The Urban & Regional Planning Department has announced the winners of the 2009 William R. and June Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. Gail Goldberg and Stephen M. Wheeler will be honored at an upcoming banquet and colloquium. This year’s events focus on “The Future of California’s Communities and Regions in an Era of Resource Constraints and Climate Change.”

Increasingly, today’s planners are challenged to carefully consider California’s future as they plan the state’s communities and regions. Resource constraints such as water supply, combined with aggressive action to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, mean that the context for planning has changed. Some see a transformation toward a mixed-use, urban model while others contend that outlying areas will adapt and prosper. Because change is continuous, unprecedented new types of communities may emerge.

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