DR. FIELDING AND DR. JACKSON in conversation with DAVID ABEL, KATE DIAMOND and State Architect CHET WIDOM

EXPERIENCING HEALTHIER PLACES (Saturday, June 23rd 9:30am – 10:45am) 

An additional voice increasingly is being added to the usual cast of builders, architects, city planners, lobbyists and homeowners who vie for influence over how and where to develop “places” – including housing characteristics, land-use patterns, and transportation. This fresh voice emanates from both our public health and medical communities. The latter argue that city planning and development is integrally related to many of the most pervasive health epidemics in our country, including: asthma, obesity, and diabetes.

We will be asking:
1) The role urban development plays in shaping the health of the community is indisputable; but, the question remains: is there room presently at the table for a public health perspective on future growth in our communities?
2) Are there good examples – existing urban laboratories – for looking at the nexus of health and built environment?
3) When it comes to building healthy places – i.e. cities, schools, transportation – where does responsibility lie?
4) If school boards/districts want to build healthier new schools, how do you each recommend they proceed?

David Abel – Publisher, The Planning Report

moderates a discussion with:

Kate Diamond, FAIA, LEED AP
– Principal, HMC Architects
Dr. Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, MPH, MA, MBA
– Director, Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health
Dr. Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH
– Professor & Chair, Environmental Health Studies – UCLA
Chester A. Widom, FAIA
– State Architect, Department of General Services – State of California

For more information, please contact:
Will Wright, Hon. AIA|LA
Director, Government & Public Affairs
AIA Los Angeles
(213) 639-0764
will[@]aialosangeles.org