Elise M. Bright

 

 

Professor, AICP, D.E.D.

MUP Program Coordinator and Graduate Advisor

Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning

College of Architecture, Texas A&M University

311A Langford, MS 3137

College Station, TX 77843-3137

979-862-2730

ebright@archone.tamu.edu

 

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VITA

 

EDUCATION

 

     Doctor of Environmental Design, Texas A&M University, 1980

 

     Master in City Planning, Harvard University, 1975

 

     B.A., Political Science/Spanish (double major with honors), University of Arizona, 1972

 

     High School diploma/National Merit Scholar, Clear Creek High School, League City, Texas,

            1969

 

EXPERIENCE              

 

     Academic, Communications, and Research Appointments

 

      MUP Program Coordinator and Graduate Advisor

      Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning

      College of Architecture, Texas A&M University

      January 2005 - present

 

The primary task now is writing the Self-Study Report, which is required to be finished in June 2005 if the program is to be reaccredited by the Planning Accreditation Board. Other duties include teaching PLAN 658 Implementation, advising students, helping to form an alumni/practitioner advisory council, doing admissions and aid awards, and chairing meetings of the MUP Advisory Committee. I am also undertaking a major new research project, comparing property tax appraised values in several parts of Arlington, Texas with market values, to determine whether lower-valued properties are overappraised.

 

      MCRP Program Coordinator and Graduate Advisor

      School of Urban and Public Affairs

      University of Texas at Arlington

      September 1999 – December 2004

       

            *  Since 1999 the CIRP program has experienced more than 100% growth in enrollment,

one of the highest increases at UTA; it is now SUPA’s biggest degree program.

*  Received the first Faculty Recruitment Ambassador Award by UTA’s Graduate

                        Recruitment Advisory Board for outstanding achievement in advising.

            *  Duties include, but are not limited to:

                        scheduling all CIRP classes;

                                    advising all new and graduating students;

                        working with applicants and making admission recommendations;

                        recruiting applicants;

                        finding qualified adjunct faculty;

                        developing and managing the Certificate in Development Review;

developing a three-year course schedule and writing catalog copy; developing forms and handouts for inquirers;

                        monitoring enrollment and following up on dropouts;

                        meeting regularly with faculty to set and achieve program goals;

                        polling students for recruitment and curriculum effectiveness information;

                        working on PAB accreditation;

                        coordinating with other advisors on dual degrees, etc.;

                        chairing the SUPA Scholarship Committee;

representing SUPA on the Environmental Science Graduate Studies

            Committee;

                        working with the CIRP Advisory Board;

                        maintaining email lists of students and alumni;

                        arranging exhibits and receptions at conferences; and

                        assisting with development and approval of a PhD proposal in planning.

 

Professor

      School of Urban and Public Affairs

      University of Texas at Arlington

      September 2003 – December 2005

     

      Associate Professor, September 1995 – August 2003

 

      Assistant Professor, September 1988 - August 1994

 

      Associate Professor (visiting--1993)

      Department of Environmental Science and Planning

      Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California

 

      Research Associate and Principal Investigator

      Environmental Institute for Technology Transfer

      University of Texas at Arlington

      January 1990 - October 1991

 

Professional Practice

 

1972-1988: Worked in a variety of planning and design positions for state, federal, regional and local government. Also ran a private consulting firm, Bright Associates.

 

      1988-present: Completed many design and planning projects for communities throughout the

state, in my capacity as teacher of the program’s studios. A partial list of these projects is found in this vita under “Grants and Funded Projects.”

 

Courses Taught

           

      Land Suitability Analysis and Site Planning

      Introduction to Planning

      Environmental Planning

      Plan and Policy Implementation (zoning, subdivision design and regulations)

      Environmental Impact Assessment

      Project Planning (studios)

      Urban Revitalization

      Economic Development Planning and Policy

     

     

BOOKS

     

Forthcoming:

      Redevelopment American Style. 2004. APA Planners Press, Chicago.

 

Published:

Reviving America’s Forgotten Neighborhoods:  An Investigation of Inner City Revitalization Efforts. 2003. Routledge/Taylor and Francis. Paperback edition of the book published in hardcover in 2000.

 

Reviving America’s Forgotten Neighborhoods:  An Investigation of Inner City Revitalization Efforts.  2000.  Garland/Taylor and Francis.  New York. Used as a text in courses at Portland State, UCLA, UNC, USC and Rutgers among others.

