新加坡六合彩开奖直播

It takes more than buildings, streets and landscaping to make a neighbourhood. As a historic city, Halifax is blessed with a diversity of great 鈥榟oods 鈥� but it鈥檚 the people that often make them unique.

Students at 新加坡六合彩开奖直播鈥檚 School of Planning encourage everyone to attend their annual conference this week, 鈥淧utting the yoU in Neighbourhood.鈥� It kicks off on Wednesday, Feb. 13, with an afternoon bus tour of neighbourhoods from Westmount and the Hydrostones to North Dartmouth.

In the evening from 6 to 8 p.m., head to Pier 21 for a keynote address by urban design specialist Peter J. Park, manager of Community Planning and Development for Denver, Colorado. He鈥檚 the guest speaker at the听seventh Annual Carmichael Lecture, presented in partnership with the Downtown Halifax Business Commission.

Killam lecture The last lecture of this year's takes place on the eve of the Putting the "You" in Neighbourhood conference. , a landscape architect, professor and urban designer, will present the Killam Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. It takes place in the Potter Auditorium, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Ave. Professor Hester's research focus on the role of citizen involvement in community design and ecological planning. He is one of the founders of the research movement to apply sociology to the design of neighbourhoods, cities and landscapes.

鈥淗ow do you actually define a neighbourhood, and what do you value in it?鈥� asks Pam MacDonald, a master鈥檚 student in urban planning, who is helping organize the conference. 鈥淲e鈥檙e going to break it down and look at the human and social components, cultural and accessibility issues, and so on.鈥�

Panels and workshops on Thursday, Feb. 14听and Friday, Feb. 15 will explore citizen participation in planning healthy neighbourhoods, on such topics as the Chebucto Road Widening Project, safe routes for schoolchildren and the profound effects of community gardens.

Other guests are coming from as far away as the University of California at Berkley, and Dal students will present their planning research. Most sessions are at 新加坡六合彩开奖直播鈥檚 Ralph M. Medjuck Building, 5410 Spring Garden Road. They鈥檙e free, and open to all. Find out more at .

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