Social Life in the City

#121 Designing Excellent Cities and Public Places

Design Matters (Slides)
Ferdinand S. Johns, Oak Harbor, WA, USA

Learning from the Rudy Bruner Award (Paper and Slides)
Anne-Marie Lubenau, Cambridge, MA and Robert Shibley, Buffalo, NY

The Role of Public Places in Making Cities Livable (Slides)
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Portland, OR, USA

The Language of Change (Slides)
George Ferguson, Bristol, UK

#120 Multi-functional Squares

Public Space in Santa Fe, Past, Present and Future (Slides)
Mayor Javier Gonzales, Ken Hughes, Matthew O'Reilly, and Thomas Leatherwood, Santa Fe, NM

A Return to the Town Square (Paper and Slides)
Stephanie L. Rouse, Anoka, MN

Thresholds of Piazzas (Paper and Slides)
Jassen Callender, Jackson, MS

Square Roots: Fundamental Design Concepts for Successful Urban Squares (Paper and Slides)
Kyle L. Campbell, Cincinnati, OH

#119 Reclaiming Neighborhoods

Save Britain’s Heritage and the Spittalfields Trust – Smithfield Market/Kings
College Strand/Spitalfields (Paper and Slides)
John Burrell, London, United Kingdom

Brownfields to Greenfields – Linking Environment and Health (Paper and Slides)
Juliana Maantay, New York, NY

The Project of New Social Condensers for Metropolitan Areas (Paper and Slides)
Lucina Caravaggi and Cristina Imbroglini, Rome, Italy

Revitalizing the Ramshackle: INDentrification via Placemaking (Paper)
Matt Ashby and Scott Wilson, Cheyenne, WY

#116 Public Places for Social Health and Community

The Importance of the Public Realm in Developing the Age-Friendly Community (Slides)
Philip B. Stafford, Bloomington, IN

Public Space and Civic Life: Threats and Opportunities (Slides)
Setha Low, New York, NY

People of the Passeggiata (Paper and Slides)
David Helburn Sachs, Manhattan, KS

Urban Agriculture as a Catalyst for Place-Based Community Development (Paper and Slides)
Scott Truex, Muncie, IN

#115 The Ottawa Story

Number of presentations – 8, including:

Panel Presentation: Infill and Intensification (Slides)
Alain Miguelez, Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Panel Presentation: Infill and Intensification (Slides)
David Wise, Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Redevelopment of Lansdowne Park (Slides)
John Smit, Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Panel Presentation: Public Health (Slides)
Theresa Tam, Ottawa, ON, CANADA

#114 The Public Realm

Number of presentations – 11, including:

Implementing the New Urban Agenda: Changing the "Operating System for Growth" (Slides)
Michael Mehaffy, Portland, OR

Intergenerational Contact Zones: Design for Engagement across the Generations (Slides)
Philip B. Stafford, Bloomington, IN

Playing in the vicinity: The effects of proximity of play environments on child active play (Slides)
Lamine Madhoubi, Bristol, UK

#111 What Do The People Want?

Number of presentations – 12, including:

Places Where People Thrive (Paper and Slides)
Jenny Donovan, Albert Park, AUSTRALIA

Objects to 10 Actions to Countless Sustainable Cities (Paper)
Tobi Nussbaum, Ottawa, ON, CANADA

Community Wellbeing: Towards a New Framework of Design (Paper and Slides)
Antonio Gómez-Palacio, Toronto, ON, CANADA

#109 Transformations To Create The City Of Short Distances

Number of presentations – 17, including:

The 21^stCentury Suburban Transformation: Climate Change and Urban Design (Slides)
James Brainard, Carmel, IN, USA

Warsaw’s Neighborhoods: Creating a Good Place to Live (Slides)
Marlena Happach, Warsaw, POLAND

#108 Defining Healthy 10-Minute Neighborhoods

Number of presentations – 14, including:

Essential Characteristics of Healthy, 10-Minute Neighborhoods (Paper and Slides)
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Portland, OR

Enabling the Urban Village (Slides)
George Ferguson, Bristol, UK

How Walkable Neighborhoods Revive, Evolve, and Improve (Slides)
Philip Langdon, New Haven, CT, USA

Designing New 10-Minute Neighborhoods in Russia (Slides)
Maxim Atayants, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA

#107 Public Places for Sustainable Health

Number of presentations - 8, including:

Public Places and Public Health, (Slides)
Richard J. Jackson, Los Angeles, CA

Health and Urban Policies: Multiple Threads to Interconnect City and Health, (Paper & Slides)
Marco Akerman, São Paulo, Brazil

Interactions Between Public Health and Toronto’s Urban Fabric, (Paper & Slides)
Leila M. Farah & Florian Mayer, Toronto, Canada

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Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., City of Charleston

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Benjamin Thompson, FAIA AIA Gold Medalist

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Antonio Casellati Former Mayor, City of Venice, Italy

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Kim Richter, City Councillor, Langley, BC

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