Date: November 16, 2011

Time: 3-4:00 pm EST

Description: This webinar focuses on creating urban bicycle infrastructure that is comfortable and safe, within constrained environments where it is politically impractical to reduce automobile parking. Issues discussed include engineering and liability concerns, and cost and manpower issues.

Registration information:
http://www.apbp.org/event/Nov-11_webinar

Date: November 15, 2011

Time: 3-4:30 pm EST

Description: Sponsored by the Center for Transit-Oriented Development, this webinar will focus on the importance of concentrating jobs near transit to foster economically sustainable regions and healthy transit systems. Participants will learn about best practices across the nation in economic development incentives that support job growth and concentration in sustainable locations.

Pre-register for webinar here:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/353935449

A series of three webinars this fall will present information on leading sustainability indicator programs in Canada and the US. Presented by the Community Indicators Consortium, the first two webinars (October 27 and November 7) will examine Canada’s Vital Signs project, which measures the quality of life in Canadian communities, identifies trends, and shares opportunities for action. A third webinar on December 8 will present the results of the US Sustainable Urban Development Working Group

More information and registration for the three webinars is available at: http://goo.gl/PPkXK

Date: November 10, 2011

Location: Washington, DC

Description: Zoning codes are the typical entry point for determining the sustainability of a community. Environmental Protection Agency policy analyst Kevin Nelson, AICP, will discuss 11 essential fixes that local governments can make to their codes to achieve smart growth outcomes.

Registration Information:
http://www.nbm.org/programs-lectures/series/smart-growth.html

Date: November 8-9, 2011

Location: Toronto, Canada

Description: Learn from experts at the forefront of planning, developing and designing more sustainable suburbs. Discussion topics include retrofitting suburbs through strategic densification; reforming zoning regulations; integrating land-use and transportation planning; and improving mobility and accessibility for an aging population.

Registration Information: http://www.sustainablesuburbs.ca

Date: September 22, 2011, 10 am PST

Description: As local governments start planning more pedestrian-friendly communities, legal questions may emerge, especially around liability issues. This webinar provides an overview of what makes a community walkable, how to consider the liability risks, and new tools to make pedestrian-friendly streets the default in your community.

Online Registration: http://www.phlpnet.org/phlp/webinars

Host: Public Health Law and Policy

The second international “The City” conference will be held in the beautiful setting of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the 2010 Winter Olympics city. Our venue is Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue at the downtown campus. The first “The City” conference, held in November of 2009, was a magnificent success, including participants from over 15 countries. Conference proceedings can be found in our online journal (see: www.interdisciplinarythemes.org.

The 2011 theme is “The City: Culture, Society, Technology.” Meet us in Vancouver on May 5 and 6, 2011.

To learn more, visit: http://www.interdisciplinarythemes.org/uncategorized/the-city-2nd-international-conference-culture-society-technology

Event Date:
Saturday, May 28, 2011 ~ 8:00 a.m.

Event Location:
Puebla, Mexico

Event Description:
Are you involved with impact assessment (IA) and the sustainable development of cities, regions and countries? Can infrastructure and industrial projects be planned using a responsible development approach? How do industrialists, policy shapers, public administrators, retailers, and development cooperation agencies use IA to improve communities and their environments? How can decisions taken by infrastructure developers, industry executives and managers, financial agents and business leaders most positively affect ecosystems, cultural heritage and human well-being? At IAIA11, these questions and others related to the conference theme, Impact Assessment and Responsible Development will be debated by experts from 70+ nations around the globe, with the end result being a better collective knowledge about how to ensure a better future.

Contact Information:
http://www.iaia.org/conferences/iaia11/documents/prelimpro-iaia11-web.pdf [PDF/5.06MB]