46th IFLA World Congress

Location: 
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Event Date:
October 21, 2009 - October 23, 2009
Description:

ABAP – Brazilian Association of Landscape Architects – and IFLA – International Federation of Landscape Architects – once again bring to Brazil the great 46th IFLA WORLD CONGRESS, to be held in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), from October 21 - 23, 2009, in conjunction with the 2 nd ABAP International Congress.

GOALS

  • To foment the gathering of professionals from the private and public sectors, educational and research areas, promoting landscape architecture throughout the world, with the purpose of consolidating this design and planning field in Brazil;
  • To enable global networking among landscape architecture professionals;
  • To create an environment for business through a parallel exhibition to showcase products, services, and technological innovations.

THEME AND PROGRAM

The 46th IFLA WORLD CONGRESS and the 2nd ABAP INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS – themed “Green infrastructure: High-performance Landscapes” – will focus on sustainability of production processes and promotion of debate and information exchange on space and city designs. With the application of Landscape Architecture, these designs are guided by environmental preservation and social-economic benefit to the community, in addition to opportunities of aesthetic enrichment of such places.

Focus: 
Natural Environment
Built Environment
Social/Economic Health
Scale: 
City/Town
Region: 
International
Website: 
http://www.46ifla2009.com.br/en/congress.php
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