丁香园AV

 

Meg Holden

Urban Studies and Resources and Environmental Management

Meg Holden

Urban Studies and Resources and Environmental Management
  • mholden@sfu.ca
  • 1 778 782-7888
  • Room 2124, 丁香园AV at Harbour Centre

Privileged to live and work on the traditional and unceded territories of the  and  snichim speaking peoples.

Education

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

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.

Chercheuse et enseignante sp茅cialiste dans les domaines de planification et politiques publiques urbaines et r茅gionales, du d茅veloppement durable et bien-锚tre, et de la philosophie pragmatiste, Meg Holden suit un chemin de recherche marqu茅 par un pragmatisme environnemental. Le but envisag茅 de ses travaux consiste des directions 脿 suivre pour un avenir o霉 une vari茅t茅 croissante des 锚tres urbains conna卯t la durabilit茅 et la justice dans leur quotidien.

Research

New Work

  • 2024. Zhu, Y., Holden, M. and Schiff, R. . Special issue of Housing, Theory and Society.
  • 2024. Holden, M., Lee,, R., Lusson, F., Martin, L, Mahdavi, D.V., Emami, S., Zhu, Y. The neighbour spectrum in community housing: pro-social, anti-social and asocial neighboring in Vancouver. Journal of Urban Affairs. .
  • 2024. Holden, M. . In: Diaz-Bone, Rainer/Larquier, Guillemette de (eds.) Handbook of economics and sociology of conventions. Cham: Springer.
  • 2020. Holden, M. Sustainability.12(11): 4669 doi:10.3390/su12114670
  • 2020. Holden, M. Ecological crisis, action and pragmatic humanism. In Wills, J. and Lake, B. (eds) The Power of Pragmatism: Knowledge production and social research. Manchester University Press, p. 195-209.
  • 2020. Holden, M., Seifi, S., Adeli, R. Hey Neighbour! A new initiative in rental building resident sociability.  International Journal of Community Well-Being. Online first:

My Books

  • 2023. Breux, S. and Holden, M. (eds). . Also published in French as: Regards Crois茅s sur les 茅tudes urbaines au Qu茅bec et en Colombie-Brittanique. Laval: Presses Universitaires Laval.
  • 2019. About, C., Doussard, C., Holden, M. (eds). Comment (re)penser la fabrique de la ville? 20 ans d鈥櫭ヽoquartiers 脿 l鈥檌nternational : bilans et perspectives. Paris : Dunod-Colin. 224 p.
  • 2017. Holden, M. Pragmatic justifications for the sustainable city: Acting in the common place. Routledge Series on Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City (J. Agyeman and S. Zavestoski, series eds).
  • 2017. Holden, M., Stevens, C., Phillips, R. (eds). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best cases VII. New York: Springer.

Watch or Listen

  • Robin Chang and Meg Holden, 鈥淭eaching and learning in urban research (AfterCorona#9).鈥� May 2020 Urban Political Podcast: the podcast on urban theory, research and activism.
  • Meg Holden, 鈥淲hat if Victoria鈥檚 Dockside Green were a Parisian Ecoquartier?鈥� Mar 2019. The City Talks public lecture series, Victoria, BC.
  • Meg Holden, 鈥淧lutophilic Vancouver: the love of Vancouver for its cash value.鈥� Mar 2019. Third Annual Larry Bell Urban Forum: Vancouverism in a World of Cities.
  • Temporarily Urbane, the podcast of the Urban Studies Program, various episodes.

Commentary

  • 2024 Zhu, Y., Holden, M., Ali, H., and Mhuriro, N. . The Conversation. Reprinted in .
  • 2024 Holden, M. and Zhu, Y. . The Conversation. Reprinted in . 
  • 2023 Holden, M., Lee, R. and Emami, S. Planners' role in bending the curve of the emerging asocial society. Plan Canada (Spring) p. 20-24.  .
  • 2021 Holden, M., Mahmood, A. Akbarnejad, G., Martin, L. Winters, M. . The Conversation.
  • 2020 About, C., Doussard, C. and M. Holden. Des 茅coquartiers 脿 la ville bas-carbone. La revue Urbanisme no 416, p.50-53.
  • 2019 Holden, M. The pragmatism of thinking globally. A contribution to the GTI Forum: Think Globally, Act Locally? Great Transition Initiative .
  • 2019 Holden M. and R. Holt. Green buildings must do more to fix our climate emergency. The Conversation. Feb)
  • 2018 Holden, M. Canada鈥檚 most livable city is not Vancouver 鈥� it鈥檚 Calgary. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/canadas-most-livable-city-is-not-vancouver-its-calgary-101957 (5 Sept)
  • 2018 Holden, M. Our changing views of the city: a new urban celebration. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/our-changing-views-of-the-city-a-new-urban-celebration-97060  (18 July)
  • 2015 Holden, M. It鈥檚 an urban future out there, Metro Vancouver. Vancouver Sun (29 Oct).
  • 2014 Holden, M., Sidhu T. and Simon, J. Mostly gloom and not enough glimmer in housing report. Georgia Straight.
  • 2014 Holden, M. Exit, voice and loyalty for a Vancouver in decline. Price Tags Blog.
  • 2014 (March 21) Burch, S., Dale, A., Holden, M., King L., Robinson J., Roseland M. Good local and regional planning refuses to take sides. Vancouver Sun.
  • 2011 Scerri, A. and M. Holden. Liveability prizes are nice but 鈥� The Conversation (Melbourne, Australia).

