Spotlight on San Diego: The New Urban Agenda: Applications and Interventions

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

Habitat III took place in October 2016 culminating in an outcome document entitled “The New Urban Agenda” adopted to “guide the efforts around urbanization of a wide range of actors — nation states, city and regional leaders, international development funders, United Nations programs and civil society — for the next 20 years.”
The Agenda includes a call for compact cities, polycentric growth, mixed-use streetscapes, prevention of sprawl and transit-oriented development.
The New Urban Agenda is a 23-page document that promises that no one will be left behind through inclusive development, economic growth and environmental sustainability. It deals with rights to the city, and unique needs of vulnerable urban populations including women, the LGBT community, the poor, disabled and indigenous peoples. Urban land policies should guarantee housing, for people, for economic profit and for social interaction. The internet, mobility, “smart cities” were acknowledged and incorporated in the discourse of implementation. Social interaction, community and communication technologies were evident but unarticulated in the New Urban Agenda. With the adoption of the New Urban Agenda attention turns to implementation and intervention. Around the world, there are now efforts to judge existing programs, standards, and achievements while develop innovations designed to achieve New Urban Agenda goals. This panel will explore the host city, San Diego through the lens of communication and the New Urban Agenda.

Sub Unit

• Sponsored Sessions

Chair

• Paula M Gardner, McMaster U

Participants

• Gary Gumpert, Urban Communication Foundation

• Peter Haratonik, The New School

• Susan Drucker, Hofstra U

• Angela Booker, BINACOM - Binational Assoc. of Schls of Comm of the Californias

• Kieth Pezzoli, BINACOM - Binational Assoc. of Schls of Comm of the Californias