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Urban Affairs & Planning - Alexandria Center

Are you interested in studying urban planning while living in the national capital region?

Virginia Tech’s Urban Affairs & Planning (UAP) Program offers graduate degree programs (Masters and Ph.D.) in urban and regional planning at its Old Town Alexandria campus, located across the Potomac river from Washington D.C. Our faculty are recognized nationally and internationally as innovators in planning education, research and outreach. We invite you to learn more about us while visiting our website.

Virginia Tech students featured in Arlington County smart growth documentary

Arlington County, Virginia, sponsored the making of a documentary about the County’s smart growth efforts. The 52 minute film discusses the historical development of the County and its award-winning planning approach. Students from Virginia Tech and University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) who took part in a Virginia Tech Urban Affairs and Planning module about Transit-Oriented-Design and Arlington County were featured in the film. The module was led by two Urban Affairs and Planning faculty, Dr. Heike Mayer and Dr. Ralph Buehler.

The documentary premiered on May 11 at the Arlington Central Library. To view the documentary, click here.

UAP Faculty presents report on sustainable transport in Germany and the United States

Dr. Ralph Buehler has coauthored a report on policies/planning, travel behavior, and sustainable transportation in Germany and the United States, released by the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program during a recent event at the German Embassy in Washington, DC. There, Buehler presented the peer-reviewed report, “Making Transportation Sustainable: Insights from Germany,” which he authored with John Pucher, Rutgers University, and Dr. Uwe Kunert, German Institute of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, Germany.

To read more, click here.

To read the the report, click here.

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UAP Faculty provide insight into Small Town Sustainability

Urban Affairs and Planning Professors Heike Mayer and Paul Knox have published their book, Small Town Sustainability: Economic, Social, and Environmental Innovation. Their book addresses the question of how small towns can meet the challenge of a fast-paced, globalized world. The authors' use case studies to introduce movements, programs, and strategies capable of effectively promoting local cultures, traditions, identities, and sustainability. A brief article highlighting the motivation and findings of this book may be read at Planetizen.

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One Program, Two Locations

The Alexandria Center is one of Virginia Tech’s new initiatives in the National Capital Region. The Blacksburg location is one of the nation’s oldest, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2008.

What fits your needs?

UAP Blacksburg

Two undergraduate degrees: Public and Urban Affairs and Environmental Policy and Planning
Graduate degree programs (Masters and Ph.D.) in urban and regional planning
Graduate program primarily targeted to full-time students
Creative town environment