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The Centre for Human Settlements
Our Mission
The Centre for Human Settlements, a unit within
the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), involves
faculty and student associates from various departments at UBC
in multidisciplinary research and capacity-building programs
related to regional, urban, and community development. In 1990,
CHS was named a "Centre of Excellence" in human settlements
planning by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
The Centre was created as a legacy of the 1976
United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (HABITAT) that
was held in Vancouver and resulted in the Vancouver
Declaration on Human Settlements. CHS originally housed
the collection of audio video presentations by each participating
nation in the HABITAT Conference. In the early 1990s, the entire
collection was deposited in the University
of British Columbia’s Archives.
Faculty associates are currently undertaking
policy-oriented research on:
- community design, transportation
and public health
- gender equity
- healthy and sustainable communities
- international development
planning and urbanization
- metropolitan governance
- participatory planning
- planning for disaster resilience
- risk analysis
- rural-urban linkages
Our Sponsors include:
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