Education Overview
What is ‘planning’?
To plan is to improve the quality of public and private
development and of decisions affecting people and their environment. Planners
make decisions about the future of human settlements, resource management,
environmental protection, human health and well-being, economic development,
and many other areas. Responsible planning deals with balancing various private
interests with the public interest and identifying viable, workable options.
Ultimately their work becomes part of or a catalyst to public policy.
Themes of the North
UNBC’s School of Environmental Planning offers a unique
undergraduate planning education. Three themes give students the option of
concentrating their planning degree in one of the following areas:
Natural Resource Planning
Familiarizes students with planning and decision-making in a
variety of sectors that includes provincial land use planning, environmental
assessment, watershed planning, and integrated resource and environmental
management.
Northern Rural and Community Planning
Combines concepts such as bioregionalism, sustainability,
and landscape design within the context of physical land use planning, social
planning, and community economic development.
First Nations Planning
Integrates cultural and social needs that are developed from
within and are grounded in the ecosystem, including infrastructure development,
housing, and health planning.
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