Should affordable transportation be an essential service?
CBC Wed Jul 11 2018 |
CBC Wed Jul 11 2018 |
The Canadian Press interviewed Penny Gurstein, the director of the Centre for Human Settlements within UBC’s school of community and regional planning, about temporary shelter for refugees and asylum seekers. She discussed how the central issue is a lack of affordable housing in regions with employment and language services for new immigrants. |
SCARP Post Doctoral Fellow, Oscar Zapata has looked into the question of faith in the face of natural disasters, his findings are perhaps not quite what we would have expected.
Read Lou Corpuz-Bosshart's story about Oscar's research.
Media coverage of Oscar's research includes the following stories:
SCARP's Penny Gurstein has been appointed to the BC Housing Board of Commissioners, a provincial body that oversees policy implementation and provides strategic guidance to BC Housing, to help deliver on government’s plan for housing affordability and fairness.
The full announcement from the BC government can be found here.
Distinguished Practice Professor, Larry Beasley will head The Vancouver Lab, a 2-week workshop for students and international planners.
Go to The Vancouver Lab website for more information.
SCARP Director Penny Gurstein has been awarded the Faculty of Applied Science Dean's Medal of Distinction. "The medal serves to recognize individuals who have brought high honour to the Faculty and/or who have made long standing/significant contributions to advance its vision, mission and mandate."
Oscar Zapata, a postdoctoral fellow with SCARP's Water Planning Lab was interviewed on Roundhouse Radio about water supply.
He talked about the water crises in other parts of the world including Cape Town in South Africa and recommended better water management to avert a potential crisis in metro Vancouver. These measures would include universal water metering to reduce demand, and improving water infrastructure.
Roundhouse Radio
SCARP adjunct professor Matt Hern together with Am Johal will launch their new book: Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life at the Western Front on Wednesday, March 28th at 7pm and at the Surrey SFU Lbirary on Thursday, March 29th at 6 pm.
Overview
Heather Campbell, a professor of Town and Regional Planning and an advisor in the Office of the Vice Chancellor at the University of Sheffield, has been named the new director of UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP). Her five-year appointment will begin on September 1, 2018.
Startup rolls into vehicle-sharing world with electric tricycles Metro News Sun Mar 4 2018 Link to full text |
While few households in Metro Vancouver have water meters, the political will for mandatory metering is strong, according to a new survey conducted this summer by researchers at the School of Community and Regional Planning of the University of British Columbia. The researchers surveyed elected councillors and mayors in the region and found that 68 per cent are in favour of mandatory water metering. In a survey of 45 elected councillors and mayors in the region, they found 68 per cent were in favour of mandatory water metering, with the rest being opposed (19 per cent) or neutral (14 per cent). “While cities such as Victoria, West Vancouver and Richmond have been able to provide a water meter to nearly all residents, much of British Columbia and many cities in Metro Vancouver are far behind national coverage rates – most cities have no water metering policy and have been hesitant to introduce water meters,” said report author Jordi Honey-Rosés, an associate professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at UBC. “It’s important to understand why elected officials’ might be hesitant to go forward with stronger action on water metering. Political... |