As the world moves toward a global urbanism and centers issues of sustainability and international collaboration, cities are not so much planned as replanned and reborn. Qingyun Ma, dean of the USC School of Architecture, will moderate a conversation with city planners and administrators from four landmark cities: Gail Goldberg from Los Angeles, Felipe Leal from Mexico City, Jiang Wu from Shanghai and Richard Cohen from London. They will discuss the present and future of urban planning in the flux of unpredictable, migrant forces and the shaping of iconic, livable cities. From the density of London to the sprawl of Los Angeles and the expanding megacities of Mexico City and Shanghai, the juxtapositions of cultural, political and spatial differences will demonstrate how creative agents can transform a city physically and socially.
Moderated by Scott Lash
Visions and Voices is a university-wide arts and humanities initiative unparalleled in higher education. The initiative was established by Provost C. L. Max Nikias in order to fulfill the goals set forth in USCs strategic plan; to communicate USCs core values to students; and to affirm the human spirit. Highlighting USCs excellence in the arts and humanities, the initiative provides a unique, inspiring and provocative experience for all USC students, regardless of discipline, and challenges them to become world-class citizens who will eagerly make a positive impact throughout the world.
Duration : 1:49:10
Chinese cities are required by law to set up a comprehensive planning system and to create a master plan. Since all urban land is the property of the state and is leased for development, both land-use decisions and government revenues depend on the planning process. 
Urban design suggestion for Sderot by Omer Wolf, Yael Itzkin and Royi Shamir. We offer a diffrent way of planning – recognizing a strip, associative intervention that leads to set of rules for planning.
Conversations in Architecture at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning
What makes a downtown district appealing? Why do people go out of their way to walk down one side of the street and not the other? Using the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan as a case study, this exploration of successful downtown streets weaves together pedestrian interviews with footage of streetscapes and sidewalk behavior to show what healthy blocks have in common.