Historical overview
| 2007 COPENHAGEN |
| 51st World Congress Futures of Cities - Impacts:Indicators:Implementations |
| 2006 GENEVA |
| 50th World Congress Urban life, boundaries and transformations |
| 2005 ROME |
| 49th World Congress Urban Futures, Continuities and Discontinuities |
| 2004 OSLO |
| 48th World Congress Governance for Urban Change |
| 2003 VIENNA |
| 47th World Congress Cities & Markets: Shifts in Urban Development |
| 2002 TIANJIN |
| 46th World Congress URBAN CONDITIONS 21 |
| 2001 BARCELONA |
| International Congress URBAN RENEWAL : Recycling versus Land consumption |
| 2000 ROTTERDAM |
| 45th World Congress) URBAN NETWORKS |
| 1999 GLASGOW |
| International Congress CONNECTED CITIES |
| 1998 LISBON |
| 44th World Congress CHANGING CITIES: Strategies for Quality |
| 1997 GOTHENBURG |
| International Congress URBAN CHALLENGES Investments, Sustainable Quality, Identity |
| 1996 SENDAI |
| 43rd World Congress) HABITATION FOR THE FUTURE Concepts, Processes, Products = Barrier-Free Living |
| 1995 BELFAST |
| International Congress Accommodating Differences |
| 1994 EDMONTON, Alberta |
| 42nd World Congress HABITAT 94: New Frontiers in Housing and Planning |
| 1993 HELSINKI |
| International Congress Cities for Tomorrow - Directions for Change |
| 1992 JERUSALEM |
| 41st World Congress National, Regional & Urban Restructuring in the Wake of Rapid Changes - Trends, Implications, Policies |
| 1991 BERLIN |
| International Congress Urban Regions in a New Social, Economic and Political Context |
| 1990 DUBLIN |
| 40th World Congress Development Policies for Rural Areas, Small Towns and Urban Regions |
| 1989 CHIBA (Japan) |
| International Congress The Changing Roles for the Public and Private Sectors in Urban Development |
| 1988 THE HAGUE |
| Jubilee and 39th World Congress New Approaches to Housing and Planning: Looking forward after 75 Years of IFHP |
| 1987 SEVILLA |
| International Congress Modern Housing and Planning Policies for Historical Cities |
| 1986 MALMÖ |
| International Congress Housing, Care and Service for the Elderly Local Planning for Increased Employment |
| 1986 ADELAIDE |
| 38th World Congress Innovation in Planning & Housing |
| 1985 BUDAPEST |
| International Congress Improvement of Post-War Housing Estates |
| 1984 BERLIN |
| 37th World Congress Revitalisation of Inner City Areas |
| 1983 LISBON |
| International Congress Better Cities - Lower Costs! |
| 1982 OSLO |
| 36th World Congress Equal Opportunities in Urban Life": towards a redistribution of available resources to improve urban living conditions for the under-priviliged |
| 1981 LIEGE |
| International Congress Urban Land Policy The Energy Problem and Urban/Regional Planning in the 1980s |
| 1980 JERUSALEM |
| 35th World Congress Community Planning and Development - the Effectiveness of Housing and other Socio-Economic Development Programmes at various Planning Levels |
| 1979 GOTHENBURG |
| International Congress Learning from Past Experience: Housing and Planning in the Eighties |
| 1978 HAMBURG |
| 34th World Congress Revitalising Moderately Old Urban Areas |
| 1977 GENEVA |
| International Congress Towards a More Humane Urban Technology |
| 1976 KOBE |
| International Congress The Role of Local and Regional Government in Improving the Environment of Human Settlements |
| 1976 HELSINKI |
| 33rd World Congress Quality of Life in Modern Urban Structure |
| 1975 AMSTERDAM |
| International Congress Integrated Planning and Plan Implementation in Urban Areas |
| 1974 VIENNA |
| 32nd World Congress Goals for urban development - yesterday, today, tomorrow |
| 1973 COPENHAGEN |
| International Congress The structure of local government and the planning of local environment |
| 1972 LIVERPOOL |
| 31st World Congress Research for implementation |
| 1971 BELGRADE |
| International Congress New and traditional in the same town |
| 1970 BARCELONA |
| 30th World Congress Planning and tourism Recent development in housing finance methods |
| 1969 DUBLIN |
| International Congress Planning and development in rural areas in an increasingly urbanised society |
| 1968 PHILADELPHIA |
| 29th World Congress Building the good city (I: for social well-being; II: for economic efficiency; III for artistic value) |
| 1967 BERLIN |
| International Congress Urban renewal and the future of the city |
| 1966 TOKYO |
| 28th World Congress 1. Urban transportation and urban pattern 2. Housing standards for low and lowest income groups in relation to the national level of economic and social development |
| 1965 ÖREBRO |
| International Congress Growing space needs in the urbanized region |
| 1964 JERUSALEM |
| 27th World Congress 1. Housing policy in regions of rapid population growth 2. National Planning for the redistribution of population and for the building of new towns |
| 1963 ARNHEM |
| Golden Jubilee Conference Bigger cities or more cities? |
| 1962 PARIS |
| 26th World Congress Human environment and civilization |
| 1961 SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA |
