Regional and Urban Planning

About this programme

The Regional and Urban Planning program is located in the Department of Geography and Planning, but many others help to deliver the program. For general information on this program and the membership of the program committee, please visit https://artsandscience.usask.ca/geography/students/undergraduates/regional-and-urban-planning.php . The Regional and Urban Planning program is a professional program, accredited by the Professional Standards Board for the Planning Profession in Canada. Planners are place-makers and community builders. Planning is concerned with the disposition of land, resources, facilities and services in urban and regional contexts. It combines technical knowledge with an aesthetic understanding of what constitutes good urban design. Decisions about how communities grow are increasingly linked to public environmental consciousness, making planners one of the most active groups of professionals dealing with climate change, air and water quality and energy efficient c