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Carpiano

Richard

Arts

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Community Planning, Health Care, Medicine, Mental Health, Sociology, United States, Urban Planning

social determinants of health, health sociology, sociology of mental health, community health, population health, health inequalities, neighbourhoods, community, social capital, social networks

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Condon

Patrick

School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

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Engineering, Environment, Natural Resources, Olympics, Transportation, Urban Planning, Water

Urban Design, Sustainable Design, Housing, Transportation, Sustainable Communities, Urban Watershed Health

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Crofton

Fiona S.

Applied Science

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Agriculture, Architecture, Business, Communications, Community Planning, Continuing Education, Culture, Education, Engineering, Environment, Ethics, Human Behavior, Internet, Natural Resources, Pollution, Sustainability, Teaching, Transportation, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Water

Sustainability-based design and planning, sustainability / sustainable development education, participative planning and design, online education, virtual community architecture

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Dorcey

Tony

Community and Regional Planning

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Community Planning, Environment, Pollution, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Water

sustainable development; mediation and conflict resolution

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Edgington

David

Arts

Japanese

Asian Affairs, Australia, Economics, Geography, Japan, Multiculturalism, Urban Planning, Olympics

Japanaese economy; Japan-Canada trade and investment links; Pacific Rim trade and investment patterns; Japanese cities and regions; Multiculturalism and Local Government in Vancouver; Australia

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Flanders

David

Forestry

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Aboriginal Issues, Agriculture, Architecture, Community Planning, Environment, Forestry, Geography, Mining, Natural Resources, Science, South America, Sustainability, Transportation, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Water

Landscape planning, community planning, landscape architecture, urban planning, climate change, urban design, GIS, geography, forestry, energy, carbon, natural resources management, adaptation, sustainability, resilience

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Frank

Lawrence

Graduate Studies

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Environment, Transportation, Urban Planning

transportation, transit, public health, sustainability, sprawl, neighbourhood walkability, physical activity, urban planning

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Goldberg

Michael A.

Sauder School of Business

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Business, Caribbean, Commerce, Economics, Management, Transportation, Urban Planning

urban transportation and land policy; cities in the global economy; urban development

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Gurstein

Penny

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

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Adolescence, Aging, Architecture, Children, Community Planning, Families, Internet, Labour Issues, Sustainability, Third World, Urban Planning, Women's Issues, Work, Olympics

community planning; housing; planning and health; multimedia and planning; marginalized communities; gender and planning; telework and home-based employment; sustainable development; outsourcing and its impact on employment

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Hare

Warren

Science

English

Earthquakes, Economics, Engineering, Health Care, Management, Mathematics, Natural Resources, Research and Development, Science, Urban Planning

Optimization, Nonconvex Analysis, Applied Optimization, Operations Research, Optimal System Design, Healthcare, Road Design, Earthquake Damage Reduction

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Hickson

Catherine

Science

Spanish (intermediate)

Geology, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Urban Planning, Volcanos

Volcanoes, natural hazards, risk assessments, hazard assessments, land use planning, subglacial volcanism, South America,

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Hsing

You-tien

Arts

Mandarin

Asian Affairs, China, Commerce, Geography, Politics, Taiwan, Trade, Urban Planning

Taiwan; trade; politics

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Hsu

Shi-Ling

Law

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Aquaculture, Economics, Environment, Fisheries, Free Trade, Law, Natural Resources, Pollution, Statistics, Taxation, United States, Urban Planning, Wildlife

Climate Change, Climate Policy, Carbon Taxes, Cap-and-Trade, Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, Law and Economics, Natural Resources Law, Energy Law

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Kusno

Abidin

Graduate Studies

Indonesians

Architecture, Urban Planning

architecture, urban design, politics, culture, Indonesia

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Laquian

Aprodicio

Community and Regional Planning

Pilipino

Abortion, Addictions, Anthropology, Architecture, Asian Affairs, China, Community Planning, Crime, Culture, Environment, Geography, Government, Health Care, History, Human Rights, Immigration, Immigration, Chinese, International Studies, Management, Multiculturalism, Politics, Pollution, Racism/Race Relations, Third World, Transportation, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Water

planning and governance of metropolitan areas, poverty alleviation, affordable housing, urban development in Asia with special focus on China, India,Vietnam, the Philippines, inner city redevelopment with focus on Vancouver's Down Town East Side, how to solve problems of slums in developing countries

