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  1. Urban Architecture (11 papers)
    • Architecture as a Social Art
    • Appropriate Architecture
    • The DNA of a Healthy City
    • Appropriate Urban Architecture
    • Town Architecture
    • The Applicability of the Single House Form to Contemporary
    • Housing Projects in Charleston
    • Architecture in a City Worth Living in! Freiburg
    • Architecture in Downtown Montreal
    • Memory & the Importance of Monuments
    • Incidental Architecture
    • A New Vision of the "City of Man"
  2. Urban Space Design (10 papers)
    • Urban Space Design & Social Life
    • Sitting in Cities
    • The Disappearance of Public Space
    • Waterfront Design
    • The Evolution of a Pedestrian Network in Freiburg, Germany
    • Public Realm/ Figural Space. Transformation of Downtown
    • Chattanooga, TN
    • The Evolving Demand for Non-threatening Urban Space
    • The Skyway Assessed: A New Set of Urban Dynamics
    • The American Mall: Towards Corporate Control of Public Space
    • The Life Between the Houses
  3. Transportation Planning & Traffic Quietening (9 papers)
    • Walking & Transit - Two Sides of the Same Coin
    • Alternate Modes of Transportation
    • "No Particular Place to Go" - A Meditation on Mobility
    • Reclaiming the Human Scale through Urban Bicycling
    • Pedestrianization in German Towns: A Continual Development
    • The Ten Simple Rules of Urban Transportation
    • Overall Philosophy and Mechanisms of Traffic Calming
    • Ways to More Compatible Urban Transportation
    • Eight Myths of Traditional Traffic Planning
  4. Affordable Housing (8 papers)
    • Creating Affordable Housing
    • Housing Low-Income Persons with Existing Housing Stock
    • Charleston's Scattered Site Infill Housing
    • The Origins of Scattered Site Housing
    • Affordable Housing Through Community Architecture
    • Client, Community & Climate
    • New Affordable Housing for Low-Income Inner City Residents:
    • Transforming Skid Road in Vancouver, BC
    • New Planning Market - Housing Older People
  5. Community Participation (11 papers)
    • The Evolution of Community Participation
    • Chattanooga Venture
    • Only People Can Build Community
    • Community Architecture
    • The Livable City Depends on How We Solve Problems
    • Public Participation
    • Community Participation in Placemaking
    • Teaching the Citizen Participants to be Formalists
    • The Educational Approach to Community Development
    • "Ask the People Who Live There"
    • A Model Urban Design Process for Community Participation
  6. Community Festivals (5 papers)
    • Festivals: Creating a New Urban Tradition
    • Charleston's Community Festival: Piccolo Spoleto
    • The Revival of Carnival in Copenhagen
    • Festivals & Community Identity
    • Palio, Fasnacht & Carnival
  7. Farmers Markets & City Revitalization (8 papers)
    • Farmers Markets in a Festival Market
    • Farmers Markets
    • Guide for Establishing Farmers Markets, Parts I & II
    • Farmers Markets in San Luis Obispo, CA
    • Europe's Best Farmers Markets
    • The Significance of Freiburg's Market
    • New Interest in an Old Idea - The Rebirth of Farmers Markets
    • The Market as Catalyst
  8. Art in Public Places (7 papers)
    • The Place of Art/The Art of Place
    • Public Sculpture for Neighborhood Centers
    • Toward Criteria for Art in Public Spaces
    • Functions of Public Art: Recent European Examples
    • The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington
    • Art Works for Public Places
    • Children and Public Art
  9. City Case Studies (10 papers)
    • Chattanooga, TN
    • Portland's Central City Plan
    • Montreal's Downtown Plan - A Critique
    • Edinburgh - The Festival City: A Study of Spatial Development
    • Behind the Headlines: Making Belfast Livable
    • The Lessons of Venice: The Venetian Campo
    • In Amsterdam
    • City of Antwerp, Belgium
    • A Case Study of Graz, Austria
    • The Restoration of a Historic City: Tübingen, Germany
  10. Recreating the City Center (10 papers)
    • The Redevelopment & Use of Upper Level Space in Restored
    • Downtown Districts
    • The Grove & the Parking Structure
    • The Re-establishment of the Town Center
    • Village in the City - Mixed Use
    • The Glasgow Square
    • Fort Collins Downtown - A Western Success Story
    • Downtown Revitalization, Mountain View, CA
    • Reviving the Heart of a City Divided by Political Violence -
    • Nicosia, Cyprus
    • Gibraltar - The Old Command Education Center, An Activity
    • Setting to Form a Center to the Old City
    • A Case Study of Graz, Austria
  11. New Town Development (10 papers)
    • Seeking an Alternative to Suburban Inefficiency
    • The Neo-Traditional Village Concept
    • Social Interaction via 21st Century Housing
    • A Developer's Village Commitment
    • Re-Affirmation of the European Model
    • An Organic Experience in Creating the Heart of a New City
    • Re-Examining the Planned Communities of Reston, VA & Tapiola, Finland
    • New/Traditional Town Planning
    • Urban Villages: Tampa's Model for a Livable Future?
