Large urban development projects (UDPs) such as stadiums, convention centers, waterfront, and downtown redevelopments are conspicuous in many cities today. These projects have become common enough to inspire an extensive literature of urban planning case studies in recent decades. Planning scholars have examined, for instance, the public-private partnerships that often make them possible, the tension…
Category: urban and regional planning
Graduate Student Spotlight: Alexander Austein from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning
What department are you a graduate student in? I’m a graduate student in the Department of Urban Planning, with a specialization in Transportation. Why did you decide to go to graduate school? I decided to go to graduate school because after spending a couple of years doing media work after my undergraduate career (2018-2020), I…
Graduate Student Spotlight: Kristin Gladwin from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning
What department are you a graduate student in? I am a PhD. candidate in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP). Why did you decide to go to graduate school? Working as a practicing planner for the Florida Department of Transportation, I felt that I had many questions concerning transportation options for older non-driving…
Research Quick Take: Implementing a mandate to plan for sea level rise: top-down, bottom-up, and middle-out actions in the Tampa Bay region
Florida’s coastal communities, well known for dealing with major hazards, are taking measures to protect themselves from rising sea levels. Miami and Tampa are among the world’s top ten regions that are most vulnerable to coastal flooding associated with sea level rise. Holmes and Butler investigate how governments are building coastal resiliency into their land…
Graduate Student Spotlight: Lauren Thornberg from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning
What department are you a graduate student in? I am a student in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Why did you decide to go to graduate school? I have known I wanted to be an urban planner since high school, and urban planning is a field where a master’s degree is necessary. In…
Research Quick Take
Here at the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (COSSPP), our faculty have been quite busy! Here are some of the projects that our faculty have recently published. “Fit for the Job: Candidate Qualifications and Vote Choice in Low Information Elections” by Dr. Lonna Rae Atkeson In her recent article, Dr. Atkeson examines candidate…
Research Quick Take
Here at the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (COSSPP), our faculty have been quite busy! Here are some of the projects that our faculty have recently published. “A New Era for Collaborative Forest Management” by Dr. William Butler In his recent book, Dr. Butler assesses the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) and…
Research Quick Take
Here at the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (COSSPP), our faculty have been quite busy! Here are some of the projects that our faculty have recently published. “A Marvelous Machine: Creative Approaches to Securing Funding and Building Public Support for Streetcar Projects in Four U.S. Cities” by Dr. Jeff Brown In his recent…
Research Quick Take
Here at the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (COSSPP), our faculty have been quite busy! Here are some of the projects that our faculty have recently published. In his recent article, Dr. Coutts examines the forestry policy challenges and opportunities for forest conservation in Malawi. To do so, he compiles a comprehensive inventory…
Graduate Student Spotlight: Karina Amalbert from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning
What department are you a graduate student in? I am currently a second-year master’s student in the department of Urban and Regional Planning! If all goes well, I should be able to graduate this coming May. Why did you decide to go to graduate school? As a little girl I was obsessed with one…
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