Danielle Labbe | SCARP | UBC School of Community and Regional Planning

Danielle

Labbe

Email: dlabbe@interchange.ubc.ca

Danielle is a trained architect who graduated from the School of architecture at Université Laval (Québec City). In 2001, she completed her B.Arch degree at Hanoi's Superior School of Civil Engineering (Day Hoc Xay Dung). Since then, she has remained involved in Vietnam as lecturer and researcher in architecture and urban planning. Her master's thesis explored the role of international development agencies in the architectural and urban heritage preservation of Hanoi's Old Quarter. Danielle PhD research explores how a rural village in the suburbs of the city has urbanized since the early 20th century. Besides her research activities, she has been involved in a number of architectural and urban design projects in Canada and abroad (England, China, Lebanon). Danielle is currently based in Québec. She occasionally teaches the introductory design studio and planning graphics courses at McGill University's School of Urban Planning.

Publications

Labbé D. (forthcoming). "Urban destructions and land disputes in periurban Hanoi during the late-socialist period." Pacific Affairs; Labbé D. and J.-A. Boudreau (2011). "Understanding the Causes of Urban Fragmentation in Hanoi: The Case of New Urban Areas." International Development Planning Review 33(3): doi:10.3828/idpr.2011.15. Available at: http://liverpool.metapress.com/content/t3545t1mn4616j39/, , Labbé D. (2011). "A Short History of Urban and Regional Development in the Red River Delta." Montréal. INRS - Urbanisation Culture Société. Available at: www.labovespa.ca/doc/Note4-Labbe-12avril.pdf, , Labbé (2010). "Facing the urban transition in Hanoi: recent urban planning issues and initiatives, " Working Paper. Montréal: INRS - Urbanisation Culture Société. Available at: http://www.ucs.inrs.ca/pdf/HanoiUrbanization.pdf; Labbé (2009). "Land Conversion and Social Conflicts in Vietnam" Literature review prepared for INRS-UCS Montréal, , Labbé (2009). "Climate Change Natural Disasters and Urbanization in Vietnam" Literature review prepared for INRS-UCS Montréal, , Labbé (2006) The Periurbanization of Southeast Asia (annotated bibliography). Prepared for the Challenge of the Agrarian Transition in Southeast Asia, , Labbé et al. (2006). "Urban resilience and the re-emergence of cultural patterns" Comprendre l'habitat de Ha Noi: Une expérience interculturelle de partenariat universitaire in Casault et. al. (Eds) Québec. Les Presses de l'Université Laval : 157-212, , Blais et al. (2002). Les transformations morphologiques du quartier Bui Thi Xuan à Hanoi : un ancrage pour orienter son développement futur in. Hanoi : Enjeux modernes d’une ville millénaire. Charbonneau and Hau (eds). Montréal. Trames : 124-139

Scholarships and Awards

(2011-2013) SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (York University); (2006-2009) Challenges of the Agrarian Transition in South-East Asia project (MCRI - SSHRC); (2004-2007) SSHRC Graduate Scholarship; (2005) CIDA & FEDCAN International Development Research Award; (2004) CIDA Innovative Research Scholarship

Related Work Experience

(2009) Research Assistant. INRS-UCS (2005-06) Research Assistant. ChATSEA (2000-04) Research Assistant. University Partnerships in Cooperation and Development Québec-Vietnam

Teaching Assistantships (2009) Guest Lecturer. School of Architecture Cornell University; (2008) Lecturer. School of Urban Planning McGill University (design studio and planning graphics); (2005-06) Co-Instructor. School of Community and Regional Planning. UBC; (2005) Co-Instructor. Intensive participatory urban design workshop, Université Laval and the National Superior School of Civil Engineering (Vietnam); (2002-03) Computer-Aided Design. School of Architecture. Université Laval.

Internships (2002-08) Consultant in Urban Heritage Management. Patri-Arch. Québec; (2004) Consultant in Participatory Planning. People’s Committee of Hanoi. Vietnam. 2004; (1999-04) Architectural Trainee and Urban Designer. ABCP