| Council Conference 1. Preservation and use of urban monuments and historic urban areas. 2. Modernization of existing houses; possibilities and technical and economic limitations |
| 1960 SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO |
| 25th World Congress 1. The contribution of physical planning to social and economic development 2. Modernization of existing houses; possibilities and technical and economic limitations |
| 1959 PERUGIA |
| Council Conference Housing for low-income and other special groups |
| 1958 LIEGE |
| 24th World Congress Planning and housing problems in the region |
| 1957 BERLIN |
| Council Conference Acquisition and use of land for the reconstruction of cities |
| 1956 VIENNA |
| 23rd World Congress The city and the city surroundings |
| 1955B ORDEAUX |
| Council Conference Planning for harbour-, wine-growing and forest regions |
| 1954 EDINBURGH |
| 22nd World Congress 1. Slum clearance and rehousing 2. Housing density 3. National land use planning |
| 1952 LISBON |
| 21st World Congress 1. Long term reconstruction 2. Housing in tropical climates 3. Urban land policy 4. The relation between dwelling type and plan and the layout of the residential quarter |
| 1951 HIGH LEIGH |
| Council Conference Reports on recent achievement in Great Britain in the field of housing and planning |
| 1948 ZÜRICH |
| 19th World Congress 1. Housing programmes and methods employed to promote it 2. Financial aid to housing 3. Financial relation of planning to ownership rights 4. National and regional planning of town and countryside |
| 1947 PARIS |
| Council Conference Review of housing and planning achievements during and after the war |
| 1946 HASTINGS |
| 18th World Congress 1. Housing economics and policy 2. Decentralization 3. Housing technique 4. Implementing the plans |
| 1939 STOCKHOLM |
| 17th World Congress 1. Town planning and local traffic 2. Decentralization 3. Housing technique 4. Implementing the plans" |
| 1938 MEXICO CITY |
| 16th World Conference 1. Housing in tropical and subtropical countries 2. Underground planning 3. Planning recreation 4. Town planning education 5. City administration |
| 1937 PARIS |
| 15th International Conference 1. National and regional planning 2. Housing for low-income groups 3. Vertical and/or horizontal development |
| 1935 LONDON |
| 14th International Conference 1. Rehousing the people 2. Positive planning 3. Planned rural development and the preservation of the countryside |
| 1931 BERLIN |
| 13th International Conference 1. The abolition of slums 2. The traffic problems in relation to town and regional planning |
| 1929 ROME |
| 12th International Conference 1. Need for research in rural and urban development 2. Replanning old and historic towns to meet modern conditions 3. Methods of planning for the expansion of large towns, with special reference to old and historic towns 4. Financing working class and middle class housing, with special reference to attracting new capital 5. Planning apartment housing schemes in large towns |
| 1928 PARIS |
| 11th International Conference 1. Building costs 2. Rural housing 3. Housing of the very poor 4. Mass and density of buildings in relation to open spaces and traffic facilities 5. Legal and practical difficulties in carrying out town and regional plans |
| 1926V IENNA |
| 10th International Conference 1. Conditions of land tenure in relation to town and country planning 2. Rational distribution of cottage and tenement houses" |
| 1925 NEW YORK |
| 9th International Conference 1. Progress in planning 2. The traffic problem 3. Decentralization within regions 4. The administration of metropolitan areas 5. Planning unbuilt areas 6. Zoning in practice 7. Acquisition of land benefited by public improvements |
| 1924 AMSTERDAM |
| 8th International Conference 1. Regional Planning in relation to large cities 2. Parks, park systems and recreation |
| 1923 GOTHENBURG |
| 7th International Conference 1. Housing and town planning in Sweden 2. The Garden City movement in relation to present economic conditions 3. The development of new towns and industrial centres with special reference to regional planning, growth of new industries and development of railways and waterways |
| 1922 LONDON |
| 5th International Conference 1. Steps required to get Garden Cities started throughout the world 2. Reduction of building costs |
| 1922 PARIS |
| 6th International Conference 1. Immediate future of the International Garden Cities and Town Planning Movement 2. Achievements of the Garden City movement and their place in town development in the future 3. The Garden City movement in relation to the development of civic education in France. |
| 1920 LONDON |
| 4th International Conference |
| 1919 BRUSSELS |
| 3rd International Conference, together with the Union Internationale des Villes |
| 1915 LONDON |
| Special Conference "Reconstruction of Belgium after the War" |
| 1914 LONDON |
| 2nd International Conference (February) |
| 1914 PARIS |
| 1st International Conference (January) |
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