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17 Jul 2023, Φ Save the date – 9. Konferenz „Stadt der Zukunft“, 21.-22.11.2023 in Bonn: Therapeutische Stadtlandschaften unter Stress

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17.7.2023, Save the date – 9. Konferenz „Stadt der Zukunft – Gesunde, Nachhaltige Metropolen“, 21.-22.11.2023 in Bonn: Therapeutische Stadtlandschaften unter Stress. Bestandserhaltung, Entwicklungschancen und Verdrängungsrisiken in einer Welt des Wandels.

Für Aktualisierung: siehe 12.10.2023.

Die Konferenz wird Plenar- und Parallelforen zu den Themen Demographie, Digitalität, Klimawandel und Biodiversität umfassen; sie will sich u.a. mit folgenden Fragen befassen:

  • Welche Chancen bieten therapeutische Landschaftselemente der grün-blauen Infrastruktur, aber auch des gebauten Stadtraums, um Stressoren resilienter entgegenzutreten?
  • Welche gesundheitlichen Risiken drohen … im urbanen Wettstreit um Flächen und Ressourcen …?
  • Wie verhält sich das Konzept der Therapeutischen Landschaften zum Naturbegriff? … Welche Potenziale bietet das Konzept für die urbane Praxis …?
  • Mit welchen … Instrumenten der Stadtentwicklung können therapeutische Landschaften gesichert und gestärkt werden?

Konferenzveranstalter sind Prof. Dr. Thomas Kistemann und Dr. Timo Falkenberg, GeoHealth Centre, Institut für Hygiene & Public Health, Universitätsklinikum Bonn. Die Konferenz wird von der Fritz und Hildegard Berg-Stiftung gefördert und erfolgt in Kooperation mit dem Programmbeirat. Für weitere Informationen siehe hier:

Save-the-date KONFERENZ IX STADT DER ZUKUNFT 2023Download

Vgl.:

  • 9.11.2022: 8. Konferenz Stadt der Zukunft, Essen
  • 26.10.2022: Zur 8. Konferenz Stadt der Zukunft
  • 17.-18.11.2021: 7. Konferenz Stadt der Zukunft / Digitale Tandemkonferenz “Nachhaltige StadtGesundheit“
  • Zur Konferenzserie auf der Projekt-Website, deutsch und englisch.

28 May 2023, Φ ♣ USA trip Overview / Überblick

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28.5.2023, USA trip Overview / Überblick

With this trip, multiple goals were pursued, incl. a strong focus on Urban Health professional exchange / Mehrfachfunktion dieses Trips, inkl. ausgeprägtem Schwerpunkt auf Fachaustausch zu StadtGesundheit

[Post-script: For overview and descriptive travel notes / Nachtrag: Für Überblick und deskriptive Reisenotizen, cf. 24 Aug 2023]

Posts / Einträge:

Cf. former US travel and topics / frühere US-Reisen und -Themen:

  • 3.-4.9.2012, San Francisco Beat poets
  • 2.9.2012, San Francisco: Party Day
  • 21.8.-7.9.2012, California
  • 28.8.-15.9.2008, USA: California
  • 28.-30.4.1999, IEEI, San Francisco: Conference “The Environmental Health Effects of Civil Unrest”
  • 4.-20.12.1993, San Francisco & Bay Area: Healthy Cities conference, Cal-EPA, ATSDR group, etc.
  • 8.-11.12.1993, San Francisco: 1st International Healthy Cities and Communities conference, incl. EIA/HIA session
  • 6.-7.12.1993, San Francisco, Preconference: Healthy Cities Communications Toolbox Summary
  • 3.7.-16.8.1993, Multi-purpose trip to California / Mehrzweckreise nach Californien
  • 1988-1991 Almanac – Episource
  • (1985-1988: 20+ posts)
  • 18.8.-2.9.1984, Vancouver (IEA Meeting) – SF Bay Area – Los Angeles
  • 1984ff California connection

23 May 2023 ff, ♣ Berkeley Rose Garden

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23.5.2023 ff, ♣ Berkeley Rose Garden

„Parks make life better!“

Berkeley Rose Garden, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Rose_Garden: … a city-owned park in the North Berkeley area … in the form of a terraced amphitheater located in a small canyon … has views of the city and bay of San Francisco and the Golden Gate. More than 100 rose varieties grow along the terraces, with maximum blooming occurring in mid-May … Construction … began in 1933 with funds provided by the federal Civil Works Administration … continued in subsequent years with funding from the California State Relief Administration and the federal Works Progress Administration … opened on September 26, 1937 … has been the site of a number of rose shows …

23 May 2023, Φ SF Bay: Risk assessment-based fish consumption advice

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23.5.2023, Φ SF Bay: Risk assessment-based fish consumption advice

Tran Pham H, Chumney L (2023): Health Advisory and Guidelines for Eating Fish from San Francisco Bay (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma Counties). Updated April 2023. Fish, Ecotoxicology, and Water Section / Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology Branch, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/advisories/fishadvisorysfbayreport2023.pdf:

  • (p.3) The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA … is responsible for evaluating potential public health risks from chemical contamination of sport fish. This includes issuing fish consumption advisories … for the State of California …
  • (p.13) This report … provides advice for safe consumption of eighteen species, of which four species were incorporated from the statewide advisory for fish that migrate … Separate advice is provided for the sensitive population (women 18 to 49 years and children 1 to 17 years) and the general population (women 50 years and older and men 18 years and older) … OEHHA compared chemical levels in fish caught from more than 200 sampling locations to levels that are considered safe for human consumption …
  • (p.29) The OEHHA fish advisory process considers the health benefits of fish consumption as well as the risk from exposure to the chemical contaminants found in fish …

18 May 2023, ♣ San Francisco: Golden Gate Park

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18.5.2023, ♣ San Francisco: Golden Gate Park

Shakespeare Garden; Van Niekerken, Bill (2015_09_08): The mysteries of Shakespeare Garden in Golden Gate Park, www.sfchronicle.com/thetake/article/The-mysteries-of-Shakespeare-Garden-in-Golden-6491913.php: … The tiny meadow’s actual name is the Garden of Shakespeare’s Flower … the California Spring Blossom and Wildflower Association … championed plans for a garden where all of the flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare could grow … The Parks Commission … approved the plan in September 1927, and the association and legendary Superintendent John McLaren got to work installing water lines, plowing the grounds and fertilizing the soil …

Music Concourse, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Concourse: … an open-air plaza … Flanking the oval-shaped concourse are the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Academy of Sciences … Originally excavated for the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894, it underwent … significant redesign … as a venue for public gatherings centered on music performances … focal point of the plaza, Spreckels Temple of Music … has served as a stage for numerous performers … the Grateful Dead …

Hamon Tower, De Young Museum, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Young_Museum: … 44 m … observation tower allows visitors to see much of Golden Gate Park’s Music Concourse … and rises above the Park’s treetops, providing a view of the Golden Gate and Marin Headlands. The twisting … tower is a distinctive feature …

Conservatory of Flowers, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatory_of_Flowers: … a greenhouse and botanical garden that houses a collection of rare and exotic plants … With construction having been completed in 1879, it is the oldest building in the park. It was one of the first municipal conservatories constructed in the United States and is the oldest remaining municipal wooden conservatory in the country … sits atop a gentle slope overlooking Conservatory Valley … modeled after Kew Gardens in London … The conservatory has 16,800 window panes …

Golden Gate Park, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Park: … large urban park … administered by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, which began in 1871 to oversee the development … Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape to … Central Park in New York City, to which it is often compared …