21st Conference in Carmel
21st International Making Cities Livable Conference on
CHILDREN IN PERIL
&
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Carmel, California
March 9 - 13, 1998
Plenary and Panel Sessions
- The Vision of the Livable City
Children in Peril
- Information Technology and Children
- The Virtual City
- Growing Up in the City
- Children and the Built Urban Environment
Strategies for Sustainable Growth
- Controlling Growth in Santa Fe, NM
- Strategies for Managing Growth
Holistic Models for Preventing Sprawl
- Community Design Workshop for Covington, Georgia
- European Models of Decentralized Concentration against Urban Sprawl
- Territory City, Congestion and Dilution of the “Full” City
Sustainability of the Region
- Greater Toronto Area Urban Structure - An Analyis of Progress Towards the Vision
- Establishing a Sustainable Community
- The Climate’s Response to Insensitive Urban Development
Ecological Urban Design
- Strategies for Greening the City
Ecological Transportation Planning
- Ecological Transportation: Policies and Practice
- New Urban Planning and Car Traffic Management Research
New Urban Neighborhoods
- Ensuring the Quality of New Urban Neighborhoods
- Designing New Urban Neighborhoods Around Public Places
- Guidelines for the New Government District of St. Pölten, Austria
- New Urbanism in Neighborhood Planning: Waterloo
Neo-Traditional Housing
- Application of New Urbanism Principles to New Inner-City Market Housing
- New “Traditional” Residential Development in the City of Fairfax, VA
The Importance of Public Space and the Public Realm: Festivals in Public Places
- Successful People Places in India and Nepal
- Celebrating Community in European Cities
- Enlivening the City
- The San Luis Obispo Thursday Night Street Market
Concensus Building
- Concensus Building in the Region
Community Participation in City Revitalization
- Rebuilding American Inner City Neighborhoods
- Fifeville Community Design
- Goleta Oldtown’s New Community Plan
- The Five Point Partnership, Norview Virginia
Strategies for Rebuilding Neighborhoods
- Continuity of Community through Metamorphosis of Use
- Rebuilding Neighborhoods by Recycling Urban Infrastructure
Revitalizing the City: Case Studies
- Louisville’s West Main Street Cultural District
- Successful Urban Development Projects
- City of West Hollywood East Side Redevelopment Planning Process
- Longview Neighborhood Initiative Area, Phoenix
- The Revitalized City Center of Berlin
- Concepts for Redevelopment in Shanghai, China
- Calgary’s Livability: Challenges and Plans
International Perspectives
- Integrating Infrastructure in Urban Waterfront Conversion
- Urban Form at the Fringe of Metropolitan Santiago
Maintaining Architectural Identity
- Sustaining Culture: Imaginary Interventions at Mae Hong So, Thailand
- The Local Characteristics and Modern Meaning of Zongshan Road in Quanzhou
- Uniqueness of Place
- The Public Work: Redefining the Standard for an Urban Society
- Using the Visual Preference Survey as a Method for Developing Urban Design Guidelines
- Achieving Mixed Use: Codes and Financing
- Building Codes and Urban Renewal
Public Art
- Crafting Collaborations: Art, Landscape and the City
- The Urban Arts Corridor: A Bridge Between El Barrio and the Harlem Gateway
- Workshop: Traffic Calming
Speakers
- Barry Alberts, Executive Director, Louisville Development Authority, Louisville, KY, USA
- The Honorable Mark Asmundson, Mayor, City of Bellingham, WA, USA
- Jia Beisi, Dr., Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG
- Barry Bell, BES, B.Arch., M.Phil. (Cantab.), OAA, MRAIC, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, CANADA
- Michele Chiuni, Professor, Housing Futures Institute, College of Architecture & Planning, Ball State University, Muncie, In, USA
- Maurice Cox, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 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
- Marc Glaudemans, Arch. Eng., Faculty of Architecture (Theory and History), Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS
- Joel B. Goldsteen, Ph.D., AICP, NCARB, Professor, School of Urban & Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
- The Honorable Walter Gray, Mayor, City of Kelowna, BC, CANADA
- Harlan Green, Mortgage Banker, Home Loan Division, ComUnity Lending, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Dietmar Hahlweg, Dr., Mayor, (Oberbürgermeister a.D.), City of Erlangen, Germany
- David Hudson, Director, Community Development & Planning, City of Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, USA
- Margrit Hugentobler, Ph.D., Architecture and Planning, ETH Wohnforum, Federal Technical University, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
- Luz Alicia Cárdenas Jirón, MSc.(Arch.), Departamento de Urbanismo, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, CHILE
- A. R. De Jong-Siregar, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, THE NETHERLANDS
- The Honorable Mike Kadas, Mayor, City of Missoula, MT, USA
- Joanne Kerr, Alderman, City of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CANADA
- William C. Kueffer, Director, Planning and Land Use Department, City of Santa FE, NM, USA
- Kalpana Kuttaiah, Senior Research Associate, Urban Design Center, School of Architecture & Environmental Design, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
- Henry L. Lennard, Ph.D., Chairman, Advisory Board, IMCL Council, Carmel, CA, USA. Professor of Medical Sociology in Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. Conference Organizer
- The Honorable Sue Lempert, Mayor, City of San Mateo, CA, USA
- The Honorable John Les, Mayor, City of Chilliwack, CANADA
- Gianni Longo, President, Urban Initiatives, New York, NY, USA
- Leslie Lu, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG
- Donald MacDonald, FAIA, Architect, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Glen R. Miller, MCIP, RPP. Director of Applied Research, Canadian Urban Institute, Toronto, ON, CANADA
- The Honorable Bob Morrow, Mayor, City of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, CANADA
- Peter Novak, Prof. Dr.Dr., Director, Department of Medical Sociology, University of Ulm, Ulm, GERMANY
- The Honorable Roxanne Qualls, Mayor, City of Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Patrick J. Quinn, FAIA, FRSA, FAAR, Institute Professor Emeritus, Department of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
- Judith Reno, Professor of Architecture, The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, USA
- H. Randal Roark, AIA, AICP, Director, Urban Design Workshop, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
- The Honorable Peter Robertson, Mayor, Brampton, ON, CANADA.
- Don Roth, Senior Planner, Development Services, City of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CANADA
- Edoardo Salzano, Dean, School of Urban Planning, University of Venice, Venice. Formerly, Deputy Mayor, City of Venice, ITALY
- Kenneth Schwartz, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Tom Selland, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Architecture, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
- Klaus Semsroth, Univ. Prof. Dr., Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, AUSTRIA
- Hannes Tank, Dr., Abteilung Wirtschaftspolitik, Forschungsinstitut der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn, GERMANY
- J. D. Thoms, Commissioner, Regional Environment Department, Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, Hamilton, ON, CANADA
- Menelaos Triantafillou, AICP, ASLA, Menelaos Triantafillou & Associates, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Dr., Mayor (Erster Bürgermeister), City of Freiburg, GERMANY
- Allyne Winderman, Manager, Economic Development & Housing, Department of Community Development, City of West Hollywood, West Hollywood, CA, USA
- Yunxia Wu, Department of Architecture, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, Fujan, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
Special Events
- Walking Tours of Carmel
- Welcoming Reception - Poseidon Room
- Awards Luncheon - Poseidon Room
- City of Carmel Reception - Sunset Center
- Luncheon Reception - Carmel Mission of Junipero Serra
- San Francisco Tour

“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.”
“No one has studied the European square more thoughtfully and thoroughly than Suzanne and Henry Lennard.”