PROGRAM


46th International
Making Cities Livable Conference
On

True Urbanism:
Designing the Healthy City

La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, NM
June 1 - 5, 2008

SUNDAY, JUNE 1
Ballroom South, La Fonda Hotel
1.00 - 6.30

Registration, Publications Exhibit
Exhibits: New Designs for Mixed-Use
Child-Friendly Neighborhoods, Towns & Cities

European Squares: Case Studies

3.00 & 3.30 Beginning from the Ballroom South:
Walking tours of Santa Fe
led by Tom Maguire, Katherine Mortimer, & colleagues
La Terraza, La Fonda Hotel
6.00 - 7.30 Welcome Reception
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA
Regierungspräsident Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Freiburg, Germany
Mayor David Coss, Santa Fe, NM
MONDAY, JUNE 2
Ballroom South, La Fonda Hotel
9.00 - 6.00 Late Registration
Publications Exhibit
Exhibits
9.00 - 9.20 WELCOME
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA
Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Regierungspräsident, Freiburg, GERMANY
Richard J. Jackson, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
Tom Martineau, Tallahassee, FL
David Cloutier, Santa Fe, NM
9.20 - 9.40 WELCOME TO SANTA FE
Diane Denish*, Lieutenant Governor, State of New Mexico
Mayor David Coss, Santa Fe, NM
9.40 - 10.15 PRINCIPLES OF TRUE URBANISM
Creating a Healthy City for All - Especially Children
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA
10.15 - 10.30 Coffee Break
10.30 - 11.00 HEALTH & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
As We Try to Save Our Planet and the Nation, Can We Save Our Health?
Richard J. Jackson, Ann Arbor, MI
11.00 – 11.15 DISCUSSION
11.15– 11.45 CHILD-FRIENDLY TOWN PLANNING
Child-Friendly Town Planning in Germany
Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Freiburg, GERMANY
11.45 - 12.00 DISCUSSION
12.00 - 12.30 CONSIDERING CHILDREN'S NEEDS
All Kids Are Our Kids
Peter Benson, Minneapolis, MN
12.30 - 12.45 DISCUSSION
La Terraza, La Fonda Hotel
12.45 - 2.30 Conference Luncheon
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Ballroom South, La Fonda Hotel 
2.30 - 3.30 SANTA FE'S CHILD-FRIENDLY INITIATIVES
Moderator: Lynn Hathaway
City Children & Youth Commission

Lynn Hathaway, Santa Fe, NM
Child-Friendly Santa Fe
Carmichael Domingues, Santa Fe, NM
Healthy Lifestyles Task Force Report
Suzanne S. P. Gebhart, Santa Fe, NM
The Salazar Partnership
Michael A. Rodriguez, Santa Fe, NM
3.45 - 5.15 CHILD-FRIENDLY INITIATIVES
Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
Making Kent Healthy for Children & Youth

Debra Ranniger, Kent, WA
Santa Barbara's Child-Friendly Infrastructure Improvements
Roger Horton, Santa Barbara, CA
Making Richland Child-Friendly
Rita Mazur, Richland, WA
5.15 - 5.45 DISCUSSION
Ballroom North, La Fonda Hotel 
2.30 - 4.00 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & LIVABLE CITIES
Moderator: Tom Martineau
Creating Livable Communities as an Economic Development Strategy

Anna Haines, Laura Lee, Linda Stoll, Stevens Point, WI
Can Economicaly Vibrant Downtowns be Family-Friendly: an Analysis of U.S. Cities
Jean Stockard, Eugene, OR
Students & the Urban Renaissance
John Allinson, Bristol, UK
4.00 - 4.30 DISCUSSION
4.45 - 5.45 EXPANDING & SHRINKING CITIES
Moderator: Tom Martineau
Building Back the Periphery

Lars Scharnholz, Cottbus, GERMANY
Emerging Urbanism in India - Creating Inclusive and Identifiable Cities
Ranjit Mitra, New Delhi, INDIA
Stiha Room, La Fonda Hotel 
2.30 - 3.30 HOUSING & PARTICIPATORY PLANNING
Moderator: Borzou Rahimi
Creating a Livable Community: Linking Participatory Planning with Participatory Outcomes

Kathryn Scott, Tamaki Makaurau, AUCKLAND
Relocation Preferences of Slum Dwellers of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Hisham Mortada, Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA
3.45 - 4.45 REVISIONING PUBLIC PLACES
Moderator: Borzou Rahimi
Hudson Square Prints Green! Urban Visions with a Grain of Salt

