THE LIFE, DEATH AND REBIRTH OF SOUTHWEST URBANISM

Ecologists hold that a healthy earth needs biological diversity. New Urbanists, Smart Growth advocates and activist Latino planners similarly embrace variety in building and neighborhood types to encourage diversity in households and lifestyles, as increasing investment in mass transit and urban revitalization help make this a real alternative to suburbia. As part of his larger research, Professor Wilson will describe historic pedestrian districts in Dallas, and highlight how a new generation of designers and developers are revitalizing these forms to create a more compact and varied city of today.

Chris Wilson is the J. B. Jackson Professor of Cultural Landscape Studies in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico.  He will be in residence at the Clements Center for the fall of 2006 working on his manuscript for publication.

In the Texana Room, DeGolyer Library
(6404 Hilltop Ln. & McFarlin Blvd)
Bring your own brown bag lunch!

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