{"id":7017,"date":"2023-11-10T06:50:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T06:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hku-ccsg.demo.digiec.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7017"},"modified":"2023-11-10T06:51:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T06:51:42","slug":"the-international-association-for-the-study-of-the-commons-iasc-2021-urban-commons-virtual-conference","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/hku-ccsg.demo.digiec.com\/en\/news\/the-international-association-for-the-study-of-the-commons-iasc-2021-urban-commons-virtual-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) 2021: Urban Commons Virtual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<h3><strong><u>Commoning in the rural-urban interface<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rapid urbanization has often taken place at the expense of rural resources and the communities in which these resources are embedded.\u00a0 Urban development is often premised solely on generating economic returns, and is considered to be at loggerheads with the vibrancy of rural areas.\u00a0 Rural ecological services, however, are important to sustainable cities; perhaps more importantly, the cultural heritage and social capital rooted in rural communities are a coherent part of a city\u2019s identity.\u00a0 How to manage and revitalize rural resources amid urbanization so as to attain a sustainable rural-urban interface is a major challenge for many big cities, particularly those in Asia.\u00a0 To what extent a commoning approach can help manage and revitalize rural resources?\u00a0 What are the opportunities and challenges for practicing commoning in the rural-urban interface?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Convenor:<\/strong>\u00a0Professor Wai-Fung Lam from the Centre for Civil Society and Governance at The University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iasc-commons.wildapricot.org\/event-4108519\">Register<\/a>\u00a0to participate, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2021urban.iasc-commons.org\/abstract-submission\/\">Submit your Abstract<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7017","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hku-ccsg.demo.digiec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/7017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hku-ccsg.demo.digiec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hku-ccsg.demo.digiec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hku-ccsg.demo.digiec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}