School of Community and Regional Planning

The School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC was one of the first dedicated planning schools in Canada. Founded in 1951, we have over six decades of experience in graduate planning education and research. Through education and research, SCARP is committed to generating and transforming knowledge into action, by planning in partnership, with the aim of improving the well-being of communities, and the quality of the built and natural environments.

SCARP faculty and students undertake innovative research every year, challenging research conventions to share transformative insight.

Universities today are becoming increasingly conscious of the responsibility to their local communities and the wider public in the education they provide and the knowledge generated. SCARP understands planning insights to be an act of partnership with experts and community alike.  

121
Master's Students
17
Doctoral Students
52
Graduate Degrees Awarded

Research Supervisors

Name Research Interests
Angeles, Leonora Gender analysis, gender mainstreaming and other gender planning related tools, including feminist critiques and perspectives on the intergration of gender and other social axes of difference and diversity in community planning and international development work
Barudin, Jessica All other social sciences, n.e.c.; Indigenous health; Indigenous Planning; Traditional Indigenous medicine and treatments; health; Indigenous methodologies; Community planning; North American Indigenous languages
Binet, Andi Community development / social planning; Community health and care; Equity; Participatory action research; Participatory planning; Public engagement
Caggiano, Holly
Campbell, Heather Urban and regional planning; how academics can work more effectively with non-academics to enhance impact of research; how academics can work more effectively with non-academics to enhance the relevance of research; how ethical values can be incorporated into public policy relating to city and regional planning
Chang, Stephanie All other social sciences, n.e.c.
Clifton, Kelly transport and land use interactions, travel behaviour, pedestrian modeling, equity in transportation policy
Connolly, James John Timothy
Harten, Julia
Hooper, Michael Social sciences; Urban planning; Urban Policy; Comparative Politics; Spatial Planning and Policy; International development; Disasters; Displacement; Densification; Organizations
Kamizaki, Kuni Architecture; Community development / social planning; Displacement; EDI perspectives and practice; housing; Planning theory
Lim, Theodore Environmental and Climate Justice; Urban Analytics; Sustainability Planning
Low, Margaret Urban and regional planning; Indigenous community planning; Indigenous sovereignty; Reconciliation
Senbel, Maged Urban design, environmental planning, climate change planning, public engagement, urban agriculture, multi-media, social media and youth engagement
Stevens, Mark evaluating the effectiveness of local and regional government land use planning efforts, with a goal of producing new knowledge that can help communities anticipate and adapt to changes according to the principles of sustainable development; plan-making and implementation, growth management, natural hazard mitigation, and legal issues in planning; (1) a study of municipal climate change planning in BC, (2) a meta-analysis of environmental policy adoption, (3) a plan evaluation study of award-winning plans, and (4) a study on the content and delivery of quantitative methods courses in urban planning programs
Tran, Martino systems science, predictive modelling and simulation for understanding and tackling societal challenges in energy and sustainability