Dr. Larry Bourne

Dr. Bourne is an urban geographer who combines impressive contributions to urban spatial theory and the innovative application of analytic perspectives to problem solving, with a deep understanding of the implications of his research to the development and evaluation of public policy. His most impressive contributions have, without doubt, been his pioneering research work on urbanization in Central Canada; his comparative studies of strategies utilized for the regulation of urban systems in Canada, Britain, Sweden, and Australia; and his recent work on housing, the inner city, new urban forms, social polarization, spatial segregation and income inequalities within cities. His critical analyses of philosophical and political matters related to the development of public policy have always been tempered by a touch of realistic humour, a necessary characteristic for a researcher embroiled in the rapidity of change in the Canadian urban system.