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Urban Studies professors recognized with book prize from International Planning History Society (IPHS)

Urban Studies professors recognized with book prize from International Planning History Society (IPHS)

Lisa Drummond in Hong Kong

The book titled, Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms: Critical Reflections from a Global Perspective (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2020), was awarded the Third Book Prize, which is given to the best anthology or edited work in planning history written in English and published in 2020 or 2021.

The achievement took Young somewhat by surprise. “To think that the project Lisa and I worked on sitting across from each other at her dining room table or in a café in downtown Toronto should achieve international recognition is truly wonderful. We thought it was pretty good, obviously, but we had no idea if anyone else would. It’s nice to know that other people do,” mused Young.

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