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Thursday, March 20
 

9:15am CDT

TH1.01 The Place of History in the Field of Urban Studies
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Moderator: Michan Connor, University of Texas at Arlington
  • Rethinking Race and Regime: Political Space and Transition in 1970s Atlanta
    Michan Connor, University of Texas at Arlington
  • Transgressing Borders and Boundaries in an Age of Global Urbanization: Latina/os in Southwestern Cities, 1900-1970
    Jerry Gonzalez, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Beyond Neoliberalism: Municipal Public Policies and the Environmental Degradation of East San Antonio, Texas
    Andrew R. Highsmith, University of Texas at San Antonio
Presenters
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Michan Connor

University of Texas at Arlington
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Jerry Gonzalez

University of Texas at San Antonio
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Andrew Highsmith

University of Texas at San Antonio

Moderators
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Michan Connor

University of Texas at Arlington
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Olivares Room (Westin River Level)
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9:15am CDT

TH1.03 'New' and 'Old' in Urban Design
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Moderator: Aseem Inam, Parsons The New School for Design
  • Breaking vertical boundaries: the spatial logics and underground potential of San Antonio, Texas
    Michael R Doyle, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
  • City as Flux:  Al Azhar Park, Cairo and Urban Transformation
    Aseem Inam, Parsons The New School for Design
  • Alley Greening
    Monica Perez Baez, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Toluca
  • The last urban frontier: New York Rooftops in American films (1980-2011)
    Catherine Seguin Griffith, Universite de Montreal
  • Apartment Complexes as "Mini-Cities": Design Ideas and Concepts for Implementation
    Jessica Sharp, Jackson State University
Presenters
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Monica Perez Baez

Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Toluca
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Michael Doyle

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
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Catherine Seguin Griffith

Universite de Montreal
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Aseem Inam

Director, TRULAB: Laboratory for Designing Urban Transformation, The New School
Aseem Inam is Associate Professor of Urbanism at The New School in New York City and Fellow at the Center of Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of two peer-reviewed books, Planning for the Unplanned: Recovering from Crises... Read More →
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Jessica Sharp

Jackson State University

Moderators
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Aseem Inam

Director, TRULAB: Laboratory for Designing Urban Transformation, The New School
Aseem Inam is Associate Professor of Urbanism at The New School in New York City and Fellow at the Center of Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of two peer-reviewed books, Planning for the Unplanned: Recovering from Crises... Read More →
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Cedar (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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9:15am CDT

TH1.04 Internal Migration Processes: Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Factors
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Moderator: Mai Nguyen, UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Black Residential Mobility in the South: Metropolitan Determinants of Migration, Mobility, and Residential Stability, 1970-2010
    D Augustus Anderson, UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Stemming Urban Decline in the Most Urbanized State in the United States: Latino Immigration and Urban Revitalization in New Jersey
    David Gladstone, The University of New Orleans; Peter Marina, University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse
  • Imagined Borders: Latinos in the Northern States
    Ali Modarres, University of Washington Tacoma
  • The Economic Integration of Immigrants and Regional Resilience
    Mai Nguyen, UNC-Chapel Hill; William Lester, UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Recent Trend of Internal Migration in Japan
    Shigeharu Nomura, Osaka University; Masaki Takayama, Osaka University
Presenters
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D Augustus Anderson

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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David Gladstone

The University of New Orleans
David Gladstone is an Associate Professor of Planning and Urban Studies at the University of New Orleans.
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Ali Modarres

Director, Urban Studies, University of Washington Tacoma
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Mai Nguyen

Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Co-Authors
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Masaki Takayama

Osaka University
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Peter Marina

University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse
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T. William Lester

Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at UNC Chapel Hill where I specialize in economic development and teach courses in quantitative methods. My research focuses on the role of labor market institutions in fostering greater equity at the urban... Read More →

Moderators
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Mai Nguyen

UNC-Chapel Hill
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Goraz Room (Westin River Level)
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9:15am CDT

TH1.05 New Engagements: Comparative Urban Theory and Research Part I
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Moderator: Emily Cummins, Northeastern University
  • Critical Ethnography and Distant Urbans: Re-envisioning Comparison
    Emily R. Cummins, Northeastern University
  • The Global Real Fake: The Role of Fake in the Construction of Everyday Spatial Practices in Themed Residential Environments: A Comparative Study of Playa Vista, Los Angeles and Thames Town, Shanghai settlements
    Maria Francesca Piazzoni, UCLA
  • Creative Industries in Creative Ways: Case Studies from Xiamen, Taipei and Boston
    Zhijiao Wang, Northeastern University
Presenters
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Emily Cummins

Northeastern University
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Zhijiao Wang

Northeastern University

Moderators
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Emily Cummins

Northeastern University
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Sabino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
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9:15am CDT

TH1.07 Assessing Local Perceptions of Urban Life
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Moderator:  Bev Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Measuring Local Resilience to Slow Moving Challenges in the Inner Suburbs of Southeastern Pennsylvania
    Suzanne Dayanim, Temple University

  • Nostalgia and Utopia. The Use of Cognitive Maps to Understand Urban Resilience in the Case Study of Lac-Mégantic Disaster and Reconstruction
    Yona Jébrak, University of Québec in Montréal

  • Does Segregation Make us Less Happy?
    Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Rutgers-Camden

  • Does it Matter that the Household Sector Expects Good Governance?
    Anthony M Rodriguez, Texas Southern University

  • After the Fall: The Impacts and Meaning of Deindustrialization in Hoopeston, IL
    Bev Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenters
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Suzanne Dayanim

Temple University
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Yona Jebrak

Professor, University of Quebec in Montreal
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Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn

Rutgers-Camden
AR

Anthony Rodriguez

Texas Southern University
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Bev Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Moderators
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Bev Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Contessa B (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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9:15am CDT

TH1.09 Transportation, Neighborhoods, and Social Equity
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Moderator: Elizabeth Williams, Northeastern University


  • Transportation, Neighborhoods, and Social Equity
    Elizabeth Williams, Northeastern University

  • Representations of the Everyday Travel Experiences: The Case of Communities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area
    Dian Nostikasari, University of Texas at Arlington

  • Boston's Silver Line:  The Long History of a Troubled Bus Rapid Transit Line
    Russ Lopez, Northeastern University

  • Spatial Capital: Applications to our Understanding of Spatial Inequality
    Joseph J. Galaskiewicz, University of Arizona; Daniel Duerr, University of Arizona; Kendra Thompson-Dyck, University of Arizona; Kathryn Anderson, University of Arizona



Presenters
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Joe Galaskiewicz

Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
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Russ Lopez

Northeastern University
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Dian Nostikasari

University of Texas at Arlington
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Elizabeth Williams

Northeastern University

Co-Authors
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Daniel Duerr

University of Arizona
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Kathryn Anderson

University of Arizona
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Kendra Thompson-Dyck

University of Arizona

Moderators
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Elizabeth Williams

Northeastern University
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Contessa A (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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9:15am CDT

TH1.10 Water in Austin: Regulation, Infrastructure and Urbanism
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Moderator: Sarah Dooling, The University of Texas at Austin


  • Urban Ecology Dynamics in Austin: Floodplain Regulation and Housing Affordability
    Sarah Dooling, The University of Texas at Austin

  • Selling ‘the Palisades of the Colorado': Envirotechnical Systems, Natural Urbanism, and Regional Advantage in Austin, 1937-1965
    Andrew Busch, Miami University

  • Adapting Vernacular Water Conservation, Catchment and Reuse Systems to Texas
    Katherine Lieberknecht, The University of Texas at Austin



Presenters
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Andrew Busch

Miami University
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Sarah Dooling

The University of Texas at Austin
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Katherine Lieberknecht

Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture

Moderators
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Sarah Dooling

The University of Texas at Austin
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Magnolia (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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9:15am CDT

TH1.11 Governance, Contestation, and Social Justice
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Moderator: Timothy Weaver, University of Louisville 

  • Making Policy in the Streets
    Lorraine C. Minnite, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Camden; Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York

  • Governance and Legitimacy of the Political System in Venezuela:  Perspectives
    María Elena Ludena Parjan, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas – Venezuela

  • Urban Political Theory: Representation, Governance, and Contestation
    Alejandro Christian Soler, University of Delaware

  • A New Mode of Urban Governance: The Effects of Community Participation in Brownfield Redevelopment
    Justin Steil, Columbia University; James Connolly, Northeastern University

  • What Does Social Justice in the City Require?
    Timothy Weaver, University of Louisville



Presenters
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Lorraine Minnite

Rutgers University-Camden
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María Elena Ludena Parjan

Professor, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas – Venezuela
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Alejandro Christian Soler

PhD student, University of Delaware
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Justin Steil

Columbia University
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Timothy Weaver

University of Louisville

Co-Authors
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Frances Fox Piven

City University of New York

Moderators
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Timothy Weaver

University of Louisville
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Laurel (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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9:15am CDT

TH1.14 Exploring Neighborhoods and Taxes on a Micro Level: The Case of the District of Columbia
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Moderator: LaTanya Brown-Robertson, Bowie State University


  • Real Property Tax Expenditures in the District of Columbia
    Michael Bell, George Washington University; Daniel Muhammad, District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis Staff

  • Changes in the Distribution of Household Tax Burdens During the Great Recession: The Case of the District of Columbia 2007 to 2009
    Daniel Muhammad, District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis Staff; Betty Allyne, District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis Staff; Kelly Dinkins, District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis Staff; Daren Conrad, Univeristy of the West Indies

  • To Rent or to Own? Exploring Gentrified Neighborhoods in the District of Columbia
    LaTanya Brown-Robertson, Bowie State Univeristy; Daniel Muhammad, District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis Staff; Marvin Ward, District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis Staff; Michael Bell, George Washington University



Presenters
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Michael Bell

George Washington University
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LaTanya Brown-Robertson

Professor of Economics, Data Science and Analytics Initiative Lead,, Bowie State University
Dr. LaTanya Brown-Robertson has led funded grants through the Carnegie and Ford Foundations to address underserved communities' issues in the United States. Dr. Brown currently serves as Principal Investigator for two Data Science and Analytics Grants and leads the Data Science Analytics... Read More →
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Daniel Muhammad

District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis Staff

Co-Authors
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Betty Allyne

District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis Staff
DM

Daniel Muhammad

District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis Staff
DC

Daren Conrad

Univeristy of the West Indies
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Kelly Dinkins

District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis Staff
MW

Marvin Ward

District of Columbia Office of Revenue Analysis Staff
MB

Michael Bell

George Washington University

Moderators
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LaTanya Brown-Robertson

Professor of Economics, Data Science and Analytics Initiative Lead,, Bowie State University
Dr. LaTanya Brown-Robertson has led funded grants through the Carnegie and Ford Foundations to address underserved communities' issues in the United States. Dr. Brown currently serves as Principal Investigator for two Data Science and Analytics Grants and leads the Data Science Analytics... Read More →
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Zapata (Westin 2nd Floor)
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9:15am CDT

TH1.15 Mixed Income Housing and Neighborhood Issues
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Moderator: James Hanlon, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

  • Youth in Mixed-Income Communities Replacing Public Housing Complexes: Context, Dynamics, and Response
    Robert J. Chaskin, The University of Chicago; Florian Sichling, The University of Chicago; Mark L. Joseph, Case Western Reserve University

  • Saving Public Housing by Dismantling It: A Comparative Analysis of the HOPE VI, Choice Neighborhoods, and RAD Programs
    James Hanlon, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

  • Ten Years After: Re-assessing Sense of Community post-HOPE VI in Partnership with Community Health Advocates
    JoDee G. Keller, Pacific Lutheran University; Janice Laakso, University of Washington, Tacoma; Christine A. Stevens, University of Washington, Tacoma; Cathy Tashiro, University of Washington, Tacoma

  • All Mixed Up: Defining Mixed-Income in Public Housing Redevelopment
    Lawrence J. Vale, MIT; Shomon Shamsuddin, MIT



Presenters
RC
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James Hanlon

Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Associate Professor of Geography. Research interests in urban geography, public and affordable housing, urban policy, and racial segregation and inequality.
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Lawrence J. Vale

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Co-Authors
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Cathy Tashiro

University of Washington, Tacoma
CA

Christine A. Stevens

University of Washington, Tacoma
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Florian Sichling

The University of Chicago
JL

Janice Laakso

University of Washington, Tacoma
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Mark L. Joseph

Case Western Reserve University
SS

Moderators
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James Hanlon

Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Associate Professor of Geography. Research interests in urban geography, public and affordable housing, urban policy, and racial segregation and inequality.
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Madero Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
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9:15am CDT