Winner, Paul Davidoff Award, ACSP, 2001.

 

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

     

“Is There a Need to Contain Growth?” in Revitalizing the City: Strategies to Contain Sprawl and Revive the Core. F. Wagner, T. Joder, A. Mumphrey, K. Akundi and A. Artibise, eds. 2005. M.E. Sharpe. New York.

 

 “TOADS:  Instruments of Urban Revitalization,” in Managing Capital Resources for Central City Revitalization, F. Wagner, T. Joder and A. Mumphrey, eds. 2000.  Garland/Taylor and Francis.  New York.

 

"The Struggle to Create New Institutions," with Richard Cole and Sherman Wyman, in Left Behind in Rosedale:  Race Relations and the Collapse of Neighborhood Institutions,

Scott Cummings, ed. Westview Press, Boulder, CO., 1997.

 

      "Using the ALLOT Model in Land Use Decision-making," in Decision Support Systems in

      Urban Planning, Harry Timmermans, ed., London: E & FN Spon, 1997.

 

"Central City Revitalization: the Fort Worth Experience," with Sherman Wyman and

Richard Cole, in The Revitalization of America's Cities, Fritz Wegner, ed. Sage Publications, 1995.

 

"Environmental Issues Facing Latin America," in Latino Encyclopedia, Salem Press, Pasadena, CA: 1995.

 

"Impacts of The Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972;" "The Coastal Zone Management Act and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act;" "Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference v. Federal Power Commission;" "New York City Institutes the First Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance;" "National Environmental Policy Act Passes Congress;" Pollution Prevention Act Passes Congress," all in Great Events From History II: Ecology and the Environment, Salem Press, Pasadena, CA: 1995.

 

 

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

 

Forthcoming:

“Plague of TOADS: An Investigation Into the Prevalence, Attributes and Effects of Vacant Abandoned Properties in U.S. Cities,” coauthored with Theresa Daniel.  Submitted to Housing Studies (now under revision for resubmission).

     

Published:

      “Comments Upon Receiving the Paul Davidoff Award,” in the Journal of Planning

      Education and Research vol. 21 no. 4, summer 2002 (solicited article).

     

"Factors Affecting the Provision of Parkland: Implications for Planners," by the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, winter 1994.

 

"Reducing the Effects of Global Warming: What Can States and Localities Do?," in the Texas Journal of Political Studies, winter 1994.

 

"Parkland Acquisition and Urbanization: Implications for Managers," by the International Journal of Pubic Administration, Vol. 16, No. 10, 1993.

 

"Development of Zoning Ordinances for Small Texas Towns: The Case for a University Extension Service," by the Texas Journal of Political Studies,  June 1992.

 

"The ALLOT Model: a PC-Based Approach to Siting and Planning," by Computers Environment and Urban Systems, Vol. 16, 1992.

     

"Secondary Impacts of Airports: An Assessment of Planning Procedures," in the Transportation Quarterly, Westport, Connecticut, Vol. 36, No. 1, January 1982.

 

 

REFEREED JOURNAL BOOK REVIEWS

 

Review of Revitalising Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods: An Assisted Self-Help Approach, by C. Williams and J. Windebank. In the Journal of the American Planning Association, Spring 2003.

 

Review of Revitalizing Urban Neighborhoods, W. Dennis Keating and Philip Star, eds.  In the Journal of Urban Affairs, vol. 21 no. 3, Winter 1999.

 

Review of four books on planning in California (Guide to California Planning; California Land Use and Planning Law; Farming on the Edge; and Regional Growth, Local Reaction: The Enactment and Effects of Local Growth Control and Management Measures in California). In the Journal of the American Planning Association, Autumn 1993.

 

Review of Leadership and Urban Regeneration: Cities in North America and Europe, Dennis Judd and Michael Parkinson, eds. In Planning Perspectives, vol. 8 no. 1, January 1993.

 

Review of Farming on the Edge: Saving Family Farms in Marin County, California by John Hart and Regional Growth…Local Reaction by Madeleine Glickfield and Ned Levine. In the Journal of Planning Education and Research, 1992.

 

Review of Soil Conservation in the United States by Frederick Steiner. In Planning Perspectives, vol. 7, 1992.

 

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

 

“Public-Private Partnerships for Redeveloping Abandoned Central City Property” in the Federal Reserve System Conference on Sustainable Community Development Proceedings, Washington, D.C., April 2003.

