Making Cities Livable
Suzanne
H. Crowhurst Lennard
Sven von Ungern-Sternberg
Henry L. Lennard
Editors
416 pages. 35 illustrations. 8 1/2" x 11"
51 chapters in English (plus 15 in German).
Published 1997 by the IMCL Conferences
ISBN: 0-935824-07-3 (hardcover) 0-935824-08-1 (paperback)
MAKING CITIES LIVABLE provides city officials, planners, architects and urban designers with a state-of-the-art handbook on how to make cities livable, and appropriate strategies for controlling urban sprawl.
MAKING CITIES LIVABLE brings together the most advanced concepts and ground breaking projects for new urban neighborhoods. The essays were selected from over one hundred presentations at the 17th International Making Cities Livable Conference in Freiburg, Germany.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Selections)
PART ONE - The Livable City
The Future of the City
Mayor Bob Cools, Antwerp, Belgium
The City as a Family
Mayor Dietmar Hahlweg, Erlangen, Germany
Seven Aims for the Livable City
Edoardo Salzano,Venice, Italy
The Nature of Livability
Mayor Antonio Casellati,Venice, Italy
Themes of the Freiburg Conference
Mayor Rolf Böhme, Freiburg, Germany
PART TWO - Essential Elements
Public Space
Designing the Heart of a New Urban Neighborhood
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel,CA, USA
What Can We Learn from Historical Marketplaces
Klaus Andrä, Berlin, Germany
Climatic Factors and Public Space
Norman Pressman, Waterloo, Canada
Planning Out Crime in Britain
Derek Senior,Leeds, UK
Public Art, Public Space & Regeneration
Marion Roberts & Bill Erickson, London, UK
Public Realm
The Public Realm & the Good City
Henry L. Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA
Can Urbanity Be Planned?
Gertrudis Peters, Berlin, Germany
Virtual Reality or the Concrete, Real City
Gabriele Steffen, Tübingen, Germany
Children in the City
Children & Their Needs
Arno Gruen, Zurich, Switzerland
The Good City for Children
Henry L. Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA
How to Provide Good Cities for Children & Youth
Peter Novak, Ulm, Germany
Community Participation
Visions and Beyond
Gianni Longo, New York, NY, USA
Putting People Into Planning
John Thompson, London, UK
Mixed Use
The "Shop/House" - Building Block of a Healthy City
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA
Village in the City
Donald MacDonald, San Francisco,USA
City Identity
City Identity in New Urban Neighborhoods
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA
Identity, Urban Design in the City State
Ernie Scoffham, Nottingham, UK
Marketing Local Identity
Bill Erickson & Marion Roberts, London, UK
Ecology
Ecological Principles for New Urban Areas
Mayor Dietmar Hahlweg, Erlangen, Germany
Balanced Transportation System
Integrated Transportation Planning, Strasbourg, France
Roland Ries, Strasbourg, France
Urban Lifestyle & Transportation Policy
Helmut Holzapfel, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Venice - A Model of a Car-Free City
Egon Grund, Karlsruhe, Germany
Towards a Pedestrian Friendly Manhattan
Rolf Monheim, Bayreuth, Germany
High Quality Architecture for Urban Public Transportation
Jürgen Rauch, Munich, Germany
PART THREE- New Urban Neighborhoods: Work in Progress
Principles
Ten Guidelines for the Planning & Development of a New Urban Neighborhood
Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Freiburg, Germany
New Uses of Former Military Areas
Walter Kilian, Stuttgart, Germany
The Greenfield-Brownfield Debate
Zenia Kotval, East Lansing, MI, USA
New Urban Neighborhoods: Case Studies
Freiburg-Rieselfeld
Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Freiburg, Germany
Carpi and Imola
Edoardo Salzano, Venice, Italy
Antwerp Revives its Urban Neighborhoods
Mayor Bob Cools, Antwerp, Belgium
Planning for a University Urban Village Near Aberdeen, Scotland
John Thompson, London, UK
Former Military Sites: Case Studies
Converting a Military Facility to an Urban Townscape
Andreas Feldtkeller, Tübingen, Germany
Conversion of Previous Military Sites: Kassel
Folkert Lüken-Isberner, Kassel, Germany
Lee Barracks in Mainz-Gonsenheim
Herbert Fessenmayr, Mainz, Germany
Former Industrial Areas: Case Studies
Residential Development on Kästrich, Mainz
Herbert Fessenmayr, Mainz, Germany
The Search for Neighborhood in Ultimo-Pyrmont, Sydney
Peter Webber, Sydney, Australia
Housing Areas: Case Studies
Ecological Principles for Mass Housing
Renata Mikielewicz, Lódz, Poland
Waterfront Areas: Case Studies
A Comprehensive Land Use Plan for San Francisco's Water-front
Eva Liebermann, San Francisco, CA, USA
Seaway Transportation in the Istanbul Metropolitan Area
Tülay Kilinçaslan, Istanbul, Turkey
PART FOUR - Recommendations
The Freiburg Statement on New Urban Neighborhoods
"In the diversity of subjects covered, the excellence of contributors, and their wide range of background and experience,
MAKING CITIES LIVABLE is unique."
Prof. Patrick J. Quinn, Former President,
Assoc. of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
"The publication of the Freiburg IMCL Conference Proceedings is an important event.
MAKING CITIES LIVABLE should be read by every city official, architect and planner."
Mayor Dietmar Hahlweg, City of Erlangen, Germany.