The mission of the department is to prepare students to become planning professionals by providing a multi-disciplinary professional education that teaches students to define issues, solve problems and implement solutions to improve the quality of the natural and built environment, in ways that promote social justice and are rooted in an understanding of social change.
The 2008 William R. and June Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning has been announced.
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
College of Environmental Design
3801 West Temple Avenue, Building 7
Pomona, California 91768
Tel. (909) 986 -2688
Fax. (909) 869-4688
E-mail: URPDept@csupomona.edu
Dr. Richard W. Willson is Department Chair. His interests and research focus on land use and transportation planning, planning theory, and policy analysis.