Carrie Mitchell

Associate Director, Undergraduate Studies | Associate Professor
Headshot of the School of Planning's Dr. Carrie Mitchell

Degrees

Ph.D. Geography, University of Toronto

MSc. Planning, University of Toronto

B.A, (Hons.) International Development, University of Guelph

Contact information

carrie.mitchell@uwaterloo.ca
519-888-4567 ext. 43027
Location:  EV3 3241

Research Interests

  • Climate change and cities
  • Gender and planning
  • International development

Graduate Supervision

 
  Number of students currently supervising/co-supervising Total number of student supervisions/co-supervisions
Masters 1 5
PhD 2 2

Recent/Key Publications

  • Mitchell, C. L., Burch, S. L. and Driscoll, P. A. (2016), (Mis)communicating climate change? Why online adaptation databases may fail to catalyze adaptation action. WIREs Clim Change, 7: 600–613.
  • Mitchell, C.L. and J. Kusumowati. (2013). Is Carbon Financing Trashing Integrated Waste Management? Experience from Indonesia. Climate and Development, 5(4), 268-276.
  • Mitchell, C.L., S. Ahmed, and S. Dhar. “Keeping women safe in cities starts with good urban planning”. The Globe and Mail, 16 Aug., 2013. Online.
  • Mitchell, C.L. and M. Robertson. 2012. Going Global: Practicing Geography Internationally.  In Solem, M., K. Foote, and J. Monk (Eds). Practicing Geography: Careers for Enhancing Society and the Environment. Pearson Education: Upper Saddle River, NJ, pp. 135-146.
  • Mitchell, C.L. 2009. Trading trash in the transition: economic restructuring, urban spatial transformation, and the boom and bust of Hanoi’s informal waste trade. Environment and Planning A, 41 (11): 2633-2650.
  • Mitchell, C.L. 2008. Altered landscapes, altered livelihoods: The shifting experience of informal waste collecting during Hanoi’s urban transition. Geoforum, 39: 2019-2029.

Courses Taught

  • PLAN 102 Professional Communication
  • PLAN 350 Research Methods for Planners
  • PLAN 440/674 Urban Services Planning
  • PLAN 474 Special Topics in Planning - Sex and the Globalizing City