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2009 EDRA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER: The Inclusive City |
2009 EDRA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER
The Inclusive City:
Design Solutions for Buildings, Neighborhoods, and Urban Spaces
Edited by Susan M. Goltsman 
and Daniel Iacofano
The 2009 EDRA Achievement Award will be given to the book, The Inclusive City (MIG Communications, 2007) edited by Susan M. Goltsman and Daniel Iacofano at EDRAâs 40th annual conference on May 30, 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri. The authors of this book outline a people-centered approach to design and planning of the built environment that provides a bold alternative to the forces of New Urbanism. The challenges of todayâs cities will not be overcome unless the social issues underlying them are addressed alongside the physical environment. To achieve a more equitable city, the authors lay a policy framework that address economic development, neighborhood revitalization, education, access and mobility, habitat protection, safety, community and cultural meaning. Illustrated by fourteen elegant case studies of successful urban developments that have benefitted local residents, this book is a model for practitioners, academics, students, neighborhood organizations and government officials. The National Endowment for the Arts provided key funding for the book as well as workshops and lectures to promote the vital message of The Inclusive City. In addition, the multi-media approach to disseminating this book include an interactive CD as well as webpage that reaches a broad audience of those concerned with the urban environment. The book provides hands-on guidelines for partnering with local residents to create the spaces that they will inhabit and in the process build places that are socially, culturally, and environmentally responsive. In the eyes of the awards jury, this book embodies the very principles of the Environmental Design Research Association.
The authors of The Inclusive City, Susan M. Goltsman, FASLA and Daniel Iacofano, PhD, FAICP, ASLA are founding principals of the award winning firm Moore, Iacofano, Goltsman, Inc. (MIG) based in Berkeley, California. The firm has over twenty-five years as a leader in creating inclusive urban environments using community participation, facilitation and collaboration.
To learn more about The Inclusive City book, please see the projectâs web-page: http://www.inclusivecity.com
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2007 Achievement Award - Wolfgang F. E. Preiser and Elaine Ostroff |
Acknowledging
the outstanding contribution to Environment and Behavior Research with their
accomplishment as editors of The
Universal Design Handbook, the Board of Directors of the Environmental
Design Research Association is pleased to recognize Wolfgang F. E. Preiser and
Elaine Ostroff with the 2007 EDRA Achievement Award.
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2009 Achievement Award - Call for nominations |
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Given in recognition of a specific contribution or achievement that advances the field of environmental design research through the generation of knowledge, public service, or professional practice, for coherent recognizable body of work or activities by an individual or group. |
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2008 Achievement Award - Call for nominations |
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Given in recognition of a
specific contribution or achievement that advances the field of
environmental design research through the generation of knowledge, public
service, or professional practice, for coherent recognizable body of work or
activities by an individual or group
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