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New Urban Research
The Congress for the New Urbanism invites academic paper submissions for presentation at the annual Congress. Submissions are welcome as long as they adhere to the submission guidelines.
This year, CNU is targeting the notion of Tactical Urbanism – a topic which was recently acknowledge by the curatorial committee of the Venice Biennale as one of the most pervasive global urban movements since the “Situationist International” protests in May of 1968, in France. The papers should concentrate on real examples demonstrating the feasibility or lack of practicality of projects motivated by activism rather than politics. The intention is to deliver a summary of academic investigations exploring the appropriation of cities, the current change in the culture of planning, and the intrusions caused by projects with small life spans.
Highest priority will be given to the following topics: art in public spaces, urban repair, temporary interventions, land use fluctuations and utilization cycles, guerrilla urbanism and squatting, homelessness, ethnic sub-cultures, economic reform, land use re-interpretations, creative/temporary development proposals, new lifestyles, lack or excess of security, urban abandonment/shrinkage, aesthetic value of time, urban design theories or methodologies, and creative means of urban transportation.
Selected authors are expected to present their papers at CNU 21 in Salt Lake City, Utah, May 29 - June 1, 2013. For more information, please see the Submission Guidelines.
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2013
The following papers will be presented from May 29 - June 1, 2013 at CNU 21 in Salt Lake City, UT:
Retrofitting Suburbia and Informal Slums in the Latin-American Context
Oscar Carracedo and Nuria Noguer
The Tactical Urbanism Origins of the Denver Bike Sharing System
Wesley E. Marshall, Andrew Duvall, and Deborah Main
From Parking to Park: Transportation Impacts & Value of Parklets
Danielle Dai
From Master Plans to Punctual Interventions (slums in Barcelona)
Adolf Sotoca and Oscar Carracedo
Tactical Urbanism Using "Pattern Language" Toolkits
Michael Mehaffy
Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Temporary Urbanism
Kimberly C. Driggins
2012
The following papers were presented from May 8-12, 2012 at CNU 20 in West Palm Beach, FL:
New Urbanism in New Delhi
Dipu Gupta
Imageability Continuum and Discreteness: Older Residential Neighborhood Areas of Kolkata
Tapas Mitra
Sustainable Development Zones: India’s New Urbanism?
Lesley Pories
Space, Property and the First Urbanism
M. Gordon Brown
Rediscovering the Master Street Plan: The Critical Missing Component in City Planning Today
Paul Knight
Striving for New Urbanist Transportation in an AASHTO World: Stapleton’s Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Wesley Marshall
Quality by Design: The Venustas of Urban Squares
Valentin Hadelich
2011
The following papers were presented from June 1-4, 2011 at CNU 19 in Madison, WI:
Supersized Intersections vs. Gridded Street Networks: Comparing Capacities & Pedestrian Accommodations
Brian Bern and Wesley Marshall
Transportation for Sustainable Communities: A Cost and Impact Comparison between Alternative Transportation Modes
Patrick M. Condon
Prediction of Transportation Outcomes for LEED-ND Pilot Projects
Reid Ewing
The Neglected Educational Reform: The Holistic Revitalization of American Urban Neighborhoods
Kathleen M. Galvin and Walter F. Heinecke
Chicago is Rural: The Inconsistencies and Absurdities of Street Connectivity Indices
Paul L. Knight
Automobile Use and Activity Level in Small Cities
Chris McCahill and Norman Garrick
School Oriented Development: Elementary Schools as a New Opportunity for Sprawl Repair
Carolyn Reid
2010
The following papers were presented from May 19-22, 2010 at CNU 18 in Altanta, GA:
The City of Continuity vs. the City of Contrasts: New Urbanism and Historic Preservation
Steven Semes
New Tools for Urban Transportation Planning
Michelle Marcus
Retrofitting Suburbia Through Pre-Urban Patterns
Pere Vall Casas
Visualizing Morphological Conditions for Pedestrian Connectivity
Christopher Miller
Losing Hartford: Transportation Policy and the Decline of an American City
Christopher McCahill
Acoustic Expectations, Health Effects and Design Techniques in the Urban Environment
Steven Ryherd
Medical Science, Evidence-Based Design, and the Evolving Implications for Best Practice in Urban Design
Michael Mehaffy
Why Bike-Friendly Cities are Safer for all Road Users
Wesley Marshall
Complete Streets Make Healthier People: Reforming Street Design Policies to Combat Obesity
Bill Sadler
2009
The following papers were presented from June 10-14, 2009 at CNU 17 in Denver, CO:
A Lot Types Approach to Coding for Diverse Established Neighborhoods
Korkut Onaran
Climate Change and Urbanism: The Choices Before Us
Michael Mehaffy, Laura Hall, and Robert Alminana
Urban Generative and Sustainable Design Processes to Create Living Urban Form: Case Study of a Courtyard Housing Design Competition
Kyriakos Pontikis
The Shape of Sustainable Street Networks for Neighborhoods and Cities
Norman Garrick and Wesley Marshall
2008
The following papers were presented from April 3-6, 2008 at CNU XVI in Austin, TX:
New Urbanism and New Pedestrianism
Michael Arth
Phoenix Rising: Measuring Urban Densification Associated with Light Rail Transit
Carol Atkinson-Palombo
Urbanism in Evolution: New Urbanism and Beyond
Stephen Marshall
Urbanism and Parking Demand in New England Cities
Wes Marshall and Norman Garrick
The Impact of Transportation and Urban Planning on Carbon Emissions: A Case Study of Cambridge, MA
Christopher McCahill and Norman Garrick
Mechanism Design Theory and and Sustainable Urban Form: A Proposed Priority for Collaborative Research
Michael Mehaffy
Perforated, Bent and Folded: Urban Fabric for Human Consumption
Nikos Salingaros, Kenneth G. Masden
Light Imprint Urbanism
Tom Low, Stephen L. Davis, Andres Duany, Patrick Kelly, Guy Pearlman, Georgio Tachiev