 

      “Making Business a Partner in Redeveloping Abandoned Central City Property: Is Profit a

Realistic Possibility?” In the Hawaii Conference on Business Proceedings, Honolulu, HI, June 2002.

 

      “Reviving America’s Forgotten Neighborhoods,” in the Democracy, Civil Society and

Environmental Design Symposium Proceedings, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, March  2002.

     

“Certificate in Development Review,” Texas Planning Review, summer 2002.

 

“Viewpoint:  On Fireflies, Planning and Synergy,” Planning, April 2000.

 

"The ALLOT Model: A PC-Based Approach to Demand Distribution for Siting and Planning," in the South Central (U.S.) Regional SAS Users Group Conference Proceedings, Arlington, Texas, November 1991.

 

"The ALLOT Model: A PC-Based Approach to Demand Distribution for Siting and Planning," in the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) Proceedings, San Francisco, California, August 1991.

 

"A PC-Based Land Suitability and Demand Distribution Model for Siting and Planning," in the Second International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management Proceedings, Oxford, England, July 1991.

 

"The ALLOT Model: A PC-Based Siting and Planning Technique Using SAS Programming Methods," in the SAS European Users Group International Conference Proceedings, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 1991.

 

"The Toxics Release Inventory and Health Data in Texas," (with Scott Rae), UTA Environmental Institute for Technology Transfer, September 1990.

 

      Tactics for Preserving Open Space, UTA Institute of Urban Studies, April 1990.

 

      “Seven States Vie for the Big Brass Ring,” Planning, February 1988.

 

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

 

Authored/sponsored a successful bid for UTA to host the national annual conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) in 2006.

 

Elected by ACSP member schools to the position of South-Central Regional representative to the ACSP Governing Board, 1998-present. Attended Board meetings at American Planning Association conferences and Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning conferences every year since 1998.

 

      Nominated to run for ACSP Secretary, 2001 and 2002.

 

      Chair, ACSP Membership Committee, 2002-present.

 

      Assisted a professor at Rutgers with a distance learning class that was using my book,

answering questions and discussing urban redevelopment issues with students via email, 2002.

 

      Member/Judge, ACSP McClure Prize Award Committee, 1998-present.

 

Served as a reviewer of article submissions for the Journal of Planning Education and Research, Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, Journal of the American Planning Association, and others.

 

Member, Children and Youth Committee, Texas Chapter, American Planning Association, 2000-present.

     

Represented SUPA at numerous state and local APA meetings, and organized UTA receptions and exhibits at annual state APA conferences for the past four years.

 

      Charter member, APA; received AICP designation, 2004.

 

 

INVITED LECTURESHIPS

 

Panelist, “Working Neighborhoods Workshop” sponsored by the Architects Research Institute (ARI) New York, April 2005.

 

Keynote speaker, “Creating Neighborhoods of Choice,” at the Neighborhood Leadership Conference, Garland, TX. Oct. 30, 2004.

 

Panelist, Building and Social Housing Foundation conference on social housing, Windsor Castle, England, June 2004.

 

“Alumni Relations and Advisory Boards,” at the ACSP Planning Administrators’ Conference New Chairs School, Amelia Island, FL, October 2003.

 

      Kharkiv University, Ukraine; gave lectures on a variety of topics, May-June 2003.

 

“Public-Private Partnerships for Redeveloping Abandoned Central City Property,” invited presentation at the Conference on Sustainable Development: What Works, What Doesn’t and Why, March 27-28, 2003, Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Federal Reserve System and featuring Alan Greenspan as keynote speaker.

 

      “Keys to Successful Redevelopment of Low Income Neighborhoods,” Focus on Faculty

      lecture series, UTA library, January 29, 2003.

     

      “Green Subdivisions,” breakout session leader, Flower Mound, TX, Nov. 7, 2002.

