UW’s Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Urban Design & Planning hosted a symposium highlighting Anne Vernez Moudon’s impact, with research presentations spanning urban morphology, mobility and active living.
Category: Faculty Scholarship and Practice
Dr. Pineo Wins Best Research Paper as Awards Highlight Global Innovations
The inaugural Healthy City Design Awards celebrated urban projects advancing health and sustainability. Dr. Helen Pineo, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Design and Planning, won Best Research Paper for Storytelling Methodologies for Urban Health Research and Practice. | Healthy City Design
Professor Qing Shen Awarded 2024 PacTrans Outstanding Educator
Professor Qing Shen, Director of UW’s PhD Program in Urban Design and Planning, has received the 2024 PacTrans Outstanding Educator Award for his excellence in teaching, mentoring, and advancing urban transportation research.
Creating eco-friendly infrastructure design: Meet Jan Whittington
“I’m exactly where I want to be.” For associate professor of Urban Design and Planning Jan Whittington, this statement sums up her feelings about being on the faculty of a large public university, doing what she loves, with good opportunities to secure research funding. Read Jan’s interview with The Whole U.
Washed away, not today— Westport schools participate in tsunami drill
Professor Dan Abramson discusses several ongoing projects with Westport School District that aim to prepare the area for future climate threats, including tsunamis and rising sea levels. | The Daily World
Visiting Scholar: Chung Ho Kim
As a visiting scholar in the Department of Urban Design and Planning, Chung Ho Kim has three goals: reconnect, research, and refresh.
Pride Month | Manish Chalana
Ahead of Pride, UW’s Manish Chalana describes the changing neighborhood of Capitol Hill
https://www.washington.edu/news/2021/06/23/ahead-of-pride-uws-manish-chalana-describes-the-changing-neighborhood-of-capitol-hill/
Marina Alberti |The Benefits and Limits of Urban Tree Planting for Environmental and Human Health
Many of the world’s major cities have implemented tree planting programs based on assumed environmental and social benefits of urban forests. Recent studies have increasingly tested these assumptions and provide empirical evidence for the contributions of tree planting programs, as well as their feasibility and limits, for solving or mitigating urban environmental and social issues.
Click below to read more of this perspective paper co authored by UDP Professor Marina Alberti
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.603757/full
Marina Alberti | International Webinar on Urban Sustainability
Join CEDEUS (Centre of Urban Sustainable Development) of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago on March 9 at 10:00am PST for an International Webinar | “Urban Sustainability in an Eco-Evolutionary Perspective” a talk with Marina Alberti , to be held on March 9 at 3:00 p.m. (Chile). The talk will be broadcast through the Youtube channel of the Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies , and the IEUT academic, Carolina Rojas , will moderate.
March 9 (previously scheduled for Jan 12) 3:00 p.m. (Chile) which will be 10:00 am. PST
More info on their website here
Manish Chalana | Upcoming Book :Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India
Associate Professor Manish Chalana has a book coming out at the end of the month:
Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India
Approaches and Challenges
Edited By Manish Chalana, Ashima Krishna
Copyright Year 2021
Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India seeks to position the conservation profession within historical, theoretical, and methodological frames to demonstrate how the field has evolved in the postcolonial decades and follow its various trajectories in research, education, advocacy, and practice.
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