Background

Climate change is a century-long challenge facing mankind. Building climate-resilient cities, minimizing the adverse effects and risks of climate change, and improving the ability of cities to adapt to climate change are of great significance to ensuring the safe operation of cities, improving urban competitiveness and sustainable development potential. The Fifth International Conference on Urban Climate and Urban Design (5th UCUD) aims to explore how to create a climate-resilient human settlement with positive mitigation and adaptation from the perspectives of urban climate issues, urban climate adaptive design, development positioning and advantages of different disciplines, multidisciplinary cross-integration and academic exchanges, and climate adaptation guidelines and standards formulation, and form a path and model for building climate-resilient cities.

The 5th UCUD, hosted by Chongqing University, will be held at the Shapingba Campus of Chongqing University from May 30 to June 1, 2025.

1. Sponsor

Chongqing University

2. Organizer

School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University

3. Co-organizer

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University

Chang'an University

Chongqing Jiaotong University

Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area, Ministry of Education

Wuhan University

China University of Geosciences

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

University of Queensland

University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Heriot-Watt University

Sharif University of Technology

Xi'an University of Science and Technology

Army Service Academy

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4. Academic Media/Journal Support

《Journal of Human Settlements in West China》

《Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology》

《Journal of Meteorology and Environment》

《International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology》

《Human Settlements and Sustainability》

《Urban and Building Science》

《Buildings》

《Sustainability》

《Atmosphere》

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5. Main Activities

Keynote speeches and Sessional presentations

6. Major Awards

Excellent Conference Paper Award (1,500 yuan x 3 persons)

Excellent Oral Presentation Award (1,000 yuan x 6 persons)

Special issue/topic of international high-level journals (must be peer reviewed before being accepted for publication)

7. Conference Topics and Call for Papers

The conference accepts full-text submissions of research related to the conference themes, which can be submitted in either Chinese or English. Please submit the abstract to the conference mailbox (UCUD2025chongqing@vip.163.com) before April 20, 2025. The conference group also invites authors to submit full texts to participate in the selection of excellent conference paper awards.

The conference will organize a special issue in an internationally renowned SCI journal and solicit excellent manuscripts (which must be peer-reviewed before they can be accepted for publication).

8 Main themes

Topics include but are not limited to:

Technical strategies for regulating urban heat island effect

Urban anthropogenic heat emission and environmental pollution

Relationship between urban low-carbon development and climate environment

Urban design methods based on thermal comfort evaluation

Big data processing for urban climate and environmental management

Resilient city construction based on climate change assessment

Performance-oriented urban renewal strategy

Urban architectural heritage protection and climate mitigation and adaptation

The regulatory role of urban ecological infrastructure on climate

Ecological corridors and climate adaptability

Ecosystem service value in urban climate resilience assessment

Urban climate adaptation and ecological restoration based on NBS

Spatial fairness of climate adaptability

Climate adaptability application of artificial intelligence technology

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9. Special Forum

Human Settlements and Sustainability Young Editorial Board

China-Iran Joint Academic Seminar

International Organization Cooperation Joint Seminar

China-Germany Joint Seminar on Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Human Health (Chair: Professor Andreas Matzarakis)

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10. Conference Organizing Committee

Chair

Heping Li, Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Chongqing University, Executive Director of the China Urban Planning Society, and Secretary General of the Mountain Urban and Rural Planning Branch

Secretary General

Baojie He, Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Chongqing University, Director of the Center for Climate Resilience and Low-Carbon Cities, Adjunct Associate Professor of the University of Queensland, Australia

Organizing Committee Members

Zheng Wang, Associate Professor and Dean, Department of Urban and Rural Planning, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, China

Yunyan Li, Associate Professor and Vice Dean, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, China

Wenyong Tan, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University

Guifeng Han, Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, China

Xu Li, Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University

Deshun Zhang, Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China

Andreas Matzarakis, Distinguished Professor, University of Freiburg, Germany

Ali Cheshmehzangi, Professor and Dean, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Queensland, Australia

Wu Deng, Professor and Dean, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China

Yupeng Wang, Professor and Vice Dean, School of Human Settlements and Architectural Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Bo Hong, Professor and Vice Dean, School of Landscape Architecture and Art, Northwest A&F University, China

Fei Guo, Professor and Vice Dean, School of Architecture and Art, Dalian University of Technology, China

Chunping Miao, Professor, School of Architecture, Chang'an University, China

Yan Cui, Professor, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, China

Yanan Liu, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing Jiaotong University, China

Qian Cao, Professor, School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, China

Huimin Liu, Associate Professor, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, China

Junqing Tang, Researcher and Vice Dean, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University, China

Jun Yang, Professor, School of Jiang He Architecture, Northeastern University, China

Weiwu Wang, Associate Professor, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, China

Zhi Qiao, Associate Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, China

Xuefan Zhou, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Zhikang Bao, Assistant Professor, School of Quantity Surveying and Construction, Heriot-Watt University, China

Leila Mohaghegh Zahed, Sharif Energy, Water and Environment Institute， Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Li Han, Professor, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, China

Zhen Li, Associate Professor, Army Service Academy, China

Yihan Wu, Lecturer, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Wen Liu, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University, China

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Secretariat: Mingqiang Yin, Xin Dong, Ke Xiong, Boze Huang, Xuecheng Fu

Contact Email: UCUD2025chongqing@vip.163.com

11. Keynote Speaker

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12. Invited Speaker

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13. Thematic Speaker

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14. Timeline

Abstract submission starts: March 1, 2025

Session application deadline: March 15, 2025

Abstract submission deadline: April 20, 2025

Abstract submission acceptance notification: April 30, 2025 to May 15, 2025

Journal topic submission starts: June 1, 2025

Journal topic submission deadline: September 31, 2025

15. Schedule and Agenda

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16. Hotel Information

1. Keyuan Days Hotel - 50 m from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning

2. Hanting Hotel (Chongqing University, Shapingba District, Chongqing) - 800 m from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning

17. Registration

Note: 1. The conference fee includes coffee breaks, conference materials, etc. during the conference. Transportation and accommodation expenses are at your own expense;

2. If the conference paper is recommended to an open access journal, the article processing fee is at your own expense;

3. For the accepted abstracts, at least one author of each article must have registered and attended the conference before May 23, 2025.

18. Registration Channel

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19. WeChat communication group

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