Faculty Biography

William B. Beyers
B.A., Ph.D.

Professor of Geography, Adjunct Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Public Affairs, Landscape Architecture

426 Smith Hall, Box 353550
Department of Geography
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3550
206-543-5871
206-543-5843
206-543-3313 (FAX)
beyers@u.washington.edu
http://faculty.washington.edu/beyers/

My research and service has been related to the region for almost 40 years. I am actively involved with local economic development efforts and with the State of Washington in the process of implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of the Growth Management Act. I am an economic geographer who has been very much involved with the development of comprehensive plans for King County and Seattle, and who is currently actively involved in efforts to defeat the “property rights initiative” that would effectively gut our land use laws. I have been interested in the role of technology-based industry, cultural industries, and services in the process of regional development. I believe strongly in the integration of basic research with applied research related to urban development.