TH1.16 Planning, Revitalization, and Displacement
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Moderator: Barrett A. Lee, Pennsylvania State University

  • Integrating Popular Education into a Model of Empowerment Planning
    Tara Bengle, University of North Carolina Charlotte

  • New Urbanism as a Model for Revitalizing Racially Diverse Communities
    Karl Besel, Indiana University Kokomo; Viviana Andreescu, University of Louisville; Muthusami Kumaran, University of Florida

  • Planning, Displacement, and the “Silicon Factor”: Long-Term Planning Under Pressure in the San Francisco Bay Area
    Rachel Brahinsky, University of San Francisco

  • Optimism and Realism in Shrinking Cities
    Renia Ehrenfeucht, University of New Orleans

  • Residential Displacement in the United States: Evidence from a Difficult Decade
    Barrett A. Lee, Pennsylvania State University; Christopher Prather, Pennsylvania State University



Presenters
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Tara Bengle

CHARP at UNC Charlotte
KB

Karl Besel

Indiana University Kokomo
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Renia Ehrenfeucht

University of New Orleans
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Rachel Brahinsky, University of San Francisco

Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs, University of San Francisco
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Christopher Prather

Pennsylvania State University

Co-Authors
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Barrett Lee

Pennsylvania State University
MK

Muthusami Kumaran

University of Florida
VA

Viviana Andreescu

University of Louisville

Moderators
BL

Barrett Lee

Pennsylvania State University
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Carranza Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
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9:15am CDT

TH1.17 The City After Abandonment
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Moderator: Jason Hackworth, University of Toronto


  • Investment in Disinvestment: An Analysis of Second-auction Tax Foreclosures in Toledo Ohio
    Jason Hackworth, University of Toronto

  • Recycling Foreclosed Homes in the REO-to-Rental Market: Securing Profit through Securing the Flow of Rents
    Emily Rosenman, University of British Columbia

  • Informal Ownership and the Shrinking City: The Role of Local Policies and Practices
    Matthew D. Weber, University of Michigan

  • Empty but not Abandoned: Coping with Vacancy in Southwest Detroit
    Kimberley Kinder, University of Michigan

  • Disinvesting in the Built City: The Role of Tax Foreclosure in Detroit
    Margaret Dewar, University of Michigan; Eric Seymour, University of Michigan; Oana Druta, University of Michigan



Presenters
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MD
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Emily Rosenman

University of British Columbia
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MD

Matthew D. Weber

Doctoral Candidate, University of Michigan

Co-Authors
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Eric Seymour

University of Michigan
OD

Oana Druta

University of Michigan

Moderators
JH
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Villa Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
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9:15am CDT

TH1.XX Historical Perspectives on Planning: International Experiences
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Moderator: Arnon Golan, University of Haifa, Israel

  • Race and the Environment in Nixon’s Balanced Growth Policy: A Lesson for Contemporary Sustainable Land Use Planning
    James Connolly, Northeastern University

  • Jaffa and Tel Aviv: Urban Conflict, Demarcation of Boundaries, and the formation of National and Local Identities
    Arnon Golan, University of Haifa, Israel

  • New Delhi/Old Delhi: Spatial Planning and the Making of the Modern Urban Citizen
    Shoshana Goldstein, Cornell University

Presenters
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James Connolly

Northeastern University
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Arnon Golan

University of Haifa, Israel
SG

Shoshana Goldstein

Cornell University

Moderators
AG

Arnon Golan

University of Haifa, Israel
Thursday March 20, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Lantana Room (Westin Lobby Level)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.02 Urban Impacts of International Migration
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Moderator: Gordana Rabrenovic, Northeastern University
  • The Life Cycle of Immigrant Community Organizations in U.S. Metropolitan Areas in the New Century
    Chi-kan Richard Hung, University of Massachusetts Boston
  • The Impact of Race, Class and Gender on the English Proficiency of Second-generation Caribbean Immigrants in the US.
    Mauricia John, Kutztown University of PA
  • An Analysis of Welfare and Health Policy Changes on the Health Seeking Behavior of Taiwanese Immigrants Residing in the United States
    Su-Chiu Liu, Boston University
Presenters
CR
MJ

Mauricia John

Kutztown University
SL

Su-Chiu Liu

Boston University

Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Laurel (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.04 Cross-National Cases and Comparisions of Land Use and Planning
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Moderator: Christopher Leo, University of Winnipeg

  • How to Regulate Urban Growth: The State of the Art in Canada
    Christopher Leo, University of Winnipeg

  • The Just City by Design:  Inclusionary and Sustainable Urban Development in the Global South
    Shelagh McCartney, Ryerson University; Eric S. Belsky, Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS); Nicholas DuBroff, JCHS; Daniel McCue, JCHS; Christina Harris, JCHS


  • Commercial Spaces in Talca, Chile: From the Pre Modern to the Post-modern in Ten Years
    Rodrigo Salcedo, Universidad Católica del Maule

Presenters
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Christopher Leo

Senior Scholar, University of Winnipeg
City politics, politics of urban planning, multi-level governance
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Rodrigo Salcedo

Universidad Católica del Maule
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Shelagh McCartney, Ryerson University

Assistant Professor, Ryerson University

Co-Authors
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Eric S. Belsky

Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS)
ND

Moderators
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Christopher Leo

Senior Scholar, University of Winnipeg
City politics, politics of urban planning, multi-level governance
Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Contessa A (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.05 Disaster Policy and Planning for Vulnerable Populations
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Moderator: Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University

  • Ciudad Juarez: Social Effects of Building Low Income Neighborhoods on Areas of Environmental Risk
    Sonia Bass, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez and Instituto Politécnico Nacional; Jaime Ramírez, El Colegio de México; Rafael Mauricio, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

  • “Those Being Done to and Those Doing”: Charity-based Disaster Assistance in a Low-income Hispanic Neighborhood
    Michelle A. Meyer, Texas A&M University; Sara Hamideh, Texas A&M University

  • Obstacles to Housing Recovery for Socially Vulnerable Populations
    Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University; Walter Gillis Peacock, Texas A&M University; Wesley Highfield, Texas A&M University-Galveston; Sara Hamideh, Texas A&M University

  • Sudden Versus Slow Death of Cities: New Orleans and Detroit
    Davia Downey, Grand Valley State University; Laura Reese, Michigan State University

  • To Rebuild or Relocate?  Using Land Swaps to Balance Competing Recovery Priorities
    Marla Nelson, University of New Orleans

Presenters
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Sonia Bass

Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez and Instituto Politécnico Nacional
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Davia Downey

Associate Professor, Grand Valley State University
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Michelle Meyer

Texas A&M University
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Shannon Van Zandt

Texas A&M University

Co-Authors
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Jaime Ramírez

El Colegio de México
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Rafael Mauricio

Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
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Sara Hamideh

Texas A&M University
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Walter Gillis Peacock

Texas A&M University
WH

Wesley Highfield

Texas A&M University-Galveston

Moderators
SV

Shannon Van Zandt

Texas A&M University
Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Mesquite (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.07 The Impact of Urban Environments and Urban Change on Health
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Moderator: Nicole Ruggiano, Florida International University

  • Employee Wellness Program Effect on Body Mass Index (BMI) and Health Care Costs Assessing Differences in Urban versus Rural Health Care Employees
    Jennifer Fink, UW Milwaukee; Doug Ihrke, UW Milwaukee

  • The Role of Transportation in Health Self-Management among Older Adults with Chronic Conditions Living in South Florida
    Nicole Ruggiano, Florida International University; Katherine Sias, Florida International University; Natalia Shtompel, Florida International University; Karen Fortuna, Florida International University

  • Roads and Knots of STDs in Texas 
    Silviya Nikolova, University of Texas at Arlington; Jesus Trevino, Universidad Autonomade Nuevo Leon; Eusebius Small, University of Texas at Arlington; Sunil Madanu, University of Texas at Arlington; Cecilia Mengo, University of Texas at Arlington





Presenters
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Jennifer Fink

Research, Aurora Research Institute
Much of my career I have been working in clinical trials as a mentor and coordinator. I have 14 years of experience working with patients in diverse health care settings, coordinating clinical trials in diabetes, asthma, oncology, neurology, pain management, dermatology and psychiatry... Read More →
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Silviya Nikolova

University of Texas at Arlington
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Nicole Ruggiano

Florida International University

Co-Authors
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Cecilia Mengo

University of Texas at Arlington
DI

Douglas Ihrke

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
ES

Eusebius Small

University of Texas at Arlington
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Jesus Antonio Trevino Cantu

Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Professor of the graduate department at the School of Architecture. PhD in planning and public policy (University of Texas at Arlington), Master in Urban Development (El Colegio de Mexico), and Bachelor in Economics (Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León). Current research interests... Read More →
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Karen Fortuna

Florida International University
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Katherine Sias

Florida International University
NS

Natalia Shtompel

Florida International University
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Sunil Madanu

University of Texas at Arlington

Moderators
NR

Nicole Ruggiano

Florida International University
Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Magnolia (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.10 Identifying and Addressing Racial Discrimination
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Moderator: Diane K. Levy, Urban Institute


  • Housing Discrimination against Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Findings from the HDS 2012 Report
    Margery Turner, Urban Institute; Rob Santos, Urban Institute; Diane Levy, Urban Institute; Doug Wissoker, Urban Institute; Robert Pitingolo, Urban Institute; Claudia Aranda, Urban Institute

  • Linguistic Profiling and Discrimination in Housing Markets and Lending Institutions Based on Racial Inferences from Telephone Calls
    John Baugh, Washington University in St. Louis

  • The Future of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data and Implications for Understanding Discrimination
    Kathryn Pettit, Urban Institute



Presenters
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John Baugh

Washington University in St. Louis
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Kathy Pettit

Principal Research Associate, National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership
Kathryn Pettit is a principal research associate in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute, where her research focuses on neighborhood change and how communities use data for more effective and equitable decisionmaking. Pettit is a recognized... Read More →
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Robert Pitingolo

Research Associate, Urban Institute

Co-Authors
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Claudia Aranda

Urban Institute
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Diane Levy

Urban Institute
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Doug Wissoker

Urban Institute
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Margery Turner

Urban Institute
RS

Rob Santos

Urban Institute

Moderators
DL

Diane Levy

Urban Institute
Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Goraz Room (Westin River Level)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.11 Responding to Global and Local Pressures in Urban Development
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Moderator: Susanna F. Schaller, The City College of New York, CUNY

  • Globalization vs. Transactive Planning Approaches – The Collision of the Global and the Local in Metro Vancouver
    Wayne Beggs, University of Texas at Arlington

  • Borders and Bounders and Islamic Meaning in the Public Spaces  Case study:Shaherak e garb, Narmak and Beryanak neighborhoods, Tehran,Iran
    Narciss M. Sohrabi, Université Paris Ouest - Nanterre - La Défense

  • Policy Mobility: Interrogating the Business Improvement District Model in the US and Germany
    Susanna F. Schaller, The City College of New York, CUNY

  • Toronto’s Governance Crisis: A Global City Under Pressure
    Meghan Joy, Ryerson University; Ronald Vogel, Ryerson University



Presenters
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Wayne Beggs

University of Texas at Arlington
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narciss m. sohrabi

Université Paris Ouest - Nanterre - La Défense
Narcisse M. Sohrabi est doctorante a l université paris ouest, Depuis 2010, elle poursuit Ph.D. études à l'Ecole doctorale EOS et laboratoire de dames à l'Université de Paris Nanterre la Defance (France) Sur direction M. Guy BURGEL sur sujet “L’influence de la révolution... Read More →
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Ronald Vogel, Ryerson University

Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University
My research interests focus on metropolitan governance, global cities, and comparative urban politics.
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Co-Authors
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Meghan Joy

Ryerson University

Moderators
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Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Sabino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.12 Service Sharing and Policy Coordination in Diverse Institutional Settings: Interlocal Cooperation in Asia, Europe, and North America
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Moderator: Jered B. Carr, University of Missouri-Kansas City


  • The Costs of Cooperation: What Research from Europe, Latin America, and the United States Tells Us about Managing the Risks of Shared Services.
    Jered B. Carr, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Christopher Hawkins, University of Central Florida; Antonio Tavares, University of Minho - Gualtar Campus

  • Informal Mechanisms for Metropolitan Governance in Mexico
    Edgar Ramírez de la Cruz, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas

  • The Dynamics of Municipal Cooperation in Canadian Metropolitan Areas
    Zachary Spicer, University of Toronto

