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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.
“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
Genius of the European Square
“No one has studied the European square more thoughtfully and thoroughly than Suzanne and Henry Lennard.”
Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Mayor, City of Charleston, SC
| Making Cities Livable |
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416 pages. 35 illustrations. 8 1/2" x 11" MAKING CITIES LIVABLE provides city officials, planners, architects and urban designers with a state-of-the-art handbook on how to make cities livable, and appropriate strategies for controlling urban sprawl. MAKING CITIES LIVABLE brings together the most advanced concepts and ground breaking projects for new urban neighborhoods. The essays were selected from over one hundred presentations at the 17th International Making Cities Livable Conference in Freiburg, Germany. TABLE OF CONTENTS(Selections) PART ONE - The Livable CityThe Future of the City The City as a Family Seven Aims for the Livable City The Nature of Livability Themes of the Freiburg Conference PART TWO - Essential ElementsPublic Space Designing the Heart of a New Urban Neighborhood What Can We Learn from Historical Marketplaces Climatic Factors and Public Space Planning Out Crime in Britain Public Art, Public Space & Regeneration Public Realm The Public Realm & the Good City Can Urbanity Be Planned? Virtual Reality or the Concrete, Real City Children in the City Children & Their Needs The Good City for Children How to Provide Good Cities for Children & Youth Community Participation Visions and Beyond Putting People Into Planning Mixed Use The "Shop/House" - Building Block of a Healthy City Village in the City City Identity City Identity in New Urban Neighborhoods Identity, Urban Design in the City State Marketing Local Identity Ecology Ecological Principles for New Urban Areas Balanced Transportation System Integrated Transportation Planning, Strasbourg, France Urban Lifestyle & Transportation Policy Venice - A Model of a Car-Free City Towards a Pedestrian Friendly Manhattan High Quality Architecture for Urban Public Transportation PART THREE- New Urban Neighborhoods: Work in ProgressPrinciples Ten Guidelines for the Planning & Development of a New Urban Neighborhood New Uses of Former Military Areas The Greenfield-Brownfield Debate New Urban Neighborhoods: Case Studies Freiburg-Rieselfeld Carpi and Imola Antwerp Revives its Urban Neighborhoods Planning for a University Urban Village Near Aberdeen, Scotland Former Military Sites: Case Studies Converting a Military Facility to an Urban Townscape Conversion of Previous Military Sites: Kassel Lee Barracks in Mainz-Gonsenheim Former Industrial Areas: Case Studies Residential Development on Kästrich, Mainz The Search for Neighborhood in Ultimo-Pyrmont, Sydney Housing Areas: Case Studies Ecological Principles for Mass Housing Waterfront Areas: Case Studies A Comprehensive Land Use Plan for San Francisco's Water-front Seaway Transportation in the Istanbul Metropolitan Area PART FOUR - RecommendationsThe Freiburg Statement on New Urban Neighborhoods "In the diversity of subjects covered, the excellence of contributors, and their wide range of background and experience, MAKING CITIES LIVABLE is unique." Prof. Patrick J. Quinn, Former President,
"The publication of the Freiburg IMCL Conference Proceedings is an important event. MAKING CITIES LIVABLE should be read by every city official, architect and planner." Mayor Dietmar Hahlweg, City of Erlangen, Germany. |
