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CNU 20: The New World
Event Dates: May 9, 2012 (All day) - May 12, 2012 (All day)
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CNU 20 will provide an opportunity to help practitioners confront challenges and share interdisciplinary strategies to help navigate through the storms. As in the past, the Congress is the ultimate venue for defining problem-solving solutions, using existing and emerging New Urbanist principles. The extraordinary economic upheaval of recent years has brought an end to the previous world of readily available capital and supercharged growth that fueled a “bigger is better” approach. The failings of this approach have created a vacuum in the world where people are now searching for an alternative paradigm. CNU 20 will focus on how New Urbanist practices, principles, and applications can fill this void and advance high quality urbanism through a more incremental, attainable, “small is beautiful” approach.
The New World theme and CNU 20’s South Florida location also provide a great opportunity to remember and celebrate our connection to the Spanish and European legacies in the planning and design of towns and cities in what they regarded as “the new world,” i.e., the Caribbean and the Americas. Nations in the central and southern portions of the western hemisphere are now struggling with rampant growth, poverty, and security concerns and are in need of locally contextual approaches to urban planning and design capable of generating high quality, sustainable urbanism that enlivens places and restores damaged, historic cities. CNU20 will include a special focus on this dynamic region of our global world.
The New World theme inspires us to look back, seeking the wisdom and lessons from prior generations that contended with equally challenging circumstances, and reflect on more than two decades of New Urbanism in practice. At the same time, this year’s Congress will incorporate a proactive approach to defining and shaping an action-oriented agenda for the CNU and new urbanists moving forward.
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