li, Anthony G O Yeh)&#160;Yang Yue, Shenzhen University11.50 A macro-scale model of co-evolution for cities and transportation networks,&#160;Juste Raimbault, G&#233;ographie-cit&#233;s, University Paris-Diderot - Paris 7 / MEDIUM fellow12.15 Round table facilitated by Juste Raimbault, discussant13.00 Lunch breakPanel organised by the project Odessa: Population ageing and living arrangements of old people in Chinese and European citiesChair : Weiliang Zhang, Institute for Urban Studies, Hangzhou Normal University14.30 Is medical insurance substituted for intergenerational coresidence? Comparative evidence from China and Europe&#160;Yang Zan, Institute of Real Estate Studies Beijing, Tsinghua University14.55 Planning for elderly care facilities in Beijing: Application of new concept and model,&#160;Xiaolin Gao, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing)15.20 The challenges of the French &#8220;reverse mortgage system&#8221; (viager),&#160;Natacha Aveline, G&#233;ographie-cit&#233;s, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) / University Paris 1 Panth&#233;on-Sorbonne15.35 Living condition and planning issues for aging in place: the case of Shanghai,&#160;Yifan Yu, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University,16.00 Lunch breakUrban China sustainable developmentChair : Chunshan Zhou, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University16.30 A study on the sustainable development competitiveness of China 's urban agglomeration,&#160;Yueming Ning, Center for Modern Chinese City Studies, East China Normal University of Shanghai17.00 Problems of urban sustainable development in Northeast China,&#160;Shijun Wang, School of Geographical Science, Northeast Normal University17.30 Problems of urban sustainable development in Western China,&#160;Yongchun Yang, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou UniversitySunday 18 JuneMeasuring progress toward urban sustainabilityChair : Irene Poli, ECLT - Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca&#8217; Foscari Venice09.00 Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in urban sustainable development,&#160;Andrea Critto, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca&#8217; Foscari Venice09.30 Index construction of city-level green development,&#160;Liu Beibei, School of Environment, Nanjing University10.00 Participatory sustainability assessment for China&#8217;s integrated water management and urban renewal: a case study from the region of Taihu Lake,&#160;Daniele Brombal, Department of Asian and North African Studies, University Ca&#8217; Foscari Venice10.30 Break11.00 The evaluation of sustainability perception in planning Chinese urban spaces: the case of Hangzhou and Zhuhai high tech zones,&#160;Valentina Anzoise (authors Irene Poli and Debora Slanzi), ECLT - Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca&#8217; Foscari Venice / MEDIUM fellow11.30 Between pretended scalability and real isolation - the model of the Tianjin eco-city for sustainability,&#160;Yinghao Li, LEESU / &#201;cole des Ponts ParisTech, Labex Urban Futures, University Paris-Est / MEDIUM fellow12.00 Lunch breakUrban governance: conflicts, mass action, social and political regulationChair : Denise Pumain, G&#233;ographie-cit&#233;s, University Paris 1 Panth&#233;on-Sorbonne13.00 Governance of development zones in Zhuhai and the local elites,&#160;Jean-Pierre Gaudin and Liao Liao, Aix en Provence Political Institute - CHERPA (IEP Aix)13.30 Rapid urbanization, agglomerations and governance: the case of the Pearl river delta,&#160;Lin Ye, Department of Public Administration, School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University14.00 Reexploring the "danwei-shequ" transition: the housing issue as object of public policy (Datong&#8217;s mining district),&#160;Judith Audin, Aix en Provence Political Institute - CHERPA (IEP Aix) / MEDIUM fellow15.00 Why government fails in promoting urban refuse classification in Guangzhou? An analysis from policy tool perspective,&#160;Cheng Chen, School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University15.30 BreakInternal migration and urban integration in Chinese medium-sized citiesChair : Huang Xu, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University and Cinzia Losavio, G&#233;ographie-cit&#233;s, Labex DynamiTe, University Paris 1 Panth&#233;on-Sorbonne / MEDIUM fellow16.00 Forced relocation of informal settlements and rural migrant&#8217;s social networks in neighborhoods in China&#8217;s medium-size cities: evidence from Yangzhou&#160;Huang Xu, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University16.30 Studying migrants&#8217; housing choices and conditions in Chinese medium sized-cities: a case study of Zhuhai,&#160;Cinzia Losavio, G&#233;ographie-cit&#233;s, Labex DynamiTe, University Paris 1 Panth&#233;onSorbonne / MEDIUM fellow17.00 Research on Innovating the Integration Mechanism of "New Hangzhou People"&#160;Guang Xu, Department of Economics, Zhejiang Institute of Administration