Individuals

2015 IMCL Lewis Mumford Award to Jan Gehl

Jan Gehl receives 2015 IMCL Lewis Mumford Award

Jan Gehl received the 2015 IMCL Lewis Mumford Award at the 52^nd IMCL Conference in Bristol, UK. As Gehl asserts, "...city life and regard for people in city space must have a key role in the planning of cities and built up areas... caring for people in the city is an important key for achieving more lively, safe, sustainable and healthy cities, all goals of crucial importance in the 21st century."

Individuals

2014 IMCL Lewis Mumford Award

The 2014 International Making Cities Livable  Lewis Mumford Award to

Mayor George Ferguson and Bristol City Council

for their leadership in creating a Healthy Bristol for All

Working to enhance streets for social life and celebration, for pedestrians, bicyclists and public transit, and reducing the negative impacts of the car - these measures will improve the health of all residents, especially children.

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2012 International Urban Design Award

The 2012 International Making Cities Livable
International Urban Design Award to

Ettore Maria Mazzola

for his exemplary project, “Urban Regeneration of the Groundscraper, Corviale, Rome”

In recognition of this visionary proposal to replace a “ground-scraper” with a human-scale new-traditional small town with mixed-use and piazzas, improving the landscape, economic and social well-being, without disrupting the inhabitants.

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Mayor Charles Royer

Charles Royer The International Making Cities Livable Jane Jacobs Award To

Mayor Charles Royer

For his dedication to urban livability and the needs of children, and current strategies through the Institute for Community Change to create walkable, livable, sustainable communities.

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Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr.

Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. The International Making Cities Livable Award To

Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr.

For his lifetime dedication to making cities livable and child-friendly, raising awareness of these issues through his inspiring leadership of the Mayors' Action Challenge for Children and Families, and the National League of Cities' Council of Youth, Education and Families

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Thank you!

For joining us at the 53rd International Conference on Caring for Our Common Home: Sustainable, Just Cities & Settlements in Rome, Italy, June 13-17, 2016!

"The conference was one of the most interesting and genuinely useful for information gathering that I’ve been to. The different backgrounds of the participants addressing the same issues was the key."

Joe Anglin Glatting Lopez Kercher Anglin

"A wonderful Conference. I truly believe this is the best Conference on cities."

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

"Congratulations for your extraordinary and successful effort. 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

"Thank you for the utterly fascinating conference in Santa Fe... It has been a long time since I have been intellectually stimulated and been involved with such international creativity and innovations. The conference energized me and I was able to bring back ideas and information to my city."

Councilmember Stephanie Karlin, Avondale, AZ

"What an amazing conference! One of the best professional events I have ever attended!! Well-structured, extremely well-organized and super-high quality of both the presenters and materials presented."

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

The Forgotten Child

“There is no topic more crucial to the well-being of our cities and of our democracy, and no one more qualified to give it the thoughtful attention it deserves.”