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Call for Papers

Paper proposals are invited from elected officials, scholars and practitioners concerned with the following issues:

Reshaping Suburbia
Healthy Communities
Inclusive Neighborhoods
Public Places for Social Life and Civic Engagement
Integrating Public Health and Planning Methods
Generating Community Participation in the Suburbs
Nature in Suburbia
Healthy Transportation Planning
Tools and Methods for Reshaping Suburbia.
For more details, please see the 50th Presentation Topics.

Deadline for submission: Extended to December 20, 2012

Please prepare proposals for blind peer review. The personal information is required but will not be circulated to reviewers. In the abstract box, please include paper title and abstract (200-250 words), but do not include any personal information.

Notification will be sent within 4 weeks of submission. Final accepted papers are due March 2013. Papers must be presented in person at the conference and will be published in the digital conference proceedings. Selected papers will also be published in Documentation Sets on focused topics.

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