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cgonzal@unm.edu March 18, 2008 Planning in Mexico Focus of Transnational Colloquium
Hosted by the school’s Community and Regional Planning program, the event presents a broad spectrum of Mexican planning issues, from inner city planning in Mexico City to UNESCO naming Morelia a World Heritage City. For more information, contact Roberto Rodriguez, visiting professor, UNM School of Architecture and Planning, 277-3033 or robrogez@unm.edu. Schedule of events: Monday, March 31 10 –10:30 a.m. Opening session with Dean Roger Schluntz, Vice President of Student Affairs Eliseo “Cheo” Torres and Planning Director David Henkel. Planning in Mexico 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. The Planning Paradigm in Mexico: 50 Years of Planning and Processes and Future Prospective for the 21 st Century, featuring Juan Jose Chaparro, College of Urban and Regional Planning, Universidad Autonomo del Estado de Mexico. Planning in Metropolitan Areas1 – 2 p.m. Inner City Planning: The Plan for Alvaro Obregon County in Northern Mexico City Metropolitan Area, featuring Sergio Flores, College of Architecture, UNM, Mexico. 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Participants are invited to visit the school’s design classes. 5 p.m. Pearl Hall Speakers Series, featuring Jaime Vargas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico, presenting, “The City of Morelia in Mexico and the Transformations in the 19 th Century that lead to a World Heritage City by UNESCO.” 7 p.m. Reception in George Pearl Hall Tuesday, April 1 11 a.m. – noon “Planning in Metropolitan Mexico City Satellite Towns: The Plan for Ixmiquilpan in the State of Hidalgo,” presented by Enrique Soto, urban planning coordinator, UNAM Planning in Emerging Metropolitan Cities 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Juan Angel Demerutis, Centro Universitario de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad de Guadalajara, presents, “The Plan for Metropolitan Guadalajara, Jalisco: From State to Local Planning.” Planning and Land Regularization in Mexico3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Edith Jimenez, Instituto de Estudios Económicos y Regionales, Universidad de Guadalajara, presents, “Housing Policies and Land Use.” Wednesday, April 2 Planning in the U.S. – Mexican Border 10 – 11 a.m. “Urban Development in Ciudad Juarez,” presented by Cesar Fuentes, Colegio de la Frontera, Ciudad Juarez. 11 a.m. – noon “Planning for a Conurbation Across Borders: El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juarez, Chih.,” presented by Sergio Pena, UTEP. ###
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The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning presents “Planning in Mexico: Traditions and Pedagogy,” a transnational colloquium, Monday, March 31 through Wednesday, April 2. All events are scheduled in George Pearl Hall.