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#121 Designing Excellent Cities and Public Places

Design Matters (Slides)
Ferdinand S. Johns, Oak Harbor, WA, USA

Learning from the Rudy Bruner Award (Paper and Slides)
Anne-Marie Lubenau, Cambridge, MA and Robert Shibley, Buffalo, NY

The Role of Public Places in Making Cities Livable (Slides)
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Portland, OR, USA

The Language of Change (Slides)
George Ferguson, Bristol, UK

#120 Multi-functional Squares

Public Space in Santa Fe, Past, Present and Future (Slides)
Mayor Javier Gonzales, Ken Hughes, Matthew O'Reilly, and Thomas Leatherwood, Santa Fe, NM

A Return to the Town Square (Paper and Slides)
Stephanie L. Rouse, Anoka, MN

Thresholds of Piazzas (Paper and Slides)
Jassen Callender, Jackson, MS

Square Roots: Fundamental Design Concepts for Successful Urban Squares (Paper and Slides)
Kyle L. Campbell, Cincinnati, OH

#119 Reclaiming Neighborhoods

Save Britain’s Heritage and the Spittalfields Trust – Smithfield Market/Kings
College Strand/Spitalfields (Paper and Slides)
John Burrell, London, United Kingdom

Brownfields to Greenfields – Linking Environment and Health (Paper and Slides)
Juliana Maantay, New York, NY

The Project of New Social Condensers for Metropolitan Areas (Paper and Slides)
Lucina Caravaggi and Cristina Imbroglini, Rome, Italy

Revitalizing the Ramshackle: INDentrification via Placemaking (Paper)
Matt Ashby and Scott Wilson, Cheyenne, WY

#118 Enhancing Connections

Chicago Little Village Paseo (Paper and Slides)
Thomas L. Coleman, Chicago, IL

From Rails-to-Trails as a Social Infrastructure: A Vision for the DL&W Greenway, Buffalo, NY (Paper and Slides)
Hiro Hata, Buffalo, NY

The Detroit Conrail Greenway (Paper)
Anirban Adhya, Southfield, MI

Contextual Street Revitalization in a Changing Environment (Paper and Slides)
Lian Farhi, Brooklyn, NY

#117 Urban Design for Physical Activity and Active Living

Planning for Mobility in Freiburg, Germany (Slides)
Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Freiburg, Germany

Neighborhood Design, Physical Activity, and Wellbeing: Applying the Walkability Model (Paper)
Adriana A Zuniga-Teran, Tucson, AZ

Landscape Devices for Healthy Lifestyles in Metropolitan Areas: The Piers Project (Paper and Slides)
Cristina Imbroglini and Lucina Caravaggi, Rome, Italy

Health and the Built Environment (Paper)
Frank Pendrell, Denver, CO

#116 Public Places for Social Health and Community

The Importance of the Public Realm in Developing the Age-Friendly Community (Slides)
Philip B. Stafford, Bloomington, IN

Public Space and Civic Life: Threats and Opportunities (Slides)
Setha Low, New York, NY

People of the Passeggiata (Paper and Slides)
David Helburn Sachs, Manhattan, KS

Urban Agriculture as a Catalyst for Place-Based Community Development (Paper and Slides)
Scott Truex, Muncie, IN

#115 The Ottawa Story

Number of presentations – 8, including:

Panel Presentation: Infill and Intensification (Slides)
Alain Miguelez, Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Panel Presentation: Infill and Intensification (Slides)
David Wise, Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Redevelopment of Lansdowne Park (Slides)
John Smit, Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Panel Presentation: Public Health (Slides)
Theresa Tam, Ottawa, ON, CANADA

#114 The Public Realm

Number of presentations – 11, including:

Implementing the New Urban Agenda: Changing the "Operating System for Growth" (Slides)
Michael Mehaffy, Portland, OR

Intergenerational Contact Zones: Design for Engagement across the Generations (Slides)
Philip B. Stafford, Bloomington, IN

Playing in the vicinity: The effects of proximity of play environments on child active play (Slides)
Lamine Madhoubi, Bristol, UK

#113 Public Health And Neighborhood Planning

Number of presentations – 7, including:

Healthy Hoods: A Better Life in Cities (Paper and Slides)
Beverly Sandalack, Calgary, AB, CANADA

Frameworks for a Healthy Neighborhood in the South End of Springfield, MA (Paper and Slides)
Frank Sleegers, Amherst, MA, USA

A Prescription for Urban Design (Paper and Slides)
Nels Nelson, Boston, MA, USA

#112 Active Transportation Planning And 10 Minute Neighborhoods

Number of presentations – 9, including:

Neighborhood Traffic Calming: The Barcelona Superblocks (Slides)
Salvador Rueda, Barcelona, SPAIN

Street Design and Traffic Reduction in the Old City of Jerusalem (Slides)
Ofer Manor, Jerusalem, ISRAEL

Public Transportation and Village Planning in Seattle: Towards Sustainable Neighborhoods? (Paper and Slides)
Devon McAslan, Seattle, WA, USA

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Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., City of Charleston

"The most important continuous conference dialogue on making the world's cities and towns more livable for all of their inhabitants."

Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Governor, State of South Baden, Germany

"The conference holds a magnifying glass to the world's best cities, revealing why, and how they work."

Benjamin Thompson, FAIA AIA Gold Medalist

"Love for our cities unites all of us in this unique, impressive conference, with participants from different countries, with different professional backgrounds, but with one purpose: making our cities more livable."

Antonio Casellati Former Mayor, City of Venice, Italy

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Kim Richter, City Councillor, Langley, BC

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Dr. Mirela Newman, Coordinator, Urban Studies Graduate Program, S Conn St. University

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