58 participants from Bangladesh, China and Germany
The conference focused on the following questions: sustainable development of megaurban economies under globalization and transformation regimes, megaurban health issues and environmental damages, new forms of megaurban governance, vulnerability and livelihood strategies of marginalized population groups, migration processes in China. One day excursion focused on the transformation processes in Dongguan/Pearl River Delta. The scientific workshop was co-organized by the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Geography and Planning, Sun-Yat-sen University and the University of Cologne and was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