     

“Legal and Institutional Structure for Land Development,” Renmin University of China, Beijing, P.R. China, July 27-August 3, 2002. One of two “leading scholars” invited by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Boston, MA and the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), Beijing, China, to conduct this six-day intensive training seminar for MLR employees and academics. Gave six three-hour lectures with discussion, as follows:

·         Governmental Structure, Laws and Regulations Affecting Property Development

·         Private Real Estate: Description, Transactions and Finance

·         Public Sector Finance, Taxation and Land Development

·         Redevelopment Case Studies: Public-Private Partnerships, Property Taxation

·         Environmental Laws and Regulations Affecting Property Development

·         Impact Assessment and Land Suitability Analysis

 

“Democracy, Civil Society and Environmental Design: A Symposium,” Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, March 25-27, 2002. Member of an international group of four visiting scholars/guest lecturers who conducted a three-day seminar on this topic. Gave two lectures with discussion and hosted a breakout session, as follows:

·         “Observations on Democracy, Civility and Urban Redevelopment,” opening

                  lecture/discussion

·         “Reviving America’s Forgotten Neighborhoods: An Investigation of Inner City Revitalization Efforts,” lecture/discussion

·         “Regional Containment: Prescription for Central City Health?” breakout session

 

“Achieving Successful Revitalization of Low Income Neighborhoods,” UTA School of Urban and Public Affairs, May 8, 2002. Presented findings of the book to interested faculty and students.

 

 

GRANTS AND FUNDED COMMUNITY PROJECTS (total >$330,000)

 

Strategies for Encouraging Transit-Oriented Development Near the Richland Hills Trinity Railway Express Station. Funded by the Fort Worth T ($4,000), 2004-05.

 

Creating a Form-Based Code for Farmers Branch, Texas ($4,000), 2004-05.

 

“Do Regional Containment Strategies Affect Central City Revitalization?”  Funded by HUD via the National Center for Central City Revitalization, University of New Orleans ($22,500),  2001-2003.

 

Revisions to the city of Friendswood, Texas Zoning Ordinance ($1000), 2001-02.

 

Zoning Ordinance preparation for the city of Socorro, Texas ($3000), 2001.

 

A Redevelopment Plan for a Portion of Pipeline Road, Hurst, Texas ($2000), 2001.

 

Zoning Ordinance and Related Regulations for the city of Shenandoah, Texas ($1000), 2000.

 

      Comprehensive Parks Plan for the city of Everman, Texas ($1000), 1999.

 

“Assessing the Economic Impacts of TOADS Redevelopment.”  Funded by HUD via the National Center for Central City Revitalization, University of New Orleans ($35,000), 1999-2000.

 

      Revitalization Study of Belknap Avenue in Haltom City, Texas ($5,000), 1997.

 

Comprehensive Plan for Gun Barrel City, Texas ($15,000 -- with Drs. Wyman, Anjomani, Kunde), 1997.

     

"Economic Development Plan for the City of Glenn Heights," $4,000, Oct. 1996.

 

"Environmental Impact Assessment of the Pleasant Grove Rail Transit Line," DART, Aug. 1996.

 

"TOADS: Instruments of Urban Revitalization," $35,919 grant, HUD through the National Center for the Revitalization of Central Cities (NCRCC), University of New Orleans College of Urban and Public Affairs, 1996-1997.

 

Neighborhood Revitalization Plan:  Area A, book-length plan covering land use and zoning, environmental issues, economic development, taxation policy, infrastructure, social services, housing, crime, and other aspects of life in this area. City of Dallas Housing Department, May 1995; $9,900.

 

Downtown Arlington Revitalization Strategies, summary of the findings from hundreds of questionnaires distributed to UTA students, faculty and staff, area churchgoers; city employees; and local businesspersons, along with the results of a lot-by-lot survey, which formed the basis for suggested urban design and economic development ideas for this area.  Arlington City Planning Department, May 1995; $500.

 

"Industrial Park Site Design and Suitability Study," prepared for the City of Lampasas, December 1994; $6,900.

 

"Near Southeast Neighborhood Revitalization Plan," prepared for Fort Worth Habitat for Humanity, June 1994; $1,100.  As part of this Habitat project, traced the fate of properties acquired by the City for nonpayment of delinquent property taxes.  Later, the study was expanded to become a comparative analysis of tax-delinquent city-owned lands in low-income/minority areas of Fort Worth and two other cities.

 

"Zoning Change Recommendations for the Vent-a-Hood Industrial Area," prepared for the City of Richardson, December, 1993; $500.

 

"Central Area Master Plan," “Senior Center Siting Study,” “Youth Center Siting Study,” “Downtown Urban Design Study,” and "Ordinance Review: Recommendations for Changes in the Zoning Ordinance, Comprehensive Central Area Plan, Downtown Urban Design Standards and Sign Regulations of Garland, Texas," prepared for the City of Garland. School of Urban and Public Affairs publication, June 1992; $9,000.

