The City and Regional Planning Department promotes sustainable and diverse communities within cultural and human systems. Faculty research reflects the program's strengths in urban design, transportation, land use and environmental planning, and community sustainability.
To view hands-on studio work, projects and applied scholarship of the City and Regional Planning undergraduate and graduate programs, please visit City and Regional Planning Studios and Projects.
Modified from planning.calpoly.edu
Submissions from 2010
Thoughts on the Critical and Strategic Need for Planning in Ghana, Cornelius Nuworsoo
Going Home Again, William Riggs
Toward an Enhanced Concept of Disaster Resilience: A Commentary on Behalf of the Editorial Committee, Ken C. Topping, Haruo Hayashi, William Siembieda, and Michael Boswell
Submissions from 2009
Vehicle Emissions and Level of Service Standards: Exploratory Analysis of the Effects of Traffic Flow on Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Rafael Cobina, Tony Henderson, Sudeshna Mitra, Cornelius Nuworsoo, and Edward Sullivan
Applying Environmental Policy Instruments to Used Oil, W. David Conn
A Multiuniversity Planning Studio at the World Planning Congress: An Opportunity for International Planning Education, Hemalata C. Dandekar
Internet-Based Surveys and Urban Design Education: A Community Outreach Graduate Project in Redding, CA, Vincente del Rio and Daniel Levi
The Costs of Hurricane Emergency Management Services: A Risk-Based Method for Calculating Property Owners' Fair Share, Robert E. Deyle, Richard A. Smith, Michael R. Boswell, E. Jay Baker, Mary Kay Falconer, and Joseph A. MacDonald
Preliminaries to a Feasibility Analysis of the Maglev Proposal of The Southern California Association of Governments for the Region, Cornelius Nuworsoo
Providing Senior Citizen Mobility at Minimum Public Cost, Cornelius Nuworsoo
Transforming High-speed Rail Stations to Major Activity Hubs: Lessons for California, Cornelius Nuworsoo and Elizabeth Deakin
Analyzing equity impacts of transit fare changes: Case study of Alameda–Contra Costa Transit, California, Cornelius Nuworsoo, Aaron Golub, and Elizabeth Deakin
City of Guadalupe: Background Report, Cornelius Nuworsoo, Jeffrey W. Hook, and Cal Poly Graduate Planning Studio
City of Guadalupe: Community Plan, Cornelius Nuworsoo, Jeffrey W. Hook, and Cal Poly Graduate Planning Studio
City of Guadalupe: Housing Element, Cornelius Nuworsoo, Jeffrey W. Hook, and Cal Poly Graduate Planning Studio
A Benefit-Cost Evaluation of Smart Transit Features at Small Scale Transit Operations, Cornelius Nuworsoo, Edward Sullivan, Xudong Jia, Neil Hockaday, and Bruce Chapman
Submissions from 2008
Sustainability and Contemporary Urbanism in Brazil, Vicente del Rio
Playing Out Democracy in MacArthur Park: Spatial Struggles in the Everyday Use of Public Space, Kelly D. Main
Implications of Adolescents' Perceptions and Values for Planning and Design, Camille Passon, Daniel Levi, and Vicente del Rio
Books from 2007
Building Sustainable Housing on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Insights from Tecate, Baja California, Hemalata C. Dandekar
EDAPTS Benefit/Cost Evaluation, Xudong Jia, Edward Sullivan, Cornelius Nuworsoo, and Neil Hockaday
Defining Sampling Districts for Household Travel Surveys: A Case Study of the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, Cornelius Nuworsoo
The World Changed Today: A Ten Year Reflection for a Climate Changing World, Paul Wack
Stormwater Quality and Local Government Innovation, Stacey Swearingen White and Michael R. Boswell
Submissions from 2006
A Multi-University Planning Studio in Mexico City, Summer of 2006: A Successful Experiment in the 2nd World Planning Congress, Hemalata C. Dandekar, Francisco Lara-Valencia, and Carlos Balsas