Other sample publications: Urban development and policy planning

  • 2022 Holden, M. . Socialist Studies/Etudes socialistes 16(1).
  • 2020 Holden, M. . Sustainability. 12(11): 4669 doi:10.3390/su12114670
  • 2020 Holden, M. Ecological crisis, action and pragmatic humanism. In Wills, J. and Lake B. (eds) The Power of Pragmatism: Knowledge production and social research. Manchester University Press, p. 195-209.
  • Holden, M. and Chang, R. 2020. Planning and development of sustainable cities in Canada. In Moos, M., Vinodrai, T. and Walker, R. (eds) Canadian Cities in Transition, 6th ed. Toronto: Oxford University Press, pp. 397-416.
  • 2016 Holden, M., Robinson, J. and Sheppard, S. From resilience to transformation: what is the development path? In Yamagata, Y. and Murayama, A. (eds) Urban Resilience -- a transformative approach. Springer, pp. 295-319.
  • 2015 Holden, M., A. Scerri and A. Hadizadeh Esfahani. Justifying failures within urban redevelopment success stories: dispute, compromise, and a new test of urbanity. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 39(3): 451-470.
  • [31] 2015 Holden, M. and M. Toftager Larsen. Institutionalizing a policy by any other name: in the City of Vancouver鈥檚 Greenest City Action Plan, does climate change policy or sustainability policy smell as sweet? Urban Research and Practice 8(3): 354-370.
  • 2015 Holden, M. and Maclaren, V. Urban Environmental Management. Chapter 17 in B. Mitchell (ed.) Resource and Environmental Management in Canada: Addressing conflict and uncertainty. 5th ed. Oxford University Press, pp. 426-449.
  • 2014 Holden, M. and A. Scerri. Justification, compromise and test: developing a pragmatic theory of critique to understand the outcomes of urban redevelopment. Planning Theory 14(4): 360-383.
  • [29] 2014 Holden, M., A. Hadizadeh Esfahani, and A. Scerri. Facilitated and emergent social learning in sustainable urban development: exposing a mismatch and moving toward convergence. Urban Research and Practice 7(1): 1-19.
  • 2014 Scerri, A. and M. Holden. Ecological modernization or sustainable development? Vancouver鈥檚 Greenest City Action Plan: the city as 鈥榤anager鈥� of ecological restructuring. Environmental Policy and Practice 16(2): 261-279.
  • 2008 Holden, M. Social learning in planning: Seattle鈥檚 sustainable development codebooks. Progress in Planning 69(1): 1-40.
  • [14] 2008 Holden, M. The tough minded and the tender minded: A pragmatic turn for sustainable development policy. Planning Theory and Practice 9(4): 475-496.

Other sample publications: Ecourbanism, well-being and urban neighbourhoods

  • Holden, M., Seifi, S., Adeli, R. 2020 Hey Neighbour! A new initiative in rental building resident sociability. International Journal of Community Well-Being. Online first: 
  • Holden, M. 2019 Bringing the neighbourhood into infill development in the interest of wellbeing. International Journal of Community Well-Being. 1(2): 137-155.
  • Airas, A., Larsen, M. and Holden, M. 2019 Social sustainability and ecourban neighbourhoods. In Shirazi, M.R. and Keivani, R. (eds) Urban Social Sustainability: Theory, practice and policy. New York: Routledge, p.149-170.
  • Holden, M. 2018 Community wellbeing in neighbourhoods: Achieving community and open-minded space through engagement in neighbourhoods. International Journal of Community Well-Being 1(1): 45-61.
  • Holden, M., Li, C., Molina, A., Sturgeon, D. 2016 New actors and intermediary roles in the craft of ecourban neighbourhoods. Articulo Journal of Urban Research 14. Available online: http://articulo.revues.org/3128
  • Sturgeon, D., Holden, M., Molina, A., Li, C. 2016 What does neighbourhood theory mean for Ecourbanism? Introduction to the special issue on 鈥楨courbanism Worldwide.鈥� Articulo Journal of Urban Research 14 Available online: http://articulo.revues.org/3128
  • Holden, M., C.Li. and A.Molina. 2015 The emergence and spread of eco-urban developments around the world. Sustainability 7(9): 11418-11437; doi:10.3390/su70911418. Available online http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/9/11418.
  • 2012 Holden, M. Urban policy engagement with social sustainability in metro Vancouver. Urban Studies 49(3): 636-651.

Other sample publications: Community indicators and urban sustainability assessment systems

  • Moreno Pires, S., Magee, L., Holden, M. 2017 Learning from community indicators movements: towards a citizen-powered urban data revolution. 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). Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best cases VII. New York: Springer.
  • Holden, M. 2006 Urban indicators and the integrative ideals of cities. Cities Journal 23(3): 170 -183.
  • Holden, M. 2006 Revisiting the local impact of community indicators projects: Sustainable Seattle as prophet in its own land. Applied Research in Quality-of-Life 1(3/4): 253-277.