Life in the Village—“Il Progetto Artena” The International Society of Biourbanism has organized a full-day conference, the “Project Artena: Reviving Italian villages”, in the city of Artena (Rome, Italy), on October the 21st, 2012. The small town has been the paradigmatic subject of a systemic study approach, aimed at analyzing and contrasting the urban, ecological, […] read more
The Come To Your Senses project aims to facilitate the making of meaningful cartographies to help make sense of our relationship with place. The project enables people to increase self-awareness and become more socially engaged by mapping experiences, emotions and stories. To date we have visualised this kind of data in physical workshops in South […] read more
Naples, Italy, September 1st – 7th, 2012 An ISB delegation, consisting of Angelica Fortuzzi, Angela Maria Pezzilli, and Stefano Serafini, participated in the work of the sixth UN Habitat World Urban Forum (http://www.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/ProgrammeWUF6.pdf), in Naples, from the 1st to the 7th of September 2012. We met colleagues from all over the world, and discussed […] read more
Call for Paper: AAG Los Angeles, April 9 -13, 2013 Contesting Models of Ecological Urban Living: Eco-cities and Beyond Sponsored by Urban Geography Specialty Group and Cultural & Political Ecology Specialty Group In recent years, the term “eco-city” has increasingly been applied to a wide range of urban sustainability projects from minor retrofits, brown-field regeneration […] read more
CELEBRATE WORLD HABITAT DAY ON MONDAY 1 OCTOBER 2012 International celebrations for World Habitat Day this year will be held in Embu, Kenya on Monday 1 October. Hosted by the Government of Kenya, the day’s events will be held at the Embu Municipal Stadium.The event will be opened by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive […] read more
Urban Biodiversity and Climate Change; Adaptation and Mitigation – October 8 – 12th, 2012 Mumbai, India The 3rd International conference of Urban Biodiversity and Design (URBIO 2012) is being organized by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and will be held in Mumbai, India from 8th to 12th October 2012. URBIO is an open worldwide scientific network […] read more
Launched on last March, Integrated Habitat Design Competition (IHDC) 2012 Conference, Public Exhibition & VIP Awards Ceremony, Natural History Museum, London, is going to be held next October 15th. This year subject is “Ecosystem Services come to Town. Adapting to Climate Change by Working with Nature”. Our towns and cities face numerous complex challenges – overheating, surface water management, air […] read more
Once Upon a Time a Rocky Paradise from gloria lattanzi on Vimeo. A short trailer about the Summer School in Neuroergonomics and Urban Design. Poem by Vibhavari Jani. Music by Jenny England. Filming and Editing by Andrea Centofanti. 2012 (c) International Society of Biourbanism – www.biourbanism.org | www.biourbanistica.com read more
Journal of Biourbanism The Journal of Biourbanism (JBU) is a biannual peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, international online journal. The journal takes an incisive look into the bios/life of urbanism through perspectives in architecture, planning, environmental studies, and other social sciences. The journal aims to critically review and define the notions of biourbanism. Assessing human-centered or need- based […] read more
CALL FOR IMAGES of the Journal of Biourbanism www.journalofbiourbanism.org JBU is looking for photo contributions on the following subject: the biophilic and sustainable city, and sustainable ways of living. The aim is editing a supplementary photographic issue, with both a scientific and artistic value. Please submit no more than 5 pictures to photoeditor@biourbanism.org, by February 15th […] read more