An international conference for city officials, developers, practitioners and scholars in planning, health policy, social sciences, urban design, architecture and landscape architecture from many parts of the world. Purpose: to engage in a dialogue on the relationship between the built environment and health, livability and sustainability; to learn from the best models, and to establish working relationships to effect change.
Paper topics include:
The Built Environment, Social & Physical Health
Designing Healthy Cities for Children
Active Living & the Walkable City
Isolation & Depression in Sprawl
Influence of Social Life & Community on Physical Health
Teaching Connections between Health & the Built Environment
Universal Design: Accessibility for All
Town Square & Marketplace: Social Life in the Public Realm
Urban Forms that Promote Civic Engagement & Democratic Dialogue
Integrating Diversity through Urban Planning
Walking & Biking to School & Work
Teenagers, Social Development & the Built Environment
Social Sustainability & Urban Planning
Importance of Festivals in Building Community.
Please send a 250 word abstract to:
. Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard Ph.D.(Arch.), Program Committee Chair, IMCL Conferences, PO Box 7586, Carmel, CA 93921. Fax: +1- 831-624-5126. Paper abstracts must be prepared for blind peer review (as email attachments). Cover letter or email should identify the author. Final date for paper proposals due: October 31, 2007. Notification sent within 4 weeks of submission. Accepted papers must be presented in person at the conference.
