Sujata Shetty is Interim Director of the Jack Ford Urban Affairs Center and a Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning, at the University of Toledo, Ohio.  She is trained as an architect and urban planner.  Her research explores the role of planning in under-resourced communities from multiple perspectives, including land use planning, urban design and community development, particularly in old industrial cities facing population loss.Andreas Luescher is a Swiss architect, who is currently Professor and Chair of Architecture and Environmental Design at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. His research is on design processes in architecture, design and urban design from an aesthetic, social, public policy, sustainability as well as visual culture perspective. He has written more than 80 papers for presentation at national and international conferences as well as for publication in leading international academic journals.

• 1. Automotive Production and its Relationship with the Built Environment.- 2. The Packard Plant a Failed American Model of Transformation.- 3: Strategies to Address Decommissioned Automotive Plants.- 4: Examining Transitions in Four Case Studies.- 5: The Future of Automotive Plants.

Sujata Shetty is Interim Director of the Jack Ford Urban Affairs Center and a Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning, at the University of Toledo, Ohio.  She is trained as an architect and urban planner.  Her research explores the role of planning in under-resourced communities from multiple perspectives, including land use planning, urban design and community development, particularly in old industrial cities facing population loss.Andreas Luescher is a Swiss architect, who is currently Professor and Chair of Architecture and Environmental Design at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. His research is on design processes in architecture, design and urban design from an aesthetic, social, public policy, sustainability as well as visual culture perspective. He has written more than 80 papers for presentation at national and international conferences as well as for publication in leading international academic journals.

• 1. Automotive Production and its Relationship with the Built Environment.- 2. The Packard Plant a Failed American Model of Transformation.- 3: Strategies to Address Decommissioned Automotive Plants.- 4: Examining Transitions in Four Case Studies.- 5: The Future of Automotive Plants.

Sujata Shetty is Interim Director of the Jack Ford Urban Affairs Center and a Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning, at the University of Toledo, Ohio.  She is trained as an architect and urban planner.  Her research explores the role of planning in under-resourced communities from multiple perspectives, including land use planning, urban design and community development, particularly in old industrial cities facing population loss.Andreas Luescher is a Swiss architect, who is currently Professor and Chair of Architecture and Environmental Design at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. His research is on design processes in architecture, design and urban design from an aesthetic, social, public policy, sustainability as well as visual culture perspective. He has written more than 80 papers for presentation at national and international conferences as well as for publication in leading international academic journals.

• 1. Automotive Production and its Relationship with the Built Environment.- 2. The Packard Plant a Failed American Model of Transformation.- 3: Strategies to Address Decommissioned Automotive Plants.- 4: Examining Transitions in Four Case Studies.- 5: The Future of Automotive Plants.