To the keynote in Nanjing
China - again. Prof. Thomas Weith held one of the opening lectures at the conference "Global Transformation and China's Reform of Urban and Territorial Planning" with the other lectures hold by Professor David Harvey and Professor Joris Scheers on May 21st at the Nanjing University (China). On invitation he talked about "Changes in spatial planning knowledge in Germany - connecting local and global views". The two-day conference dealt with the consequences of the United Nations' new Sustainable Development Goals and the related HABITAT process. About thirty speakers from ten countries also discussed the question of how to solve current regional and land-use problems in China.
In addition to scientific exchange at the conference, apl. Professor Dr.-Ing. Thomas Weith also held talks with representatives of the Academy of Sciences and the Southeast University on the agenda to deepen the long-standing cooperation. To be continued...
