20th International

Making Cities Livable Conference

Santa Fe, New Mexico

April 15 - 19, 1997

Plenary and Panel Sessions

Concurrent Themes: Combatting Urban Sprawl / The Good City & the Public Realm

The Good City

The Good City & the Public Realm

The Design of Public Places
In the Public Realm
Creating Public Places for Community Life
Neighborhood Centers for Santa FE
New Designs for Public Places
Design of a Major Public Open Space in San Francisco
The New Heart of the City Berlin
Challenges of Albuquerque’s Civic Plaza
Santa Fe Railyards Project
The Public Realm Recovery Project
Public and Processional Spaces in Bakhtipur and Katmandu
Urban Places in Europe, especially in Austria
The Loss of Public Space in Downtown Areas
Types of Plazas in Mexico City: The Plaza Mayor and Other Plazas

Strategies for Combatting Sprawl

A Strategy for Containing Urban Sprawl
The Problem of Gated Compounds
German Strategies in Controlling Urban Sprawl
Counteracting Sprawl through Infill Development
Workshop: Containing Urban Sprawl

Transit Based Development

Public Transit: An Esssential Component in Livable “New Urbanist” Communities?
The Horizontal Skyscraper

New Urban Neighborhoods

Principles for the Design of New Urban Neighborhoods
New Urban Neighborhoods in Freiburg, Germany: Rieselfeld and Vauban
Applying Traditional Urban Design Principles in a High Rise, High Density Urban Context - Vancouver, BC.
Santa Fe’s New Urban Neighborhoods
In Search of Modern Utopias
Workshop: New Urban Neighborhoods - The Tierra Contenta Example
Sustainable Community Planning at High Desert, in Albuquerque, NM

Sustainable Urban Development

Making Development Sustainable
Sustainable Neighborhoods and the Recovery of Inner City Communities
Ecocity Whyalla, South Australia. From Steel Town to Solar City
Cascade: Creating Sustainable Guidelines for an Urban Community

Ecological Issues

Ecological Urban Design
Ecological Transportation Planning
The Sustainable City

The Good City for Children & Youth

Making Santa Fe a Good City for Children and Youth
The Social World as Teacher
Autonomy, Mobility and Accessibility
The Accessible City
The Accessible City of Washington D.C.
Children in the City

Creating the Great American City

An Introduction to the Search for Great American Public Places
Connecting with the Region
Lessons from the Search for Great American Public Places
Containing Urban Sprawl
Assembling a Green Belt Around Erlangen
The Vision Process
Lessons from the Search for Great American Public Places
History of the Tierra Contenta Project
A Visual Overview
New Urbanism from Plan to Reality

Teaching Models

Midblock Design for Salt Lake City
The Urban Design Studio, Resource for the City

From Architecture to Urban Planning

Tradition and Modern Culture
Applying the Principles of New Urbanism to Higher Density Inner-City Areas
Neighborhood Friendly High Density Residential Infill Development

City Case Studies

Downtown Fort Worth
Searching for the Lost Center: Most, Czech Republic
The Soul of Pueblo

Preservation & Revitalization

Contributing to Pittsburgh’s Livability: Historic Preservation, Commercial Development and Testing Ideas

Neighborhood Programs

San Diego’s Livable Neighborhoods Initiatives
Heritage Village, Toledo

Urban Parks

The Aftermath of Catastrophe as an Opportunity for a Better and Meaningful Urban Environment
The 21st Century Park: Culture/Nature Interface
Current Paradigms for the 21st Century Metropolitan Park
Environmental Land Acquisition Enhances Urban Life
Antilivability: The Mistakes of New Delhi and Chandigargh

Waterfronts

On the Waterfront - City of Hamilton
The Regeneration of an Urban Waterfront, Buffalo

Visualizing the City

Visualizing an Urban Future
Developing the Feelings Mapping Technique Using Multiple Attributes Analysis

Santa Fe Workshops

Cultural Diversity and Community
Revisioning Cerrillos Road
The Santa Fe Railyards Project
Celebrating Life in the City: Community Festivals, Farmer’s Markets, and other Social Events

Growth & Change in Latin American Cities

The Accommodation of Growth in Quito, Ecuador
An Analysis of the Mexicali Project
Documentary Video on Curitiba, Brazil

Architectural Values & City Identity

The City as a Reflection of Social and Political Statements
City Identity and Unsympathetic Urban Design
A Lefebvrian Critique of Delhi
The Lost Essence of the Built Environment

