Innovative European Urbanism

3:30—4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, 2005

Sturm Hall, Davis Auditorium

Moderator: James van Hemert, AICP Executive Director The Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Denver, Colorado Panelists: Ed Ziegler Professor of Law University of Denver College of Law Denver, Colorado James Kushner Professor of Law Southwestern University School of Law Los Angeles, California

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAND USE INSTITUTE

PLENARY SESSION

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The Urbanization of Suburbia

SMART GROWTH

• SENTIMENTAL NIMBYISM

Land use activists promoting the “public interest” by “fighting sprawl” through various “smart growth” and “environmental protection” restrictions (which enhance the aesthetic character and property values of existing neighborhoods but that actually promote more sprawl).

New West NIMBY

Ridgegate at Lone Tree

Smart Growth

Target

Vienna, Austria

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Vienna, Austria

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Innovative European Innovative European UrbanismUrbanism

Professor James A. KushnerSouthwestern Law University

Los Angeles, CaliforniaApril 21, 2005

The Rocky Mountain Land Use InstituteUniversity of Denver

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GWL GWL TerreinTerreinAmsterdamAmsterdam

The NetherlandsThe Netherlands

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ReimReimMunich, GermanyMunich, Germany

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Munich, GermanyMunich, GermanyReimReim AirportAirport

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Berlin, GermanyBerlin, GermanyIBA Social HousingIBA Social Housing

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Tübingen, GermanyFrench Quarter

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Vienna, AustriaVienna, Austria

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MalmMalmöö, Sweden, SwedenBio01Bio01

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EphesisEphesis, Turkey, TurkeyThe Marble RoadThe Marble Road