 

"Land Suitability Analysis and Corridor Urban Design Study for the Highway 114 Corridor, Southlake, Texas," prepared for the City of Southlake, Mobil Oil Corporation and  IBM Corporation. 119 pages. School of Urban and Public Affairs publication, December 1991; $2,500.

 

"A Recycling Program for the City of Garland, Texas," (with Nancey Tressler), Environmental Institute for Technology Transfer, September 1991.

 

"Pollution Prevention Development Program."  As Principal Investigator on this two-year research project funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, I documented innovative pollution prevention strategies in business, government and industry; established computerized information networks; funded conferences; published proceedings; and publicized pollution prevention data via video and print media, 1990-91; $150,000.

 

"Comparative Risk and Strategic Planning."  This EPA-funded grant on which I served as Principal Investigator, created training programs and materials for state agency officials in risk assessment methodologies and statewide risk minimization planning, 1991; $27,000.

 

"Pollution Prevention 33/50 Program."  This EPA-funded research for which I was Principal Investigator, documented the need for, and established, a toll-free "hot line" for businesses to provide expert assistance in complying with EPA's  33/50 waste reduction program, 1991; $15,000.

 

      DART Ridership Survey, December 1990; $9,900.

 

"Sansom Park, Texas Zoning Ordinance," comprehensive rewrite and map redistricting, November 1990; $500.

 

"Environmental Impact Assessment for Peach Ridge Natural Gas Pipeline," prepared for AMAX, Inc., and published by EE & G, October 1990; $3,000.

 

"Bastrop, Texas Zoning Ordinance," comprehensive re-write and map redistricting, May 1990; $2,500.

 

 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

 

      “Regional Growth Management and Central City Revitalization: Symbiosis or Disconnect?

      at the 3rd Joint ACSP-AESOP Congress, Leuven, Belgium, July 8-11, 2003.

 

“Must We Plan Growth Regionally to Keep Central Cities Healthy? Evidence From the United States,” at The Planned City? International Society for Urban Form Conference, Castello Svevo, Trani, Italy, July 2003.

 

“Public-Private Partnerships for Redeveloping Abandoned Central City Property” at the Federal Reserve System Conference on Sustainable Community Development: What Works, What Doesn’t and Why, Washington, D.C., March 27-28, 2003.

 

Presented six papers at the “Legal and Institutional Structure for Land Development,” seminar sponsored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the P.R. China Ministry of Land Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing, P.R. China, July 27-August 3, 2002, as follows:

·         Governmental Structure, Laws and Regulations Affecting Property Development

·         Private Real Estate: Description, Transactions and Finance

·         Public Sector Finance, Taxation and Land Development

·         Redevelopment Case Studies: Public-Private Partnerships, Property Taxation

·         Environmental Laws and Regulations Affecting Property Development

·         Impact Assessment and Land Suitability Analysis

 

      “Making Business a Partner in Redeveloping Abandoned Central City Property: Is Profit a

Realistic Possibility?” at the Hawaii Conference on Business, Honolulu, HI, June 18-22,  2002.

 

“Reviving America’s Forgotten Neighborhoods: An Investigation of Inner City Revitalization Efforts,” at the Democracy, Civil Society and Environmental Design Symposium, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, March 25-27, 2002.

 

“Observations on Democracy, Civil Society and Urban Redevelopment,” opening presentation at the Democracy, Civil Society and Environmental Design Symposium, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, March 25-27, 2002.

 

      “Measuring the Impact of Urban Sprawl: What Have We Learned?” paper presenter at this

NCRCC colloquy held at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Boston, MA, March 20-23, 2002.

 

      “Shifting Demographic Patterns in Metropolitan Areas: To Suburbs, Exurbs and Further

Out,” speaker at this NCRCC-sponsored breakfast roundtable at the 32nd annual meeting of UAA, Boston, MA, March 20-23, 2002.

 

      “Capital Improvements Programming,” with Theresa O’Donnell, at the Texas Chapter

      American Planning Association annual conference, Houston, TX, October 24-27, 2001.

     

      “Do Regional Containment Strategies Affect Central City Revitalization? A Research-in-

Progress Report,” at the 31st annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Detroit, MI, April 25-28, 2001.

 

“Economic Impacts of Temporarily Obsolete, Abandoned, Derelict Sites (TOADS) in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area,” at the Texas Chapter American Planning Association annual conference, Dallas, TX, November 2000.

