Urban + Regional Planning

Our students build a strong foundation in public action, political context, and the social and economic implications of urban planning. They understand the role of ‘place’ in creating policy and recognize the diverse systems that interact to create urban and regional environments.

Yingling Fan awarded 2012–14 McKnight Land-grant Professorship

The Office of the Vice President for Research announced the 2012–14 recipients. The goal of the program is to advance the careers of our most promising junior faculty at a critical point in their professional lives. Fan was chosen for her work on Transforming the Built Environment for Health and Equity: Integrated Socio-Spatial Planning... (more)

University-community collaboration to advance sustainability

As an increasing number of communities and universities work to advance the priorities of sustainability and resilience, their collaboration can yield wide-ranging benefits. Listen to Associate Professor Carissa Schively Slotterback as she describes the Resilient Communities Project (RCP)—a new and innovative model of education and community engagement intended to build long-term capacity to produce sustainable solutions and resilient institutions... (more)

Research Centers

The State and Local Policy Program engages in research and public education in the broad policy areas of transportation and economic development. Recent activity includes work on value pricing, rural vitality, knowledge clusters, corridor design, rural safety, and transportation technology.

The Project on Regional and Industrial Economics conducts research of planning and public policy interest on urban/regional economic development, specializing in occupational and industry structure. Its current projects explore the arts and cultural sector, using mixed methods to study artists, arts organizations, cultural industries and creative placemaking, disseminating results through scholarly publications, public speaking, the press, and person-to-person outreach to parties directly engaged in policymaking.


Recent Headlines Washington County uses students for Gateway Corridor research Posted 04/30/2013 Humphrey School students gather Gateway Corridor information Posted 04/23/2013 Six former U.S. transportation secretaries to take part in Miller Center conference on Monday Posted 04/23/2013 MORE	Regionalities The Impacts of Regional Transit Investment: Research, Results, and Legislative Action Posted 03/18/2013 Regional Innovation Clusters and Economic Competitiveness: A Forum on Lessons Learned from Regional Cluster Initiatives Posted 09/26/2012 Innovations in Road Safety Forum Video posted Posted 09/14/2012 MORE

	Fiscal Issues and Geeky Stuff Spatial Factors of EMV: A Case Study Posted 02/16/2013 Population without Health Insurance Posted 08/30/2012 Interactive Guide to Reducing Government Debt Posted 04/19/2012 MORE

Upcoming Urban + Regional Planning Events

Faculty Experts
Assistant Professor Ryan Allen
Professor Ragui Assaad
Professor Emeritus Richard Bolan
Professor John M. Bryson
Assistant Professor Jason Cao
Assistant Professor Yingling Fan
Professor Edward G. Goetz
Professor Greg Lindsey
Professor Emerita Ann Markusen
Senior Fellow Lee Munnich
Professor Samuel Myers
Assistant Professor Kathy Quick
Associate Professor Carissa Schively Slotterback

“The character of our civilization must be judged by the quality of life in our cities. It is in our cities that American democracy will succeed or fail.”

-Hubert Humphrey, July 31, 1967

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