    • Tualatin Village Square: A Suburban Search for Sense of Place
  12. Urban Growth Controls (8 papers)
    • Meeting the Challenge of Growth Management
    • Santa Barbara's Growth Management: Reaching Consensus through Public Participation
    • Sustainable Development: Existing in Harmony with the Environment
    • Greening the Land Use Planning Process: It's Not Just Greening
    • Design & Development Controls in Santa Fe, NM
    • Urban Design in Central Dublin: A Tale of Two Cities
    • Design Guidelines as Controls on Development: The Politics of Implementation in Small Towns
    • Development Controls for Townscape Conservation: Guides & Ordinances
  13. Urban Design Guidelines (7 papers)
    • Preparing Urban Design Guidelines
    • Case Study, Urban Design Regulations, Tampa, FL
    • Towards Defining Urban Design Criteria for Urban Conservation
    • Public Realm/Figural Space, Transformation of Downtown Chattanooga, TN
    • Taming the Beast, a Strategy for Tempering Urban Scale
    • City Planning in Antwerp: "Harmony Rules"
    • The Cleveland Town Center Development Control Plan
  14. Small Town Revitalization (5 papers)
    • Effectiveness of the Main Street Program in Evaluating Success
    • The Revitalization of the Georgia Small City
    • Smyrna, GA: A Town Center Created by a Shift in Values
    • Facilitating Reanimation in Two Washington State Towns
    • Reviving the Heart of the City: Big Spring, TX
  15. Waterfront Design (5 papers)
    • Reclaiming Chicago Waterfront
    • Integrating Planning, Design, Programming & Fundraising
    • East Cambridge Riverfront Project
    • Creating a Waterfront at Newark on Trent
    • Ross's Landing - A River Edge Park Opportunity
  16. Nature in the City (7 papers)
    • Nature as Healer: New Forms in Health Care Environments
    • Nature in the City: Necessity or Luxury?
    • The Nature of Cities
    • Greenways: A "New" Model for Open Space Planners
    • The Green Vein, Re-Defining the Role of the Los Angeles River
    • In the Urban Landscape of Southern California
    • Urban Stream Preservation, San Luis Obispo, 1970 to 1991
    • Urban Invigoration Reclaiming Orphan Sliver Parcels
  17. Teaching the Livable City (6 papers)
    • Teaching the City: A Model for Architectural Education
    • Neo-traditional Housing in Traditional Cities
    • Responsive Incremental Development
    • An Historic Canadian City. Immediate Problems & Future Possibilities
    • An Urban Design Studio as a Means of Making Cities Livable:
    • A Buffalo Riverfront Redevelopment Study
    • Urban Issues in Beginning Architectural Design
  18. City Design & Social Pathology (10 papers)
    • Architecture, City Design & Social Pathology
    • Urban Policies & Social Pathologies
    • The City Who is Whole
    • Safer City Centres for Women
    • Short-term Responses to Assist the Homeless, and Long-term
    • Strategies to Stabilize Neighborhoods
    • The Public Realm & the Good City
    • Hunger & Homelessness in the U.S.
