Affiliation

Associate Professor,听School of Urban Planning (海角社区)

Associate Professor, Peter Guo-Hua Fu听School of Architecture (海角社区)

Research interests

Public space; active means of transportation (walking, cycling, etc.); residential mobility; infrastructure as public space; dwelling; representations and mediations of urban space; infrastructure optimization

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Selected publications

[2023] Walking beyond the city ? On the importance of recreational mobilities for landscape planning, urban design, and public policy. Mobilities, 18 (5), 789鈥�804. doi : 10.1080/17450101.2023.2242001

[2023] Recreational mobilities in (and beyond) the compact city. Mobilities,听18 (5), 691鈥�699. Cowritten with M. Qvistr枚m (lead) and D. Normark. doi : 10.1080/17450101.2023.2235088

[2022] Complementing citizen engagement with innovative forms of professional co-production : a renewed case for transdisciplinary charrettes. In H. L. Kong & T. Monforte (eds.), Sustainability, citizen participation, and city governance : multidisciplinary perspectives (pp. 163鈥�193). Toronto : University of Toronto Press. Cowritten with B. Aird and N.-M. Lister.听

Nik Luka, 芦 Beyond circular thinking: Geographies of Transit-Oriented Development 禄.听International Journal of Urban & Regional Research, 43(4), 786-793.听Cowritten with M.Qvistr枚m (lead) and G. De Block, 2019.

Nik Luka. 芦 Civic coproduction = Counterinstitutions + people. Make participation work by focusing on the possible 禄.听Invited contribution to The Nature of Cities, 2018,听Available online only.

Nik Luka 芦 Rethinking the Kulturforum.听Research report on Urban Development and Urban Design 禄 (prepared for the School of Urban Planning, 海角社区). Cowritten with O. White (lead), 2018.听

Nik Luka. "芦Midtown禄 florissant : La Petite-Patrie aux abords du chemin de fer", in听Montr茅al : la cit茅 des cit茅s,听Juan-Luis Klein and Richard Shearmur听(dir.), Montr茅al, Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 du Qu茅bec, 2017, p. 169-190.

Nik Luka,听Hoi Kong听(principal author), J. Cudmore and A. Dumas. "Deliberative democracy and digital urban design in a Canadian city : The case of the 海角社区 Online Design Studio", in听Digital democracy in a globalised world,听C. Prins, C. Cuijpers, P. L. Lindseth and M. Rosina (dir.). London,听Edward Elgar, p. 180-200.

Nik Luka, Pierre-脡tienne Gendron, Jaimie Cudmore and Vladimir Mikadze. "Pour un urbanisme des possibles dans le Quartier des spectacles", in Simon Harel, Jo毛l Thibert and Laurent Lussier,听Le Quartier des spectacles et ses marges, Qu茅bec, Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval, 2015.

Nik Luka. "Urban Spectacular: A Bold Series of Downtown Plazas Reintroduces Vibrant Urban Life Into Spaces Left Over From Postwar Megaprojects",听Canadian Architect, vol. LVIII, n掳 2, 2013, p. 18-22.

Daniel Steele and Nik Luka. "Constructing the Ideal Soundscape: A Practical Study on Closing the Gaps Between Soundscape and Urban Designers",听Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,听2012, vol. CXXXI, n掳 4, p. 3475.

Nik Luka. "Finding Opportunities for Urban Sustainability in Cottage Life", in Ann Dale, William T. Duschenko and Pamela Robinson (dir.),听Urban Sustainability: Reconnecting Space and Place, Toronto, Toronto University Press, 2012, p. 171-210.

Ahmed El-Geneidy, Assumpta听Cerd谩,听Rapha毛l Fischler听and Nik Luka. "Evaluating the Impacts of Transportation Plans Using Accessibility Measures: A Test Case in Montreal",听Canadian Journal of Urban Research: Canadian Planning and Policy, vol. XX, n掳 1, 2011, p. 81-104.