The Fourth Annual
URBAN PLANNING
C o n f e r e n c e
Planning Across Generations: Deconstructing the Past, Shaping the Future
April 1, 2016
Savannah State University Student Union Ballroom
7:30 A.M. REGISTRATION
8 A.M. - 4:15 P.M. CONFERENCE SESSIONS
Contacts:
Otis Johnson, Scholar in Residence
Gordon Library
912-358-4335
[email protected]
Deden Rukmana, Associate Professor
Urban Studies and Planning Program
912-358-3218
[email protected]
Downtown Savannah: Past, Present and Future
Special Session: Saturday, April 2, 2016
10 A.M. - Noon
The Kennedy Pharmacy, 323 E. Broughton Street, Savannah, GA 31401
This two-hour mobile workshop highlights the past, present and future of
Savannah’s downtown and will wind its way through the historic landmark district
and then on to revitalization projects on Broughton Street, Bay Street and the waterfront.
Learn how planners, urban designers and developers are working
to balance preservation and transformation.
2016 URBAN PLANNING CONFERENCE, April 1
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
REGISTRATION
STUDENT UNION BALLROOM
8:00 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
Opening Plenary
Remarks & Award Presentations
Room A
The future of transport
9:00 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Practice: Bicycling
advances in Savannah
JOHN BENNETT,
Savannah Bicycle
Campaign
Room B
Practice and perspectives
in planning for
multi-generational
outcomes
Room C
Application, identity and
case studies in
planning and
preservation
Resilience, security
and revitalization
Practice: Updates
to databases and
mapping with
the US Census
Perspectives: Homeland
security progress and
advances since 9/11
Perspectives: Turning
past mistakes to success
BEHROOZ KALANTARI,
Savannah State University
ANH NGUYEN
and GERSON VASQUEZ,
US Census Bureau
Practice: Bike sharing
in Savannah
NICK HELMHOLDT,
Chatham Area Transit
10:00 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
New Research:
Expanding transit
Developing lands and
creating transit oriented
improvements
YUE ZHANG, SCAD
ALEX KARNER, Georgia Tech
RICHARD DUCKWORTH,
Georgia Tech
ED CHISOLM,
Chatham Savannah
Youth Futures Authority
KRISTIN MURRAY, Florida State
SUSAN SCHOTT, SCAD
--Lunch-New Research:
Using real time transit data
ALEX KARNER,
Georgia Tech
AARON GOLUB,
Portland State University
CELESTE CHAVIS,
Morgan State University
Perspectives:
Five mindsets for
planning profession
and civic leaders
KEVIN KLINKENBERG,
Savannah Development
and Renewal Authority
Practice: Planning to
promote community Health
Making the healthy
choice the easy choice
Practice: Savannah’s
remarkable
historic street and
sidewalk pavement
The challenge of
preservation
New Research: How
capable are
Malaysian cities?
Coping and adapting
to flood disasters
New Research: Georgia’s
heirs’ properties
Understanding and
preventing intergenerational
land and wealth loss
New Research: Race,
poverty and development
The socioeconomic implications
of architectural improvements
WHITNEY SHEPHARD,
Transport Studio
Planning a healthier
Savannah
ROBIN WILLIAMS,
SCAD
PAULA KREISSLER,
Healthy Savannah
Practice: Local planning
for health and sustainability
Think Global, Live Healthy
DENISE GRABOWSKI,
Symbioscity Overview: City of
Savannah Sustainability Office
NICK DEFFLEY,
City of Savannah
ASHLEY HELMHOLDT,
City of Savannah
ANN CARPENTER,
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
SHANA JONES,
University of Georgia
SCOTT PIPPIN, University of Georgia
TEJ KUMAR KARKI,
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
KATHERINE WILLIAMS,
Savannah Development and
Renewal Authority
Racial Bias in Zoning
ANDREW WHITTEMORE,
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Afternoon Break
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Perspectives: Future
of transport - roundtable
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Investing in
the Viability of Our Youth
The Importance of
Cultural Identity in
the Public Realm
NICK HELMHOLDT,
Chatham Area Transit
New Research:
Revitalization
through Sport
Olympic legacies and
their impacts on host cities
KEVIN KRIZEK, University of Colorado Boulder
12:00 p.m. – 12:55 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
New Research: Place
and identity
Place-specific memories
and urban planning practice
NORBERT CHANDLER,
Savannah State University
Keynote: “The Future of Transport”
11:00 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.
1:00 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Practice: Planning for
health, planning for all
Coastal Georgia
Indicators Coalition
TARA JENNINGS,
Coastal Georgia
Indicators Coalition
Room D
KEVIN KRIZEK
JOHN BENNETT
NICK HELMHOLDT
ALEX KARNER
KEVIN KLINKENBERG
Perspectives:
Homelessness vs.
houselessness in Savannah
KENNETH JORDAN,
Savannah State University
Practice: Community
engagement, social media,
economic development
and attracting millennials
The case of the Atlanta
Beltline Project
OTILIA IANCU,
Savannah State University
New Research: Economic
impacts of Naval
installations in coastal
New Jersey
KHADIYJA KEMP-MASTERS
and BRYAN KNACKIEWICZ,
Savannah State University