Urban Planning Scholar Series

The Urban Planning Scholar Series creates a vision for land use and transportation planning in Indiana.   The Series was launched in April of 2006 under the leadership of Laurence Brown; in 2008, the Urban Planning Scholar Series became an official education program of Health by Design.  The events are organized to raise awareness of often-overlooked issues in community design and to educate professionals and policy-makers about the critical effects on public health, the environment and quality of life.

Past speakers include:

Ethan Kent, Project for Public Spaces, Neighborhoods: Inspiring Place, Improving Health, a 2009 Spirit & Place Festival event (11/12/09)

Candace Rutt, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Impact Assessment: Where Health and Planning Connect, Lecture (9/21/09) and Workshop (9/22/09)

Randy Neufeld, Strategic Management Consultant, National Complete Streets Campaign, Complete Streets Basics (6/29/09) and Workshop: Winning Complete Streets in Indiana (6/29-30/09)

Vukan R. Vuchic, Ph.D., UPS Foundation Professor of Transportation Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Transportation for Livable Cities, (3/23/2009)

Neal J. Angrisano, AIA, Deputy Director of Facilities Management, Johnson County, Kansas, Sustainable Design in the Public Sector:

Perceptions, Myths and Realities (10/29/08, in partnership with the American Planning Association of Indiana in celebrating National Community Planning Month)

Local panelists: David Forsell, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Luke Leising, US Green Building Council Indiana, Micah Hill, Co-chair of Indy Green Build

Kumares Sinha, PhD, Purdue University, Global Trends in Economy, Motorization and Energy Use: Implications for Indiana Transportation Users and Providers (6/13/2008)

Robert Bullard, PhD , Clark Atlanta University, Just Transportation—New Routes to Equity and Opportunity (4/11/08)

Local panelists: Ehren Bingaman, CIRTA, Gilbert Holmes, IndyGo, Dr. Tamara Leech, Butler University, and moderator, Drew Klacik, IU CUPE

Dan Burden, Walkable Communities, Inc., Walkability Matters (1/18/08)

Robert B. Cervero, PhD, UC Berkeley, Making Transit Work: Improving Mobility and Quality of Life through Transit and Land Use Integration (11/30/07)

Michael Lewyn, JD, Florida Coastal School of Law, Laws that Create Sprawl (12/5/06)

Lawrence D. Frank, PhD, The University of British Columbia, Public Heatlh and the Built Environment (7/10/06)

Donald Shoup, PhD, UCLA

Dom Nozzi, Walkable Streets

Norman W. Garrick, PhD, University of Connecticut