 

“Prevalence and Characteristics of Temporarily Obsolete, Abandoned, Derelict Sites (TOADS): Results of a National Survey,” at the 30th annual meeting of UAA, Los Angeles, CA, May 2000.

 

      “Assessing the Economic Impacts of TOADS Redevelopment: A Research-in-Progress

Report,” at the 29th annual meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Louisville, KY, April 1999.

 

      “TOADS: Instruments of Urban Revitalization,” at the 28th annual meeting of the Urban

      Affairs Association, 1998.

 

"An Empirical Analysis of Successful Low-Income Neighborhood Revitalization:  What Does It Take?" presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning conference, November 5-8, 1997, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

 

"Revitalization: Lessons From Success," presented at the Texas Chapter American Planning Association conference, October 8-11, 1997, Galveston, TX.

     

"Redeveloping City-Owned Property," paper presented at the NCRCC Colloquy, 27th annual Urban Affairs Association meeting, Toronto, Canada, April 16-19, 1997.

 

"Use of Government-Owned Land in Successful Low Income Neighborhood Revitalization," draft report presented at the NCRCC Conference, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 3-4, 1996.

 

"Isolationist Housing and the Changing American Household:  The Need for Reform," presented at the Joint International ACSP-AESOP Conference, Toronto, Canada, July 25-28, 1996.

 

"New and Emerging Trends in Urban Revitalization," NCRCC Colloquy presented at the 26th annual Urban Affairs Association meeting, New York, March 13-16, 1996.

 

"New Thinking in Neighborhood Planning," presented at the 1995 Texas State Chapter of the American Planning Association conference, Arlington, TX, Oct. 11-14, 1995 (invited speaker).

 

"Taking Without Compensation in Low Income Areas: Turning Tragedy Into Opportunity," presented at the 25th annual Urban Affairs Association meeting, Portland, OR, May 3-6, 1995.

 

"The Eye of the Beholder: Paradigms for Integrating Regionalism, Design and Planning Pedagogy In a Real World Context."  Presented at the 36th Annual ACSP conference held in Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 3-6, 1994.

 

"Historic Preservation and Cultural Variation: An Inquiry With Suggested Paradigms."  Presented at the 8th annual congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 24-27, 1994.

 

"The ALLOT Model: A PC-Based Approach to Demand Distribution for Siting and Planning." Presented at the 2nd Annual Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning conference, Vaals, The Netherlands, Aug. 15-19, 1994.

 

"Isolationist Housing and the Changing American Family," presented at the UAA Conference in New Orleans, March 2-5, 1994.

 

"A Reassessment of Risk Assessment" at the ACSP 35th annual conference in Philadelphia, October 28-30, 1993.

 

"Reducing the Effects of Global Warming: What Can States and Localities Do?" Invited presentation at the annual conference of the Texas Chapter, American Planning Association, held in Houston, October 6-8, 1993.

 

"Central City Revitalization: The Fort Worth Experience" (with R. Cole and  S. Wyman) at the annual UAA conference held in Indianapolis, April 1993.

 

"Land Use Compatibility in Airport-Impacted Areas." Invited presentation at the American Association of Airport Executives National Airports Conference, Dallas, Texas, September 1992.

     

"The ALLOT Model: a PC-Based Approach to Demand Distribution for Siting and Planning," at the South Central (U.S.) Regional SAS Users Group annual meeting, Arlington, Texas, November 1991.

 

"The ALLOT Model: a PC-Based Approach to Demand Distribution for Siting and Planning," at the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) annual conference, San Francisco, California, August 1991.

 

"A PC-Based Land Suitability and Demand Distribution Model for Siting and Planning" at the Second Annual Computers in Planning Conference, Oxford, England, July 1991.

"Environmental Impact Assessment in Europe and the United States: a Comparative Analysis" at the Joint ACSP/AESOP conference in Oxford, England, July 1991.

 

"The ALLOT Model: A PC-Based Siting and Planning Technique Using SAS Programming Methods," at the SAS European Users Group International conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 9-14, 1991.

 

"Pollution Prevention or Planet Pillage?" The Economics of International Environmental Protection" at the UAA conference in Vancouver, B.C., April 1991.

 

"Pollution Prevention: The European Approach," presented at the ACSP conference in Austin, Texas, November 1990.

 

"Open Spaces: The Keys to a Quality Urban Environment," presented at the eighth annual "Making Cities Livable"