About

Accessible Urban Neighborhoods

International Conference
21–23 October 2026 | Ankara, Türkiye

Hosted by the Department of City and Regional Planning at Gazi University, this international conference is organized to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Gazi University.

The conference aims to bring together scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and civil society actors to discuss how accessibility, active mobility, and neighborhood-based planning can contribute to more inclusive, livable, and sustainable cities.

In response to growing inequalities in access to urban opportunities, the event will emphasize neighborhood-scale planning, everyday mobility, and context-sensitive approaches that put people and daily life at the center. By integrating the principles of Chrono-Urbanism, it will also highlight how time shapes accessibility, daily rhythms, and the fair distribution of temporal resources in the city.

Special Project Sessions

The conference will host dedicated sessions and presenting the results of the EU-funded AccessCity4All project, supported under the Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership. These sessions will explore how the 15-Minute City concept can be adapted to support active mobility in neighborhoods with different levels of accessibility, drawing on comparative international research.

Main Themes include:

• Accessibility and Spatial Justice
• Active Mobility and Inclusive Transport Planning
• 15-Minute City and Chrono-Urbanism
• Neighborhood-Based Approaches: Sustainable Neighborhood Planning and Design
• Planning For Vulnerable and Underrepresented Groups
• Participatory and Co-Creative Planning Methods
• From Knowledge to Action: Connecting Research, Policy, and Planning

The conference program will include keynote lectures, thematic panels, site visits, project-based sessions and roundtable discussions. The official language of the conference is English, and no translation services will be provided. The conference will be held exclusively in person, with no online or hybrid participation options. The congress registration is free; there will be quota for Turkish participants. The Book of Abstracts will be published online, and full chapter submission for the edited book will be optional.

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.