    • Urban Residents' Fear of Crime & the Urban Environment
    • Making Cities Livable by Designing Compensatory Physical
    • Environments for the Aging
    • Designing Healthy Cities
  19. Reclaiming the Public Realm (8 papers)
    • Reconquering Public Space: Towards the Livable City
    • The Assault on the Streets
    • Making Streets into Places
    • Making Streets Public Again
    • Experiments in the Public Realm
    • Creating a Sense of Place in Los Angeles
    • Appropriation of Public Places
    • Spaces for Human Communication
  20. Urban Identity (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (8 papers)
    • The Cobble Stone Folk Architecture of Medicine Park
    • Santa Barbara (A Seventy Year Effort in Community Planning
    • Formalization of the Santa Fe Style: A Populist Agenda
    • The Expression of a Sense of Place: New Orleans Architecture
    • Creating History: Coral Gables and the Importance ofConsistent Planning
    • Marketing Local Identity
    • Livingpool - Individual Identity in the Modern City
    • The Soul of Prague - The Artistic Idea of the City
  21. The Virtual City (5 papers)
    • The Public and Private Impact of Information Technology
    • Commercial Enterprise, Virtual Reality or Real City?
    • The New Reality: Media Technology and Urban Fortress
    • Cities of the Information Society and Developing Countries
    • Cyberspace as an Electronic Agora
  22. Innovative Transportation Policy (9 papers)
    • Urban Designs For a Sustainable Public Transport System
    • Missoula's Non-Motorized Transportation Plan
    • Freedom of Movement in the Democratic City
    • Bike-to-School a Safe Way
    • Rebuilding and Streetscaping Urban Arterial Roads in Germany
    • Recent Trends of Pedestrianization and Environmental Traffic Management in Britain
    • The Politics of Transportation, Florence, Italy
    • High Quality Architecture for Urban Public Transportation
    • Seaway Transportation in Istanbul
  23. Waterfront Development (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2003) (8 papers)
    • Taking Back San Francisco's Waterfront
    • Tacoma's Landfront
    • Old Waterfront - New Waterfront
    • The Redevelopment of the Fraser Lands, Vancouver
    • The Development of Kerrville's River Corridor
    • Thea Foss Waterway: Applying Urban Design Principles in Waterfront Development
    • South Bank Brisbane: Successful Riverfront Development
    • Creekfront
  24. Sense of Place (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (7 papers)
    • The Preservation of Social Landmarks
    • Architecture and Context
    • Memorable Streets
    • Streetscape Design Projects A Sense of Place
    • Rittenhouse Square: A Model of Place Making
    • Marcel Proust and an American Scenography
    • Street Vitality - An Assessment of Visual Facts
  25. Historic Cities in Transformation (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2003) (12 papers)
    • Preservation vs. Fossilization/"Museum Cities"
    • Bucharest: An Urban Tragedy
    • An Urban Agenda for the Development of Historical Cities in the People's Republic of China
    • Siena and Herat: Historic Milieu and Morphology
    • Dietary Fibre for an Historic City: Bath
    • Counterurbanization and the Edge Condition of Castiglione Fiorentino, Italy
    • Endangered Historic Cities in the Black Belt of Alabama and Mississippi
    • Regeneration of Old Beijing (Problems and Prospects)
    • Planning Policy Guidelines in Moscow
    • Redesigning the Historic Center Area
    • The Planning & Management of Historic Cities
    • Redeveloping & Revitalizing Arvada's Historic Urban Center
  26. Historic Cities in the Middle East (5 papers)
    • Istanbul: A City in Transformation
    • The Historic Core of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
    • Historic Architecture in a Boom Development
    • Pedestrianization in the City Centre of Alexandria, Egypt
    • Samarkand Revitalization
  27. New Urbanism (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (8 papers)
    • New Urbanism & Informal Urbanism
    • The New Urbanism-Public Transit Linkage
    • An Honest to Goodness Town
    • Applying New Urbanism to Revitalize our Inner Cities
    • New Urban Neighborhoods in Old Urban Ways, Vancouver
