Insights on today's world from SCARP faculty and students

A stack of Planning West magazines
Insights on today's world from SCARP faculty and students

The most recent Planning West issue includes an article authored by SCARP's very own Mike Hooper discussing several pressing planning topics of the day, from the lens of SCARP faculty and student research. It includes insights from, among others:

  • Stephanie Chang, SCARP Professor and Co-Director, MEL Urban Systems

  • James Connolly, SCARP Assistant Professor

  • Mike Hooper, SCARP Associate Professor and PhD Program Chair

  • Martino Tran, SCARP Associate Professor and Research Masters Chair

  • Students Chelsea Krahn, Kiera Vandeborne and Serena Choi

[W]e have recently confronted wildfires, floods and extreme heat, to name just a few of our overlapping threats. Reflecting the urgency of these concerns, faculty and students in UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) have been working on new ways to address the increasing instability of our planet and communities.

About Planning West

Planning West is the Planning Institute of BC's quarterly news magazine and provides articles and information of interest to the Institute's approximately 1,600 practicing professional planners, planning students, associate members and subscribers. Planning West contains an informative selection of feature articles and opinion pieces about contemporary planning topics and issues, book reviews, planning law and other professional practice updates, and information about the Institute and its activities.

The full Planning West issue (the article in question on Page 22)

  • Spotlight
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