Published December 17, 2009
by iris_author
The City Institute at York University (CITY) present:
The City Seminar
An interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present.
Laura Taylor
Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
"No Boundaries: Exurbia and the Study of Contemporary Urban Dispersion"
Laura Taylor is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies. Her research interests are in exurbia and the
issues of urban dispersion, and natural and cultural heritage conservation in Toronto’s countryside. She is interested in the
residential choices people make and the influence of planning in shaping those choices. Courses taught in FES include
regional planning, political ecology, and cultural landscape studies. Laura is a consulting planner in the greater Toronto area,
and a registered professional planner with the Ontario Professional Planners Institute and a member of the Canadian
Institute of Planners, American Planning Association, and the Canadian and American Associations of Geographers.
Laura earned her PhD in Cultural Geography from the University of Toronto.
Friday January 8, 2010
12:30-2:00 pm
305 York Lanes
Everyone is welcome.
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