Michael Mehaffy

Speakers will include international leaders from governments, universities, NGOs, and practitioner firms; Early-bird registration ends March 31st ABOVE: A graphic of the locales of invited and accepted speakers at the 63rd International Making Cities Livable in Riga and Jelgava, Latvia. JELGAVA, LATVIA - The accepted abstracts and invited speakers for the 63rd International Making Cities Livable (IMCL) Conference here, July 6-10, 2026, reflect a striking convergence of disciplines,...

Accepted speakers are leading researchers, city officials, practitioners, developers and NGO heads from every continent except Antarctica; Early-bird registration ends March 31 ABOVE: Tour options include a Sunday evening canal cruise through historic Riga, and Saturday day trips to castles, national parks and the wooden architecture of historic seaside towns. RIGA, LATVIA - the 63rd International Making Cities Livable conference will start here in a little over three months—July 6 through...

Planned or unplanned, a new generation of urbanization around the globe is under way. What are the lessons from history? ABOVE: An aerial view of the proposed California Forever development, also known as the Suisun Expansion of the existing Suisun City. Image by California Forever . SOLANO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA USA - The idea of building “new towns” to solve housing shortages and improve urban livability is not new. From the Garden Cities of Ebenezer Howard to modernist experiments like...