Best-Attended Sessions at APA National Planning Conferences

APA's records on conference session attendance go back to 1994. We have identified the three most popular sessions from each conference.

2003 (Denver)
Sustainability and Land-Use Planning
Redesigning Cities: Principles, Practice, Implementation
Beyond Neighborhood: Designing the Community and Region

2002 (Chicago)
Best Development Practices
Transforming Suburbs
Great Spaces, Great Streets

2001 (New Orleans)
Throw Out Density
The Politics of Smart Growth
Successful Planning Statute Reform 2001

2000 (New York)
New Urbanism, Old Cities
Toolbox for Reversing Sprawl
Can This Town Be Saved?

1999 (Seattle)
The City Design Conscience
Growth Management Lessons from the Northwest
Small Towns Facing Rapid Growth

1998 (Boston)
The Great Sprawl Debate
Controlling Strip Development
Controlling Urban Sprawl

1997 (San Diego)
Who and What Is Killing Planning?
Creating Livable Neighborhoods
Urban Ballparks

1996 (Orlando)
New Directions in Land-Use Regulation
Computer-Based Land-Use Regulations
Costs of Sprawl

1995 (Toronto)
The New Urbanism
Retrofitting Suburbs
Sustainable Development and the Planning Paradigm

1994 (San Francisco)
Growth Management in the Northwest
Planning for the 21st Century
Environment and Sustainability