Programs in the School of Planning emphasize both practice and interdisciplinary research. The two main areas of specialization are Physical/Natural Environment and Human/Built Environment. Many themes cut across these two fields; some examples are environmental planning, water resources, waste management, environmental and urban design, natural resources planning, social and economic planning, strategic planning.
Examples of student research areas include:
- neighbourhood and inner city planning
- environmental and health planning
- hazardous and solid waste management
- Third World development issues
- housing and support services for the elderly
- social planning
- land development policy
- urban and regional information systems
- parks planning
- environmentally significant areas
- water quality and environmental monitoring
- transportation planning
- urban design; physical planning; cultural heritage management; historic preservation
- health geomatics; bayesian spatial analysis; environmental criminology; spatial epidemiology
- land/use change modelling
- inegration of the green and built environment; renewable energy and energy systems life cycle assessment
- urban economic analysis
Faculty Research Interests