Urban Justice, Politics & Policy

911³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´Èë¿Ú geographers maintain active research programs in urban geography in Long Beach and the Southern 911³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´Èë¿Úregion with a focus on urban planning, policy, and politics related to social justice. Specific projects include examining housing and homelessness, gentrification, transportation, urban sustainability and resilience to climate change, participatory decision-making, environmental justice, and social movements.

Faculty: Carter, House-Peters, Hytrek, Jocoy

 

Urbanscapes, Emotion, Culture, and Transnationalism 

911³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÃâ·Ñ¹Û¿´Èë¿Ú geographers have active research programs that focus on urban places and spaces, urbanism and urban design in international context, migration, effects of globalization, diverse populations, emotion, gender, and sexuality

Faculty: Diminutto and Sidorov