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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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    The Walkability Potential Matrix – A New Method for Measuring Sustainable Destination Configurations in Town and City Centres
    (AESOP, 2025) van Nes, Akkelies
    The object of this present study is to reveal the spatial configuration of 55 Norwegian towns and cities related to degree of walkability potentials. The aim is to investigate to what extent the street or road profile affect the walkability potentials in the town centres based on the distribution of roads in comparison of streets based on street names. The focus is on the town centres, because they tend to have the largest walkability potentials. For this, the last part of the street or road names is used to identifying whether it is a balanced street or a road encouraging car use. Likewise, the number of X and T junctions is counted in the town centre. Correlations between T and X junctions were made, and correlations between road and streets were made for the town centre of all 55 Norwegian towns and cities. The results show that the higher number of X-junctions in correlation with T-junctions, the shorter urban blocks, implying higher degree of walkability potentials in the town centres. Likewise, the higher numbers of streets in correlation with roads in a town centre, the higher degree of facilitation of pedestrian friendly pathways. Three different clusters are identified in the statistical analyses, which comply with the reputations the various town and city centres have regards walking attractiveness or private car dependency. The higher number of X-junctions in correlation with T-junctions, the more integrated the town centre is on a local as well as global scale. Likewise, the higher number of streets in correlation with roads, the more integrated the town centre is. Finally, the more the town or city centres have an orthogonal grid structure consisting of streets, the higher integration and thus higher walkability potentials. The method is a first step to have an operational and easy applicable tool to measure degrees of walkability potentials in town and city centres.
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    Optimisation of Non-Motorised Facilities in Urban Fringe Sheltered Housing Areas: Transport Accessibility and Equity Enhancement Based on Supply and Demand Analysis
    (AESOP, 2025) Zhang, Tianxin; Zheng, Mengde
    As affordable housing developments continue to expand toward the urban fringe, limited public transportation connections and extended commuting distances have intensified mobility challenges for residents. Owing to their affordability and flexibility, non-motorized vehicles have become a key solution for bridging the “last mile.” However, the current supply of parking facilities for such vehicles is inadequate, leading to reduced travel efficiency and increased inequality in the distribution of transportation resources. This study examines 13 affordable housing communities on the outskirts of Xi’an, utilizing 473 valid survey responses to develop a supply-demand assessment and travel behavior model. Findings reveal that demand for non-motorized vehicle parking is 1.8 times the current capacity, particularly among low-income and long-distance commuters. In response, the study proposes a set of optimization strategies: dynamic adjustment of parking layouts, implementation of intelligent management systems, enhancement of public transit connectivity, and repurposing of underutilised motor vehicle spaces. The results offer practical insights for promoting transportation equity in peripheral urban areas.