CALL FOR PAPERS
39th International Making Cities Livable (IMCL) Conference
The Healthy Community and the Built Environment
March 15-19, 2004
City Hall, Sarasota, Florida Co-sponsored by the City of Sarasota Deadline for submission of proposals: January 15, 2004
Topics include:
* Built environment/community health interconnections
* Town centers for healthy communities
* Healthy environments for children and youth
* Urban design and the elderly
* Suburban sprawl as a health risk factor
* Increasing walkability through design
* Transportation policy for healthy communities
* Planning for bicycling and walking
* Successful development models: case studies
* Neighborhood initiatives
* Sustainable urban development
* Teaching models
40th International Making Cities Livable (IMCL) Conference
Building Cities for Community and Identity
June 13-17, 2004
London, UK Co-organized with the School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame Special Workshop: The Built Environment and the Healthy City, Deadline for submission of proposals: February 15, 2004
Topics include:
* Influence of the built environment on mental, social, and physical health
* Designing cities for the well-being of children
* Architecture, urban design, and social pathology
* The therapeutic city
* Transportation policy and healthy living
* Supporting health through design
* Suburban sprawl as a risk factor
* Medicalization of the life cycle
* Ecological and social sustainability
* Teaching the healthy city
Those interested in presenting a paper at one of the two forthcoming International Making Cities Livable Conferences should send a 200-250 word abstract to: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, PhD (Arch.), Program Committee Chair, IMCL Conferences, P.O. Box 7586, Carmel, CA 93921; Fax: 831-624-5126; E-mail: [email protected]. For more information, see http://www.livablecities.org.