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I - AESOP | Association of European Schools of Planning
Promoting Excellence in Planning Education and Research
II - Events
Congresses, Workshops, Meetings, Lectures and Summer School Events
III - Excellence in Planning Education
Safeguarding the development of AESOP’s Quality Recognition Programme
IV - Awards
Awards in Teaching, Best Published Paper, Best Congress Paper
V - Journals
International, peer-reviewed, open-access journals
VI - YA Network | AESOP Young Academics Network
Encouraging the active participation and exchange of academic work from PhD students and Early-Stage Researchers
VII - Thematic Groups
Working groups on specific themes, established in order to create more effective platforms for debate and discussion amongst AESOP members

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Program Book: AESOP Annual Congress 2025
(AESOP, 2025)
This programme book presents the schedule of the AESOP Annual Congress 2025, held in Istanbul from 7 to 11 July 2025. It includes the congress sessions organised by tracks, parallel sessions, special sessions, roundtables, online sessions and special events. The programme lists session titles, dates, times, rooms, chairs, organisers, contributors, paper IDs, authors and presentation titles. The thematic scope covers post-growth urbanism, planning and law, mobility, governance, environment and climate, urban cultures and lived heritage, inclusion, education and skills, urban futures, planning theories, emerging technologies, disaster-resilient planning, housing and shelter, ethics and values in planning, property market actors, food, public space and tourism.
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Book of Abstracts – AESOP Annual Congress 2025 Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis
(AESOP, 2025) Casavola, Donato; van der Hoeven, Frank; Radisavljević, Ljiljana
This volume contains the abstracts presented at the AESOP Annual Congress 2025, held in Istanbul, Türkiye, from 7–11 July 2025. Under the theme Planning as a Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis, the congress explored the role of planning in addressing complex environmental, social, economic, and political challenges. The collection brings together contributions from scholars, researchers, practitioners, and students covering a wide range of topics, including climate change adaptation, sustainability transitions, housing, mobility, governance, spatial justice, urban cultures and heritage, planning education, and regional development. Through keynote lectures, roundtables, special sessions, thematic tracks, and networking events, the volume reflects contemporary debates on transformative planning and highlights diverse approaches to fostering more just, resilient, and sustainable futures.
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Book of Proceedings : Planning as a Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis, 7-11th July 2025
(AESOP, 2025) Enlil, Zeynep; Dinçer, İclal
This volume contains the proceedings of the AESOP Conference Planning as a Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis, held from 7 to 11 July 2025. The conference brought together researchers, educators, practitioners, and early-career scholars from across the world to reflect on the role of planning in addressing the interconnected environmental, social, economic, and political challenges that characterize the contemporary planetary condition. The contributions collected in this volume explore how planning theory, research, education, and practice can support transformative action in response to climate change, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, social inequalities, housing crises, demographic change, digital transformation, and growing geopolitical uncertainty. The papers discuss innovative planning approaches, governance arrangements, participatory methods, spatial justice perspectives, sustainability transitions, and emerging forms of territorial and urban development. Particular attention is given to the capacity of planning to foster resilience, inclusiveness, and long-term sustainability while responding to rapidly changing local and global contexts. Reflecting the interdisciplinary character of AESOP, the proceedings encompass a broad range of thematic areas, methodological approaches, and geographical perspectives. Together, the contributions provide a comprehensive overview of current debates in planning scholarship and demonstrate how planning can act as a transformative force in addressing the complex challenges of an age increasingly defined by planetary crises.
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Exploring the Application and Challenges of Urban Planning Legal Systems Guided by Nature-Based Solutions: A Case Study of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
(AESOP, 2025) Cai, YaZhen; Chao, Tzuyuan Stessa
This study focuses on examining Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) within urban planning across different spatial scales in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, particularly evaluating the content of planning regulations and their implementation strength. By constructing an NbS relevance matrix and integrating the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) framework, the study conducts regional risk and potential analyses to assess the feasibility of planning strategies in each area. The findings indicate that the incorporation of NbS in spatial planning regulations remains insufficiently systematic. Therefore, the study recommends promoting the mainstreaming of NbS through institutional reforms and enhancing climate adaptation and sustainable urban transformation by referencing international case studies and strengthening multi-level governance.
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Urban Rail Transit Usage in Developing Countries: The Case of Istanbul
(AESOP, 2025) Yetişkul, Emine; Şenbil, Metin
This paper investigates the relationship between urban rail transit usage and station-area characteristics in Istanbul, using the city as a case study to explore broader challenges faced by rapidly urbanising cities in developing countries. Drawing on Bertolini’s node-place framework, the study analyses 137 rail stations using panel regression models based on node characteristics, place characteristics, and combined node-place variables. Passenger data from 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022 are examined alongside demographic and land-use indicators to assess how station accessibility, transfer opportunities, population, and employment influence ridership. The findings reveal that despite substantial investments in rail infrastructure and a dramatic increase in network coverage, only a small proportion of station areas experienced simultaneous growth in both population and passenger numbers between 2017 and 2022. While node characteristics—particularly transfer opportunities and proximity to city centres—show significant effects on ridership, place characteristics explain only part of the observed variation. The study demonstrates that institutional factors, rapid urban transformation, changing demographic patterns, and land-use dynamics substantially influence transit performance beyond what conventional node-place models capture. It concludes that rail stations in Istanbul have largely functioned as isolated transport nodes rather than integrated urban places, limiting the wider benefits of rail investment. The authors argue that developing countries should adopt integrated planning approaches that combine rail infrastructure with coordinated land-use policies, institutional capacity building, and transit-oriented development in order to maximise the social, economic, and environmental benefits of expanding urban rail systems.