"Resilient-C" facilitates knowledge and resource sharing between coastal communities to support hazard risk reduction. It helps identify similarly vulnerable peer communities, and relays their risk reduction actions. The platform currently includes 170+ coastal communities and 3500+ risk reduction actions from across Canada.
Transforming cities focuses on the transformative potential of public sector innovation at the intersection of equity, climate change, and decolonization in Canadian cities. Current dominant systems and paradigms in the public sector require fundamental reframing by the public sector, addressing root causes.
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.
Agreed to be the most influential of Sandercock’s many published books, alongside “Cosmopolis II: Mongrel Cities of the 21st Century” which won the Paul Davidoff Award from the American Collegiate Schools of Planning in 2005.
Mapping Possibility - Finding Purpose and Hope in Community Planning
This upcoming book draws a map of hope for emerging planners dedicated to equity, justice, and sustainability, to inspire this and the next generation of planners, cultural studies, urban studies, architecture, and community development.
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.
The Laws of Settlements
Erick Villagomez’s book The Laws of Settlements describes the principles underlying human settlements.
More about how UBC research makes a difference
UBC: Inspiring people, ideas and actions for a better world
UBC’s mission is pursuing excellence in research, learning and engagement
to foster global citizenship and advance a sustainable and just society
across British Columbia, Canada and the world.
UBC is one of the top 40 research-intensive universities in the world and a recognized leader in research and scholarship at the graduate and postdoctoral level across an enormous range of both disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields, with nearly 900 postdoctoral fellows and over 10,000 graduate students on the UBC-Vancouver campus. In 2018-19, UBC earned more than 669 million in research funding, with record number of 9,544 projects supported.
Some of how we’ve made a difference:
UBC ranks second in Canada overall and 13th globally out of more than 1,115 participating institutions from 94 countries, based on its contributions through research, outreach and stewardship. -UBC Institutional Rankings, 2021
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UBC ranks third in the world for taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, which includes UBC’s early commitment to carbon neutrality and ongoing extensive response to the climate emergency.
-UBC Institutional Rankings, 2021
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UBC tops the rankings in Canada for its research on and institutional approaches to sustainability. This includes sustainable land use and providing for mixed-use, accessible communities, as well as diverse arts and cultural facilities.
-UBC Institutional Rankings, 2021
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UBC ranks seventh overall and first in Canada for sustainable land management, support for threatened species, and commitment to local biodiversity.
-UBC Institutional Rankings, 2021
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Among institutional efforts to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), out of over 1,400 institutions, UBC places:
1st in the world re: innovation and industry partnerships
6th in the world re: reducing inequality
7th re: climate action
11th re: conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development
19th re: sustainable consumption and production patterns
23rd re: inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities