Current Issues in New Urbanism
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Agenda
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Thursday, March 14, 2024
9:00 am – 4:00 pm CDT
Presented by: Pam Stacy King & Jason King
New Urbanism: Challenges, Adaptation and Implementation
- History and development of new urbanism 1980s to now
- Successes
- Bringing back downtowns
- Reviving neighborhood retail
- Building great neighborhoods
- Forming public-private partnerships
- New and persistent challenges
Equity Planning
- What is equity planning
- Inclusion
- Shared success
- Environmental justice: highways, energy industry facilities, infrastructure
- Case studies from around the nation
Climate Planning
- Mitigation planning: reducing carbon footprint through walkable, pedestrian-friendly design
- Adaption planning: building complete new places to retreat to
- Case studies from around the nation
Rethinking Freeways and Rebuilding Neighborhoods
- 20th century expansion of freeways in urban areas
- Unintended effects
- Freeway teardowns and the efforts to undo the damage
- Context-sensitive designs for freeways
- Transit-oriented development
Land Use and Zoning Reform
- Increasing density
- Encouraging multi-family housing
- Bringing back main streets
- Repurposing commercial buildings as housing
New Neighborhoods
- The design of new neighborhoods
- The best traditional neighborhood designs
- Allowing TNDs in your code
- Facilitating TND development
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Credits
Professional Engineers
6.0 PDHs
Architects
6.0 HSW CE Hours
AIA
6.0 HSW LUs
Landscape Architects
6.0 HSW CE Hours
LA CES
6.0 HSW PDHs
Certified Planners
CM|6
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This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.0 PDHs for professional engineers, 6.0 HSW continuing education hours for licensed architects, and 6.0 HSW continuing education hours for landscape architects in all states that allow this learning method. Please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
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Speakers
Jason King, AICP, CNU-Accredited
Dover, Kohl & Partners, Coral Gables, FLMr. King, AICP, Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) Accredited, is a city planner and has directed multidisciplinary teams around the country and world. He has served as the project director and prime author on over 200 plans for cities, towns, neighborhoods, and corridors. He is a Principal at Dover, Kohl & Partners of Miami. Jason’s work has focused on social, economic, and climate change resilience. Jason authored two books: The Climate Planner: Overcoming Pushback Against Local Mitigation and Adaptation Plans (2021) and The Equity Planner: Five Tools To Facilitate Economic Development with Just Outcomes (2023). Jason’s work is also featured in numerous planning texts such as Sustainable Urbanism (2007), Form-Based Codes (2008), and Street Design (2014), and he has been interviewed by the New York Times, Planning Magazine, and National Public Radio.
Pam Stacy King, CNU-Accredited
Dover, Kohl & Partners, Coral Gables, FLMs. King is Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) Accredited, directs projects at every scale drawing on a background in both planning and architecture. Pam focuses on form-based codes, comprehensive plans, master plans, and architectural standards and has experience throughout the United States and internationally. When not directing projects, Pam is the lead designer on illustrative plans working closely with the public to help envision more walkable and sustainable futures. Prior to joining Dover-Kohl in 2006, Pam worked designing homes and community buildings, producing construction documents, working with municipalities to get projects approved and working with construction managers on-site; skills that give her a valuable perspective when creating new master plans and form-based codes. Pam received her Bachelor of Architecture and her Master of Architecture in Suburb and Town Design from the University of Miami. She is a certified Charrette planner and is CNU accredited.
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Course Title: Current Issues in New Urbanism
Delivery Method: Live Online
Course Description: This six-hour course explains what new urbanism is and explores five current issues: equity planning, climate planning, how freeways impact neighborhoods, land use and zoning reform, and the creation of new neighborhoods. New urbanism is a design movement that intends to create more sustainable communities through the use of green space, transit-oriented design, and environmental justice.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to discuss the concept of environmental justice as it relates to the built environment, such as the placement of highways, energy facilities and other infrastructure.
Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to describe the unintended effects freeway expansion has on urban areas and explore opportunities to remove freeways from neighborhoods and promote transit-oriented development.
Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to explain how zoning reform can benefit communities, such as repurposing commercial buildings into multi-family housing and increased density.
Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to evaluate the principles of climate planning, specifically the strategies behind mitigation planning and adaption planning.
LUs: 6.0 LU Type: LU|HSWs.
Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Program Level: Intermediate
Course Expiration Date: 01/24/2027
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