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38. The International Society of City and Regional Planners (IsoCaRP) Kongresi 21-26 Eylül 2002 tarihleri arasında Atina'da düzenlenecek. "Kent Planlaması ve Pulsar Efekti" temasının ele alınacağı kongrede modern kentlerin günlük işleyişinde tahrip edici bir etkisi olan politik krizler, ani ve beklenmeyen törenler ya da kutlamalar, hatta önemli spor karşılaşmaları, pop konserleri gibi "atmalar"a karşı plancıların bu tür durumlarda şehirlerin uğrayacağı zararı en aza indirebilmek için rolleri ne olabilir sorusuna yanıt aranacak.
Ayrıca kongre çerçevesinde yer alan Genç Planlacılar Programı'nda bir atelye çalışması yer alıyor.

Theme and Objectives
The 2002 Congress will examine one of the most demanding aspects of the planner's work: how to cope with the 'pulsar effect' as it relates to the provision of urban services, facilities and infrastructure. .

In exploring this theme, the Congress will offer a focussed opportunity for the exchange of professional experiences, lessons and knowledge amongst planners and researchers who have dealt with "pulses" - these being the peaks, troughs and recurrent or repeat events which have a distorting effect on the day-to-day operations of the modern city.

· How should planners cope with these events?

· Does our traditional focus on spatial planning adequately equip us to respond successfully to peak and recurrent demands?

· How should we deal with the post-event situation: the 'hang-over' syndrome when the city has to recover and revert to normality?

· How do we handle pulses which are unexpected, unpredictable, undesirable?

The Athens Congress 2002 will offer a great opportunity for urban professionals to improve their understanding of these complex phenomena, and for the profession generally to extend its existing knowledge platform as an aid to future practice.

Starting Point
For planners, dealing with fluctuations in demand for transport and infrastructure services is not a new situation. By its very nature, urban planning has always required that some attention be given to deviations from the norm, and that wherever possible we make some provision for peaks, troughs and repeats.

However, recent decades have seen drastic changes in our work horizons arising from the impact of the 'pulsar effect' on the day-to-day operations of urban settlements in general and of the big city in particular. The pulsar effect is now a topic worthy of study in its own rights.

Two areas of development activity are particularly familiar and are the focus of much planning effort in many countries:
· the provision of tourist resorts and settings for second or vacation homes
· the co-called 'big events' such as Olympic Games, World Expos, trade fairs and the like.

Other sectors may not yet have the same profile but can be included in the list. They include national and international religious and cultural festivals; the special events hosted by the United Nations and other international agencies; and the great gatherings of scientists and scholars which occur from time to time and which tend to stretch local resources to the limit.

In the case of tourism, the issue has already received much study and there is a considerable fund of knowledge and experience available. Many questions, however, await more detailed attention, including:

· how to reconcile peak or high season demands with those of the low or post peak season
· how to achieve efficient and profitable year-round use of big and costly infrastructure
· how to achieve sustainability
· how to ensure that a share of profits from successful 'pulsar' events is directed back to the community in return for the loss of amenity during the event
· what are the critical environmental factors which must be addressed when dealing with major pulsar effects
and so on.

The Big Bang
With the "big bang" events such as Olympic Games, planners are required to provide solutions for events taking place over a short period of time, which are designed to attract massive patronage, and which are highly demanding in land consumption, human resources, building materials and infrastructure.
Whilst these mega-events are often seen as being very beneficial in a financial sense, they can also bring temporary but severe distortions and adverse impacts to local communities. How should society best deal with these events and with the necessary post-event adjustments? .

Here we must acknowledge that there has been a tendency to form opinions and develop arguments which relate only to the benefits of pulses. The big projects and events can add prestige to the national identity and can help cities and nations to justify huge investments in replacing old facilities with new. Pulses are seen as bringing competitive advantages as cities compete with each other to attract investment, to better position themselves in the global market, and to present themselves as powerful and prestigious economic players.

But planners need to be aware that there is always a downside. .

In the particular case of the big event it is the 'post-mortem' period which is of critical importance. The post-event time will be typically characterised by a sudden and massive collapse in demand for services or facilities, by an oversupply of infrastructure, by a surplus labour force whose jobs have suddenly become redundant.

So…
· How do we deal with demands, which are suddenly and temporarily trebled or quadrupled?
· Are there flexible solutions available?
· What do we do to minimise the post-event trauma?
· What follow-up actions can be planned for and implemented - perhaps involving options such as recycling, refitting, sharing of unwanted infrastructure (including empty hotel beds)?
· How does the big event affect the every-day life of the people? Are the effects adverse or beneficial?
· Can an improved quality of life be guaranteed or planned for as an integral part of the process?
· Can the momentum which is driving the big event be used creatively to bring about real advances in design for the city of the future?