    • Transit Strategies in the Urban Village
    • Low Impact-High Density Residential Development
    • Pont Royal, Mallemort-en-Provence
  28. Sustainable Urban Development (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (10 papers)
    • Sustainable Development - Experiences from a German City
    • Towards the Global Commons
    • Planning for Sustainable Transportation in San Francisco
    • Townscape Analysis for Sustainable Land Use Planning & Urban Design
    • Managing Diversity in a Sustainable Urban Setting
    • Cascade: Creating Sustainable Guidelines for a Community
    • Sustainable Community Planning at High Desert, Albuquerque, NM
    • Sustainable Neighborhoods and the Recovery of Inner CityCommunities
    • Sustainable Urban Planning in Bamako, Mali
    • Hamilton-Wentworth's Sustainable Community Festival
  29. Rediscovery of Public Space (8 papers)
    • Why Cities Need Squares
    • Rediscovery of Public Space
    • Ten Principles for the Design of Successful Open Spaces
    • The Renaissance of Public Squares in Northern European City Centers
    • New Urban Spaces in Krakow
    • Rediscovered, Old and New Public Spaces of Macau, China
    • In Praise of Squares
    • Squares in the City - Beloved, Forgotten, Rediscovered
  30. Making Cities Livable for Children (NEW EXPANDED EDITION) (14 papers)
    • Urban Design and Children in the City
    • How Planners Can Help to Prevent Youth Violence
    • Effects of the Built Environment
    • Areas of Experience for Children on Rivers
    • Traffic and the Living Space of Children
    • Accessibility, Mobility, Autonomy
    • Accessibility in Swedish Towns
    • Information Technology and Children
    • Connecting the Worlds of Children and Adults
    • Networking for Well-being of Children & Youth in the City
    • The "Our Town" Project
    • Architecture for, by, & with Children. A Way to Teach Livable City
    • Places for Children
    • Children Designing Cities
  31. NEW 2001

  32. New Issues in Transportation Planning (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (13 papers)
    • Urban Design in the Third Motor Age
    • Seattle's Green Street Program
    • Pathways to & from Transit Stops - Part of Public Transportation
    • Urban Mobility & Grade Separation
    • "Level of Service" vs "Livability of Streets"
    • Planning for Sustainable Transporation in San Francisco
    • Idealized Carfree Cities & Application in the Real World
    • From Traffic Calming to Urban Oasis
    • Walking Downtown
    • Transit Greenways
    • Accessibility, Mobility, Autonomy
    • Integrated Transportation Planning
    • Ecological Train Station
  33. New Ideas for Sustainable Cities (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (12 papers)
    • The Davis Experience
    • Integrated Transportation Planning
    • Sustainable Cites: Phrases or Practice
    • Overcoming Barriers to Smart Growth: Atlanta
    • Towards Livability & Sustainability: San Francisco
    • The Future of the City
    • Transforming Sprawl into Livable Communities
    • The Crisis has Transformed the City: Jakarta
    • The Ecology of Urbanism
    • Technology as Community Shaper
    • The Urbanism of God
    • Rebuilding Neighborhood Scale Commercial Nodes
  34. Creating Livable Downtowns (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (13 papers)
    • The Curse of the Colonnade: Georgian Bath
    • Downtown Revitalization: an Evolutionary, Sustainable Approach
    • Urban Design for a New City Image & Livable Neighborhoods
    • Paseo Colorado, California
    • Strategic Redevelopment Plan, Madison, WI
    • New Mixed Use Projects, California
    • New Urban Neighborhoods in Old Urban Ways
    • Melbourne, an Urban Renaissance
    • Rebuilding Main Street, Vancouver
    • Pedals & Palaver Parks
    • New Solutions to Revitalizing "Mid-Urban" Main Streets
    • Extending the Vision for South Broad Street, Philadelphia
    • Piotrkowska Street - Continuous Revival of Lodz's Main Street
  35. Urban Space & Form: Cultural Patterns (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (12 papers)
    • Traditional Courtyard Houses of Mexico City
    • Towers of Tuscany
    • The Public Space & Monuments of the City
    • Two Colonial Cities - a World Apart?
