{"61203":{"#nid":"61203","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Conservancy brings \u0027good urbanism\u0027 home","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESavannah prides itself on its city plan, a walkable, leafy grid that\u0027s served residents and visitors well since General James Oglethorpe mapped it out almost 300 years ago. The city is a fitting place, then,\u0026nbsp;for \u0022Good Urbanism 101,\u0022 a seminar set for Saturday that will focus on urban design including an emphasis on walkability, alternative transportation, sustainability and the relationship between urban infrastructure and the urban experience. \u0022What we\u0027re trying to do is educate people about how to design better cities,\u0022 said \u003Cstrong\u003ERichard Dagenhart, professor of architecture and urban design at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E and one of Saturday\u0027s three speakers. \u0022By design I mean either architects, urban planners or interested citizens to be able to work with or understand what\u0027s being proposed in a neighborhood and make decisions that result in things being better.\u0022 Dagenhart will be joined by colleagues David Green and Doug Allen at the seminar sponsored by the Georgia Conservancy.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27215","created_gmt":"2010-09-24 10:33:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:24:03","author":"Mike Alberghini","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"inclusive STEM teaching","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/savannahnow.com\/exchange\/2010-09-23\/conservancy-brings-good-urbanism-home","dateline":{"date":"2010-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"},{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"10571","name":"Richard Dagenhart"},{"id":"6347","name":"urbanism"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}