Participants in PLAN 545: Barcelona Planning Studio included UBC students at SCARP, SALA, Civil Engineering and Architecture Students from the Barcelona School of Architecture
The Barcelona Planning Studio:
Analyzing Public Life Data
Jordan Konyk, a master’s student in the School of Community and Regional Planning, and his two teammates — Narayan Gopinathan, a master’s student at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, and Denby McDonnell, a master’s student in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs — have won the UBC World’s Challenge Challenge.
PLAN 211 students showcase projects at Vancouver City Hall
Public life in Barcelona is vibrant, colourful, and diverse. Yet it is also contested, and many residents perceive that public spaces are under threat from the growing tourism economy, gentrification, commercialization and commodification.
Haida feature film, Edge of the Knife, won Best Canadian film and Best BC Film at the Vancouver Film Festival this month.
The brain child of Indigenous Community Planning Program's director, Dr. Leonie Sandercock, the film is garnering attention throughout Canada and the USA.
Jon Frantz, former SCARP masters student, produced the film.
An article in The Georgia Straight talks about the film here.
B.C. tourism operators fear damage to industry after two summers of smoke and wildfire
SCARP PhD student Jeremy Stone was quoted in a Globe and Mail article about the effect of wildfires on the tourism industry. Stone, who has researched the economic resilience of businesses to disaster, said that damage to B.C.’s brand could be costly.
Globe and Mail
Cities are being repaidly transformed by information technology and socio-economic innovation. This is led by a massive growth in citizen generated data and the internet of things.
PLAN 341 "Smart Cities: Concepts, Methods and Design" will explore emerging theorgy, methods and framworks for understanding the field of "Smart Cities.
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Participants in PLAN 545: Barcelona Planning Studio included UBC students at SCARP, SALA, Civil Engineering and Architecture Students from the Barcelona School of Architecture
The Barcelona Planning Studio: How can planners, architects, and engineers use public life data to improve the everyday use of our cities? What are the methods for analyzing public life data and how can the collection of this data be put to the service of local residents and communities? Students considered these questions during the first two weeks of June 2019 as part of PLAN 545: The Barcelona... |
