Tara Clapp

About Tara Clapp

Dr. Tara Lynne Clapp is Chair of the School of Environmental Planning at the University of Northern British Columbia. Her research interests are in rural resilience, watersheds and climate, and housing. She currently teaches planning theory, housing, and First Nations planning.

Areas of Expertise

Environmental Planning and Resource Management, Housing, Land Use Planning and Governance

Selected Publications

Groulx, M., Clapp, T., Bryce, B., Carr, M., and Gourlay, K. (Accepted). Planning the Great Acceleration: Spatial norms and urban expansion in Prince George, Canada, 1946-1981. Journal of International Urbanism., Clapp, Tara Lynne Clapp, Theresa Healy, Matt Henderson, Melissa Bates, Mikhaila Carr, Lauren Elviss, Scott Monroe, Santana Patten, Kyla Sauer, Makenzie Thorpe. 2023. Alienated Lands. Report to Nak’azdli Whu’ten. Report to client community. , Clapp, T.L., Megan Gereghty, Olimpia Pantelimon, Carla Stewart, & Brenda Wallace. 2022. “Facing our Fears: Building capacity in climate adaptation.” Plan Canada. Fall 2022., Clapp, T.L. 2015. “Social identity as grammar and rhetoric of motives: Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring as an identity for environmental activism.” R. Magee, ed. 20th Century Literary Criticism. Layman Poupard, NC.

Recent Courses Taught

ENPL 411 Planning Theory, ENPL 404 Housing: From Concept to Construction, ENPL 409: Indigenous Planning Studio, ENPL 301: Sustainable Communities