Week 37 Discussion

8th September 2009, Amsterdam
We had our very first weekly discussion group at the Mensa at FMG, UvA.

Admin:

1. Welcome to Julio
2. Website/Blog for exchange/communication
3. Weekly meeting dates
4. Thanks to Els for organising the monthly meetings

Content:

• Abstract discussed is for an upcoming conference on Railway and Real Estate Development.
• Comments on abstract include;
• Els points out that the relationship between land use and transport sector seems to be focused only on the politics and can be better expressed with politics as part of the problem. Theory of interest could be 'Joint Fact Finding', see article in LIBRARY/THEORY.
• Julio asked if the same criteria for measuring disjointedness across the vertical sectors of the planning authorities will be applied to other related sectors (real estate development, transport operators). Also advised to look at AVE (Alta Velocidad Espanola) for Spanish equivalent of high speed transit corridors.

(to be continued...)

Abstract Discussed

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We are a group of PhD candidates at the AMIDSt Institute at the University of Amsterdam, researching on various topics centered around issues of planning, institutions and transport.

We come together weekly for a lunch meeting to discuss papers, articles and review each others work. This leads up to a monthly group meeting where we or our guests give a presentation on relevant topics of interest for the larger research theme group.

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