Research | Department of Urban and Regional Planning

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Sunbelt Blues Lecture Recap

On Tuesday, March 15, NYU’s Dr. Andrew Ross delivered a sobering guest lecture, sponsored by the Urban and Regional Planning Department and the Student Planning Association (SPA).

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Bringing rurality back to planning culture

Michael Hibbard at the University of Oregon and Kathryn I. Frank at the University of Florida write about their recently published article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

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Dr. Mah Affordability Research

Dr. Mah presents housing affordability research at DCP Research Seminar February 18, 2022 The Urban and Regional Planning Department’s Dr. Julie Mah recently participated in the College of Design, Construction, and Planning’s Research Seminar Series to discuss housing affordability in Toronto, Canada through an analysis of density bonusing agreements enacted by the city from 1988-2018. The following

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FL APA Affordable Housing Newsletter

Erin Fowler and Ian Siljestrom have stories featured in the Florida APA Affordable Housing Newsletter.

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Dr. Christopher Silver Publishes Book, Urban Flood Risk Management: Looking at Jakarta

Urban and Regional Planning Department faculty member Dr. Christopher Silver recently had a book published by Routledge in its Research in Sustainable Planning and Development in Asia series.

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ACSP UF Speakers

Check out the variety of ACSP conference sessions this year featuring UF’s Urban Planning Department

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Recent Research from Dr. Wang

Dr. Wang receives research grants from National Science Foundation Assistant Professor Wang is working to redefine curb environments in Gainesville, FL and to combat COVID-19 misinformation across the United States August 30, 2021 Dr. Yan Wang has been working on research through grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2020 and 2021 on curb

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Resiliency for Port St. Joe

URP student Emilee Aguerrebere assisted resiliency projects for Port St. Joe, FL, following Category 5 Hurricane Michael. She was a graduate research assistant for the interdisciplinary Florida Resilient Cities Program within the college-wide Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER).

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Peng quoted about Miami condo collapse

Dr. Zhong-Ren Peng is quoted in a news article by The Guardian about the collapse of the condominium in Surfside, FL. He discusses the vulnerability of older construction to saltwater intrusion.

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American Jobs Plan Would Fund Mass Transit and Revitalize Cities

In an article for The Conversation, Dr. Ruth Steiner examines the potential positive impacts of Biden’s American Jobs Plan on urban mass transit systems and their cities.

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