SCIENTIFIC LIFE: 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CANADIAN, CHINESE AND AFRICAN SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION (ICCCASU4), VIRTUAL CONFERENCE MONTREAL, CANADA, 28 - 31 JULY 2021

Abstract

With a focus on urban world from regions which account more than 2,7 billion of the world population, The International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU) is an important international think-tank which promotes “sustainable and inclusive urban development in a forum based on the diverse but complementary experiences of Canada, China, and African nations” (ICCCASU, 2021). ICCCASU take place every two years and rotates between the three regions, since its inception in 2015. Originally it was a collaboration between UN-Habitat and the University of Ottawa; then ICCCASU has expanded to a consortium of three Canadian universities (Carleton University, McGill University, and University of Ottawa) and Chinese and African universities. The 2121 conference (ICCCASU4), with more than 200 participants from 39 countries, was organized virtually by David Covo, McGill University, and Tonton Mundele, Global Affairs Canada, under the theme of “Density, Diversity, and Mobility: The City in an Era of Cascading Risks”.