Faculty Research

Change for the better
begins with connecting: 

  • knowledge and action; 
  • planning and partnership. 

In everything we do, we work to: 

  • Build partnerships with researchers, other disciplines policy-makers and professions, and the communities our insights impact; 

  • Improve the well-being of communities 

  • Innovate and challenge conventions 

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Heather Campbell

Planning Theory and Practice

SCARP Director Campbell serves as Senior Editor to this forum at the interface between academic and practitioner, promoting an international lens on policy. It is said to rank as one of the top 5 English language planning journals in the world.

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Erick Villagomez

Spacing Vancouver

Erick Villagomez is the Editor-in-Chief at Spacing Vancouver, the Vancouver branch of a magazine that describes the joys, obstacles, and politics of Canada’s big cities and thinks critically about how to shape public spaces. 

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Erick Villagomez

The Laws of Settlements

Erick Villagomez’s book The Laws of Settlements describes the principles underlying human settlements. 

 

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