Livable Cities

Date

10/05/2017

Hour

10.00 am

Place

Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB)
(Doctor Aiguader, 88) Barcelona

Speaker

Suzanne Lennard (IMCL Council)

Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard is co-founder and director of the International Making Cities Livable Conferences llc. Dr. Crowhurst Lennard’s work concerns the social, cultural and psychological aspects of architecture, urban design and city-making, clarifying how the built environment affects social interaction, health and quality of everyday life. Her studies encompass making cities “livable” for children, youth and the elderly; relationship between physical health, social health and the built environment; walkability, bikeability and transit; small footprint mixed use urban fabric as essential for a livable city; the mixed use square as the “heart” of the city; the DNA of the city; city identity through regional architecture; balanced transportation planning to enhance health, social life and community.

Through intensive case studies of numerous European cities that since the 1970s have been implementing innovative approaches to land use planning, transportation planning, housing, architecture, urban space design and sustainability, she has identified strategies and successful solutions that contribute most to creating livable cities.