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Lauster

Nathanael

Arts

Swedish

Children, Families, Real Estate, Sociology, Statistics, Urban Planning

Population, Housing, Urban Studies, Crowding, Family

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Leaf

Michael

Community and Regional Planning

Indonesian

Asian Affairs, China, Community Planning, Third World, Urban Planning

urbanization and social change in Third World countries, particularly southeast Asia and China

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Lovegrove

Gord

Applied Science

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Community Planning, Engineering, Mathematics, Pollution, Sustainability, Transportation, Urban Planning, Waste Management

Sustainability, sustainable transportation, transportation planning, sustainable road safety, sustainable communities, transportation demand management, safety audits, macro-level collision prediction models, social cost benefit analyses

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Luymes

Don

Land and Food Systems

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Environment, Urban Planning

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Lynn

Hyung-Gu

Arts

Japanese, Korean

Asian Affairs, Communications, Film, Government, History, Human Rights, Immigration, International Studies, Internet, Japan, Korea, Multiculturalism, Music, Politics, Racism/Race Relations, Sex/Sexuality, Urban Planning

South Korea, North Korea, Japan, politics, economics, popular culture, society, international relations,

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Mooney

Patrick

Applied Science

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Environment, Health Care, Natural Resources, Urban Planning, Birds, Japan, Wildlife

sustainable development; urban biological diversity; environmental restoration; wetland restoration; therapeutic landscapes; sustainable development; urban biological diversity; urban ecosystems; environmental management in urban planning; birds in urban environments; habitat management; Japanese gardens; habitats

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Paterson

Doug

Land and Food Systems

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Community Planning, Environment, Tourism, Transportation, Urban Planning

sustainabile design; urban design; parks and recreation planning and design

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Peck

Jamie

Arts

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Culture, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Urban Planning, Work

creative cities, urban policy, labour market and welfare programs, temporary employment, outsourcing

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Quayle

Moura

Sauder School of Business

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Business, Education, Government, Sustainability, Teaching, Urban Planning

design and business, leadership, creativity, government-academic, public policy, design thinking, urban design, green cities, sustainable business, new pedagogy

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Rees

William

Community and Regional Planning

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Economics, Environment, Europe, Finance, Urban Planning

ecological economics; sustainable development; sustainability; global change; ecological footprint analysis; ecological planning; urban ecosystems

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Robinson

John

Graduate Studies

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Communications, Community Planning, Computers in Education, Environment, International Studies, Internet, Natural Resources, Philosophy, Pollution, Psychology, Science, Technology, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Sustainability, Olympics

sustainable development, sustainability, climate change, scenarios, energy policy, futures studies, science / policy studies

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Sheppard

Stephen

Forestry

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Architecture, Community Planning, Environment, Forestry, Olympics, Sustainability, Urban Planning

landscape architecture; greenway planning for sustainable communities; tourism potential of BC's landscapes; social aspects of forestry; visual quality / visual impacts of clear-cutting; computer mapping and animation; computer visual modeling for local climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation, using Geographic Information System and 3D visualization as a prototype for improved community engagement and planning on long-term climate change, snowpack forecasting

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Wagner

George

Applied Science

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Community Planning, Culture, Fine Arts, Japan, Real Estate, Urban Planning

Architecture, urbanism, built culture, Japanese architecture and urbanism, architectural theory.

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Zerriffi

Hisham

Graduate Studies

French

Africa, Asian Affairs, China, Economics, Engineering, Environment, Europe, Government, India, International Studies, Management, Natural Resources, Politics, Research and Development, Science, South America, Sustainability, Technology, Third World, Trade, Urban Planning

energy, environment, rural development, climate change, renewable resources, regulation, governance, technology, pollution

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Zhao

Jinhua

Applied Science

Chinese

China, Engineering, Human Behavior, Immigration, Chinese, Sustainability, Transportation, Urban Planning

transportation engineering, transportation planning, urban development in China, urban planning, intelligent transportation system

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Zuberi

Dan

Arts

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Canada, Community Planning, Education, Immigration, Labour Issues, Literacy, Sociology, United States, Urban Planning, Work

Poverty, Inequality, Urban Issues, Social Policy, Work and Labour, Immigrants, Social Welfare Policy, Health Care Policy, Working Poor

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