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Some IAPS History
IAPS was officially founded in 1981, although its origins
go back to a series of successful conferences in several European countries
from 1969 onwards. IAPS is now well-established, is registered as a charity
in the UK, and has an international membership.
Biennial conferences have now been held in:
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1982: Barcelona,
Spain "People and their Physical Surroundings" |
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1984: Berlin, Germany "Environment
and Human Action" |
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1986: Haifa, Israel
"Environments in Transition" |
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1988: Delft, The Netherlands "Looking
Back to the Future" |
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1990: Ankara, Turkey
"Culture Space History" |
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1992: Marmaras, Greece "Socio-Environmental
Metamorphoses, Builtscape, Landscape, Ethnoscape, Euroscape"
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1994: Manchester,
UK "The Urban Experience, A People-Environment Perspective"
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1996: Stockholm, Sweden "Evolving
Environmental Ideals, Changing Ways of Life, Values and Design Practices"
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1998: Eindhoven,
The Netherlands "Shifting Balances, Changing Roles in Policy,
Research and Design" |
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2000: Paris, France: "Metropolis
21st Century, Cities, Social Life and Sustainability, Which Prespectives?"
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2002: A Coruña,
Spain: "Culture, Quality of Life and Globalization - Problems
and Challenges for the New Millenium" |
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2004: Vienna, Austria: "Evaluation
in Progress" |
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2006: Alexandria,
Egypt: "ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" |
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Past IAPS presidents and secretaries at
the 2000 Paris Conference |
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