Roberto Rovira, Miami, FL
Re-tooling Post Industrial Sites in the City Center
Shannon Bassett, Tampa, FL
4.45 - 5.00 DISCUSSION
Ballroom South, La Fonda Hotel 
8.00 - 9.00 Where Do the Children Play? (Documentary Film)
9.00 - 10.00 DISCUSSION
Facilitator: Menno Salverda, Kelowna, BC, CANADA
TUESDAY, JUNE 3
Ballroom South, La Fonda Hotel 
9.00 - 6.00 Late Registration
Publications Exhibit
Exhibits
9.00 - 9.30 MAKING CITIES HEALTHY & CHILD-FRIENDLY
Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
Mayor Darwin Hindman
9.30 - 10.00 Coffee Break
10.00 - 12.00 CHILD- & FAMILY-FRIENDLY PLANNING
Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
Bicycle Transportation Planning
in Germany
Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Freiburg, GERMANY
The Urban Villages Approach
Gail Goldberg, Los Angeles, CA
Courtyard Housing and Shared Streets
Gil Kelley, Portland, OR
The Remembered Child: Designing Child-Friendly Neighborhoods
Perry Bigelow, Aurora, IL
12.00 - 12.30 DISCUSSION
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Ballroom South, La Fonda Hotel 
2.00 - 3.30

RESTORING CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO NATURE
Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
Restoring Children's Access to Nature in Urban Environments

Louise Chawla, Boulder, CO
Selena Paulsen, Boulder, CO

Designing a Child- & Family-Friendly Nature Center for Chicago
N. Jane Hurt, Clemson, SC
The Cities Fit for Children Initiative in BC, Canada
Menno Salverda, Kelowna, BC, CANADA

3.30 - 3.45 DISCUSSION
3.45 - 4.45 SAFE STREETS & PHYSICAL HEALTH
Moderator: Menno Salverda
The House-to-School Journeys of Elementary School Children

Paul Lewis, Montreal, QC, CANADA
The Impact of Neighborhood Safety & Walkability on Low Income Children's Physical Activity & Overweight Status
Jessica Greene, Eugene, OR
4.45 - 5.00 DISCUSSION
5.00 - 5.30

PUBLIC ART
Enlivening Our Urban Landscape & Citizenry through Narrative Art: Renewing Our Relationship to Nature and Culture
Osprey Orielle Lake, Mill Valley, CA
Wyolah Garden, Mill Valley, CA

   
Ballroom North, La Fonda Hotel 
2.00 - 3.30 REVERSING SPRAWL & TRANSFORMING THE CITY
Moderator: Tom Martineau
The Beltline Project, Atlanta

Daniel Cohen, Norcross, GA
Vision Los Angeles - the Ecological Metropolis, Capital of the Pacific Age
Stephen Engblom, San Francisco, CA
Bangkok - Transformation of a City through Transportation Planning
W. H. Raymond Yeh, Honolulu, HI
3.30 - 3.45 DISCUSSION
3.45 - 4.15 SUSTAINABLE CITY PLANNING: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Moderator: Tom Martineau
Tokyo Midtown
Steve Hanson, San Francisco, CA
4.15 - 4.30 DISCUSSION
Stiha Room, La Fonda Hotel 
2.00 - 3.00 THE ARTIST IN A LIVABLE CITY - IT'S ALL ABOUT SPACE
Moderator: Tom Maguire
Heidi Loewen, Santa Fe, NM
Cece Derringer, Santa Fe, NM
Arnold Valdez, Santa Fe, NM
3.15 - 4.15 REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE
Moderator: Borzou Rahimi
A Strong Stance: Scenographic or Referential Regionalism in the Southwest

Vincent Canizaro, San Antonio, TX
Miller-Hull: Socially Inflected Regionalism & the Architecture of Place-Making
John Reynolds, Oxford, OH
4.15 - 4.30 DISCUSSION
4.30 - 5.00 LAND USE & TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
Moderator: Borzou Rahimi
The Role of Integration of Land Use & Transit Development - Comparison Between Shenzhen & Hong Kong
Xuan Jia, Hong Kong, P. R. CHINA
La Terraza, La Fonda Hotel 
7.30 - 9.30 Discussion Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Mixed-Use Developments: Why the Future Will Never Be the Same Again
Tom Martineau, Tallahassee, FL
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4
Ballroom South, La Fonda Hotel 
9.00 - 6.00 Late Registration
Publications Exhibit
Exhibits
9.00 - 10.30 INTEGRATING PUBLIC HEALTH & PLANNING
Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
Orchestrating Child-Healthy Planning at a County Level

Larry Meredith, San Rafael, CA
Community Planning through the Eyes of Environmental Health
Wade Sparkman, Fernandina Beach, FL
The Effects of the Built Environment on Public Health
Sandra Whitehead, Tallahassee, FL
10.30 - 10.45 DISCUSSION
10.45 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.00 PLAZAS & MARKETPLACES
Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
"Alive" Public Plazas - Key Elements in a Healthy City: Examples from Venice, Folegandros & Savannah

