{"id":3794,"date":"2010-10-04T18:45:35","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T09:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ur-plaza.osaka-cu.ac.jp\/2010\/10\/04\/20101215\/"},"modified":"2018-06-25T23:54:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:54:55","slug":"20101215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ur-plaza.osaka-cu.ac.jp\/en\/2010\/10\/04\/20101215\/","title":{"rendered":"International Symposium &#8216;Towards the Century of Cities&#8217; Urban Regeneration through Cultural Creativeness and Social Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\nbody.double div#main {\nbackground-image: url(\"http:\/\/gcoe.ur-plaza.osaka-cu.ac.jp\/images\/symposium2010bg.png\")\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The 1st International<br \/>\nRoundtable Meeting<\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">Towards the Century of Cities<\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;\">International Symposium<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><b>Urban Regeneration through Cultural Creativeness and<br \/>\nSocial Inclusion<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 10.5pt; mso-char-indent-count: 1.0;\">The first decade of the 21st century, dubbed the century of Cities, has passed. Osaka as well the cities around the world have faced financial storms of globalism causing mass unemployment, community destruction and environmental degradation. Cooperating with the Osaka International House Foundation, the Urban Research Plaza organizes an international symposium to hold the first roundtable discussion [Towards the Century of Cities] to find solutions to the challenges confronted by cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 10.5pt; mso-char-indent-count: 1.0;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 10.5pt; mso-char-indent-count: 1.0;\">The symposium is an event to commemorate simultaneously the first international roundtable meeting, the launch of an international journal of City, Culture and Society (CCS) and the 130th anniversary of Osaka City University.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Conference Venue:\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ih-osaka.or.jp\/i.house\/english\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">The Osaka International House<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">PROGRAM<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Wed.15th, Dec.<\/b> <u>Keynotes and Plenary Speech<\/u><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Opening Session 1<\/b>, 10:30-15:20 *includes lunch break<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Welcome Remark:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>\n<div>Yoshiki Nishizawa, President of Osaka City University<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Kunio Hiramatsu, Mayor of the City of Osaka<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>Opening Address:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>\n<div>Masayuki Sasaki, Director of the Urban Research Plaza, OCU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>Keynote Speech<\/u> <i>&#8220;Urban Regeneration through Cultural Creativeness and Social Inclusion&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>\n<div>Sharon Zukin, Professor at the City University of New York<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Lily Kong, Vice President at the National University of Singapore<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Takashi Machimura, Professor at Hitotsubashi University<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>Facilitator:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>\n<div>Toshio Mizuuchi, Vice Director of the Urban Research Plaza, OCU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Session 2<\/b>, 15:40-17:40<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><u>Plenary Speech<\/u> <i>&#8220;Perspectives from the new journal City, Culture and Society&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>\n<div>Fran\u00e7ois Colbert, Professor at HEC Montr\u00e9al<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Andrew Kirby, Professor at Arizona State University<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Andy Pratt, Professor at Kings College London<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Hyun Bang Shin, Lecturer at London School of Economics<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>Coordinator:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>\n<div>Hiroshi Okano, Vice Director of the Urban Research Plaza, OCU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Thu.16th, Dec.<\/b>\u00a0<u>Sessions for experts and researchers<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Session 3<\/b>, 10:00-12:30 Round Table<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>&#8220;Rethinking Urban Creativity&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Andy Pratt, Professor at Kings College London<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Patrick Cohendet, Professor at the University of Strasbourg \/ Visiting Professor at HEC Montr\u00e9al<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Luciana Lazzeretti, Professor at the University of Florence<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Seiji Hanzawa, Lecturer at Meiji Gakuin University<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Coordinator:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Kenkichi Nagao, Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, OCU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Session 4<\/b>, 14:00-17:00 Round Table<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>&#8220;Networking the Asian Urban Studies&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Binson Bussakorn, Associate Professor at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Nicolaas Warouw, Professor Assistant at Gadjah Mada University, Indonesea<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Ying Fang Chen, Professor at East China Normal University, China<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Wing Shing Tang, Professor at Hong Kong Baptist Univerity, Hong Kong<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Jong Gyun Seo, Researcher at Korea Center for Urban and Environment Research, South Korea<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Suzy Goldsmith, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Li-Ling Huang, Associate Professor at the National Taiwan University<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Moderator:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding- left: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Shin Nakagawa, Professor at the Graduate School of Literature, OCU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Fri.17th, Dec.<\/b>\u00a0<u>Sessions for experts and researchers<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Session 5<\/b>, 10:00-12:30 Research Presentations<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;<i>Presentations by URP Research Fellows&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Chisako Takashima<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>Audience Development and Successor Training in Japanese Traditional Performing Arts.