Profile
Dr. Giusti is Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban
Planning serving as research associate in Center for Housing and Urban
Development. She also teaches in George Bush School of Government and
Public Service. Recent courses include: Contemporary Urban Issues, How
Cities Crow, Development and Planning in Developing Countries and Economic
Development in Latin America.
Dr. Giusti's interests include urban and regional economic development and
planning, urban and regional theory, and economic development planning in developing
countries, especially in Latin America.
Dr. Giusti has written articles including ““Colonia” Land
and Housing Market Performance and the Impact of Lot Title Regularisation in
Texas,” Journal of Urban Studies, Urban Studies, 2004; “Free Trade
and Women in Business in the Americas—What Role Should Women’s
Organizations Play?” InfoPYME, 2001. Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations: “Land
Title Effects on Mexico-USA Border,” Planning American Planning Association,
National Planning Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 2006; “Informal urbanization
along the Texas-Mexico Border: land and business issues in Colonias,” Urban
Environ Conference, Brasilia, Brazil, 2005; “Massive New Legal Ownership
and the Effects on Land Markets and Communities Along the Texas Mexico Border,” ACSP
45th Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2004; “Land Title, Land Markets
and Community Organizing in Colonias in Starr County, Who Owns America?,” IV
Land Acquisition and Retention Conference. University of Wisconsin – Land
Tenure Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 2004.
Ph.D., Economics, University of Texas at Austin, 2001; M.A., Institute of
Social Studies, The Hague, Holland, 1988; B.A., Economics, Catholic University
of
Peru, 1981....[more]
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