Eleni K. Aga, Zografou, GREECE
Genius of the European Square
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA
12.00 - 12.15 DISCUSSION
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Ballroom South, La Fonda Hotel 
2.30 - 3.30 DENSITY & HEALTH: A RE-EVALUATION
Moderator: Tom Martineau
Popsicle Wars: Walking vs Bicycling in the Traditional Neighborhood Development

Terry Kahn, Austin, TX
Designing the Compact City
Dennis Kilper, Blacksburg, VA
3.30 - 3.45 DISCUSSION
3.45 - 5.15 INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN
Moderator: Tom Martineau
Environmental Urban Design in DPZ's Practice

Mike Lydon, Miami, FL
Foundations of Green Infrastructure - Building the Bridge between Planning & Design
Oliver Boehm, Alexandria, VA
Water Harvesting & Waste Water Cleaning in a Dry Environment
Mark Barnhouse, Fargo, ND
5.15 - 5.30 DISCUSSION
Ballroom North, La Fonda Hotel 
2.30 - 3.30 HEALTHY PLANNING: TEACHING MODELS
Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
Healthy Planning - An Innovative Inter-Disciplinary Learning
Experience for Built Environment & Medical Students
Susan Thompson, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Institutional Design: the Welfare of Border-Situated Cities as a Practical Objective
Darla Lindberg, University Park, PA
3.30 - 3.45 DISCUSSION
3.45 - 4.15

SPIRITUAL HEALTH & SPIRITUAL PLACE
Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
The Built Environment & Health

Arsenio Rodrigues, Prairie View, TX

Stiha Room, La Fonda Hotel 
2.30 - 3.30 SANTA FE'S APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY
Moderator: Katherine Mortimer,
Chris Calvert, Santa Fe, NM
Mike Loftin, Santa Fe, NM
3.30 - 3.45 DISCUSSION
3.45 - 4.15 CULTURAL HERITAGE & URBAN QUALITY
Moderator: Ferd Johns
Adaptive Reuse of Cultural Heritage to Enhance Urban Quality in the 21st Century Taiwan

Chao-Ching Fu, Tainan, TAIWAN
Shu-Hsien Yang,Tainan, TAIWAN

4.15 - 4.30 DISCUSSION
4.30 - 5.00 PERFORMANCE-BASED EVALUATION
Moderator: Ferd Johns
A Performance-Based Assessment Tool & Rating System for New Subdivision Plans

Michael Avery, New Bern, NC
Bernard George, New Bern, NC
Mohamad Kashef, Greenville, NC
Peterson-Cody Gallery, 130 W. Palace Ave
6.00 - 7.30 Reception hosted by the City of Santa Fe
THURSDAY, JUNE 5
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Ballroom South, La Fonda Hotel 
9.00 - 9.30 USES OF PUBLIC SPACE
Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
When Mediocre Spaces Meet Young Talent
Shaojun Li, Hong Kong, P. R. CHINA
9.30 - 9.45 Coffee Break
9.45 - 10.45 TRANSPORTATION & ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES
Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard
The Effects of Area-wide Pedestrianization Linking Town Centre Attractions

Kazuki Nakamura, London, UK
A Shift Towards Youth in Transportation Planning
Ren Thomas, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
10.45 - 11.45 HOUSING ISSUES
Moderator: Borzou Rahimi
Race in Baltimore Neighborhoods: Impact on Housing Market & Built Environment

Azza Kamal, Baltimore, MD
The Universal Design in Housing Initiative
Elizabeth Dwyer, Albuquerque, NM
Ballroom North, La Fonda Hotel 
9.00 - 10.00 URBAN RENEWAL & REVITALIZATION
Moderator: Borzou Rahimi
The Oldest SOHO in China

Wang Yijia, Hong Kong, P. R. CHINA
Community Reuses of Church Buildings & Sustainable Urban Renewal
You-Kyong Ahn, GrandRapids, MI
10.00 - 10.15 Coffee Break
10.15 - 11.15 UTOPIAN PLANNING PRINCIPLES
Moderator: Borzou Rahimi
A Minnesota Experiment in Utopian City Planning

Cindy Urness, Fargo, ND
Sustanable City: the Geometric Approach to the Ideal Pattern of Growth
Helen Jadali, Lon Angeles, CA
Stiha Room, La Fonda Hotel 
9.00 - 9.30 PAPER SESSION
Moderator: Ferd Johns
The Green Belt of Manama: the Value of Life vs. the Value of Land

Manal Khalaf, Manama, KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN
9.30 - 10.00 Coffee Break
10.00 - 11.00 PAPER SESSION
Moderator: Ferd Johns
Regulate or Incentivize: A Discussion of Municipal Government Green Building Promotion

Mark Stout, Toronto, ON, CANADA
Impact of Built Environment on Health Disparities Among Minorities
Amar Azucena Cid, Worcester, MA