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Faculty Biography
Maintaining the health and stability of natural systems in urban regions as related to the long-term sustainability of human settlements has been a central theme that led me to work in a number of areas once seen as separate, which have become increasingly integrated. One is the capability to monitor change in the physical environment through such tools as GIS and remote sensing. Another is modeling of human impacts on natural/ecological systems and the development of planning tools to mitigate impacts. A further perspective is the reduction of risks posed by natural hazards that directly affect the sustainability of communities. None of these can be successfully addressed in isolation, or separately from other concerns of planning. The model of comprehensive planning that our discipline pioneered over the last century can serve to balance and integrate values and objectives related to environment, economy, society, and preservation of our culture, however much work remains to be done to put this understanding into practice. Courses:
Book Chapter: "Reducing Flood Damage Impacts of Urbanization," Ch. 20 in Urban Environmental Planning, 2nd Edition, Donald Miller and Gert de Roo (eds.), Aldershot, UK: Avebury, 2006. "Seismic Hazard Inventory and Vulnerability Analysis as a Component of Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plans of Local Governments in Washington State," co-authored with Robert Freitag. In Urban Safety and Its Future, Proceedings of The KU-UW Symposium on Design Strategy Towards Safety and Symbiosis of Urban Space, Kobe: Kobe University, 2004. "Modifying GAP Land Stewardship Analysis for Use by Local Governments," with Patricia Iolavera, Katherine Rose, and Christian Grue, accepted for publication in GAP Analysis Bulletin 26, Washington, DC: U.S. Geological Survey GAP Analysis Program, 2003. "Commentary: GIS and Remote Sensing in a Growth Management Context," Ch. 6 in Monitoring Land Supply and Capacity With Parcel-Based GIS, Anne Vernez Moudon and Michael Hubner (eds.), New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2000. "Probability Mapping of Land Use Change: A GIS Interface for Markov Analysis," with M. Logsdon and E. Bell, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, v. 20, No. 4, 1997. "Reducing Flood Damage Impacts of Urbanization," Ch. 20 in Urban Environmental Planning, D. Miller and G. de Roo (eds.), Aldershot, U.K.: Avebury Press, 1997. Final Report: Study of Remote Sensing Availability and Application for Flood Monitoring in Washington, with L. Siebert, FEMA Contract FEMA-BPA-EMS-96-MO-3, Seattle: Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory, University of Washington, 1997.
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