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IEP to Vancouver Conference on Human Settlements
The IEP has been nominated as a demon- stration project of a training and research institute, in connection with the Philippine participation in Habitat, a UN conference- exposition on human settlements to be held in Vancouver, Canada, in mid-1976. As such, it is expected to present "innovative approaches to the problems of human settlements and possible solutions which might be taken up by tne government facing the same difficulties."
In making the nomination, UP President Salvador P. Lopez cited IEP's role in human settlements planning in the country and in some other Asian countries, such as Korea and Thailand.
If accepted, the Institute will put up an exhibit tracing its progress since it began in 1968, according to Professor Gerardo S.
Calabia, IEP Secretary.
The UN conference-exposition will serve as a forum for an international exchange of information on human settlements.
To ConductFirst Spacial Course for Local Planners
The development staffs of thirteen pilot cities are participants in. thefirstspecial course in urban planning to be conducted jointly by the Bureau of Community Development of the Department of Local Government and Com- munity Development (DLGCD) and IEP, from October 21 to December 12, 1974.
This is intended to acquaint the local planning boards with the mechanics of pre- paring a framework plan. As part of their requirements, the participants will make one for their respective cities.
Prof. Tito C. Firmalino, seminar director, said the short course wasan answer to the demand for planning specialists on the local level.
The participating cities are: Cabanatuan, Cavite, San Pablo, Irige, Bacolod, Cebu, Tag-
bilaran, Tacloban, Zamboanga, Cagayan de Oro, Ozamis, General Santos, and Puerto Princesa.
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Nineteen MEP graduates joined the roster of the country's planners in 1974, bringing the total of IEP trainees to 101 since 1968. They are: Marilu M. Alferez, Benjamin A. Carandang, Eleanora M. de Guzman, Severo L. Ferreria, Lourdes F. Mencias, Nguyen 8a Quang, Nguyen Thien Nhon, Godofredo B. Olores, Felino A.
Palafox, Jr., Saviniano M. Perez, Francisco C.
Pumn, Jr., Eli M. Remolona, Alberto G. Reyes, Leonardo A. Tanseco, Wilhelmina V. Tecson, Camilo V. Tiqui, Jose Ramon L Faustmann, Juan P. Nieva, and Ma. Cristina V. Turalba.
Prof. Portugal isActingDean
Prof. Ramon C. Portugal has be~n named Acting Dean of theIEP in the absence of Dean Leandro A. Viloria, whoison
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stint as a WHO consultant at the Asian Center for Development Administration in Malaysia.The Acting Dean, one of the pioneer faculty of the Institute, is concurrently the University's Vice-President for Administration.
He is an A8-English and Ll.B. graduate of the UP,cum laude,and holds an MA in Public Administration from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Syracuse University.
Dr. Portugal, 54, has been serving in the University in different capacities since 1946. He also worked in Canada and the Sudan, Africa as personnel officer and public administration training expert, respectively, while serving with specialized agencies of the United Nations.
TheLargestBatch Ever.
Indicative of a spreading planning cons- ciousness is the upsurge in the IEP's enrollment for school year 1974-75. Sixty-one students, most of them below 30 years ofage, registered at the beginning of the first trimester. Thirty-
three are studying full time. The highest figure reached before this year was 44 in 1911.
Because of the unprecedented increase in enrollment the IEP is now faced with the problems of student congestion and classroom shortage. A program of expansion of its faci- lities has therefore been started.
A New Name for the Institute
The Institute of Planning is now officially known as the Institute of Environmental Plan- ning in a decision made by the UP Board of Regents on May31.
PAPERS INVITED FOR INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LOWER·COST HOUSING
PROBLEMS
Clemson University and the International Association for Housing Science are jointly sponsoring an International Symposium on Lower-Cost Housing Problems to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. on May 24-28, 1916.
The symposium is a non-profit academic activity intended to generate interest in housing problems and to disseminate information on the different aspects of housing.
Nearly one hundred speakers from more than twenty countries are expected to deliver papers in the symposium. Topics of interest in lower-cost housing include:
Systems Approach; Building Science; Housing Projects Around the World;
Conventional and Industrialized Production; Energy Conservation and Expend- itures; New Materials; Codes and Specifications; Innovative Construction Schemes;
Financing; Land Development; Environmental and Public Health Considerations;
Construction Safety; Maintenance and Management; Sociological and Psychological Factors; Legal Aspects; and Climatic Factors.
In this connection the organizers of the symposium would like to invite contributions from all interested parties. Persons who may be interested in presenting papers should submit, in triplicate, and bySeptember 1,1915 abstracts not exceeding five hundred words to:
Dr. Parviz Rad, Chairman Papers Committee
IAHS International Symposium Departmentof Civil Engineering Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina29831 U.s.A.
All papers to be delivered will be reviewedbya committee of housing specialists.
For further information, address inquiries to:
Dr.HerbertButching, Chairmen 0l1l8nizing Committee
lAMS International Symposium-1976 Departmentof Civil Engineering Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina 29631 U.S.A.