Karen Chapple

Director of School of Cities and Professor of Geography and Planning, U of Toronto, Professor Emerita UC Berkeley, Director of the Urban Displacement Project

[School of Cities @UofTCities]

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 https://t.co/HYhDmMRBOr

[Karen Chapple @profchapple]

Thrilled to see our second peer-reviewed journal article on downtown recovery published by @USJ_online !

[Urban Studies Journal @USJ_online]

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
https://t.co/ZD3TrvvYAl

[Karen Chapple @profchapple]

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! https://t.co/IBBQ4qn1xt

[UTP Journals @utpjournals]

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): https://t.co/AhhYKR0SRb

[School of Cities @UofTCities]

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. https://t.co/gSVXnkPXij

[School of Cities @UofTCities]

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: https://t.co/Op939iS3IZ

[School of Cities @UofTCities]

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 https://t.co/Qp1ZaNV72z

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

The hottest idea in urban planning, the 15-minute city, doesn't reflect how urban markets work, says Harvard's Rachel Meltzer https://t.co/jAH0NCvyMU

[IMFG @imfgtoronto]

New report evaluates different forms of new housing production and suggests which are more effective in achieving greenhouse gas reduction targets.
https://t.co/VWb1L9nnhL

[Urban Studies Journal @USJ_online]

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
https://t.co/entH10rWMo
#OpenAccess

[Urban Studies Journal @USJ_online]

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
https://t.co/entH10rWMo

[Karen Chapple @profchapple]

Brilliant presentation by @taesoo_song of our forthcoming Urban Studies paper on gentrification in NY and SF!

[Karen Chapple @profchapple]

Our research suggests that we need more solutions. Let’s reimagine housing in North America. https://t.co/bThoWhnGHG 10/10

[Karen Chapple @profchapple]

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. https://t.co/f90vefZmXx 1/10

[Karen Chapple @profchapple]

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 https://t.co/D2hEKvdQAd ) We also need to protect tenants. 9/10