Welcome to the Department of Urban Design and Planning (UDP). Our core mission is to develop a community of inquiry, learning, and practice that helps urban regions to become more livable, just, economically effective, and environmentally sound through a democratic process of urban design and planning.
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The Highline Times
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Project Safe Haven Wins WSSPC National Award in Excellence
This April, “Project Safe Haven: Vertical Evacuation on the Washington Coast” will be awarded a Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) 2012 National Award in Excellence for mitigation... read the complete article »
Don Miller Reports from His First Visit to Cairo
My sabbatical leave this year permitted me to accept an invitation to give a keynote talk to an international meeting in early December, when I would otherwise be teaching graduate courses in Seattle... read the complete article »
JAFSCD Publishes Paper by UDP Students and Faculty Member
"Toward a More Expansive Understanding of Food Hubs," by UDP students Megan Horst, Eva Ringstrom, Shannon Tyman, Michael K Ward, Virginia Werner, and UDP professor Branden Born... read the complete article »
