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School of Planning

Research Areas

Areas of Research
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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


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