Program and Events
The following program is included with full Congress registration. Click on the event titles for details. For additional ticketed events such as New Urbanism 202s, Urban
Laboratories, Tours, and the Charter Awards Luncheon, please see the Ticketed Events page. For a description of each type of event, see
the About the Program page.
Plenary
Concurrent Session
New Urbanism 101
Initiative Meeting
Salon
Work Session
Chapter Meet-Up
Special Event
Social Event
Tour
Concurrent Session
New Urbanism 101
Initiative Meeting
Salon
Work Session
Chapter Meet-Up
Special Event
Social Event
Tour
Academic Call for Papers Part I
Evolving Strategies in Retrofitting Suburbs
Great Streets and Multi-Way Boulevard Design
Green Buildings, Green Neighborhoods
Green Streets: Multi-Modal, Multi-Functional, and Totally Fabulous
Living Diversity: Lessons for New Urbanists from the HOPE VI Experience
The School of Hard Knocks: Lessons Learned from FBC Implementation
Getting on Track: Streetcars in the Boomtown
How to Avoid Post-Charrette Project Meltdown
Latino New Urbanism: Lessons Learned from the Southwest
Learning from the Booming Region
Open Space and Urban Nodes: A Club Sandwich or Bowl of Grapes?
The Role of Building Types in Form-Based Codes
Form-Based Code Organizing Principles
Gimme Shelter: Housing in Developing Countries
Knowing When to Invent Your Own Government
Narrow Streets and the Fire Truck
Scaling Adaptation: How Prepared Are You?
Smart Transit, Smart Streets, Smart TOD
Visualizing Density—and Getting It Right
Eco-Balance Planning and New Urbanism
Financing the New Urbanism in the Real World
Form-Based Codes as a Tool to Preserve and Evolve Small-Town Downtowns
International Transportation Reform Efforts: Toward a New Urbanist Approach
On the Border: A New Frontier for New Urbanism
The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream
Marketing a New Choice and the Green Message
Louisiana: The New Planning Frontier
New Urbanism and Our Water Supplies: The Challenges and Opportunities
The Urbanism of the Large, Larger, Largest Buildings
Advanced Application of the Transect in Form-Based Coding
Affordable Housing in New Urbanism
Making the Connection Between Comprehensive Plans and Form-Based Codes
Retail's Role in the New Urbanism
Right-Sizing Parking for TODs and Mixed-Use
Tall Towers: Purposeful Density or Loose Tower Disease?
Urbanism and the Market Turmoil: Staying Ahead and Coming Back Stronger
Why Do Our Buildings Look Like Crap? And What Can We Do About It?
Accessible Communities: Accommodating Our Booming Population
Gentrification – Urban Evolution or Community Destruction?
Harnessing the Multi-Generational Demand for Urbanism
New Urbanism for Production Builders
Pedestrian Oriented Streets: Human Behavior of Streets
The Convenient Truth: Cities and Sustainability
Value Capture Through TOD and Form-Based Codes
Lunch, Laud and Launch the New Journal of Urbanism
Project for Transportation Reform Lunch
2008 Driehaus Form-Based Code Institute Awards
Academic Call for Papers Part II/Education Discussion
Open Space Technology Initiative
A CNU Review of Urban Structure to Optimize Public Transport, Movement Networks and Retail
Complete Streets, Bikeways, Thoroughfare Design, the Transect: Why They’re Compatible
Light Imprint Initiative: Integrating Sustainability and New Urbanism
New Urbanism and Beyond: Contemporary and Future Trends in Urban Design
Sustainable Thinking and Architectural Form
Urbanism 501: Teaching Great Urbanism, or, Is the Good the Enemy of the Best?
California Statewide Chapter Meet-Up
Midwest Chapter Meet-Up (NE, IA, KS, MO)
New England and Colorado Chapter Meet-Up
Texas Statewide Chapter Meet-Up
CNU NextGen: A One-Day Congress
The Conservative Agenda & New Urbanism