Director of School of Cities and Professor of Geography and Planning, U of Toronto, Professor Emerita UC Berkeley, Director of the Urban Displacement Project
Joined September 2010
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Karen Chapple retweeted
16 Sep 2024
We're on TikTok! Our new channel features short, interactive, digestible content for anyone who is passionate about city planning & sustainability or interested in the latest trends in urban life. Follow us at tiktok.com/@uoftcities
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13 Sep 2024
Thrilled to see our second peer-reviewed journal article on downtown recovery published by @USJ_online !
13 Sep 2024
New #OpenAccess article by @amir_fhr, @profchapple, @JeffAllenMaps, @jeongbyeon96426 and Julia Greenberg: Assessing #downtown recovery rates and determinants in #NorthAmericanCities after the #COVID-19 pandemic
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9 Sep 2024
So thrilled to highlight our brilliant U of T Urban Challenge grantees in this issue of JCCPE! @UofTCities And don't miss David Miller's podcast! jccpe.utpjournals.press/citi…
9 Sep 2024
The new special issue of the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy is out now! Explore articles on urban #climate resilience and justice edited by David Miller, Haifa AlArasi and Karen Chapple (@profchapple): bit.ly/JCCPE2-3
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Karen Chapple retweeted
13 Aug 2024
Tree canopy is vital to staying cool in a big city. But not everyone has equal access to #tree cover. Check out our new map, which visualizes each of #Toronto’s approx. 1.25 million trees: find the gaps, and find some cover during these hot August days. schoolofcities.github.io/tre…
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Karen Chapple retweeted
26 Jun 2024
In a recent article video with @UCBDisplacement, @profchapple et al gather housing development data in SF & LA to measure the impact of new housing supply on displacement and exclusion, esp. in low-income neighbourhoods. Read and watch now to learn more: urbandisplacement.org/
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Karen Chapple retweeted
17 Jun 2024
In our 1st working paper, researchers from @UCBerkeley & @ucdavis look at what Canada could learn from California’s experience of legislating that its 18 metro planning orgs (MPOs) develop scenario plans to reduce GHGs, and discuss counterpart issues here schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/w…
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Karen Chapple retweeted
8 Jun 2024
The hottest idea in urban planning, the 15-minute city, doesn't reflect how urban markets work, says Harvard's Rachel Meltzer trib.al/q79GFgJ
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Karen Chapple retweeted
23 May 2024
New report evaluates different forms of new housing production and suggests which are more effective in achieving greenhouse gas reduction targets.
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Karen Chapple retweeted
4 May 2024
New study by @taesoo_song and @profchapple provides implications for research and policies oriented towards improving #housing and #NeighbourhoodAccess for low-income households in rapidly changing urban areas
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Karen Chapple retweeted
30 Apr 2024
New #OpenAccess article by @taesoo_song and @profchapple: Does #gentrification constrain #HousingMarkets for low-income households? Evidence from household #ResidentialMobility in the New York and San Francisco metropolitan areas
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26 Apr 2024
Brilliant presentation by @taesoo_song of our forthcoming Urban Studies paper on gentrification in NY and SF!
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25 Apr 2024
When we build new market-rate housing in a neighborhood, what happens to existing residents? Check out my new article with @taesoo_song to find out. bit.ly/44ixks0 1/10
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25 Apr 2024
We need to preserve whatever affordable housing we have left. Rare local government interventions like San Francisco’s Small Sites program need to be expanded. (More at bit.ly/4aLaCuO ) We also need to protect tenants. 9/10
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25 Apr 2024
Our research suggests that we need more solutions. Let’s reimagine housing in North America. urbandisplacement.org 10/10
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