Speakers

John Allison, Senior Lecturer, School of Town and Country Planning, University of the West of England, Brisot, ENGLAND, UK.
Larry B. Beasley, Director of Central Area Planning, Community Services Group, City of Vancouver, BC, CANADA.
Ivana Benda, European Design Studio, Toronto, ON, CANADA.
George E. Bowen, Professor, School of Planning, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Ivan Cartes, School of Architecture, Department of Architecture and Planning, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, ENGLAND, UK.
Nancy Christman, Intergovernmental Coordinator, Department of Planning & Land Acquisition, St. John’s River Water Management District, Orlando, FL, USA.
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard Ph.D.(Arch.), Director, International Making Cities Livable Council, Carmel, CA, USA. Conference Organizer.
Vera Danyluk, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Montreal Urban Community, Montreal, CANADA.
Paul F. Downton, BSc (Hons) Barch ARAIA, Architect, Urban Ecologist, Ecopolis P/L, Centre for Urban Ecology, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA.
Boris Dramov, President, ROMA, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Derek Drummond, MacDonald Professor, Architecture Department, McGill University, Montreal, CANADA.
Prof. Bruno B. Freschi, O.C., Dean, School of Architecture and Planning, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Peter Gabor, Gabor and Popper Architects, Inc., Toronto, ON, CANADA.
The Hon. Dietmar Hahlweg, Dr., Mayor, City of Erlangen, GERMANY.
John Henry, Architect, AIA, Orlando, FL, USA.
The Honorable Debbie Jaramillo, Mayor, City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, USA.
Peter Katz, Design & Marketing Consultant, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Eiji Keyemura, Dr. of Eng., Instructor, School of Architecture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JAPAN.
William C. Kueffer, Director of Planning and Land Use Department, City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, USA.
Henry L. Lennard, Ph.D., Conference Organizer, Chairman, Advisory Board, IMCL Council, Carmel, CA, USA. Professor of Medical Sociology in Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Chris B. Leinberger, Chairman, Metropolitan Redevelopment Commission, Managing Partner, Robert Charles Lesser Co., Santa Fe, NM, USA.
Gianni Longo, President, Urban Initiatives, New York, NY, USA.
Michael Lykoudis, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.
Donald MacDonald, FAIA, Architect, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Evelyn W. Menne, Executive Director, Decatur Downtown Development Authority, Decatur, GA, USA.
Emil R. Moncivais, Director of Planning, City of Fort Worth, TX, USA.
Lucie K. Morisset, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Tourism, University of Quebec at Montreal, Researcher, CELAT, University of Laval, Quebec, QC, CANADA.
Keith Morrow, Edward D. Stone & Assoc. (EDSA), Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
The Honorable Robert M. Morrow, Mayor, City of Hamilton, ON, CANADA.
Paul Muller AIA, Muller/Triantafillou Associated Design, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Luc Noppen, Ph.D., Professor, School of Architecture, CELAT, Laval University, Quebec, QC, CANADA.
Gertrudis Peters, Stadtplanung und Architektur, Berlin, GERMANY
David O. Rafter, Ph.D., AICP, Professor of Urban Planning, University of Minnesota and Mankato State University, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Jürgen Rauch, Dr. Ing, Architect, Munich, GERMANY.
Stefan Resch, Director, City Planning Department, City of Neubrandenburg, GERMANY.
Ana Laura Ruesjas, M.Arch., Tucuman, ARGENTINA.
Thomas H. Selland, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Architecture, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
Klaus Semsroth, Prof. Dr., Technical University of Vienna, Department of Urban Planning, Vienna, AUSTRIA.
Keith D. Simon, Principal, Design Workshop Inc., Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Darius Sollohub, Associate Director, Infrastructure Planning Program, School of Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA.
James A. Throgmorton, Associate Professor, University of Iowa, Urban and Regional Planning, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Menelaos Triantafillou, ASLA, AICP, Muller/Triantafillou Assocated Design, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Dr., Erster Bürgermeister, Stadt Freiburg, GERMANY.
Mark C. Walker, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas Inc., New York, NY, USA.
Daniel Winterbottom, Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Arthur P. Ziegler Jr., President, Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA.

Special Events

Tours of Santa Fe
Awards Luncheon - Hotel La Fonda Ballroom
Reception - Courtyard, Museum of Fine Arts