http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/ 2012-05-19T03:16:48+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/ http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-11-16T21:26:31+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=abstract&rev=1258374391&do=diff For oral and poster presentations, please prepare an English abstract in the pre-defined format and send it to Dr. Junichi Imanishi (Academic Affairs Division) by email attachment until February 28, 2010 (No late submission is accepted). When you send the abstract please write the email subject as “URBIO2010_first author's name”. You can download the abstract format (Windows MS-Word file) from this website. text/html 2010-03-23T15:47:58+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=accommodation&rev=1269326878&do=diff Meitetsu Grand Hotel which is the venue of the conference dinner and Meitetsu New Grand Hotel near JR Nagoya Station are offering special price guest rooms for participants of URBIO2010 during the conference period. Please book a room by yourself by informing the hotel that you are the participant of URBIO2010. text/html 2010-02-16T17:06:29+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=contact_information&rev=1266307589&do=diff Any question on URBIO2010, ask to: * Mahito KAMADA (Tokushima Univ.) kamada [AT] ce.tokushima-u.ac.jp * Hiroshi HASHIMOTO (Meijo Univ.) hihashi [AT] ccmfs.meijo-u.ac.jp Website of URBIO2010 <http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/> We are happy to announce that we can start the travel support to help participants travel to the URBIO2010. Please visit our website. <http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=travel_support> text/html 2010-11-14T11:11:00+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=download&rev=1289700660&do=diff [The Nagoya Declaration - URBIO 2010 (PDF, 106KB)] [URBIO 2010 Proceedings (PDF, 6.6MB)] [URBIO 2010 Short Report (PDF, 19KB)] [URBIO 2010 Prompt Report (14 June, 2010) (PDF, 81KB)] [Handout of URBIO Presentation on City Biodiversity Summit 2010 (PDF, 3.2MB)] text/html 2009-11-18T17:26:31+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=expected_contrib&rev=1258532791&do=diff Urban Biodiversity in the Ecological Network Subtheme I. Ecosystem network and quality of habitats in and around the urban area 1. Planning and design of an ecological network in an urban area * Concepts and methods for network planning and design * Problems and solutions for practice * Actual plans in cities of the world text/html 2009-12-17T12:32:36+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=faq&rev=1261020756&do=diff 1) How my application for presentation will be evaluated? The abstracts of all the presentations will be evaluated by the academic affairs division of the organizing committee after February 28, 2010. The result will be notified to the corresponding author as early as possible but no later than March 31, 2010. We think that the most important thing in holding URBIO2010 is that the people concerned gather at one place and exchange their ideas on the future of urban biodiversity. text/html 2010-07-15T11:49:27+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=keynotes&rev=1279162167&do=diff We are very pleased to present the following keynote speakers. Introduction Keynote (Wednesday, May 19, 10:30-11:00) Title: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Urban Areas for Smart Adaptation to the Climate Change – “Do You Kyoto?” text/html 2009-11-18T06:25:21+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=language&rev=1258493121&do=diff English text/html 2010-02-05T10:58:16+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=links&rev=1265335096&do=diff * URBIO - Urban Biodiversity & Design * URBIO 2008 Conference (has been concluded) * The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) * Aichi-Nagoya COP10 CBD Promotion Committee * Global Partnership on Cities and Biodiversity * International Association for Ecology (INTECOL) * Local Action for Biodiversity (LAB) * Urban Nature International * World Green Roof Infrastucture Network (WGRIN) * Biodiversity Network Japan text/html 2010-04-06T12:12:28+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=mid-excursions&rev=1270523548&do=diff In URBIO2010, the following 12 mid-conference excursions (plan) will be held on May 20, 2010 under the main theme of “Urban Biodiversity in the Ecological Network” Course A. Higashiyama Forest Hiking 25 Participants (Min. 20) Higashiyama Forest with eastern hilly area in Nagoya urban area is attracting attention as “a forest having full of nature and amenity for human being”. Nagoya formulated “Nagoya Higashiyama Forest Conservation Master Plan” such as Heiwa Park and wp>Higashiyama Zoo an… text/html 2010-03-05T15:44:59+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=organization&rev=1267771499&do=diff Organizer: URBIO2010 Organizing Committee Advisory Board Executive Advisors * Ahmed Djoghlaf (Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, CANADA) * Kunio Iwatsuki (Director of Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, JAPAN) text/html 2010-03-23T16:24:36+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=post-excursions&rev=1269329076&do=diff In URBIO2010, the following 4 post-conference excursions (plan) will be held on May 23-24, 2010 under the main theme of “Urban Biodiversity in the Ecological Network “ The minimum passenger count is 20 and the maximum passenger count is 25 for each course. text/html 2010-03-24T17:00:20+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=presentations&rev=1269417620&do=diff Oral Presentations Each oral presentation will be a total of 15 minutes; a 12-minute presentation and a 3-minute discussion. Each session room is equipped with a LCD projector and a PC with Windows XP or later Windows OS versions. Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and Adobe Reader are installed on the PC. Your data file should be compatible to Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 on Windows OS. The file prepared in Macintosh or older versions of software might not work properly. We recommend you to confirm if … text/html 2010-02-25T23:47:26+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=registration&rev=1267109246&do=diff Fees (Jpn Yen): Early Bird Discount until 31 December, 2009 Late Payment after 1 January, 2010 Registration (General) (Student) 20,000 Yen 10,000 Yen 25,000 Yen 15,000 Yen Mid-Conference Excursion 3,000 Yen 3,000 Yen Conference Dinner 8,000 Yen 8,000 Yen Post-Conference Excursion Course 1 (Kyoto, Osaka) 35,000 Yen Course 2 (Northern Kyoto) 35,000 Yen Course 3 (Shinshu, Yamanashi, Tokyo) 37,000 Yen Course 4 (Chugoku Region) 28,000 Yen Please make registration an… text/html 2010-04-12T00:52:01+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=schedule&rev=1271001121&do=diff [Time Schedule (PDF, 14KB)] [Presentation Program (PDF, 358KB)] text/html 2010-03-16T20:05:28+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=sessions&rev=1268737528&do=diff These sessions were proposed to and approved by the Organizing Committee of URBIO2010 as of November 10, 2009. We are also calling for general presentations (oral or poster) which are not necessarily fit in these sessions. Organizers Theme Breuste JH and Ignatieva M Planning and Design of an Ecological Network in an Urban Area Nilon C and Mörtberg U Comparative Studies of Cities: Links to Urban Biodiversity and Urban Design Lin Y-F and Kuo M Urban River, its Ecological Functions and Integ… text/html 2009-11-03T07:57:26+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=sidebar&rev=1257202646&do=diff Array Array Array Array text/html 2010-06-01T21:49:20+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=sponsors&rev=1275396560&do=diff Official Sponsor: DAIWA HOUSE INDUSTRY Co., Ltd. Other Sponsors (listed in no particular order) * UEYA KATO LANDSCAPE Co, LTD. * HEADS Co., LTD. * LEC * Ai Consultant Co., LTD. * Lab. of Landscape Design, Fac. of Agriculture, Meijo University * NITA CONSULTANT Co., LTD. * Sanyo Techno Marine, Inc. * NPO for Conserving Biodiversity of Tokushima * Yahagi Green Co., LTD * YONDEN CONSULTANTS Inc. * Kokuyou Co., Ltd * Saijo Environmetal Association for Preserving Mountains … text/html 2011-12-01T23:07:23+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=start&rev=1322748443&do=diff [] Urban Biodiversity in the Ecological Network Dear colleagues We would like to warmly invite you to Nagoya City of central Japan for the 2nd International Conference of Urban Biodiversity & Design (URBIO2010). URBIO is an open worldwide scientific network for education and research with the aim to promote urban biodiversity through a continuing dialogue with the CBD, Convention on Biological Diversity, initiative on “Cities and Biodiversity”. In order to implement the CBD in urban areas, … text/html 2010-04-16T12:22:15+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=symposium&rev=1271388135&do=diff Joint International Symposium with Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture (JILA) will be held on 22nd May, 2010. We will provide simultaneous translation to English / Japanse. Please join this event also. ---------- “Satoyama”                                                                  text/html 2010-04-12T12:07:07+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=themes&rev=1271041627&do=diff The main theme of URBIO2010 is “Urban Biodiversity in the Ecological Network”, which consists of the following two subthemes. I. Ecosystem network and quality of habitats in and around the urban area The urban ecosystem is unique and its main feature is that it is an open system characterized by great fluxes of information, material and energy with the surrounding ecosystems. Biodiversity in urban areas is determined by turnover of species through immigration and extinction, and the quality of… text/html 2010-03-14T20:37:17+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=travel_info&rev=1268566637&do=diff Visa * Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan If you need an invitation letter from the URBIO2010 Organizing Committee to get VISA, please download the application form. After filled that form, please send it to Dr. Yoichi Kawaguchi (Tokushima Univ.) by email. We will send you an invitation letter by air mail. Email: kawaguchi [AT] ce.tokushima-u.ac.jp Invitation Letter Application Form (MS Excel, 48KB) text/html 2010-02-16T13:57:16+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=travel_support&rev=1266296236&do=diff The purpose of the Travel Support is to help participants travel to the URBIO2010 by subsidizing partial travel cost. A person eligible to apply to the travel support is that who has applied to a presentation at the conference but lacks the financial resources to visit Japan. We are planning to provide 100,000 Yen for recipients from East Asian & ASEAN countries and 150,000 Yen for recipients from other counties. Candidates must send the completed Travel Support Application Form and the same pre… text/html 2009-11-09T20:54:13+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=venue&rev=1257767653&do=diff * WINC AICHI (Aichi Industry & Labor Center) * Meijo University (Tenpaku Campus) (Venue for the Symposium) * Meijo University (Mei-Eki Satellite Office): 13F of the SIA Build. (Venue for the welcome party) * Meitetsu Grand Hotel: 11F Kashiwa (Venue for the Conference Dinner) text/html 2010-06-30T17:23:38+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=welcome_notes&rev=1277886218&do=diff Mr. Tadayoshi Inoue (URBIO2010 Co-Chair) [PDF (17KB)] Mr. Masao Yamada (Deputy Mayer, City of Nagoya) [PDF (15KB)] Dr. Kunio Iwatsuki (Director of Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Japan) [PDF (15KB)] Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf (Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Canada) [PDF (199KB)] (Video Message) text/html 2010-03-15T18:49:01+09:00 http://www.jilac.jp/URBIO2010/doku.php?id=workshop&rev=1268646541&do=diff Coordinator:　Kato, Masashi City of Nagoya / Aichi-Nagoya COP10 CBD Promotion Committee It is expected that at the workshop, participants will deepen the discussion on ideal evaluation index to effectively exploit cities' biodiversity potential and problem-solving ability taking cities' diversity into consideration.