• Describing and explaining migration and urbanisation in countries of the global south and changes in national and global urban systems
• Discussion of forms and problems of urban growth through different experts
• Disparities in the metropolitan growth
• Discussion of planning strategies and governance efforts in the global - local context

12.03, 15:00 - 18:00: migration and urbanisation
Albert Kraler, Universität Krems, Migration and Globalisation

19.03, 15:00 - 18:00:  urbanisation: regulation of urban development in Latin America
Johannes Jäger, FH BFI

26.03, 15:00 - 18:00: urbanisation in the context of globalisation
Rudolf Giffinger, TUW

2.04, 15:00 - 18:00: settlement structures and urban development in Latin America
Karin Fischer, Uni Linz

9.04, 15:00 - 18:00:  patterns, disparities and strategic projects in metropolitan growth
Santiago Sanchez Guzman, TUW

7.05, 15:00 - 18:00:  mobility as a key issue in urban development: bogotá and curitiba
Andreas Hofer, TUW

14.05, 15:00 – 18:00: Urban development in China
Mladen Jadric