The Working Group Spatial Research and Spatial Planning, led by Univ.-Prof.in Dipl.-Ing. Dr.in Meike Levin-Keitel, hosted Dr. Gian Claudia Sciara, Associate Professor in Community and Regional Planning at the University of Texas at Austin, for a very interesting brown bag presentation on the topic "The Quest for More Sustainable Regional Spatial Development in California" on March 5, 2026.
This Senior Fellow in Metropolitan Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. discussed whether planners should write off the state's effort as a failure when regional-level planning and local-level land use authority stand in tension.
If you want to know more about Dr. Gian-Claudia Sciara and her work please go to: https://soa.utexas.edu/faculty/gian-claudia-sciara
