New Metropolis Lecture Series @ Virginia Tech

Lectures, 2006-2007

  • September 6, 2006
    Megapolitan America
    Chris Nelson & Rob Lang, professor, Virginia Tech
    Presentation  (Please note: A podcast of this lecture is not available.)
  • October 4, 2006
    Energy and the New Metropolis: Prospects for Sustainability?
    John Randolph, Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech
    Presenation
  • November 1, 2006
    Urban Development Challenges and Accomplishments in Post Soviet St. Petersburg, Russia
    Marie Howland, Professor, University of Maryland
    Presentation
  • November 29, 2006
    Building the American Dream
    Paul Knox, University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech
    Presentation
  • January 31, 2007
    Linking Landscapes-Linking Mission
    Bruce Beard, Assistant Director for Environmental Readiness Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment)
    Presentation
  • February 21, 2007
    In the Spirit of Jane Addams: Moral Crusades and the American City
    Daphne Spain , James M. Page Professor and Chair, Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
    Lecture sponsored by Virginia Tech's Women and Minority Artists and Scholars Lecture Series
    Presentation
  • March 28, 2007
    The New Revolution: Form-based Codes
    Peter Katz, author of The New Urbanism; Toward an Architecture of Community
    Please note: A presentation from this lecture is not available.
  • March 28, 2007
    The Federal Reserve and Community Development: Description and Discussion of Recent Research
    Kelly D. Edmiston and Roger Zalneraitis, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
    Presentation
  • April 21, 2007
    The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Philadelphia Green
    Blaine Bonham, Executive Vice President of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
    Presentation
  • April 25, 2007
    The Status and Future of Public Transportation in the U.S.
    William Millar, President of the American Public Transportation Association
    Presentation

 

For more information, please contact:

Heike Mayer
Assistant Professor
Phone: (703) 706-8122
E-mail: heikem@vt.edu

 

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