    • Making South Africal Cities Livable
    • User Needs Analysis for a City Center Revitalization
    • Historical Development of the Squares of Istanbul
    • The Development of Public Space in Istanbul 2000
    • Regenerating the Cultural Mosaic of Istanbul
    • Urban Design Concepts for a Balinese Town
    • Plaza de la Republica, Maracaibo
    • Chandigarh. Search for Imageability within a Modernist Paradigm
  36. Models of Urban Design & Architecture: Critical Appraisals (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (8 papers)
    • Corporate Control of Urban Development
    • Perspectives on Architecture
    • Three Typologies of the Traditional City
    • Woman as Creator
    • An Honest to Goodness Town
    • Suburban Placelessness & Identity
    • Urban Fabric for Human Consumption
    • Urban Space: Real & Imagined
  37. Enlivening the City (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (6 papers)
    • A Carousel for Missoula
    • Festivals, Creativity & Social Capital
    • Artful Performance through Interaction
    • The Asheville Urban Trail Story
    • Farmers Markets versus e-Commerce
    • Walls of Memory
  38. NEW 2002

  39. The Urban Square (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2003) (9 papers)
    • The Importance of Social Life on the Square
    • The Second Coming of the American Town Center
    • The Plaza that Makes a Sense of Place
    • A New Town Center in a Rationalist Era
    • How to Build a Bad Town Square
    • Rediscovering a Lost Urban Heritage & Identity: Martyr's Square
    • Comparative Histories of Two Liverpool Squares
    • The Urban Room & the Figuration of the City
    • Genius of the European Square
  40. The Urban Square: Case Studies (11 papers)
    • Marienplatz, Munich
    • Muensterplatz, Freiburg
    • Piazza San Marco, Venice
    • The Venetian Campo
    • Palio and Piazza Il Campo, Siena
    • Antwerp, Belgium: Grote Markt, Handschoenmarkt
    • The Importance of the Historic Center of Tabor, Czech Republic
    • Transforming Poljana Square into Sibenik's Main Square, Croatia
    • Organizing Public City Space as a Planning Matter
    • Market Squares & Community Centers in Libya
    • Public Spaces in Southern Dalmatia
  41. The European Square: Historical Studies (9 papers)
    • The Evolution of the European Square
    • The Italian Piazza
    • The History of Piazza San Marco, Venice
    • Piazza Navona: Transformations and Functions
    • The German Marktplatz
    • Evolution of the Spanish Plaza Mayor
    • History of Austrian Marktplaetze
    • The Polish Rynek (Market Square)
    • Town Squares in the Czech Republic
  42. NEW 2003

  43. Educational Models for the Livable City (10 papers)
    • Reading the City
    • Urban Space in Architectural Education
    • Teaching Urbanism to Architects in the Era of Sprawl
    • Politics, Participation, Planning & Design by a Local University
    • A Tale of Two Arkansas Cities
    • Catalysts for Community Involvement
    • Importance of Urban Pride in the Urban Design Process
    • Educational Strategies for Livable Cities
    • Teaching Models for Neighborhood Planning
    • Urban-Architectural Education in a Small Anatolian Town
  44. Reconstructing Urban Neighborhoods (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (11 papers)
    • Redeveloping High Crime Residential Districts
    • Developing a College & Its Neighborhood
    • Rebuilding Neighborhood Scale Commercial Nodes
    • Community Oriented Planning in the Charlottesville, VA Region
    • Achieving a Livable Neighborhood? Ultimo-Pyrmont, Sydney
    • Regulations for Traditional Neighborhood Developments
    • Churchill Meadows Neighborhood Concept Plan
    • An Urban Design Study for Manayunk Community, Philadelphia
    • Mixed Use: Reshaping the Suburbs
    • A Suburban Mixed Use Pedestrian Development
    • Rebuilding Urban Neighborhoods Using Mixed Income Housing
  45. Community Participation in Planning (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (10 papers)
    • Grass Roots Renaissance: Youngstown, OH
    • Revitalizing an Urban Sense of Community
    • Community Building in Suburbia
