The goal is to exchange experiences and lessons learned through the practice in the subjects of climate adaptation, sustainable spatial planning and efficient usage of natural resource. Chinese government (Ministry of Natural Resources) send a delegation of 25 civil servants who are from different level of organisations to the Netherlands in November 2025.
Commissioned by Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, together with Deltares, IHE and Rijkswaterstaat, West Urban Urban Consultancy has prepared EU-CN RESUREXION session at the 3rd Asian International Water Conference at Beijing (Sept, 2024). This session aims at future cooperation between European cities and Chinese cities on resilient city ..
A delegation of six people from Beijing Urban Planning and Design Institute visited the Netherlands in early June and attended the Global Urban Future Summit 2024 held in Rotterdam with thousands of participants.
East-West Urban Consultancy (EWUC) has facilitated the cooperation between Shanghai Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd and Rotterdam architectural offices (Ja Joubert Architecture & Office Overzee). The consortium has been shortlisted for the international solicitation of urban design schemes for ecological pastoral towns in Shanghe New District, Yanghe Town, Jiaozhou City, Shandong Province (April 2023).
“Yangtze & Rhine River Basins 1950-2050, Mapping and comparing urbanisation, environmental pollution, climate adaptation and decarbonisation is written by PBL Netherlands Environmental assessment Agency and China Academy of urban Planning and Research Institute, has been published in December 2022 by PBL Publisher. East West Urban Consultancy has translated the book into Chinese. The book is published in English and Chinese text combined.
On 9 October 2020, East West Urban Consultancy has given a lecture on resilient city development to the students of Avans college -Academy of building and infrastructure. The students are 4th year students from different disciplines: architecture, urban planning and civil engineer & water management The lecture started with the ..
COVID-19 epidemy has changed our life and work tremendously, which has made us to think: how can we develop our cities more sustainably, how to use the natural resources, how to keep our environment and follow its’ own rules? Chinese cities have been in the frontier of researching COVID-19 epidemy and city development. In April 2020, Wuhan Housing and Urban Rural Development Bureau has organized a research that consists most important cities in the world -how to react COVID-19 in the short period, what does it mean for the city structure, city infrastructure and government strategies and polices.
East & West Urban consultancy is invited by Tongji University Urban Planning Institute, has given an online lecture on the recent development trends in the Netherlands on 31 March 2020. Resilient city development, circular economy, and public participation & planning are the most themes and trends in the Netherlands in recent years.
Under the EC-LINK project, Dutch experts Team (Amsterdam World Waternet, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management, Palm Bout Urban Landscape), together with a Chinese expert from China South Technology University have given a training on 20 November 2019 in Zhuhai about Resilient City Development’s principles, strategy and implementation. The experts have given following lectures: