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Faculty Biography

Hilda Blanco
M.C.R.P., Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Urban Design and Planning, Adjunct Professor of Public Affairs
Director, MSPCI Program

410D Gould Hall, Box 355740
College of Architecture & Urban Planning
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-5740
206-616-9057
206-543-4190
206-685-9597 (FAX)
hblanco@u.washington.edu

My research interests range from planning theory to expert systems. I have written on pragmatism and planning theory, planning ethics, mixed-use land use, state growth management and the new urbanism, and the importance of neighborhood commercial activities for sustainable communities. I recently served as a founding member of the Strategy/Action Council of West Siders Together, a member of the Board of Advisors of Cuban National Heritage, and a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for New Jersey Transit’s MLK light rail station planning in Jersey City. Outside academia, I have worked as a planning consultant to the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and New York. I have evaluated land reform efforts in China, led workshops on growth management for Puerto Rico, and been Manager of Policy and Research for New Jersey Office of State Planning where I was principal author of early versions of New Jersey’s first statewide growth management plan.

Courses:

  • URBDP 592 Doctoral Seminar II
Selected Publications Include:

Hilda Blanco; Tim Campbell. "Social capital of cities: Emerging networks of horizontal assistance," Technology in society. 28, no. 1, (2006): 169.

Shishir Mathur; Paul Waddell; Hilda Blanco. "The effect of impact fees on the price of new single-family housing," Urban Studies, 41, no. 7 (2004): 1303-1312.

Hilda Blanco. "THE PROMISE OF NEW URBANISM - Style Matters: The Case of Santa Barbara," Places. 13, no. 2, (2000): 56.

Sandercock; Hilda Blanco. "DEPARTMENTS - Planning Theory - Towards Cosmopolis: Planning for Multicultural Cities," Journal of the American Planning Association. 65, no. 2, (1999): 229.

Grant; Hilda Blanco. "The Drama of Democracy: Contention and Dispute in Community Planning," Journal of the American Planning Association. 61, no. 3, (1995): 403

Hilda Blanco. How to think about social problems: American pragmatism and the idea of planning. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.