    • Community-Oriented Planning in the Charlottesville, VA Region
    • Community Participation: Moscow & Rocky Mountain Region
    • Creating Inclusive Partnerships: Delray Beach, FL
    • Design Resources Center, Charlottesville, VA
    • The Regional Resource Center
    • Portland’s Neighborhood Association Program
    • Value-Based Planning
  46. NEW 2004

  47. Traditional Town Planning & Architecture (10 papers)
    • The Case for Traditional Architecture & Urbanism
    • Lessons from Georgian Urbanism: Revisiting Bath & Edinburgh
    • The Architecture & Urbanism of John Simpson
    • Strategies of Urban Renaissance
    • Baxter Village, NC & East Garrison, CA
    • Place Making & Authenticity
    • Revealing the Identity of Built Places
    • Regional Synthesis & Neighborhood Identity
    • A Light of Hope
    • Traditionalism Makes People Happy
  48. The Healthy Community & the Built Environment (5 papers)
    • Built Environment & Physical & Mental Illness
    • Health, Urban Design & Public Policy
    • Healthy Environments for Child Development
    • Planning to Reduce Worry
    • Criteria for Town & Neighborhood Environments that Promote the Health & Well-Bein of CHildren & Youth
  49. Learning from the European Square (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (7 papers)
    • The Spatial Geometry of Bohemian Town Squares
    • Squares in the Old City of Dubrovnik
    • Venice & its "Campi"
    • Namesti Premysla Otakara II, Ceske Budejovice, CZ
    • Patterns of Buildings & Spaces in Northern European Cities
    • The Piazza & the City
    • Dam Square, Amsterdam
  50. The Urban Square in North America (5 papers)
    • Duluth Town Green
    • Pack Square Asheville
    • Creating a Town Center, University Place, WA
    • The Public Process of Placemaking: A Tale of Two Cities
    • Federal Courthouse District Urban Design Plan, Eugene, OR
  51. Sustainable Cities & Regions (NEW EXPANDED EDITION 2006) (11 papers)
    • The Eco-Neighborhood
    • Ecological Cities
    • Towards an Urban Eco-Village
    • Environmentalism & the Reinvigoration of Civic Purpose
    • The New Sustainability
    • Urban Sustainability through Environmental Design
    • What is the State of the Art in Sustainable Design?
    • Patient Search... or Paint by Numbers?
    • Erlangen, Germany: Model of Sustainability
    • The Sustainability/Livability Prism
    • Constructing the Suistainable City
  52. Social & Physical Health & the Built Environment (11 papers)
    • If Walls Could Talk
    • Healthy Environments for Social Development
    • Creating Alternatives to the Consumer Landscape
    • It's a Sprawl World After All
    • Health as a Planning Priority in Low Income Neighborhoods
    • Solving Environmental Health Problems for the Aging
    • Senior-Friendly Livable Communities
    • Physician Heal Thyself: A Bioclimatic Solution to Community Healthcare Architecture
    • Jane Jacobs' Vital Science & Healthy City
    • Private Streets & the Challenge to Democracy
    • Design Strategies that Promote Civic Engagement
  53. City Planning in China (7 papers)
    • China's Cities, Growth Management, & Sustainable Development
    • The Prerequisites of Reforming Familiar Neighborhoods
    • Ecological Community Planning in Yue Qing City
    • A View of the Social Space of Urban Communities
    • Persistence & Transformation of Chinese Villages
    • The Likely & Desirable Futures of Beijing's Hutongs
    • Ecological Problems & Policy for Urban Water Cycle in Metropolitan Cities of Taiwan
    • Saving Victoria Harbor: Making Hong Kong More Livable
  54. Design & Use of Urban Squares (7 papers)
    • Urban Places & Democratic Dialogue
    • The European Square & its Significance for the Revival of Contemporary Urban Design
    • The Development of Dutch Town Squares
    • Patterns of Co-Presence in Public Spaces of Teheran
    • Residents Satisfaction with Public Open Space in Makkah City
    • The Psychological Importance of Public Space
    • The Concept of the Identity of Place
  55. New & Traditional Designs for Mixed Use (10 papers)
    • Strategies for Urban Renaissance: the Mixed Use Neighborhood