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Hannu Kurunsaari<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>Accounting in Recycling Network Enterprises: Reflections on Capability-building.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Sunsik Kim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>The Experimental Investigation between Social Enterprise and Community-based Art.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Tatsuya Shirahase<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>Social Roles of Faith-Related Organizations in Homeless Support.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Lisa Kuzunishi<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>Ploblem of Mismatch between the Process of Securing Permanent Housing and Housing Policy for Single Mother Households in Japan.\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Commentators:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Laura Braslow, Hyun Bang Shin<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Coordinator:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Hong Gyu Jeon, Associate Professor at the Urban Research Plaza, OCU<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Session 6<\/b>, 14:00-17:00 Panel Discussion<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>&#8220;Perspectives of the AUC and its Prospects&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">The broad purpose of the association for urban creativity (AUC) is to tap into creative knowledge of citizens in solving practical problems creatively and then combine this collected &#8220;citizen knowledge&#8221; with &#8220;academic knowledge&#8221; in order to create unexpected, but well-matching theories for urban studies.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">In this session, we discuss presentations of the previous three days and aim to understand &#8220;citizen knowledge&#8221; reflected in activities of the AUC. In particular, we focus on social inclusion through arts and cultural creativity applied by the Asian Network of the Plaza. We also discuss potential ways to establish a new paradigm for theories on the creative city and what is the vision for creative city planning and urban administration.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Moderator:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: 0px none initial;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Masayuki Sasaki, Director of the Urban Research Plaza<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div>Toshio Kamo,\u00a0Professor at Ritsumeikan University, the former-director of the Urban Research Plaza<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Conference Venue:\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ih-osaka.or.jp\/i.house\/english\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">The Osaka International House<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/div>\n<div><b>Co-hosted by<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>\n<div>the Urban Research Plaza of Osaka City University<\/div>\n<div>and The Osaka International House.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div><b>Supported by<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>\n<div>The Agency for Cultural Affiars,<\/div>\n<div>The Japan Foundation,<\/div>\n<div>and Tadao ANDO Foundation for Culture.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>Outlines for the Three Days Symposium:<\/b><\/div>\n<div>In this symposium, we discuss to set forth new guidelines for the urban future in &#8220;the Century of Cities&#8221; in which key concepts like &#8220;sustainable city&#8221;, &#8220;compact city&#8221;, &#8220;postmodern city&#8221;, &#8220;mega-city&#8221; and more have been elaborated.<\/div>\n<div>In the first day, we have keynote addresses and invitation ones. The former point out critical issues for urban regeneration based on cultural creativity and social inclusion. The latter consider the great possibility of innovative social practices created by the mixture between &#8220;academic knowledge&#8221; and &#8220;citizen knowledge&#8221; which is a central concern of the journal &#8220;City, Culture and Society&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div>In the second day, experts sessions gives two round tables for researchers and professionals. Firstly, we discuss roles and policies of creative industry that makes full use of creativity of cultures and individuals. Secondly, the representatives of overseas sub-centers which are active bases of network through Asian region set up by URP argue actual practices for urban regeneration in their fields.<\/div>\n<div>In the third day, firstly, we have the session in which URP research fellows present challenging cases studies on social inclusion on the base of artistic and cultural activities and their scientific possibility. Lastly, in the final session, confronted urban problems in Osaka and other large cities, we indicate the role of AUC and suggest a new perspectives for urban theory and policies in future.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>An International Academic Journal;\u00a0<i>City, Culture and Society<\/i> (CCS):<\/b><\/div>\n<div><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/locate\/ccs\" class=\"external external_icon\">City, Culture and Society<\/a><\/i>, edited by URP, was published in this year from Elsevier, the world&#8217; leading publisher for academic journals. The journal aims to stimulate a new interdisciplinary paradigm that embraces multiple perspectives and applies this paradigm to the urban imperative that defines this century.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>The Association for Urban Creativity (AUC):<\/b><\/div>\n<div>This International Symposium targets on foundation of a new international academic society, the Association for Urban Creativity (AUC) to produce an inter-disciplinary project based innovative paradigm.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Urban Research Plaza, Global Center of Excellence (G-COE):<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Urban Research Plaza (URP) in Osaka City University is a new type of research and educational institution. We put the importance on local and international networking and are building network consisted of fields plaza throughout Osaka City and overseas sub-centers in Asia.<\/div>\n<div>In 2007, URP was selected as Global Center of Excellence by Japan&#8217;s ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology (MEXT).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1st International Roundtable Meeting Towards the Century of Cities International Symposium Urban Regeneration through Cultural Creativeness and Social Inclusion \u00a0 The first decade of the 21st century, dubbed the century of Cities, has passed. Osaka as well the cities around the world have faced financial storms of globalism causing mass unemployment, community destruction and environmental degradation. Cooperating with the Osaka International House Foundation, the Urban Research Plaza organizes an international symposium to hold the first roundtable discussion [Towards the Century of Cities] to find solutions to the challenges confronted by cities. 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