中美城乡可持续发展专业研讨会
China-US Professional Workshop on Regional Sustainable Development
2012年10月9日至10月12日美国,西雅图,华盛顿大学
Oct 9 - 12, 2012 University of Washington, Seattle,
USA
Location 地点
The University of Washington and the City of Seattle are an ideal setting in which to discuss sustainable urban development across the Pacific. The American Pacific Northwest has long been a pioneer in sustainable development policy and popular practice. Washington was the first state in the US to pass a law requiring state-funded buildings to meet national environmental standards. The King County and City of Seattle governments have led the nation in setting sustainable building policies and are successful living laboratories for strategies to reduce and prepare for global warming impacts in the US. The Puget Sound region also has a thriving economy that is deeply integrated with global trade and development, in particular, with China. The University of Washington has one of the oldest and most extensive China Studies programs in the US, and is unique among American universities in hosting this program through a collaboration of China Studies and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (soon to be renamed the College of Built Environments), the Pacific Northwest’s premier urban school of planning, design and construction and a partner of several Universities in China, including Beijing University, Tsinghua University, Sichuan University, and Chongqing College of Architecture and Urban Planning, China).
华盛顿大学位于美国西北部的西雅图市，该地区的可持续发展政策与实践处于美国领先的地位，华盛顿是美国第一个通过新公共建筑须符合全国环境标准要求法律的州，金郡及西雅图市被称为美国减缓全球暖化战略的活实验室和全国成功的政府楷模. 西雅图地区为美国的大港，与全球,特别是与中国的贸易和发展紧密联系。春天也是美国太平洋西北地区美丽、富吸引力的季节。华盛顿大学的中国研究中心是美国最早、规模最大的之一, 该校的建筑与城市规划学院在美国享有盛誉。华盛顿大学在结合中国研究与城市规划方面的专长及与中国高等学院有合作关系(如北京大学、清华大学、四川大学、重庆大学建筑城规学院等)，为这个可持续发展的交流研讨班提供了有利的条件。