Panel #2 - Democracy and Public Spaces
Start Date
25-2-2016 3:00 PM
End Date
25-2-2016 4:15 PM
Description
Local governance can’t take place in a vacuum. It requires spaces for people to gather, talk, debate and vote. How can the built environment best foster citizenship and participation? What are the most significant physical barriers to local democracy today--and how can they be overcome? How can big investments in infrastructure -- be in transit or waterways or civic spaces -- contribute to informed and engaged communities? What type of public spaces contribute to an informed, engaged community? What structures do the opposite?
Moderator: Georgiana Bostean, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Technology, Chapman University
Arthur Blaser is a Professor of Peace Studies and Political Science at Chapman University, and holds the Delp-Wilkinson Chair in Peace Studies.
Sam Adams former Mayor of Portland, Oregon and Director of the World Resources Institute U.S. Climate Initiative.
Clarence Eckerson, Jr. Director of Streetfilms.
Mia Lehrer, Urbanist, Mia Lehrer and Associates.
Panel #2 - Democracy and Public Spaces
Local governance can’t take place in a vacuum. It requires spaces for people to gather, talk, debate and vote. How can the built environment best foster citizenship and participation? What are the most significant physical barriers to local democracy today--and how can they be overcome? How can big investments in infrastructure -- be in transit or waterways or civic spaces -- contribute to informed and engaged communities? What type of public spaces contribute to an informed, engaged community? What structures do the opposite?
Moderator: Georgiana Bostean, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Technology, Chapman University
Arthur Blaser is a Professor of Peace Studies and Political Science at Chapman University, and holds the Delp-Wilkinson Chair in Peace Studies.
Sam Adams former Mayor of Portland, Oregon and Director of the World Resources Institute U.S. Climate Initiative.
Clarence Eckerson, Jr. Director of Streetfilms.
Mia Lehrer, Urbanist, Mia Lehrer and Associates.