On the fringe…
As we think about pulses, perhaps we should not neglect a further category, which brings even more unknown and potential challenges. What do we as planners have to offer - if anything - when it comes to dealing with political crises, sudden and unexpected festivities or celebrations - even sporting grand finals and pop concerts? These are the surprise pulses which, in a sense, catch us unprepared. They are typically ephemeral; but perhaps there is scope for planners to play a role in minimising their adverse impacts on the city.

ISoCaRP congress in Athens
It is of great significance that the 38th Congress of ISoCaRP on "The Pulsar Effect" takes place in Athens, a city with a history of more than 2.500 years that will host the international event of the Olympic Games of 2004.

Athens incorporates tradition and modernity, important archaeological sites of different epochs (classical, Hellenistic, Byzantine, modern) and an intensive urbanization since the 1950's with negative and positive effects for the metropolitan region. Uncontrolled urban development, transportation and environmental problems due to spatial planning inadequacies go hand in hand with planning reforms towards sustainable urban redevelopment, environmental planning measures and participation procedures in new urban governance structures. The new national institutional framework for urban planning and development and the policy measures against environmental pollution in Attica have already been successful. Nevertheless, old and new urban problems coexist with the ambition of an increased European and international role of the Athens metropolis.

The "city-state" of Athens of the Golden Age of Pericles (500 BC) today is a metropolis with 4,3 million inhabitants that plays an important role in the South East European Region. In the globalization era of increased competition among cities, the "mega event" of the Olympic Games of 2004 is a challenge for Athens. Will it succeed to bring in the long-term the expected positive impacts towards sustainable development of the city, especially when the Olympic Games will be over?

The Young Planners' Program
It is one of the aims of ISoCaRP to involve young planners from all over the world in their congresses. Thus a workshop will be provided to encourage young planners to actively contribute to concrete planning issues related to the congress theme. The precise topic of the young planners' program will be specified in the near future.

For this congress it will be also an objective to involve the students point of view (e.g. exposition of student theses, honors etc). The precise formula of participation will be decided shortly.

The Technical Congress Tour
The technical tour includes the visit to large scale planning interventions in the extended metropolitan area of Athens. The tour will start with a visit to the pilot urban regeneration area in Drapetsona and Keratsini, and the industrial area of Thriasio. Next visit areas will be mega installations of the Olympic Games 2004, like the Olympic village, Marathonas and other sites.

The tour will end with the visit of the Technological Park in Lavreotiki and the archaeological site of Cape Sounio. Professional guidance will be offered along the tour with appropriate technical and historical information.

The pre-congress tour
The pre-congress tour includes visits to some of the most famous archaeological sites in Greece. Several stops will provide visits to sites of scenic beauty and of noteworthy historic interest. In the list of the visited areas are included well-known sites of the Greek classical period such as Epidaurus Theatre, Mycenae's Palace, and Ancient Olympia as well as the most recent site of Nafplio.

The post-congress tour
During the post congress tour the group will visit some areas in the region of Thessalia. Specifically the tour will include touristic visits in the mounts of Pilio and Meteora as well as visits of scientific interest to the lake of Plastira (eco-tourism development area) and in the area of Volos (University of Thessaly / pilot urban regeneration area). The scientists in charge will provide all appropriate information.

Time Schedule
18. Arrivals of Young Planners/Welcome Dinner of Young Planners
19. Young Planners Introduction. Site inspection groups. 1st brainstorm day
20. Young Planners working day/Arrival Pre-congress Participants
21. Young Planners working day /Afternoon: Pre-Congress Tour
22. Pre- Congress Tour/ 17.00 hrs Start registration Congress
23. Continued Registration/ Opening Plenaries/ Afternoon simultaneous workshops
24. Workshops continued
25. Morning workshops/ Afternoon Technical Tour
26. ISoCaRP General Assembly (Congress Team working on final report)
Afternoon: Closing Plenaries/ Dinner
27. Post Congress Tour
28. Post Congress Tour
29. Post Congress Tour. Departures

ISoCaRP
The International Society of City and Regional Planners is a global association of professional planners, founded in 1965. The Congress is the Society's major annual event, offering a context for debate and the exchange of knowledge on topics related to city and regional planning.

In recent years, it has become traditional to preface the main Congress event with the Young Planners' Workshop in which younger members of the profession gather to work on a significant planning problem being experienced by the host city. The 2002 Congress will be no exception.

The objectives of the Society are to bring together recognized and highly qualified individual planners in an international network, to improve the planning practice through the creation of a platform for the exchange between planners from different countries and to promote the planning profession in all its aspects, including planning research and education for planning.

Ayrıntılı bilgi: 
The IsoCaRP Secretariat, Willem Witsenplein
Tel: +31 70 346 2654
Faks: +31 70 361 7909
E-posta: [email protected]
http://www.isocarp.org