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Rural Planning & Development

Organization Type:

Academic

Founding institution/faculty/department:

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph

Objectives/focus/mandate/mission:

The generation of knowledge and the development of the planning practice to advance the welfare and integrity of rural communities and rural environments

Affiliates/partners/other disciplines:

Interdisciplinary

Funding agencies/organizations:

CMHC, CIDA, OMAFRA, INAC and various NGO's

Language:

English

Areas of specialization:

Rural planning and development

Researchers and their fields of research:

Professors: Wayne Caldwell, Harry Cummings, John Devlin, John Fitzgibbon

Fields of Research: Land use, rural communities, ground water management, rural economic development, local foods, urban agriculture

Programs offered:

Master of Science in Rural Planning and Development Ph.D. in Rural Studies

Web links on the site:

CMHC, CIP, Ontario Professional Planners Institute (ONPPI), Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), Economic Developers Association of Canada (EDAC), Women and Rural Economic Development (WRED), Centre for Rural Economy, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), Ryerson University, Ontario Agricultural Training Institute (OATI)

Contact information

Street address:

Landscape Architecture, Rural Planning & Development, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph
University of Guelph #Room 101
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1

Mailing address:

Landscape Architecture, Rural Planning & Development, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph
University of Guelph #Room 101
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1

Main phone number:

(519) 824-4120 x52191

Main fax number:

(519) 767-1686

E-mail addresses:

mnelisch@uoguelph.ca (Maurice Nelischer, Director)

Web site:

http://www.uoguelph.ca/sedrd/RPD/index.html