46 participants from Bangladesh, China and Germany
During the conference, the following research issues were discussed in paper sessions: sustainable development of megaurban economies under globalization and transformation regimes, environmental change and health problems, new forms of megaurban governance, vulnerability and livelihood strategies of marginalized population groups, migration processes in slums of Dhaka. In the closing panel on “Integrating the Informal – A Pathway Towards More Sustainable Urbanism?”, the participants underlined the necessity to integrate informal processes in urban planning. The workshop included participants from administration and NGOs and was co-organized by Bangladesh institutions and the University of Cologne and was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
