Douglas G. Young
Professor Emeritus
Urban Studies (URST)
Office: 702 Ross Building South
Phone: 416 736 2100 Ext: 77829
Email: dogoyo@yorku.ca
When I was in high school in Hamilton, Ontario I read Peter Hall's "World Cities" and Jane Jacobs' "The Death and Life of Great American Cities." I think from that point on 'the urban' became a leitmotif in my life. I have worked at different times in my life as an architect, an urban planner and a developer of non-profit housing co-operatives. My current research focuses on how people live in the 21st century with the legacies of 20th century modernist and socialist urbanisms. I have conducted research on that topic in Berlin, Hanoi and Stockholm. Other areas of research interest include the in-between city of post-suburbia, and very generally urban planning and development. I find that the most personally rewarding research projects are ones in which I actively engage with and support community-based and directed initiatives.
Degrees
Bachelor of Architecture, University of TorontoPost-graduate Diploma Planning Studies, Architectural Association, London U.K.
PhD Environmental Studies, York University
Research Interests
- York University Research Award - 2023
- International Planning History Society 2022 Book Prize for the best anthology or edited work in planning history written in English and published in 2020 or 2021 - 2022
When I was in high school in Hamilton, Ontario I read Peter Hall's "World Cities" and Jane Jacobs' "The Death and Life of Great American Cities." I think from that point on 'the urban' became a leitmotif in my life. I have worked at different times in my life as an architect, an urban planner and a developer of non-profit housing co-operatives. My current research focuses on how people live in the 21st century with the legacies of 20th century modernist and socialist urbanisms. I have conducted research on that topic in Berlin, Hanoi and Stockholm. Other areas of research interest include the in-between city of post-suburbia, and very generally urban planning and development. I find that the most personally rewarding research projects are ones in which I actively engage with and support community-based and directed initiatives.
Degrees
Bachelor of Architecture, University of TorontoPost-graduate Diploma Planning Studies, Architectural Association, London U.K.
PhD Environmental Studies, York University
Research Interests
Awards
- York University Research Award - 2023
- International Planning History Society 2022 Book Prize for the best anthology or edited work in planning history written in English and published in 2020 or 2021 - 2022