    • The SHophouse Concept in SE Asia
    • Hong Kong: A Vertical Urban Living Experience
    • A New Mixed-Use Project in South Miami, FL
    • Creating a Successful Mixed Use Livable Community
    • Revitalizing the Chicago Rail Web
    • Achieving New Urban Neighborhoods
    • Private Urbanism - New Strategies - Traditional Principles
    • Community Design by Nature
    • Making it Green & Real: Defining New Suburbia

    NEW 2008

  56. Health & the Built Environment (6 papers)
    • Active Living Enabled by Outdoor Environments
    • Health Related Significance of Urban Spaces & Buildings
    • Temporary Open Spaces for Social Integration
    • Child Health & the Walkable Neighborhood
    • How Public Health Professionals are Changing Planning
    • Teaching Health & the Built Environment
  57. Planning for Walking & Biking (5 papers)
    • The Evolution of Florida's Safe Routes to School
    • Cycling in Cities
    • Towards a Car-Free Pasadena: Increasing Walkability
    • Planning for Commuting by Foot & Bike
    • Walkable Schools & Livable Neighborhoods
  58. Transportation Planning for TOD (6 papers)
    • Transit Oriented Development Comes of Age
    • Revitalizing the Chicago Rail Web
    • TOD & the Suburban Shopping Mall
    • Transit Development Impact Guidelines
    • Environmental Justice in Transportation Planning
    • Land Use/Transit Integration in Urban Design

    NEW 2009

  59. Planning the Healthy City (12 papers)
    • The Healthy Communities Agenda: How We Can Work Together
    • Fighting Obesity with Patterns of Place-Making: the SLIM DOWNtown Project in Manhattan, KS
    • Do “Smart” Places have Less Urban Health Penalty?
    • Health and Nature in the Urban Environment
    • Promoting Place-Based Strategies to Encourage Healthy Living: LA County
    • Active Living by Design in Portland, Oregon
    • Opportunity for Improving Equity: The Built Environment and the Social Gradient in Health
    • Building a City-Level Fitness Index: American College of Sports Medicine’s American Fitness IndexTM Program
    • Food and Health: The Missing Ingredients in Australia’s Metropolitan Planning
    • Urban Planners’ Knowledge of Health and Wellbeing: a New Zealand Perspective
    • Designing for Social Health – Origin, Genesis and Potentials of “Documenta Urbana”
    • Health, Architecture and the Pursuit of Community
  60. Planning Child-Friendly Neighborhoods and Cities (9 papers)
    • Strategy for a Healthy (and Sustainable) City
    • “Being 5”: Young Children, Space, Place, and Belonging. A framework for designing spaces for children
    • Child in the City: Building Vital Downtowns
    • Child Development & the Social, Built and Natural Environment
    • Designing Creative Outdoor Spaces for Children: Encouraging Fun and Learning Through Play in Urban Environments
    • Adapting Existing Environments to Maximize Children’s Healthy Development
    • Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity: Lessons from the Portland Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Coalition
    • My Space: Livable Cities, Public Art, and Healthy Child Development.
    • Walking School Buses in the Auckland, New Zealand: A sustainable contribution to neighbourhood health & wellbeing?
  61. Sustainability Issues Shape Planning (11 papers)
    • The City as Garden: A Study of the Sustainable Urban District of Kronsberg (Hannover), Germany
    • Regenerative Landscapes in China
    • What Can We Learn from the Newest Dutch City? Creative Urban Design and Planning in Almere New City, The Netherlands
    • Balanced-Center Development
    • Conservation, Science and Land Use Planning: Pima County, AZ in the New Millennium
    • Stormwater Management for “EcoDensity”
    • The Place of Perception in the Sustainable City
    • Sustain the Unsustainable: Studies on the Design and Planning of Parking Structures
    • Salt Lake City’s Downtown in Motion
    • The Transition Town Movement. Community Response to Peak Oil and Climate Change
    • Making Sustainable Environmental Health a Core Objective of Land Use Planning and Governance in the City of New Orleans: A Policy Perspective