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for the 48th IMCL Conference, October 17-21, 2010 at the Dock Street Theater in Charleston, SC, where we shall together continue to influence city making & planning policies.
“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.”
Daniel Kemmis, Former Mayor of Missoula, MT, Author, The Good City & the Good Life
Creating History: Consistent Planning in Coral Gables
Preserving an Historic Setting: Expanding Old Town Key West
Redeveloping Downtown as the Economic & Cultural Center
Urban Historic Centers Renewal
The Preservation of Social Landmarks
City Churches as an Urban Resource
Reviving the Heart of a City Divided by Political Violence
Urban Rehabilitation Without Urban Renewal
Charleston Workshop: King Street Revitalization
Neighborhood Revitalization
The Role of Urban Space as the Basis for Neighborhood Revitalization
Neighborhood Livability, a City's Response
Innovative Approaches to Low Income Housing
Generating Low Income Housing
Maintaining Inner City Population and Housing the Elderly
Study of Byker Housing, Newcastle
City Case Studies
Germany - Nürnberg, Freiburg, Erlangen
City Case Studies (USA): Portland, Coral Gables, Key West, Fort Collins, Charleston, Cambridge, MA
European case studies: Salzburg, Paris and Venice
Architecture and the Livable City
Human Scale Architecture
Town Architecture
Urban Architecture
Architectural Design Concepts
Urban Design Guidelines
New Models of Development
The Economics of Urban Form
The Value Implications of the Contemporary Urban Form
Alternate Settlement Patterns
Community Participation Issues
Models of Community Participation
Vision 2000: Strategic Planning for Anaheim
Community Participation in Cross-Cultural Settings
Enlivening the City
Role of Markets
The Market as a Catalyst
Festivals: Creating an Urban Tradition
Conservation/Restoration
Defining Design Criteria for Urban Conservation
Balancing Resident and Tourist Needs
Strategies for the Improvement of San Franciscos Waterfront
Northern Cities
The Design & Planning of New Towns in the Arctic & Subarctic
Juneau. Alaska
The WHO Healthy Cities Project.
Speakers
Joseph Baker, Professor of Architecture, Laval University, Quebec, CANADA
Jonathan Barnett, Professor of City Planning, Graduate Center, City University of New York, NY, USA
Cristina Barrios-Cader, Associate Professor, School of Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Georgia Bizios, Associate Professor, School of Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
John Byrne, Deleware Public Administration Institute, College of Urban Affairs & Public Policy, University of Deleware, Newark, DE, USA
Judith M. Capen AIA, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Architecture and Planning, The Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC, USA
Paul Walker Clarke, Washington-Alexandria Center, Virginia Polytechnic & State University, Alexandria, VA, USA
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Ph.D.(Arch.), Director, Center for Urban Well-Being, New York, NY, USA. Conference Organizer
Theo David AIA, Professor & Chairman, Graduate Architecture Department, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Derek Drummond, Professor of Architecture, McGill Univ., Montreal, CANADA
Donna W. Dunay, College of Architecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
J. Larry Durrence, City Commissioner, Lakeland, FL, USA
Wolfdietrich Elbert, Director, European Center for Training Craftsmen in the Restoration of the Architectural Heritage, Venice, ITALY
Leonel Fadigas, Vice President, Portugese Committee for UNESCO Man & Biosphere Program, Lisbon Technical University, PORTUGAL.
Ben Farmer, Head, Department of Architecture, Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne, ENGLAND, UK
Andreas Feldtkeller, Director of Planning & Restoration for the Old City, Tübingen, GERMANY
Ronald Lee Fleming, President, The Townscape Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
Jean Marie Gath, Principal, The SWA Group, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
Jan Gehl, Senior Lecturer of Urban Design, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DENMARK
Nathan Glazer, Professor of Education and Sociology, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Paul H. Gleye, Associate Professor of Architecture, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, USA
Frank Groznik AICP, Director, Public Planning, EDAW Inc., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Rod Hackney, President, Royal Institute of British Architects, London, ENGLAND, UK
The Honorable Dietmar Hahlweg, Mayor of Erlangen, WEST GERMANY
Trevor Hancock, WHO, Ontario, CANADA
Michael S. Harrison AICP, Chief Planner, City of Portland, OR, USA
Amin B. Hassam, Senior Manager, Office of Government Services, Price Waterhouse, Washington DC, USA
Jim Hassinger, Executive Director, Chattanooga Venture, Chattanooga, TN, USA
Barry Jackson, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, ENGLAND, UK
Don Robert Johnson, Senior Leader of the Ethical Culture Society, New York, NY, USA
Jaques Kaswan, President, Urban Alternatives, San Francisco, CA, USA
Charles Knevitt, Architecture Correspondent, The Times; Director, Inner City Trust, London, ENGLAND, UK
Jonas Lehrman, Associate Dean, Faculty of Architecture, Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CANADA
Henry L. Lennard, Ph.D., Center for Urban Well-Being, New York, NY. Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry, Univ. of Calif., San Francisco, CA, USA. Conference Organizer
Gianni Longo, President, Urban Initiatives, New York, NY, USA
Joseph F. Mangiamele AICP, Professor of Urban Planning and Urban Design, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, USA
John M. McGuire, Jr.,AIA, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Drury College, Springfield, MO, USA
Rolf Monheim, Professor of Urban Geography, Bayreuth University, WEST GERMANY
Peter Novak, Ph.D., M.D., Dean, Dept. of Theoretical Medicine, University of Ulm, WEST GERMANY
Tom Peterson AICP, Director of Planning, City of Fort Collins, Co, USA
Rosaria Piomelli, Professor of Architecture, College of the City of New York, NY, USA
G. Douglas Purdy, Deputy Director of Social Planning, City of Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Patrick Quinn, Professor of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
The Honorable Joseph P. Riley, Mayor of Charleston, SC, USA; former President US Conference of Mayors
Edoardo Salzano, formerly Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning, Venice, Professor, Univ. of Venice, ITALY
Ernest R. Scoffham, Professor of Architecture, The Univ. of Nottingham, ENGLAND, UK
James W. Shields AIA, Dept. of Architecture, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, USA
Mark Sissman, President, Enterprise Social Investment Corp., Enterprise Foundation, Columbia, MD, USA
Janet Marie Smith, President, Pershing Square Management Assoc., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Bonifatius Stirnberg, Sculptor, Aachen, WEST GERMANY
Anselm Strauss, Professor of Sociology, Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Edward Sylvester, Staff Director, House Committee on DC, US Congress, Washington, DC, USA
Benjamin Thompson, Architect, Benjamin Thompson & Associates, Cambridge, MA, USA
Jane Thompson, Conceptual Designer, Benjamin Thompson & Associates, Cambridge, MA, USA
Hartmut Topp, Professor of Transportation Planning, Univ. of Kaiserslautern, WEST GERMANY
John Turner, Architect, Habitat, London, ENGLAND, UK
Wallace van Zyl, Prof. & Head, Dept. of Regional Planning, The Univ. of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Johannes Voggenhuber, City Councillor, Mayor for the Old City, Salzburg, AUSTRIA
Wolf Von Eckardt, Art and Architecture Critic, Washington, DC, USA.
William H. Whyte, author, American Conservation Association, New York, NY, USA
Bruce Yoell RIBA, Professor, School of Architecture and Building Technology, Univ. of Bath, ENGLAND, UK.
Special Events
Reception - Gibbes Art Gallery
Harbor Cruise Buffet
Receptions at the Edmonston-Alston House, Roper House, and Nathaniel Russell House.
“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.”
