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Education

• BSc (Hons.) University of Victoria, 1996
• MSc Rutgers University, 1998
• PhD New School for Social Research, 2004

Biography

Meg Holden is an engaged researcher and teacher in the domains of urban and regional planning and policy, sustainable development and well-being, and pragmatic philosophy. An environmental pragmatist by personal conviction, Meg seeks paths toward new directions for cities where more and more of us can experience sustainability and justice.

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Research

New Articles

• 2023 Zhu, Y. and Holden, M. . Habitat International.
• 2022 Holden, M. . Socialist Studies/Etudes socialistes 16(1).
• 2022 Boulton, C., Dedekorkut-Howes, A., Holden, M., Byrne, J. . Urban Affairs Review.
• 2021 Bouikidis, A. and Holden, M. . HazNet: the Magazine of Canadian Risk and Hazards Network.

My Books

• 2023 Holden, M. and Breux, S. (eds). . Also published in French as: . Laval: Presses Univ. Laval.
• 2019. About, C., Doussard, C., Holden, M. (eds). . Paris: Dunod-Colin. 224 p.
• 2017. Holden, M. . Routledge Series on Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City (J. Agyeman and S. Zavestoski, series eds).

Watch or Listen

• of Holden, M., About, C., Doussard, C., Rochard, H., Poiroux, A., Airas, A. 2021. Off-cycle: Comparing model sustainable neighbourhoods in France and Canada. City.
• 2021 Holden, M. in Citoyen 2.0 .
• 2021 (Feb 17) Closer to home: the case for complete neighbourhoods. Event 3 of The Future We Want: The Change We Need dialogue series. Invited moderator (online).
• 2021 (Jan 21) Towards a more equitable housing system: is Vancouver a city for renters? Event 2 of The Future We Want: The Change We Need dialogue series. Invited moderator.
• 2020 (Dec 5) Planning for the post-pandemic city. Event 1 of The Future We Want: The Change We Need dialogue series. Invited moderator.
• 2020 Holden, M., Issa, O., Saunders, D. Bula, F. and podcast.
• Commentary
• Holden, M., Lee, R. and Emami, S. 2023 . Plan Canada (Spring), p.20-24.
• Vernet, C. 2023 (July 18) Interviewed in: Radio-Canada Panorama. .
• Luymes, G. 2023 (June) Quoted in: . Vancouver Sun. Also coverage and .
• Menon, A. 2022 (Oct 13) Quoted in: The Tyee.
• Zhu, Y., Mahdavi, D., Holden, M. 2022 . The Conversation
• Holden, M., Mahmood, A., Akbarnejad, G., Martin, L., Winters, M. 2021 . The Conversation
• Holden, M. 2020 The Conversation

Other sample research publications:

Urban development and housing

• Emami, S., Lee, R., Martin, L., Mahmood, A., Winters, M. and Holden, M. 2023 . 80p.
• Nouri, MJ., Holden, M., Sones, M., Winters, M., Mahmood, A. 2022 . Vancouver. 60p.
• Zhu, Y., Holden, M., Vaez Mahdavi, D. and Zeng, A. 2022 . Community Housing Canada.
• Holden, M. 2021 Canadian Journal of Urban Research 30(2): 126-128.
• Zhu Y, Holden M, Han P, Kim S. 2021 (May) . Community Housing Canada.
• Holden, M., Seifi, S., Adeli, R. 2020 Hey Neighbour! A new initiative in rental building resident sociability. International Journal of Community Well-Being 3(3): 341-359.
• Hey Neighbour Collective (Hoar M, Hogg M, Winters M, Holden M + others). 2020 (Dec) . Submitted to Metro Vancouver.
• Holden, M. and Chang, R. 2020. The ups and downs of a sustainable and climate resilient development path in Canadian cities. In Moos, M., Vinodrai, T. and Walker, R. (eds) , 6^th ed. Toronto: Oxford Univ Press, p. 397-416.
• Holden, M. and Kim, S. 2020 (July) Township of Langley Mayor鈥檚 Standing Committee on Development Process Review Report. Township of Langley. 37 p.

Sustainable cities, well-being and urban neighbourhoods

• Holden, M. 2022. Stepping up to meet the challenge of a zero carbon built environment. In: Rydin, Y, Beauregard, R., Cremaschi, M., and Lieto, L. (eds) . Routledge, p. 122-134.
• Holden, M. 2019. . IJCWB 1(2): 137-155.
• Airas, A., Larsen, M., Holden, M. 2019 Social sustainability and ecourban neighbourhoods. In Shirazi, M.R. and Keivani, R. (eds) . New York: Routledge, p.149-170.
• Holden, M. 2018 . International Journal of Community Well-Being 1(1): 45-61.
• Holden, M., Li, C., Molina, A., Sturgeon, D. 2016  Articulo Journal of Urban Research 14.
• Sturgeon, D., Holden, M., Molina, A., Li, C. 2016 Articulo Journal of Urban Research 14.
• Holden, M., Robinson, J., Sheppard, S. 2016 From resilience to transformation: what is the development path? In Yamagata, Y. and Murayama, A. (eds) . Springer, pp. 295-319.
• Holden, M. and M. Toftager Larsen. 2015  Urban Research and Practice 8(3): 354-370.
• Holden, M., C.Li., A.Molina. 2015 . Sustainability 7(9): 11418-11437
• Scerri, A. and M. Holden. 2014 . Environmental Policy and Practice 16(2): 261-279.
• Holden, M., A. Hadizadeh Esfahani, A. Scerri. 2014 . Urban Research and Practice 7(1): 1-19.
• Holden, M. 2012 . Urban Studies 49(3): 636-651.

Community indicators, equity and democratic participation

• Holden, M., Fassihi, F., Firth, C. 2021 . Vancouver.
• 2021 Martin, L. and Holden, M. . Vancouver: Hey Neighbour Collective report.
• Moreno Pires, S., Magee, L., Holden, M. 2017 . Environment and Planning C. 35(7): 1304-1323.
• Holden, M. 2017 Getting to Groundbreaking, But Not Build Out: From formation to failure in a regional housing indicators collaborative. In Holden, M., Stevens, C., Phillips, R. (eds). . New York: Springer.
• Holden, M. 2006 . Cities Journal 23(3): 170 -183.
• Holden, M. 2006 . Applied Research in Quality-of-Life 1(3/4): 253-277.

Planning and Urban Theory

• Holden, M. 2020 Ecological crisis, action and pragmatic humanism. In Wills, J. and Lake, R. (eds) . Manchester University Press, p. 195-209.
• Holden, M. 2020 . Sustainability 12(11): 4669
• Holden, M. 2018 . The Conversation. (18 July)
• Holden, M., A. Scerri, A. Hadizadeh Esfahani. 2015 . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 39(3): 451-470.
• Holden, M. and A. Scerri. 2014 . Planning Theory 14(4): 360-383.
• Holden, M. 2008 Social learning in planning: Seattle鈥檚 sustainable development codebooks. Progress in Planning 69(1): 1-40.
• Holden, M. 2008 . Planning Theory and Practice 9(4): 475-496.