Urban ecology, simulation modeling, scenario planning, enhancing ecosystem functions in coupled human-natural systems…
Department: Urban Design and Planning
Julie Howe
Housing models and their impact on mental health…
Ana Costa
Urban governance, poverty and inequality, planning history and theory, housing policy, urban informality, community organization…
Sunho Choi
Historic preservation planning and policy, community development, urban revitalization, social sustainability…
Chin-Wei Chen
Climate change (adaptation & mitigation), climate governance, community-based adaptation actions, disaster risk reduction…
Mingming Cai
Emerging transportation technologies, shared mobility and land use, interaction between human mobility based on shared vehicles and urban land uses. Spatio-temporal analysis and big data. Smart visualization methods…
Lamis Ashour
Research interests: Smart cities and transportation systems, Digital transformation, Travel behavior, and Sustainable development…
Abdulaziz Alqadhib
Research interests: Infrastructure Economics and Planning, Energy Infrastructure, and Urban Economics…
Urban Design & Planning Interdisciplinary PhD
The Urban Design & Planning Interdisciplinary Ph.D. at the University of Washington is one of 39 Ph.D. programs in urban and regional planning in North America, and one of the oldest, founded in 1967.
This program brings together faculty from …
Keith Harris
Harris’ research hovers around critical urban theory and investigates the political, economic, ethical, and aesthetic dimensions of the urbanization process. An erstwhile civil engineer, he writes on complex and contradictory landscapes and infrastructure, such as South Lake Union, the Elliott …