Urban Planning / Community Planning

Prof. Mari Fujita

Prof. Mari Fujita

Associate Professor

Architectural Design, Urban Design, Contemporary Urbanism, Japanese-Canadian Placemaking, Community Engagement, Asian Urbanism

Dr. Alexandra Flynn

Dr. Alexandra Flynn

Associate Professor

Housing policy, affordable housing, housing affordability, public housing, community planning and development, community-university partnerships, community-based research, property and real estate, housing justice, encampments, homelessness, Indigenous rights, urban and municipal law, climate law

David Edgington, PhD

David Edgington, PhD

Professor

Japanese economy, Japan-Canada trade and investment links, Pacific Rim trade and investment patterns, Japanese cities and regions, multiculturalism and local government in Vancouver, Australia

David Ley, PhD

David Ley, PhD

Professor

Cities, neighbourhoods, gentrification, ethnicity, immigration, housing, real estate

Michael Leaf, PhD

Director, Centre for Southeast Asia Research

Associate Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning

Research Associate, Centre for Human Settlements

Urbanization and social change in Third World countries, particularly southeast Asia and China

Gordon Richard Lovegrove, PEng, MBA, PhD, FITE

Gordon Richard Lovegrove, PEng, MBA, PhD, FITE

Associate Professor

Principal Investigator, Sustainable Transport Safety Research Laboratory

Chair, Sustainable Development Committee and Canadian Society of Civil Engineers

Sustainability, sustainable transportation, transportation planning, sustainable road safety, sustainable communities, transportation demand management, safety audits, macro-level collision prediction models, social cost benefit analyses, sustainable development, public transport, public transit

Dr. William Rees, PhD, FRSC

Dr. William Rees, PhD, FRSC

Professor Emeritus

ecological economics, ecology, human ecology, human population dynamics, human environmental behaviour, ecological footprint analysis, climate change, cognitive barriers to sustainability, urban prospects, energy futures, renewable energy, societal collapse,

Hanspeter (Hans) Schreier, PhD

Hanspeter (Hans) Schreier, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Watershed management, water pollution, water and food, urban stormwater

Rob Kozak

Rob Kozak

Professor and Dean

Forest products marketing and management, value-added wood products, forest dependent communities, forests and poverty alleviation, sustainable development,

Patrick Condon, BSc, MLA

Patrick Condon, BSc, MLA

Professor

Chair, Urban Design

Urban design, sustainable design, housing, transportation, sustainable communities, urban watershed health, real estate, public transport, public transit

Ralph Matthews

Ralph Matthews

Professor

Regional development, community development, fisheries, aquaculture, blood donation, environment, resilient community project, infertility, coastal communities, coastal British Columbia, Newfoundland, common property, community, regional development policy, community development policy, Atlantic Canada, social capital, community health, sustainable development

Leonie Sandercock, PhD

Professor

Multiculturalism and cities, urban policy, integration of immigrants, cross-cultural planning, sustainable development

Bernard Momer, MA

Associate Professor

Urban planning, urban geography, cities, sustainable development

Nathanael Lauster, PhD

Nathanael Lauster, PhD

Associate Professor

Population, housing, urban studies, crowding, family, immigration, environment, health, real estate

Lawrence Frank, PhD

Lawrence Frank, PhD

Professor

Health and environmental impacts of transportation and urban planning (land use) decisions, transportation, transit, public health, sustainability, sprawl, neighbourhood walkability, physical activity, urban planning, sustainable development, public transport, public transit

Jamie Peck, PhD

Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy

Professor of Geography

Creative cities, urban policy, labour market and welfare programs, temporary employment, outsourcing

George Wagner, MArch

Associate Professor

Architecture, urbanism, built culture, Japanese architecture and urbanism, architectural theory

Carlos Teixeira, PhD

Carlos Teixeira, PhD

Professor, Geography

Immigration, immigrants in Canada, housing experiences of immigrants, housing in small and mid sized cities, Kelowna, Okanagan Valley, suburbanization of immigrants, ethnic entrepreneurship, ethnic neighbourhoods, neighourhood change, Canada, Vancouver, Richmond and Surrey, Toronto, Kensington Market

Kevin Hanna, PhD

Associate Professor

Environmental impact assessment, environmental assessment, energy development, pipelines, climate change adaptation, municipal climate change issues, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Dr. Eric Li

Dr. Eric Li

Associate Professor

social enterprise, social innovation, not-for-profit marketing, pro-social behaviour, multicultural marketing and consumption, consumer well-being, health promotion, consumer privacy, food security, digital marketing, social media marketing, community well-being, sustainable rural communities,