Throughout the 2010-1011 academic year, the Department of Urban Planning and the Lewis Center will present the Harvey S. Perloff lectures on The Future of Urban Planning. The lecture series, in honor of planning pioneer and long-time UCLA Dean Harvey S. Perloff, includes a diverse array of urban, regional, and planning scholars reflecting on what they see as the most vexing issues and questions confronting cities and regions over the next decade, and the types and methods of planning research needed to address them. The goal of this series is to begin a conversation among our faculty and students on the most important intellectual questions facing our field over the coming decade. The series is free and open to the public. 

Harvey S. Perloff Lectures on The Future of Urban Planning
MALO ANDRE HUTSON
Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley
The Role of Urban and Regional Planning
in Building Healthy, Sustainable Communities

Date:  Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Time: 12:00 noon light lunch; 12:30 pm lecture
Room: 5391 School of Public Affairs Building

Malo André Hutson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California at Berkeley. His research focuses on community development, regional planning, urban sustainability, and population health. In addition, Professor Hutson focuses on urban policy and politics and the role of institutions in influencing urban and regional development.

Professor Hutson's current research includes an analysis of metropolitan fragmentation and racial residential segregation and their relationship to health. Specifically, he is investigating how multiple political jurisdictions within a metropolitan region affect the distribution of resources across racial and class lines. Professor Hutson just completed a national research study that examined the relationship between the built environment and health disparities.

Next Lecture:

Thursday, November 18
Lisa K. Bates
Assistant Professor, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University
The Connection between Housing and Neighborhoods