MCP Symposium

Join graduating Master of City Planning students for a symposium of their professional reports, client reports, and theses. The symposium will be held Friday, May 17 from 2-5 p.m. in Wurster Hall at the College of Environmental Design. The event will conclude with a reception starting at 5 p.m in the 2nd Floor Lobby and East Courtyard. 

Advancing Equitable Development

2:30-3 p.m.  |  112 Wurster Hall
Discussant: Chandra Egan, San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing

• Sam Giffin, "HOPE SF In Context: A Neighborhood Analysis of Bayview / Hunters Point, Potrero Hill and Visitacion Valley"
• Abigail Brown, "Getting on Board with Solutions: Public Transit Agencies and the Provision of Homelessness and Substance Abuse Services and Outreach in Transit Stations"
• Eli Kaplan, "Implementing a Community Preference Policy for Affordable Housing in Berkeley"
• Leslie Aguayo, "Perpetuating Poverty: Predatory Lending and Financial Exclusion"

Bikes and Equity

3:30-5 p.m.  |  170 Wurster Hall
Discussant: Chandra Egan, Amber Crabbe, San Francisco County Transportation Authority

• Libby Nachman, "Evaluating the effects of bicycle education interventions on mode shift, confidence, and riding habits"
• Dorry Funaki, "Why don't Women Cycle?"
• Rachel Om, "Equity-Based Transportation Project Evaluation Framework"
• Michael Marks

Planning the Resilient City

3:30-5 p.m.  |  106 Wurster Hall
Discussant: Rob Olshansky, Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

• Michelle Wray, "Climate Gentrification | Social Inequities of Sea Level Rise and Property Values in Vulnerable Coastal Communities"
• Jesse Brown, "Coastal Transfer of Development Rights: A Managed Retreat Strategy For Sea Level Rise"
• Phoenix Alfaro, "Balancing Industry and Health: A Case Study of San Francisco's Maritime Eco-Industrial Center"
• Jamie Albrecht, "Building a Digital Local Hazard Mitigation Plan with the City of Berkeley"  

Managing Growth and Neighborhood Change in California

3:30-5 p.m.  |  112 Wurster Hall
Discussant: James Pappas, San Francisco Planning Department

• Aline Tanielian, "Camouflaged in Marin: Gentrification Pressures in the Canal"
• Jared Nolan, "Understanding the Constraints around Upzoning in California"
• Simon Hochberg, "An Interactive Tool for Visualizing the Impacts of Statewide Transit-Based Land Use Policy"