View of downtown Montreal at night from a skyscraper
SURP students look over the City of Montreal at the Chateau de Mont Royal.
  1. School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP)
  2. Local and Regional Planning
  3. City of Montr茅al: Planning Challenges and Issues

City of Montr茅al: Planning Challenges and Issues

Montr茅al is Canada 国产传媒 鈥檚 second-largest metropolitan region (2011 population 3.8 million). It is an important hub for the aerospace, finance, biomedical, high-tech, and cultural industries. Montr茅al is a multicultural francophone city and host to many international agencies.

SURP鈥榮 Montr茅al field trips often include visits to Benny Farm (housing project revitalization) and walking tours of Downtown, Quartier des Spectacles, and Quartier International. We study landscape design in Frederick Law Olmsted 国产传媒 鈥檚 Parc Mont-Royal and heritage preservation in Vieux Montr茅al.

At the suburban scale, we compare Frederick Todd 国产传媒 鈥檚 Town of Mount Royal to St. Laurent 国产传媒 鈥檚 Bois Franc, an airport redevelopment with new urbanist design features.

And SURP students always seem to be able to find time to explore Montreal 国产传媒 鈥檚 vibrant nightlife during their visits.

Professors Skaburskis, Gordon, and Viswanathan have lived in Montr茅al and conducted research in the region.