The Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) presents three biannual awards for scholarship on American (United States and Canada) city and regional planning history: the Lewis Mumford Prize for best book, the Catherine Bauer Wurster Prize for best peer-reviewed article, and the John Reps Prize for best doctoral dissertation and master’s thesis.
Additionally, SACRPH offers the Journal of Planning History Prize for best article published in that journal, with no geographical restriction, the Global Book Prize for the best book on city and regional planning history whose focus is outside the United States and Canada), and the Angel David Nieves Prize for digital or public humanities projects on city and regional planning history, including student projects, no geographical restriction.
SACRPH also awards the Laurence Gerckens Prize to an outstanding teacher-scholar who has demonstrated sustained excellence in scholarship, teaching, and leadership in the field of planning history.
For full citations for award winners in recent cycles visit our Past Winners pages. For all previous winners visit individual award pages. For information on our current or next cycle click through to Call for Nominations.