  • The Institutional Collective Action Framework: An Application to Regional Governance in Europe
    Antonio Tavares, University of Minho; Richard Feiock, Florida State University

Presenters
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Jered Carr

University of Missouri-Kansas City
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Edgar Ramírez de la Cruz

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
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Antonio Tavares

University of Minho, Portugal
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Co-Authors
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Antonio Tavares

University of Minho, Portugal
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Brent Never

University of Missouri-Kansas City
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Christopher Hawkins

University of Central Florida

Moderators
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Jered Carr

University of Missouri-Kansas City
Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Lantana Room (Westin Lobby Level)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.13 Attracting Outsiders: Toursim and Urban Public Relations
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Moderator: Joan Wesley, Jackson State University

  • Lost in Translation? The Diffusion of Tim Hortons’ Restaurants in the Great Lakes Borderlands
    Michael Broadway, Northern Michigan University

  • Place Branding as a Tool of Economic Development: Examining the Perceptions of Municipal Practitioners in Ontario, Canada
    Evan Cleave, University of Western Ontario; Godwin Arku, University of Western Ontario

  • Modeling Image: The Components of Place Representation
    Candi Clouse, Cleveland State University

  • Rural Tourism in Mississippi: Leveraging Assets, Diversifying the Economy
    Joan Wesley, Jackson State University; Shalonda Carlisle, Jackson State University; Edmund Merem, Jackson State University

Presenters
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Michael Broadway

Northern Michigan University
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Evan Cleave, University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario
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Candi Clouse, Cleveland State University

Program Manager, Center for Economic Development, Cleveland State University
Candi Clouse is the Program Manager in the Center for Economic Development at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. In her current role, she supports the center with data analysis, economic impact modeling, and industry research. Ms. Clouse... Read More →
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Co-Authors
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Edmund Merem

Jackson State University
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Godwin Arku

University of Western Ontario
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Shalonda Carlisle

Jackson State University

Moderators
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Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Contessa B (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.14 Suburban Issues for the 21st Century
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Moderator: Ryan Allen, Humphrey School of Public Affairs

  • Suburban Reinvestment: The Redevelopment of Baltimore Suburbs
    Bernadette Hanlon, Ohio State University; Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Ohio State University

  • What Explains the Resolution of Property Tax Delinquency Prior to Tax-Forfeiture? Evidence from Hennepin County, Minnesota
    Ryan Allen, Humphrey School of Public Affairs

  • Analyzing Property Values in U.S. Suburbs, 1980 to 2010
    Katrin Anacker, George Mason University

  • Structural Conditions and Local Responses: Explaining Different forms of Local Governance in Swiss Suburban Development
  • Lineo Umberto Devecchi, University of Zurich



Presenters
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Whitney Airgood-Obrycki

Ohio State University
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Lineo Devecchi

University of Zurich, Department of Political Science
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Ryan Allen, University of Minnesota

Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
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Co-Authors
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Bernadette Hanlon

Ohio State University

Moderators
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Ryan Allen, University of Minnesota

Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Zapata (Westin 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.15 Housing Values, Foreclosure, and Neighborhood Change
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Moderator: Andrew Carswell, University of Georgia

  • Monitoring Neighborhood Changes in Mortgage Fraud-Impacted Areas
    Andrew Carswell, University of Georgia; Martin Seay, Kansas State University; Ron Malega, Missouri State University

  • The Neighborhood Effects of Tax Delinquency and Seizures on Residential Sale Price
    Deborah Carroll, The University of Georgia; Christopher Goodman, Rutgers University

  • Starter-Home Resiliency and the Great Recession. An Assessment of the Economic Performance of Sixty Communities in Charlotte, North Carolina.
    Melissa A. Currie, University of North Carolina at Charlotte



Presenters
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Melissa Currie

Lecturer, University of Alabama in Huntsville
I am an experienced assistant professor, licensed landscape architect, and have extensive educational and professional experience in the land planning, landscape architecture, and civil engineering fields. My research focuses on neighborhood-level community resilience and the impacts... Read More →
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Christopher Goodman

Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Co-Authors
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Deborah Carroll

The University of Georgia
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Martin Seay

Kansas State University
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Ron Malega

Missouri State University

Moderators
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Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Madero Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.16 Housing Issues from Cities Around the World
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Moderator: Yiping Fang, Portland State University

  • Rethinking Dubai's Urbanism: Generating Sustainable Form-Based Urban Design Strategies for an integrated Neighborhood in Dubai
    Khaled Alawadi, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology; Sarah Dooling, The University of Texas at Austin

  • Housing Differences in Urbanizing China
    Yiping Fang, Portland State University

  • The House they Design X the House that I Live: Customization in Apartments Projects in Recife - Brazil
    Cristiana Griz, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - Brazil



Presenters
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Khaled Alawadi

Assistant Professor, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
Rethinking the city through sustainability paradigm. Khaled’s research and teaching are focused on the role of urban design and planning in promoting sustainable development and the big question is: “Which urban forms, technological solutions, and policy initiatives will effectively... Read More →
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Yiping Fang

Assistant Professor, Portland State University
Migration, housing inequality, China, Urbanization.
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Cristiana Griz

Professor Adjunto I, UFPE (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)

Co-Authors
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Sarah Dooling

The University of Texas at Austin

Moderators
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Yiping Fang

Assistant Professor, Portland State University
Migration, housing inequality, China, Urbanization.
Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Villa Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.18 Sustainability, Resilience, and Disaster [SPECIAL TRACK: URBAN ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN]
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Moderator: Edad Mercier, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Real Estate Ventures: A New Land Use of the Brazilian Coastline
    Cristina Pereira de Araujo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

  • Gender-Responsive Planning in Post-Earthquake Haiti
    Edad Mercier, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Incorporating Sustainability and Resiliency for Housing in Earthquake Prone Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean
    Victoria Basolo, University of California - Irvine; Santina Contreras, University of California - Irvine



Presenters
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Cristina Pereira de Araujo

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
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Santina Contreras

University of California, Irvine
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Edad Mercier

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Co-Authors
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Ana Carolina Cupello

Pontifical Catholic Univ of Rio de Janeiro PUC-Rio
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Victoria Basolo

University of California - Irvine

Moderators
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Edad Mercier

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Cedar (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

TH2.19 Informality, Infrastructure and Urban (Re)Development in Latin America: Cases from Mexico, Colombia and the Dominican Republic [SPECIAL TRACK: URBAN ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN]
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Moderator: Bjorn Sletto, The University of Texas at Austin


  • Challenging Local Governance in Mexico City’s Urban Fringe: Stories from the Cuenca de Guadalupe
    Patricia A. Wilson, The University of Texas at Austin; Enrique Juárez Nuñez, Universidad Albert Einstein; Rafael Castañeda Olvera, Universidad Tecnológica Fidel Velázquez; Sara Itzel Bejarano Martinez, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente del Estado de México; Samuel Siegel, The University of Texas at Austin; Alan Bush, The University of Texas at Austin

  • Housing Access and Governance: Densification Efforts in Mexico City, 2001-2012
    Laura Alejandra Reyes Ruiz del Cueto, The University of Texas at Austin

  • Climate Change and its Challenges for Mexican Cities: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Cancun, Mexico City, Monterrey and Tijuana
    Ariadna Itzel Reyes Sanchez, The University of Texas at Austin

  • Integration of Informal Settlements in Contemporary Latin American Metropolises: The Cases of Juan XXIII in Bogotá and Villa 31 in Buenos Aires
    Juan Guillermo Yunda, The University of Texas at Austin and Universidad Piloto, Bogota, Colombia; Sophie Naue, Leuphana University and HafenCity University, Germany

  • Participatory Planning and Curriculum Engagement in Informal Settlements: Working with Children and Youth in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
    Omar Diaz, The University of Texas at Austin; Bjorn Sletto, The University of Texas at Austin



Presenters
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Omar Diaz

The University of Texas at Austin
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alejandra reyes

DOCTORAL FELLOW, University of Texas at Austin
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Ariadna Itzel Reyes Sanchez

Phd Student in Community and Regional Planning, University of Texas at Austin
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Patricia Wilson

Professor, patriciawilson@utexas.edu
Participatory action research Contemplative pedagogy for emergence Community development Latin America, Mexico Leadership for resilient systems
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Juan Guillermo Yunda

The University of Texas at Austin and Universidad Piloto, Bogota

Co-Authors
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Alan Bush

The University of Texas at Austin
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Bjorn Sletto

The University of Texas at Austin
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Enrique Juárez Nuñez

Universidad Albert Einstein
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Rafael Castañeda Olvera

Universidad Tecnológica Fidel Velázquez
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Samuel Siegel

The University of Texas at Austin
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Sophie Naue

Leuphana University and HafenCity University, Germany

Moderators
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Bjorn Sletto

The University of Texas at Austin
Thursday March 20, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Camino Real Room (Westin 1st Floor)
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1:30pm CDT

TH3.01 ‘Informal Networks at the Border: the Mexico/US Case’
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Moderator: Jose Carlos G. Aguiar, Leiden University


  • Informality as a Resource: Cross-Border Trade and Non-Hegemonic Globalization'
    José Carlos G. Aguiar, Leiden University

  • Conceptualizing Human Trafficking Along the US/Mexico Border
    Jenny Clark, South Texas College

  • Inequalities and Global Flows in Mexico’s Northeastern Border: The Effects of Migration, Commerce, Hydrocarbons, and Transnational Organized Crime'
    Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, The University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Changes and Continuities in the Use of Networks for Undocumented Border Crossing in Northern Mexico
    Juan Carlos Narváez Gutiérrez, Centro de Estudios Migratorios; Salvador Cobo, Instituto Politécnico Nacional

  • US-Mexican Border Enforcement and Drug Trafficking Networks'
    Michelle Keck, University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Understanding Learning in Participatory Budgeting: Identifying Dialectic Tensions + Resolutions using a Discourse Analysis Approach
    Presenter: José W. Melendez, University of Illinois at Chicago

Presenters
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José Carlos G. Aguiar

Leiden University
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Jenny Bryson Clark

South Texas College
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Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera

Associate Professor and Chair, The University of Texas at Brownsville
Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera is Associate Professor and Chair of the Government Department of the University of Texas at Brownsville. Her areas of expertise are Mexico-U.S. relations, border security, immigration, and organized crime. Her teaching fields include comparative politics... Read More →
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Juan Carlos Narváez Gutiérrez

Centro de Estudios Migratorios
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Michelle Keck

University of Texas at Brownsville
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Jose W. Melendez

Postdoc in Teaching and Mentoring, University of Illinois, Chicago
José W. Meléndez received his doctorate from the Learning Sciences program at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), with a co-discipline in Urban Planning and Policy. His research focuses on the interrelation between the environment, participants, and language and how each... Read More →

Co-Authors
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Salvador Cobo

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Moderators
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José Carlos G. Aguiar

Leiden University
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Lantana Room (Westin Lobby Level)
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1:30pm CDT

TH3.02 Industrial Place-making vs. Community Governance
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Moderator: Janice Bockmeyer, John Jay College - City University of New York

  • Community Governance and ‘Reinventing Detroit’: The Impact of Shrinking City Dynamics on Neighborhood Strategic Planning
    Janice Bockmeyer, John Jay College - City University of New York

  • The Road of Contention. When the Future of an Expressway is challenged by Community Organizations in the Bronx (NYC).
    Aurelie Delage, University of Lyon, France / Hunter College (CUNY)

  • Institutional Rape Revisited: Anchor Institutions and Residential Displacement in Buffalo, NY.
    Robert Silverman, University at Buffalo; Jade Lewis, University at Buffalo; Kelly Patterson, University at Buffalo

  • Social Organizing, Entrepreneurship & Programming as Design  
    Jayon You, Drury University

Presenters
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Janice Bockmeyer

Associate Professor, City University of New York - John Jay College
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Robert Silverman, University at Buffalo

Professor, University at Buffalo
Rob Silverman's research focuses on the non-profit sector, the role of community-based organizations in urban neighborhoods, education reform, and inequality in inner city housing markets. His current research projects include studies of non-profit finance and advocacy,school reform,shrinking... Read More →
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Aurelie Delage

University of Lyon, France / Hunter College (CUNY)
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Jayon You

Drury University

Co-Authors
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Jade Lewis

University at Buffalo
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Kelly Patterson

University at Buffalo

Moderators
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Janice Bockmeyer

Associate Professor, City University of New York - John Jay College
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Contessa A (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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1:30pm CDT

TH3.03 Crime and the American City
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Moderator: Martha J. Smith, Wichita State University

  • Urban Unrest: Crime Control in American Cities and the Sociological Implications of Police Strategy
    David Karas, University of Delaware

  • Spatial Concentration of Vulnerable Transit Riders in Chicago:  Neighborhood Crime and Mode of Travel
    Sung-suk Violet Yu, John Jay College; Martha J. Smith, Wichita State University

  • Examining the Designs Associated with Traffic Safety around Schools
    Chia-Yuan Yu, Texas A&M University

Presenters
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David Karas

Ph.D. Student, Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware
David is pursuing a Ph.D. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Delaware, after receiving his M.A. in 2012. He also serves as a Policy Strategist to the City Council in the City of Wilmington, Delaware.
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Martha Smith

Wichita State University
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Chia-Yuan Yu

Texas A&M University

Co-Authors
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Sung-suk Violet Yu

John Jay College

Moderators
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Martha Smith

Wichita State University
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Retama (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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1:30pm CDT

TH3.04 Risk and Resilience: Manging the Next Disaster
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Moderator: Jennifer Shea, San Francisco State University

  • Collaborative Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery: Galveston after Ike
    Sara Hamideh, Texas A&M University; Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University; Walter Peacock, Texas A&M University

  • Engaging the whole community of stakeholders to build urban resilience and mitigate disasters
    Quintus Jett, Rutgers University; Arturo Osorio, Rutgers University

  • Risk Perception and Protective Action Adoption: The Case of 2012 West Nile Outbreak
    Rejina Manandhar, University of North Texas

  • Putting Compassion to Work: Strategies for Comprehensively Incorporating Disaster Relief Volunteerism Directly into Disaster Planning
    Jason Rivera, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Camden; Zachary Wood, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Camden

  • Building Community Resilience?  Using Social Network Analysis to Identify Goals & Measure Effectiveness
    Jennifer Shea, San Francisco State University

Presenters
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Sara Hamideh

Texas A&M University
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Quintus Jett

Rutgers University
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Rejina Manandhar

University of North Texas
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Jason Rivera

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Camden
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Jennifer Shea

Associate Professor, San Francisco State University

Co-Authors
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Arturo Osorio

Rutgers University
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Walter G. Peacock

Texas A&M University
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Zachary Wood

Rutgers University - Camden

Moderators
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Jennifer Shea

Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Mesquite (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

1:30pm CDT

TH3.06 Measuring Social Justice in Public Transportation
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Moderator: Joe Grengs, University of Michigan

  • Job Access and Transportation Costs for Poor Populations in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area
    Steven Howland, Portland State University

  • Access to Everything: Accessibility Metrics Reconsidered from Within the Central City
    Alexis Perrotta, Columbia University

  • Equity of What in Transportation? Accessibility Evaluation in Intermetropolitan Comparison
    Joe Grengs, University of Michigan
  • Respatializing Racial Inequality: The Open Case of the Atlanta Beltline
    Jacob Brown, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Jacob Brown

London School of Economics and Political Science
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Joe Grengs

University of Michigan
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Steven Howland

Portland State University
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Alexis Perrotta

Columbia University

Moderators
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Joe Grengs

University of Michigan
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Cedar (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

1:30pm CDT

TH3.07 Transforming Sustainability: Urban Resilience and Sustainable Redevelopment in Legacy Cities
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Moderator: Wendy A. Kellogg, Cleveland State University


  • Bricolage - Playing Around with Ideas for Sustainable and Healthy Communities
    Nick Zingale, Cleveland State University; Aritree Samanta, Cleveland State University

  • Recognizing Resilience: Community Gardens in the Context of Legacy Cities
    Helen Liggett, Cleveland State University

  • Adaptive Capacity at the Edge: Emergence and Function of a Resilient Watershed Governance Network
    Wendy A. Kellogg, Cleveland State University

Presenters
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Wendy Kellogg

Cleveland State University
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Helen Liggett

Cleveland State University
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Nick Zingale

Cleveland State University

Co-Authors
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Aritree Samanta

Doctoral Candidate, Cleveland State University

Moderators
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Wendy Kellogg

Cleveland State University
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Magnolia (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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1:30pm CDT

TH3.08 Governing Sustainable Urbanization in China
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Moderator: Youqiang Wang, Tsinghua University


  • Urbanization and Migration in China: Pattern, Challenges and Policies
    Chen Wang, Tsinghua University

  • Development Regulation in Urban Planning for Sustainable Urbanization in China
    Chengzhi Yin, Tsinghua University; Dongfeng Yang, Dalian University of Technology

  • Understanding Impact of Supporting Policies on the Urban Development: An Empirical Study on the Smart City Related Policies in Wuxi
    Nan Zhang, Tsinghua University; Xiaopei He, Tsinghua University; Sheng Chen, Chongqing University

  • Structure and Operational Process of Urban District Level Government: Case Study of Social Management in Shangcheng
    Lan Ye, Tsinghua University

  • Personal Experience, Personality Traits and Political Attitude: Evidence from China’s Healthcare Sector
    Yongheng Yang, Tsinghua University



Presenters
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Sheng Chen

Chongqing University
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Chen Wang

Tsinghua University
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Yongheng Yang

Tsinghua University
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Lan YE

School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University
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Chengzhi Yin

Tsinghua University

Co-Authors
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Dongfeng Yang

Dalian University of Technology
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Nan Zhang

School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
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Xiaopei He

Tsinghua University

Moderators
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Youqiang Wang

School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Laurel (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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1:30pm CDT

TH3.10 Seeking the Inclusive City
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Moderator: Mara Sidney, Rutgers University-Newark

  • Beyond Participation: A Review of Best Practices in Inclusive Problem Solving
    Barbara Brown Wilson, University of Texas at Austin; Nicole Joslin, University of Texas at Austin

  • Immigration and the Marketing of Indianapolis as a ‘Global City’
    Sang S. Lee, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  • Reducing the Perception of Cycling Danger in the African American Community
    Talia McCray, The University of Texas at Austin; Teri Durden, The University of Texas at Austin; Eileen Schaubert, Independent Cycling Instructor

  • Understanding Learning in Participatory Budgeting: Identifying Dialectic Tensions + Resolutions using a Discourse Analysis Approach 
    José W. Melendez, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Beyond Workers and Criminals: How Local Immigrant Organizations in the U.S. and Canada Resist National Policy Designs
    Mara Sidney, Rutgers University-Newark

Presenters
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Sang S. Lee

Doctoral Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Talia McCray

University of Texas at Austin
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Mara Sidney

Rutgers University-Newark
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Barbara Brown Wilson

University of Texas at Austin

Co-Authors
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Eileen Schaubert

Independent Cycling Instructor
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Nicole Joslin

Development Manager, Austin Community Design & Development Center
After working for Architecture for Humanity on a Hurricane Katrina recovery program in Biloxi, MS, Nicole moved to Austin and co-founded Women.Design.Build to provide more opportunities for women to engage in community driven design and construction activities. She concurrently worked... Read More →
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Teri Durden

The University of Texas at Austin

Moderators
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Mara Sidney

Rutgers University-Newark
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Goraz Room (Westin River Level)
  Panels

1:30pm CDT

TH3.11 Annexation, Amalgamation and Territorial Reforms in an Era of Soft Spaces and Fuzzy City Boundaries
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Moderator: Eran Razin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem


  • City Boundary-Drawing: A Tool of Governance, an Expression of Identity, a Measure of Control
    Eran Razin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  • The Boundary Problem:  Investigating International Trends in Municipal Boundary Demarcation Criteria
    John Meligrana, Queen's University

  • Annexation, Contested Local Environments and Minority Voting Power
    Mary M. Edwards, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bev Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Economic Segregation, Economic Change, and Municipal Bankruptcies: Revenue Sharing and De Facto Territorial Reform in the US
    Stephanie Gerretsen, University of Michigan; Mark S. Rosentraub, University of Michigan



Presenters
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Mary Edwards

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Stephanie Gerretsen

Doctoral Student, University of Michigan
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Eran Razin

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Co-Authors
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Bev Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Mark S. Rosentraub

University of Michigan

Moderators
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Eran Razin

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Contessa B (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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1:30pm CDT

TH3.12 Local Financial Policies and Urban Development
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Moderator: TBD

  • Rethinking the Disbursement of Land Tax Revenue: A spatial model for the just distribution of land tax revenue
    Reza Amindarbari, North Carolina State University; Perver Baran, North Carolina State University

  • The Role of Socio-Economic Factors on the Estimation of Residential Property Values in Texas
    Rod Hissong, University of Texas at Arlington; Robert Hawley, University of Texas at Arlington
  • Improving Tax Management in Cities: The World Bank Tool for Assessing the Property Tax Management in Latin America
    Jose Manuel Rodriguez Alvarez, World Bank, Senior Public Sector Specialist; Enrique Fanta Ivanovic, World Bank, Senior Public Sector Specialist

Presenters
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Reza Amindarbari

North Carolina State University
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Rod Hissong

University of Texas at Arlington
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Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Alvarez

Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank
I am working in Public Sector Management in the Region of Latin America and the Caribbean of the Worl Bank. I am also especialized in urban planning and management, with a large experience on urban issues in Spain and in international organizations (OECD, Council of Europe, World... Read More →

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Enrique Fanta Ivanovic

World Bank, Senior Public Sector Specialist
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Perver Baran

North Carolina State University
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Robert Hawley

University of Texas at Arlington

Moderators
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Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Alvarez

Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank
I am working in Public Sector Management in the Region of Latin America and the Caribbean of the Worl Bank. I am also especialized in urban planning and management, with a large experience on urban issues in Spain and in international organizations (OECD, Council of Europe, World... Read More →
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Encino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

1:30pm CDT

TH3.13 Promoting Opportunity from the Bottom Up?: Community Based Efforts to Support the Economic Integration and Mobility of Low-Wage Workers
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Moderator: M. Anne Visser, University of California, Davis


  • Promoting Inclusion from the Margins: Social Economy Organizations and the SocioeconomicI Integration of Migrants Engaged in Informal Employment
    M. Anne Visser, University of California, Davis

  • Transcending Localism: Applying the ACF to Social Economy Organizations Engaged in the Policy Process Surrounding the Low Wage Service Industry
    Lisa Kresge, University of California, Davis

  • Employee Ownership in the US: A Critical Perspective
    Jessica Thomas, University of Texas at Austin; Katie Sobering, University of Texas at Austin; Christine Williams, Unviersity of Texas at Austin



Presenters
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Lisa Kresge

University of California, Davis
JT

Jessica Thomas

University of Texas at Austin

Co-Authors
CW

Christine Williams

University of Texas at Austin
KS

Katie Sobering

The University of Texas at Austin

Moderators
MV
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Olivares Room (Westin River Level)
  Panels

1:30pm CDT

TH3.14 Affordable Housing Preservation and Gentrification
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Moderator: Kathryn Howell, George Mason University

  • Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives: Rooting Community Despite Disinvestment and Gentrification
    Karen J. Gibson, Portland State University; Maxine Fitzpatrick, Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives, Inc.

  • Preserving Community: Affordable Housing and Changing Neighborhoods in Washington DC
    Kathryn Howell, George Mason University

  • Immigration and the Evolution of Gentrification in U.S. Cities
    Jackelyn Hwang, Harvard University

  • Divergent Recoveries: The Great Recession and Gentrification in Chicago, New York, and Washington, DC
    Jacob Rugh, Brigham Young University; Derek Hyra, Virginia Tech



Presenters
KH

Kathryn Howell

George Mason University
avatar for Jackelyn Hwang

Jackelyn Hwang

Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University
I'm a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology and Social Policy at Harvard. My research interests are in the areas of urban sociology, race and ethnicity, immigration, and inequality. My current research projects examine how racial and ethnic contexts impact and are impacted by gentrification... Read More →
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Jacob Rugh

Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University
KG

Karen Gibson, Portland State University

Associate Professor, Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University

Co-Authors
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Derek Hyra

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
MF

Maxine Fitzpatrick

Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives, Inc.

Moderators
KH

Kathryn Howell

George Mason University
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Zapata (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

1:30pm CDT

TH3.15 Public Housing and the Community
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Moderator: Beverly McLean, University at Buffalo

  • Home Sweet Home: Determinants of Tenure Among Public Housing Residents
    Prentiss Dantzler, Rutgers University - Camden

  • Does Case Management Support Improve Self-sufficiency Outcomes Among Public Housing Residents?
    Kirstin P. Frescoln, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mary K. Donegan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mai T. Nguyen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; William M. Rohe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Privatization in Times of Recession: The Evolution of  Chicago’s Public Housing Reforms
    Amy Khare, University of Chicago

  • The Potential for Senior Housing Projects for Community Revitalization
    Beverly McLean, University at Buffalo

  • Public Housing after Hurricane: Urban Renewal or Removal? The Case Study of Beaumont and Galveston, Texas
    Tho Tran, Texas A&M University



Presenters
PD

Prentiss Dantzler

Fellow / Visiting Assistant Professor, Colorado College
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Kirstin Frescoln

PhD Candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
My work focuses on community engagement to improve health and well-being for vulnerable populations. My current work is focused in public housing. I am the former North Carolina State Drug Treatment Court Manager and continue to provide national consultation on local, state, and... Read More →
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Amy Khare

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago
Amy Khare’s research seeks to shape solutions to persistent poverty and structural inequality, with a specific focus on affordable housing, community development, and market-driven policies. Her central line of inquiry examines how urban politics influences the privatization of... Read More →
BM

Beverly McLean

University at Buffalo
TT

Tho Tran, Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

Co-Authors
MN

Mai Nguyen

UNC-Chapel Hill
MK

Mary K. Donegan

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
WM

William M. Rohe

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Moderators
BM

Beverly McLean

University at Buffalo
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Carranza Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

1:30pm CDT

TH3.18 Learning from Latin America in Texas: How Housing Informality Continues to Trump Formality [SPECIAL TRACK: URBAN ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN]
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Moderator: Peter Ward, University of Texas at Austin


  • Vacant Lots and Property Abandonment: Colonias and Informal Subdivisions in Texas
    Peter Ward, University of Texas at Austin; Noah Durst, University of Texas at Austin

  • Low-Income Homeowners in Texas: Trends of Informality and Policy Implications
    Heather Way, University of Texas at Austin Law School; Lucille Wood, University of Texas at Austin Law School

  • The Rise of Renters and Renting in Texas Colonias
    Noah Durst, University of Texas at Austin

  • Energy, Housing and Income in South Texas Colonias
    Carlos Olmedo, University of Texas at Austin



Presenters
avatar for Carlos Olmedo, University of Texas at Austin

Carlos Olmedo, University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin (LBJ School of Public Affairs)
My dissertation research investigates the intersection between poverty, human capital and low income housing along the Texas-Mexico border.
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Noah Durst

LBJ School of Public Affairs, U. of Texas at Austin
avatar for Peter Ward

Peter Ward

C.B Smith Sr. Centennial Chair in US-Mexico Relations, University of Texas-Ausitin
HW

Heather Way

University of Texas at Austin Law School

Co-Authors
LW

Lucille Wood

University of Texas at Austin Law School

Moderators
avatar for Peter Ward

Peter Ward

C.B Smith Sr. Centennial Chair in US-Mexico Relations, University of Texas-Ausitin
Thursday March 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:50pm CDT
Camino Real Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.01 Urban Design and Urban (Re)Development
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Moderator: Ramzi Farhat, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

  • Urban Design and Economic Regeneration: The Untold Story
    Ramzi Farhat, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

  • Do Residents Live Longer in Better Designed Neighborhood?
    Yunmi Park, Texas A&M University; George O. Rogers, Texas A&M University

  • Modern Russian City: The Traditional Urban Space in Contemporary Conditions (On the Example of the City of Vologda)
    Maria Suvorova, Vologda State Pedagogical University (Russia)



Presenters
RF

Ramzi Farhat

California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
YP

Yunmi Park

Texas A&M University
avatar for Maria Suvorova

Maria Suvorova

Vologda Business Institute

Co-Authors
GR

George Rogers

Texas A&M University

Moderators
RF

Ramzi Farhat

California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Retama (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.03 Global Experiences: Urbanization and Migration
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Moderator: Miriam Billig, Ariel University, Israel

  • Effects of Drastic Changes in Living Environment on Migrant Families and Communities
    Miriam Billig, Ariel University, Israel; Samaria and Jordan Rift R&D Center

  • Can Devolution and Rural Capacity Trigger De-urbanisation? Case Studies in Kenya and Malaysia Respectively
    Andrew Munya, The University of Auckland; Huzeima Hussain, The University of Auckland; Bernard Mugwima, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

  • Coming "Home" to Istanbul? Comparative Analysis of Second Generation Americans and Germans of Turkish Ancestry Living in Parents' Homeland.
    Sherri Grasmuck, Temple University; Annika Hinze, Fordham University



Presenters
MB

Miriam Billig

Ariel University; S.& J.R&D center
SG

Sherri Grasmuck

Temple University
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Andrew Munya

Doctoral Candidate, The University of Auckland
urban growth, urban food production, energy,policy and governance in urban areas.

Co-Authors
AM

Annika M. Hinze

Fordham University
DM

Dr.Bernard Mugwima

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
HH

Huzeima Hussain

The University of Auckland

Moderators
MB

Miriam Billig

Ariel University; S.& J.R&D center
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Lantana Room (Westin Lobby Level)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.04 'Shrinking' Cities: Can Planning Make a Difference?
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Moderator: Jacob Wagner, University of Missouri - Kansas City

  • Uneven Development and Redevelopment in “Shrinking” Cities: A Call for Equity Planning
    Joanna Ganning, University of Utah; J. Rosie Tighe, Appalachian State University

  • Planning Decisions for Vacant Lots in the Context of Shrinking Cities: A Survey and Comparison of Practices in the United States
    Leah Hollstein, The University of Texas at Austin

  • Analysis of the Effecting Factors for Successful Regeneration of Vacant Land
    Boah Kim, Texas A&M University; Galen Newman, Texas A&M University
  • Reflections of a Reluctant Scholar of Shrinking Cities
    Jacob Wagner, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Presenters
JG

Joanna Ganning

University of Utah
LH

Leah Hollstein

The University of Texas at Austin
BK

Boah Kim

Texas A&M University
JW

Jacob Wagner

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Co-Authors
GN

Galen Newman

Texas A&M University
JR

J. Rosie Tighe

Appalachian State University

Moderators
JW

Jacob Wagner

University of Missouri-Kansas City
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Contessa A (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.05 Welfare Regimes, Informal Support, and the State
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Moderator: Christian King, Georgia State University

  • Money-go-round and Circles of Support: Helping Families to Get By
    Elaine Batty, Sheffield Hallam University

  • Father’s Incarceration, Family Financial Hardship and Child Housing Conditions
    Christian King, Georgia State University

  • Illegal Urban Entrepreneurship? The Case of Street Vendors in Lagos, Nigeria
    Taibat Lawanson, University of Lagos, Nigeria

  • Neoliberal Reform, Welfare Regimes, and Urban Governance: the Case of Affordable Housing in Chinese Cities
    Xiaoye She, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)



Presenters
EB

Elaine Batty

Sheffield Hallam University
CK

Christian King

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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Taibat Lawanson

University of Lagos, Nigeria
Embracing Life, Love and Laughter
XS

Xiaoye She

University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)

Moderators
CK

Christian King

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
El Rincon De Maria (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.06 Politics, Political Participation, and the Role of NGOs
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Moderator: Zachary D Wood, Rutgers University - Camden

  • Towards a New Typology of Nonprofit Political Behavior: A New Level of Precision
    Zachary D Wood, Rutgers University - Camden

  • How Much Is Enough: Determining the Over- and Under-supply of Nonprofit Organizations in Metropolitan Areas
    Joseph Cochran, University of North Carolina Charlotte; David Swindell, Arizona State University

  • Private Regulation and Urban Governance: The Role of Agency Accreditation in the Planning of Services for Street-Involved Youth
    Fleurie Hunter, York University





Presenters
JC

Joseph Cochran

University of North Carolina Charlotte
FH

Fleurie Hunter

York University
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Zachary Wood

Rutgers University - Camden

Co-Authors
avatar for David Swindell

David Swindell

Director, Center for Urban Innovation, Arizona State University
David Swindell is the Director of the Center for Urban Innovation and an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. His work focuses primarily on community and economic development, especially public financing of sports facilities, the contribution... Read More →

Moderators
avatar for Zachary Wood

Zachary Wood

Rutgers University - Camden
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Mesquite (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.08 Greening the City: Gardens, Green Space, and Low-Carbon Development
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Moderator: Megan Heckert, Swarthmore College

  • The Environmental Benefits of Planting Trees on Vacant Lots: True Potential or Barking up the Wrong Tree?
    Megan Heckert, Swarthmore College

  • Planning Low Carbon Urban Development in Malaysia Using the Concept of Low Carbon Society
    Chin Siong HO, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Loon Wai Chau, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Yuzuru Matsuoka, Kyoto University

  • Revolutionary Spaces: Learning to Bicycle in a Car World
    Do Lee, The Graduate Center, CUNY

  • Green Area and Parks in Lima: A Study of Ecological Corridors in Two Quarter of Lima: San Miguel and Chorrillos
    Ana Sabogal, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Maria Isabel Martinez, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru

  • The Organizational Life Cycle of Community Gardens
    Danny Tarng, Rutgers University, Camden



Presenters
MH

Megan Heckert

Swarthmore College
CS

Chin Siong Ho

University of Technology Malaysia
DJ

Do J. Lee

The Graduate Center at the City University of New York, Environmental Psychology
AS

Ana Sabogal

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
DT

Danny Tarng

Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Assistant, Rutgers University, Camden

Co-Authors
LW

Loon Wai Chau

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
MI

Maria Isabel Martinez

Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
YM

Yuzuru Matsuoka

Kyoto University

Moderators
MH

Megan Heckert

Swarthmore College
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Magnolia (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.09 The Generative Potential of Urban Crisis
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Moderator: Julia Nevarez (Kean University)

  • Urban Apocalypse! or, What We Can Learn from Imagining the End of the City
    Robert Kirkman, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Failure or Fallibility? Critical Irony in the Construction of Urban Public Policy
    Robert Lake, Rutgers University

  • Urban Governance in Times of Fiscal Stress: Muddling through Efficiency and Democracy
    Miguel Rodrigues, EsACT-IPB/NEAPP-UM

  • Exploiting Crisis for the People! Prefiguration and the Reclaiming of the Urban Public Policy Agenda
    Adam Uddin, Wayne State University; Stephen Polk, University of Colorado Denver



Presenters
avatar for Robert Kirkman

Robert Kirkman

Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
RL

Robert Lake

Professor, Rutgers University
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Miguel Rodrigues

Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
AU

Adam Uddin

Wayne State University

Co-Authors
SP

Stephen Polk

University of Colorado Denver

Moderators
avatar for Julia Nevarez, Kean University

Julia Nevarez, Kean University

Sociology Coordinator, Kean University
Currently working at the intersection of urban development and climate change to address the forms in which populations and aid are governed in a forthcoming book about Hurricane Sandy and climate change that will also include alternatives and the proliferation of discourses on preparedness... Read More →
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Olivares Room (Westin River Level)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.10 Urban Elites, Democratic Process, and the Politics of Urban Development
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Moderator: Carolyn T. Adams, Temple University

  • Nonprofit Land Developers and Urban Growth Coalitions
    Carolyn T. Adams, Temple University

  • A Study of Factors Influencing Public Elected Officials and City Planners to Engage the Citizenry in Governmental Land Use Decisions
    Nana K Appiah, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Urban Decline, Municipal Takeover, and Local Democracy
    Ashley E Nickels, Rutgers University-Camden



Presenters
CA

Carolyn Adams

Temple University
NA

Nana Appiah

University of Texas at Dallas
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Ashley Nickels

Rutgers University- Camden

Moderators
CA

Carolyn Adams

Temple University
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Encino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.11 Segregation in the City
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Moderator: Paul A. Jargowsky, Rutgers University - Camden

  • How and for Whom Does School Choice Work? Evidence from a Choice District
    Amanda Bancroft, Rice University

  • Bringing Clarity: How American Racial Residential Segmentation has Changed from 1980 to 2010
    Junia Howell, Rice University

  • Not Black and White: Taking Account of Multiracial Individuals in Segregation Studies
    Paul A. Jargowsky, Rutgers University - Camden

  • Packaging Racism: The Politics and Science of Finding Segregation in a Racially-Mixed World
    Dan Monti, Saint Louis University; Robert Cropf, Saint Louis Univeristy; Scott Cummings, Saint Louis University; Thomas Hare, Saint Louis University



Presenters
avatar for Amanda Bancroft

Amanda Bancroft

Rice University
JH

Junia Howell

Rice University
avatar for Paul A. Jargowsky

Paul A. Jargowsky

Director, Center for Urban Research and Education, Rutgers University - Camden
DM

Daniel Monti

Saint louis University

Co-Authors
RC

Robert Cropf

Saint Louis Univeristy
SC

Scott Cummings

Saint Louis University
TH

Thomas Hare

Saint Louis University

Moderators
avatar for Paul A. Jargowsky

Paul A. Jargowsky

Director, Center for Urban Research and Education, Rutgers University - Camden
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Goraz Room (Westin River Level)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.12 Cooperation, Non-Cooperation in the Production of Urban Policy and Governance
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Moderator: Jill Simone Gross, Hunter College of the City Univeristy of New York

  • Interrogating Regional Power: The Dynamics of Transport Decision Making in New York
    Jill Simone Gross, Hunter College of the City Univeristy of New York; Jen Nelles, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College CUNY

  • Planning Alone: An Examination of the Provision of Land Use, Economic Development, and other Planning Services
    George C. Homsy, Binghamton University

  • Regional Governance Chicago-Style
    Bonnie Lindstrom, Northwestern University

  • Drilling Down Natural Gas Well Permitting Policy:  Examining the Effects of Institutional Arrangements on Citizen Participation and Policy Outcomes
    Laurie Long, University of North Texas

  • Regional Voting for Transportation and Transit Investment: The Failed Case of the Atlanta City-Region
    Michael Leo Owens, Emory University



Presenters
avatar for Jill Simone Gross

Jill Simone Gross

Director Graduate Program in Urban Affairs, Hunter College of the City University of New York
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George C. Homsy

Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Binghamton
Local government and neighborhood level sustainability efforts
BL

Bonnie Lindstrom

Northwestern University
LL

Laurie Long

University of North Texas
avatar for Michael Leo Owens, Emory University

Michael Leo Owens, Emory University

Associate Professor of Political Science, Emory University
Yes, I really am deaf in my left ear. I've been partially deaf for nearly all of my life.

Co-Authors
JN

Jen Nelles

Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College CUNY

Moderators
avatar for Jill Simone Gross

Jill Simone Gross

Director Graduate Program in Urban Affairs, Hunter College of the City University of New York
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Sabino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.13 Concepts and Challenges in Sustainable Entrpreneurship
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Moderator: Elsie Harper--Anderson, Virginia Commonwealth University

  • Re-conceptualizing Entrepreneurship: Moving Toward a Full Spectrum Approach to Understanding Business Ownership and Business Assistance
    Elsie Harper--Anderson, Virginia Commonwealth University

  • Impact of the Small and Medium Enterprises Equity Investment Scheme (SMEEIS) On Strategic Market Performance of SMEs in Lagos, Nigeria
    Oluponmile Olonilua, Texas Southern Univesity; Adekunle Wright, Lagos State Pension Commission

  • Innovation as Competitive Advantage in the Artisan Enterprises in Tonala, Jalisco
    José G Vargas-Hernández, University Center for Economic and Managerial Sciences, University of Guadalajara; Fernando de Jesús Salcedo-Medina, University Center for economic and Managerial Sciences, University of Guadalajara
Presenters
OO

Oluponmile Olonilua

Texas Southern University
EH

Elsie Harper-Anderson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
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José Vargas-Hernández

Research Professor, INSTITUO TECNOLÓGICO MARIO MOLINA, ZAPOPAN
Organizational economics, strategic management, global marketing, organizational theories

Co-Authors
AW

Adekunle Wright

Lagos State Pension Commission
FD

Fernando de Jesús Salcedo-Medina

University Center for economic and Managerial Sciences, University of Guadalajara

Moderators
EH

Elsie Harper-Anderson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Cedar (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.14 Exploring Economic Development and Growth
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Moderator: Allison Bramwell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  • Racing to the Middle? The Political Economy of Ordinary Cities
    Allison Bramwell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Neil Bradford, Western University

  • Key Neighborhood Factors Driving Location Choice of New Business Establishments
    Jae Teuk Chin, Saint Louis University

  • Ethical Markets: Portland DIY Production as an Alternative to Globalization
    Renee Curtis, Portland State University

  • Economic Development, Growth, and Urban Inequalities
    Mobin Khan, University of Louisville

  • Finding Community at the Bottom of a Pint Glass: An Assessment of Microbreweries’ Impacts on Local Communities
    Junfeng Jiao, University of Texas at Austin; Maxwell Dillivan, LSL Planning, Inc

Presenters
AB

Allison Bramwell

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
JT

Jae Teuk Chin

Saint Louis University
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Renee Bogin Curtis

Portland State University
JJ

Junfeng Jiao

University of Texas at Austin
MK

Mobin Khan

University of Louisville

Co-Authors
MD

Maxwell Dillivan

LSL Planning, Inc
NB

Neil Bradford

Western University

Moderators
AB

Allison Bramwell

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Laurel (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.15 Social Cohesion, Capital, and Tenure in Low Income Neighborhoods
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Moderator: Sara Martucci, CUNY Graduate Center

  • Variations in Social Cohesion Across Time with a Representative Sample of Low to Moderate-income Neighborhoods
    Daniel Brisson, University of Denver; Laurie Walker, Arizona State University

  • Attachment to Place (or Lack thereof) as a Defining Characteristic of Neighborhood-University Partnership
    Janni Sorensen, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Joe Howarth, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Elizabeth Shockey, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  • Residential Relocation, Social Capital and Residential Satisfaction in Moderate to Low-Income Neighborhoods in Beijing, China
    Zhilin LIU, Tsinghua University; Lu LIAO, Tsinghua University

  • Changes in Religious Ecology and Socioeconomic Correlates for Communities in a Metropolitan Region
    Nancy T. Kinney, University of Missouri - St. Louis

  • Whose Neighborhood is This? Measuring Cultural Displacement Among Residents
    Sara Martucci, CUNY Graduate Center

Presenters
DB

Daniel Brisson

University of Denver
TH

Thomas Howarth

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Nancy Kinney

Associate Professor, University of Missouri - St. Louis
avatar for Sara Martucci

Sara Martucci

Assistant Professor, Mercy College
gentrification, retail, housing, cultural displacement, neighborhoods
ZL

Zhilin Liu, Tsinghua University

Associate Prfessor, Tsinghua University

Co-Authors
ES

Elizabeth Shockey

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
JS

Janni Sorensen

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
LW

Laurie Walker

Arizona State University
LL

Lu LIAO

Tsinghua University
I'm a master candidate from Tsinghua University. I'm quite interested in urbanization, public housing and social welfare.

Moderators
avatar for Sara Martucci

Sara Martucci

Assistant Professor, Mercy College
gentrification, retail, housing, cultural displacement, neighborhoods
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Villa Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.16 Using Community Development to Leverage Systems Change: Early Lessons from The Integration Initiative
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Moderator: Avis Vidal, Wayne State University


  • Improving Opportunities for the Poor through Systems Change and Place-based Strategies: An Evaluation of The Integration Initiative
    Devon Winey, Mt. Auburn Associates; Beth Siegel, Mt. Auburn Associates

  • Moving to Scale Through Collaborative Leadership – Lessons from the Baltimore Integration Partnership
    Scott Hebert, Community Science

  • Collaborative Leadership and Neighborhood Networks—Lessons from the Cleveland Integration Initiative
    Kathryn Hexter, Cleveland State University

  • Linking Goals, Projects, and System Change Outcomes: Lessons from the Cleveland Integration Initiative
    Ziona Austrian, Cleveland State University; Serineh Baboomian, Cleveland State University

  • Creating Opportunity and Changing Systems Against the Odds: Early Lessons from The Woodward Corridor Initiative
    Avis Vidal, Wayne State University



Presenters
ZA

Ziona Austrian

Cleveland State University
SH

Scott Hebert

Community Science
KH

Kathryn Hexter

Cleveland State University
AV
DW

Devon Winey

Mt. Auburn Associates

Co-Authors
BS

Beth Siegel

Mt. Auburn Associates
SB

Serineh Baboomian

Cleveland State University

Moderators
AV
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Carranza Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.18 Governance in a Global Perspective I [SPECIAL TRACK: URBAN ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN]
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Moderator: Sonia Uribe, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France.

  • Invisible Borders and Brazil’s Statute of the City: Can Urban Policy Narrow the Gap?
    Abigail Friendly, University of Toronto

  • The Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia: Strategy for a Solid Governance
    Sonia Uribe, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France.; Cesar Velandia, Heritage Office, Colombian Ministry of Culture

  • Policy Mobilities and Urban Change in Latin America: Remaking Urban Landscapes and Rethinking Urban Planning through Implementation of BRT Policies
    Diego Silva Ardila, Universidad Industrial de Santander

  • Metropolitan or Local Governance: Autonomy Challenges in Recent Urban Rrowth by Density in Lima
    Marta Vilela, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Pablo Vega Centeno, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Viktor Bensus, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Presenters
avatar for Diego Silva Ardila, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá

Diego Silva Ardila, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá

Profesor Principal, Universidad del Rosario
avatar for Abigail Friendly, Utrecht University

Abigail Friendly, Utrecht University

Assistant Professor, Utrecht University
avatar for Sonia Uribe

Sonia Uribe

Researcher, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, France.
CV

Cesar Velandia

Heritage Office, Colombian Ministry of Culture.
MV

Marta Vilela

Centro de Investigación de la Arquitectura y la CIudad CIAC, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Co-Authors
PV

Pablo Vega Centeno

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Moderators
avatar for Sonia Uribe

Sonia Uribe

Researcher, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, France.
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Camino Real Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

3:10pm CDT

TH4.19 Housing Matters in the 21st Century [SPECIAL TRACK: URBAN ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN]
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Moderator: Flavio A M de Souza, Pernambuco Federal University

  • Housing as a Right to the City: An Experience of Dwelling Supply in São Paulo, Brazil
    Adriano Botelho, Ministério de Relações Exteriores - Brasil

  • Housing, Finance, and Policy: The Roles of the State and the Markets in the XXI Century
    Flavio A M de Souza, Pernambuco Federal University; Ana C R Cavalcanti, Pernambuco Federal University

  • Homeownership and Urban Development in Peru
    Lauren M. Ross, Temple University

Presenters
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Adriano Botelho

Ministério de Relações Exteriores - Brasil
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Lauren Ross

Doctoral Candidate, Temple University
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Flavio A M de Souza

Head of Department, Pernambuco Federal University

Co-Authors
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Ana C R Cavalcanti

Pernambuco Federal University

Moderators
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Flavio A M de Souza

Head of Department, Pernambuco Federal University
Thursday March 20, 2014 3:10pm - 4:30pm CDT
Zapata (Westin 2nd Floor)
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Friday, March 21
 

9:15am CDT

FR1.02 The Right to the City: Resistance and Informal Activity
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Moderator: Yasminah Beebeejaun, University College London

  • Negotiating Exceptions and Rights: Politics of Urban Informality in Neoliberalizing Istanbul
    Mert Arslanalp, Northwestern University

  • Weapons of the Urban Weak: Right to the City and Everyday Tactics of Resistance in Phoenix
    Nabil Kamel, Arizona State University

  • Recovering Public Space by Losing the Right to the City? A Comparative Analysis of Lima and Bogota’s Street Trade Policies 2006-2008
    Lissette Aliaga Linares, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Presenters
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Mert Arslanalp

Northwestern University
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Nabil Kamel

Western Washington University
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Lissette Aliaga Linares

Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS)- University of Nebraska at Omaha

Moderators
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Yasminah Beebeejaun

Associate Professor, University College London
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Goraz Room (Westin River Level)
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9:15am CDT

FR1.03 New Engagements: Comparative Urban Theory and Research (Part II)
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Moderator: Yingchan Zhang, Northeastern University


  • Reconsidering the Global North/South Division: Urban Stratification, Spatial Restructuring, and Changing Citizenship
    Yingchan Zhang, Northeastern University

  • The Comparative Study as a Method of Enriching our Theoretical Understanding: The Case of Urban Movements
    Esin Ozdemir, Middle East Technical University

  • Fast Urbanization in China: The Emerging and Innovative Chinese Urban Planning System and Development Process
    Guoqiang Shen, The University of Oklahoma



Presenters
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Esin

Middle East Technical University
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Guoqiang Shen

The University of Oklahoma
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Yingchan Zhang

Northeastern University

Moderators
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Yingchan Zhang

Northeastern University
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Olivares Room (Westin River Level)
  Panels

9:15am CDT

FR1.04 Dimensions of Social Control and Re-Entry
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Moderator: Robert Eschmann, University of Chicago

  • The Multiple Dimensions of Adolescents’ Views of the Police Presenter
    Edith Barrett, University of Connecticut

  • Collective Efficacy, Resilient Youth, and Alternative Forms of Social Cohesion and Informal Social Control in Violent Neighborhoods
    Robert Eschmann, University of Chicago; Desmond Patton, University of Michigan

  • The Problem of Proximity: Black Male Incarceration  and the Urban Environment
    Keith Reeves, Swarthmore College; Megan Heckert, Swarthmore College

Presenters
avatar for Edith Barrett

Edith Barrett

Director, Urban and Community Studies, University of Connecticut
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Robert Eschmann

Doctoral Student, University of Chicago
Robert D. Eschmann is a fourth year doctoral student studying urban education reform, the geography of poverty, and adolescent experiences with violence, prejudice, and discrimination. He is currently working on several research projects. The first draws from a sample of high achieving... Read More →
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Keith Reeves

Assoc. Professor of Political Science & Faculty Director, Swarthmore College

Co-Authors
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Desmond Patton

University of Michigan
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Megan Heckert

Swarthmore College

Moderators
avatar for Robert Eschmann

Robert Eschmann

Doctoral Student, University of Chicago
Robert D. Eschmann is a fourth year doctoral student studying urban education reform, the geography of poverty, and adolescent experiences with violence, prejudice, and discrimination. He is currently working on several research projects. The first draws from a sample of high achieving... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Mesquite (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

9:15am CDT

FR1.05 Disaster Planning and Policy Perceptions
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Moderator: Thomas Wuerzer, Boise State University


  • Policy, Practice and Perception (PPP): A comparison of the Aftermath of Two Earthquakes in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
    Handi Chandra-Putra, Rutgers University

  • "Does Transformational Leadership Matter in Building Organizational Resiliency?”
    Jesus N.Valero, University of North Texas; Kyujin Jung, University of North Texas; Simon  Andrew, University of North Texas

  • Got Wildfires?  Awareness and Preparedness Beyond Communities’ Boundaries
    Thomas Wuerzer, Boise State University; Eric Lindquist, Boise State University



Presenters
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Handi Chandra-Putra

Rutgers University
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Jesus Valero

University of North Texas
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Thomas Wuerzer

Assistant Professor, Boise State University
Community and Regional Planning Professor at Boise State. Researching Wildfires and Planning Issues. Homebrewer, food lover, and GIS-geek excited about spatial stuff.

Co-Authors
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Eric Lindquist

Boise State University
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Simon A. Andrew

University of North Texas

Moderators
avatar for Thomas Wuerzer

Thomas Wuerzer

Assistant Professor, Boise State University
Community and Regional Planning Professor at Boise State. Researching Wildfires and Planning Issues. Homebrewer, food lover, and GIS-geek excited about spatial stuff.
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Magnolia (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

9:15am CDT

FR1.06 Changing Systems, Changing Neighborhood and the Link to Education
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Moderator: Corey Bunje Bower, Niagara University

  • How do Promise Neighborhoods’ Initiatives Align with the Evidence from Research on Poverty and Education?
    Corey Bunje Bower, Niagara University; Rachael J. Rossi, Niagara University

  • Educational Reform in Detroit: The Role of Race and Politics in Urban Schools
    Leanne Kang, University of Michigan, Kelly E. Slay, University of Michigan

  • The End of School Desegregation: Its Impact on Residential Segregation
    Sun Jung Oh, Syracuse University, Robert Bifulco, Syracuse University

  • Systems Change from the Bottom Up: Building a Postsecondary Success Strategy in Miami, Philadelphia, and San Francisco
    Wendy Sedlak, OMG Center



Presenters
avatar for Corey Bunje Bower

Corey Bunje Bower

Assistant Professor of Leadership & Policy, Niagara University
Corey Bunje Bower is currently Assistant Professor of Leadership & Policy at Niagara University in New York. In August, 2015, he will start a new position as Assistant Professor at SUNY-Buffalo working on a new joint program in Economics and Education Policy Analysis. He finished... Read More →
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Leanne Kang

University of Michigan
avatar for Sun Jung Oh

Sun Jung Oh

Ph.d. Candidate, Syracuse University
Education and Urban Policy Program Evaluation
avatar for Wendy Sedlak

Wendy Sedlak

OMG Center
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Kelley E. Slay

University of Michigan

Co-Authors
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Rachael J. Rossi

Niagara University
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Robert Bifulco

Syracuse University

Moderators
avatar for Corey Bunje Bower

Corey Bunje Bower

Assistant Professor of Leadership & Policy, Niagara University
Corey Bunje Bower is currently Assistant Professor of Leadership & Policy at Niagara University in New York. In August, 2015, he will start a new position as Assistant Professor at SUNY-Buffalo working on a new joint program in Economics and Education Policy Analysis. He finished... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
El Rincon De Maria (Westin 1st Floor)
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9:15am CDT

FR1.07 Sustainable Planning and Transit Infrastructure: Lessons Learned
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Moderator: Victoria Basolo (University of California)

  • Sustainable Planning and Transit Infrastructure: Lessons Learned
    Accessing the Mega-Region: Evaluating the Role of Greenways in Austin, TX Mega-Region Transportation Planning
    Billy Fields, Texas State University

  • Off-Track: The Failure of Commuter Rail in Greater Milwaukee
    Neal A. Johnson, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

  • Big Events and Impacts in the Urban Mobility System
    Decio Rigatti, UniRitter – Laureate International Universities, Porto Alegre, Brazil

  • Strategic Integration of Public Transport Networks with Airport Infrastructure in the Megalopolis of Mexico City: Evolution and Challenges
    Carlos Rafael Salinas Gonzalez, Delft University of Technology; Diana Garcia Cejudo, Delft University of Technology; Arjan Van Timmeren
  • Transit dependence and transit equity in the Portland, OR region                        Jennifer Dill, Portland State University; Lisa Bates, Portland State University; Eugenio Arriaga, Portland State University; Jake Warr, Portland State University
Presenters
avatar for Eugenio Arriaga, Escuela Superior de Arquitectura
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Diana Garcia Cejudo

Delft University of Technology
avatar for Neal Johnson

Neal Johnson

Graduate Student/Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
avatar for Decio Rigatti

Decio Rigatti

UniRitter – Laureate International Universities, Porto Alegre, Brazil
BF

Co-Authors
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Carlos Rafael Salinas González

Delft University of Technology

Moderators
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Hwan Yong Kim

Texas A&M University
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Contessa A (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

9:15am CDT

FR1.09 Remaking the City: Concepts, Principles, and Proposed Solutions
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Moderator: Jonathan Davies, De Montfort University
  • The Problem of Problematizing Story in Urban Affairs Research
    Jack Appleton, Jackson State University
  • FM 1960 Rethink
    J. Craig Babe, University of Houston & Texas A&M University
  • Complexity Theory Concepts: An Open-ended Discussion of their Insights and Meanings for Urban Theory
    Nathanael Proctor Rosenheim, Texas A&M University
Presenters
avatar for Jack Appleton

Jack Appleton

Jackson State University
Editor: Values in Sustainable Development, Routledge, 2014; working on a 2nd book- American Trends in Sustainable Development. My area of interest is conserving those areas that are still able to support diverse flora and fauna
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Babe John Craig

University of Houston & Texas A&M University
avatar for Nathanael Proctor Rosenheim

Nathanael Proctor Rosenheim

Texas A&M University

Moderators
avatar for Jonathan Davies

Jonathan Davies

Director - Centre for Urban Research on Austerity, De Montfort University
I am Director of the Centre for Urban Research on Austerity at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK. See http://cura.our.dmu.ac.uk for further information about the Centre. I am a political sociologist, studying urban governance from a Gramscian point of view.I am about to enter... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Laurel (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

9:15am CDT

FR1.10 Ethnicity, Identity, and Urban Politics
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Moderator: Bai L Hoang, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

 

  • Urban Ethnicity and African-American Candidate Support: Assessing Turning Points in the Relationship Using Segmented Polynomial Regression Models
    Karen Callaghan, Texas Southern University

  • Houston’s Super Neighborhood Initiative: Evaluation of Stakeholder Participation in Minority versus Non-Minority Communities.
    Ronald E. Goodwin, Prairie View A&M University

  • Exploring the Communicative Environment between Local Elites and Citizens
    Bai L Hoang, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Presenters
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Karen Callaghan

Texas Southern University
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Ronald Goodwin

Prairie View A&M University
avatar for Bai L Hoang

Bai L Hoang

PhD Candidate, University of Michigan

Moderators
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Bai L Hoang

PhD Candidate, University of Michigan
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Sabino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

9:15am CDT

FR1.11 Urban Spaces, Identities, and Politics
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Moderator: Claire Poitras, INRS
  • The Need to Move Beyond Cultural Competence to Accommodate a Global World
    Karina Gil, University of Texas at San Antonio; Martell Teasley, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • The Native American in the City: The Case of the San Francisco Bay Area
    Benjamin Leclere, the French Institute of Geopolitics, University of Paris 8
  • The Suburban Electorate under Obama: Place-Level Differences and Political Opinion
    Christopher Niedt, Hofstra University
Presenters
avatar for Karina Gil

Karina Gil

Lecturer I, University of Texas at San Antonio
avatar for Benjamin Leclere

Benjamin Leclere

PhD student, the French Institute of Geopolitics, University of Paris 8
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Christopher Niedt

Academic Director, National Center for Suburban Studies, Hofstra University

Co-Authors
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Martell Teasley

University of Texas at San Antonio

Moderators
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Claire Poitras

Institut national de la recherche scientifique - Urbanisation Culture Société
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Cedar (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

9:15am CDT

FR1.12 Fiscal Constraints: The Challenge for Subnational Public Management
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Moderator: Nancy Y. Augustine, George Washington University

  • Understanding the Role of Fiscal Capacity in Local Government Collaboration
    Nancy Y. Augustine, George Washington University; Patricia S. Atkins, George Washington Institute of Public Policy

  • Fiscal Stress, Professionalism and Budgetary Retrenchment of Small Midwest Cities
    Gary  A. Mattson, Northern Kentucky University

  • Recognizing and Defining the Fiduciary Responsibility of State and Local Elected Officials
    Michael Peddle, Northern Illinois University

  • Glocalization and Fiscal Decentralization
    Alberto Porto, Departamento de Economia, Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Natalia Porto, Departamento de Economia, Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Dario Tortarolo, Departamento de Economia, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Presenters
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Gary A. Mattson

Master of Public Administration Program, University of Northern Kentucky
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Dario Tortarolo

Research Assistant, Dep. of Economics, UNLP
economics.dtortarolo.com.ar
MP

Co-Authors
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Alberto Porto

Departamento de Economia, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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Nancy Augustine

Visiting Professor, George Washington University
NP

Natalia Porto

Departamento de Economia, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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Patricia S. Atkins

George Washington Institute of Public Policy

Moderators
avatar for Nancy Augustine

Nancy Augustine

Visiting Professor, George Washington University
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Encino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
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9:15am CDT

FR1.13 Development Policies: Evaluations and Critiques
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Moderator: Eric Stokan, George Washington University

  • Cities and City Governments in Urban Economic Development
    Jeong J. Ahn, Arizona State University; Thomas J. Catlaw, Arizona State University

  • The Empowerment Zone in Tucson: A Program Toolkit or just another Program Tool?
    Ljubinka Andonoska, University of Texas at El Paso

  • A Multi-Level Framework for the Impact of Economic Development Incentives on Economic Growth
    Eric Stokan, George Washington University

Presenters
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Ljubinka Andonoska

Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso
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Eric Stokan

George Washington University
JJ

Co-Authors
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Thomas J. Catlaw

Arizona State University

Moderators
ES

Eric Stokan

George Washington University
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Contessa B (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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9:15am CDT

FR1.14 Affordable Housing and Homeownership
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Moderator: Jeffrey Lowe, Texas Southern University

  • Forty Years of Rent Control: Reexamining the Impact of Moderate Rent Controls on New Jersey Cities After the Crash
    Joshua Ambrosius, University of Dayton; John Gilderbloom, University of Louisville; W. Dennis Keating, Cleveland State University; William Steele, University of Dayton; Wesley Meares, University of Louisville 

  • Community Land Trusts and Limited Equity Cooperatives: A Marriage of Affordable Homeownership Models?
    Meagan Ehlenz, University of Pennsylvania

  • Community Land Trusts: So Much More than Housing and a New Twist in our Conception of the ‘American Dream’
    Kristen A. Hackett, Graduate Center of the City University of New York; Susan Saegert, Graduate Center of the City University of New York; Deshonay Dozier, Graduate Center of the City University of New York; Mariya Marinova, Graduate Center of the City University of New York

  • Community Land Trust In Houston's Third Ward: A Viable Option?
    Jeffrey Lowe, Texas Southern University



Presenters
avatar for Joshua Ambrosius

Joshua Ambrosius

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton
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Meagan Ehlenz

PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania
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Kristen Hackett

The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
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Jeffrey Lowe

Texas Southern University

Co-Authors
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Deshonay Dozier

Graduate Student, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Preferred Gender Pronouns: anyBio: Deshonay Dozier is a PhD candidate in Environmental Psychology. She has been a Mellon Fellow and professor at LaGuardia Community College.
JH
MM

Mariya Marinova

Graduate Center of the City University of New York
SS

Susan Saegert

City University of New York
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W. Dennis Keating

Cleveland State University
WM

Wesley Meares

University of Louisville
WS

William Steele

University of Dayton

Moderators
JL

Jeffrey Lowe

Texas Southern University
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Zapata (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

9:15am CDT

FR1.15 Planning, Revitalization, and Displacement II
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Moderator: Peter Rosenblatt, Loyola University Chicago

  • Mapping Landscapes of Gentrification: Analyzing the Spatialities of Accumulation by Dispossession in the making of Global Manila
    Arnisson Andre Ortega, University of the Philippines

  • Beyond ‘Free Market Choice’: Rental Market Dynamics and the Changing Concentration of Housing Choice Voucher Users during the 2000s
    Peter Rosenblatt, Loyola University Chicago; Steven Sacco, Loyola University Chicago

  • Hoping for More: Renewing and Redeveloping Public Housing Without Marginalizing Low-Income Residents
    Shomon Shamsuddin, MIT; Lawrence J. Vale, MIT

Presenters
avatar for Andre Ortega, University of the Philippines

Andre Ortega, University of the Philippines

Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines
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Peter Rosenblatt

Associate professor of sociology, Loyola University Chicago
SS

Co-Authors
avatar for Lawrence J. Vale

Lawrence J. Vale

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SS

Steven Sacco

Loyola University Chicago

Moderators
PR

Peter Rosenblatt

Associate professor of sociology, Loyola University Chicago
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Villa Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
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9:15am CDT

FR1.16 The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program at 40
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Moderator: Derek Hyra, Virginia Tech


  • How CDBG Came to Pass
    John Weicher, Hudson Institute

  • Reinforcing Inequalities: The Impact of the CDBG Program on Post-Katrina Rebuilding
    Fox Gotham, Tulane University

  • Where Does the Bucket Leak? Sending Money to the Poor Via the Community Development Block Grant Program
    Leah Brooks, Federal Reserve Board



Presenters
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Leah Brooks

Federal Reserve Board
KG

Kevin Gotham

Tulane University

Moderators
avatar for Derek Hyra

Derek Hyra

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Carranza Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

9:15am CDT

FR1.17 Housing Instability: Causes and Consequences
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Moderator: Rachel Garschick Kleit, Ohio State University

  • Instability or Mobility?  Differentiating among the Moves of Low-Income Households
    Seungbeom Kang; Rachel Garshick Kleit, Ohio State University; Corianne Payton Scally, University at Albany, State University of New York

  • Negotiation and Adaptation in Securing Housing among Very Low-Income Households
    Kimberly Skobba, University of Georgia; Edward G. Goetz, University of Minnesota

  • Public Housing, Disability Insurance and Income Assistance, and Employment for Persons with Disabilities
    Debra Brucker, University of New Hampshire; Corianne Payton Scally, University at Albany, State University of New York

  • Moving On?: The Geography of Risk and Post-Foreclosure Residential Displacement
    Andrew J. Greenlee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign



Presenters
KS
avatar for Rachel Garshick Kleit

Rachel Garshick Kleit

Professor, Ohio State University
I'm a researcher and urban planner interested in poverty reduction and the social impacts of housing on the lives of the poor.
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Andrew J. Greenlee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andrew J. Greenlee, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorDepartment of Urban and Regional PlanningUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTwitter: @urbprofAndrew J. Greenlee Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign... Read More →
avatar for Corianne Payton Scally

Corianne Payton Scally

Assistant Professor, University at Albany, State University of New York

Co-Authors
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Debra Brucker

University of New Hampshire
EG
avatar for Rachel Garshick Kleit

Rachel Garshick Kleit

Professor, Ohio State University
I'm a researcher and urban planner interested in poverty reduction and the social impacts of housing on the lives of the poor.

Moderators
avatar for Rachel Garshick Kleit

Rachel Garshick Kleit

Professor, Ohio State University
I'm a researcher and urban planner interested in poverty reduction and the social impacts of housing on the lives of the poor.
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Madero Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

9:15am CDT

FR1.18 Urban Identity and Place Making [SPECIAL TRACK: URBAN ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN]
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Moderator: Scott Salmon, New School University

  • Deconstructing the Urban Identity of Mexico City
    Alvaro Arellano-Farias, The Johns Hopkins University

  • The Post Cause Celebre: After A Decade of Ousting U.S Navy From the Island of Vieques in Puerto Rico
    Sujee Jung, Rutgers University

  • Marvelous City or City of Exception?  Mega-events, Favelas, the Global Gaze and the Struggle over Urban Space in Rio de Janeiro
    Scott Salmon, New School University

  • The Historic Center of Puebla and its Plaza Mayor: Revitalization, Appropriation and Identity
    Hélène Bélanger, Université du Québec à Montréal



Presenters
avatar for Alvaro Arellano-Farias

Alvaro Arellano-Farias

Principal, Alvaro Arellano / Arquitectos & Urbanistas
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Helene Belanger

Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal
avatar for Sujee Jung

Sujee Jung

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Scott Salmon

New School University

Moderators
SS

Scott Salmon

New School University
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Camino Real Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

9:15am CDT

FR1.19 Mobility and Transportation [SPECIAL TRACK: URBAN ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN]
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Moderator: Nancy Merary Jiménez Martínez, El Colegio de México

  • Urban Mobility and its Sustainable Influences on Urban Development: A Case Study of Metrocable in Medellin, Colombia
    Qian Jiang, Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg, Germany

  • Urban Passenger Rail in the Caribbean Islands: The Past, Present, Future in Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
    Walter Baker Council, II, Texas Southern University

  • Outcomes of Decentralization on Primary Education in Arequipa, Peru: Implications for Reform
    Angel Manrique, Instituto Gobierno y Desarrollo Humano; Eithel Manrique, Cornell University

  • Solid Waste Management in Mexico: Current Situation
    Nancy Merary Jiménez Martínez, El Colegio de México





Presenters
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avatar for Qian Jiang

Qian Jiang

Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg, Germany
avatar for Eithel Manrique

Eithel Manrique

MPA Student, Cornell University
avatar for Nancy Merary Jiménez Martínez

Nancy Merary Jiménez Martínez

Student, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales

Co-Authors
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Angel Manrique

Instituto Gobierno y Desarrollo Humano

Moderators
avatar for Nancy Merary Jiménez Martínez

Nancy Merary Jiménez Martínez

Student, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales
Friday March 21, 2014 9:15am - 10:35am CDT
Lantana Room (Westin Lobby Level)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.02 Street Gangs and Subcultures, Underground Economies, and Urban Transformation: Historical Perspectives
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Moderator: William S. Bush, Texas A&M University-San Antonio


  • The ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’: Where Did It Come From?
    William S. Bush, Texas A&M University-San Antonio

  • San Antonio’s Barrio Gangs: Origins and Modern Formations
    Mike Tapia, University of Texas-San Antonio

  • Mexican American Street Gangs: Race, Migration, and Urbanization, 1976-1995
    E. Mark Moreno, Texas A&M University-Commerce

Presenters
WB

William Bush

Texas A&M University-San Antonio
avatar for E. Mark Moreno

E. Mark Moreno

Assistant Professor of History, Texas A&M University-Commerce
My work centers around relationships between race, community, identity, and violence. In research on Chicana/o history, I study the development of street gangs in the context of urban transformation and de facto racial segregation.
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Mike Tapia

Asst. Prof., University of Texas-San Antonio
I aim to explore the origins of particular Chicano/Latino gangs in cities. I am particularly interested in new formations in non-traditional Latino destinations in the U.S. far from the Southwestern region.

Moderators
WB

William Bush

Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Cedar (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.03 Urban Communication
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Moderator: Annie Cruz-Porter, University of Sheffield

  • Does ‘Joining in the #Conversation’ Really Matter? Geographical Perspectives of Clout, Class and Media Divides in Sheffield
    Annie Cruz-Porter, University of Sheffield

  • Social Media Use for Building Community Resiliency: Following Urban Emergency Management Networks in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, South Korea
    Kyujin Jung, University of North Texas; Ji Won Kim, University of Texas at Austin; Yonghee Kim, Kangwon National University

  • Evaluating Participation, Innovation, and Outcomes Around City Open Data Initiatives
    Jonathan Stiles, Rutgers University

  • Localism, Local TV & Service Agreements
    Danilo Yanich, University of Delaware



Presenters
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Annie Cruz-Porter

University of Sheffield
avatar for Danilo Yanich, University of Delaware

Danilo Yanich, University of Delaware

Professor, Director, MA program in Urban Affairs & Public Policy, University of Delaware
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Kyujin Jung

University of North Texas
The Donald C. and Alice Stone Award, American Society for Public Administration's section on the intergovernmental affairs and management, 2013 The Quick Response Grant from the National Science Foundation via the Natural Hazards Center, 2012
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Jonathan Stiles

Rutgers University

Co-Authors
JW

Ji won Kim

University of Texas at Austin
YK

Yonghee Kim

Kangwon National University

Moderators
AC

Annie Cruz-Porter

University of Sheffield
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Mesquite (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.04 Urban Development Planning: From Crisis to Innovation
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Moderator: Carolyn G. Loh, Wayne State University

  • Evaluating the Promise of Regional Planning in Michigan
    Nina Palmy David, University of Delaware

  • Looking Through the Lens of Size: Land Use Regulations and Micro-Apartments
    Charles J. Gabbe, University of California, Los Angeles

  • The Everyday Emergency: Planning and Democracy Under Austerity Regimes
    Carolyn G. Loh, Wayne State University

  • Planning or Predacity?  A Special Purpose Planning District in Texas
    James Vaughan, University of Texas at San Antonio



Presenters
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Charles Gabbe

University of California, Los Angeles
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Carolyn Loh

Wayne State University
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James Vaughan

Faculty, University of Texas at San Antonio

Moderators
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Carolyn Loh

Wayne State University
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Contessa A (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.05 Global Cities: Urban Challenges
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Moderator: Mia Renauld, Northeastern University

  • Political Experiences and Urban Development: A Cross-National Analysis
    Robert M. Anthony, Shepherd University

  • Socio-economic and Demographic Challenges in Housing Systems of a Globalizing East Asia
    Hyunjeong Lee, Kyung Hee University, Seoul

  • Moving the Core to the Periphery: Forced Movement of Delhi's Urban Poor
    Mia Renauld, Northeastern University
Presenters
avatar for Robert M Anthony

Robert M Anthony

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Shepherd University
My professional interests are in sociological theory, global urbanization, and political change/conflict.
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Hyunjeong Lee

Kyung Hee University, Seoul
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Mia Renauld

Ph.D. Candidate, Northeastern University

Moderators
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Mia Renauld

Ph.D. Candidate, Northeastern University
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Lantana Room (Westin Lobby Level)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.06 Mapping Inequality
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Moderator: David Elesh, Temple University

  • Deep Poverty in the Central Cities and Suburbs of the 25 Largest Metro Areas
    David Elesh, Temple University

  • Planning for Equity in Mexico: The Case of Water Access across Communities
    Marcela Gonzalez Rivas, University of Pittsburgh

  • Earnings Inequality across US Metropolitan Regions in the New Economy
    Colby R. King, Bridgewater State University

Presenters
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Colby King

Bridgewater State University
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Marcela Gonzalez Rivas

University of Pittsburgh
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Moderators
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Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
El Rincon De Maria (Westin 1st Floor)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.08 Urban Infrastructure Challenges and Sustainability Successes
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Moderator: Jane Futrell Winslow, The University of Texas at Austin


  • Waste Land Harmonic: The Landfill as Public Space
    Stephen Caffey, Texas A&M University

  • Water and Sanitation Policies in the Mercosul: The Case of Brazil-Uruguay Border Cities
    Livia Salomão Piccinini, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Flavio José Piccinini, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Heleniza Avila Campos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Paulo Edison Reyes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

  • Socio-political Undercurrents of Water and Sanitation Expansion in Vientiane Capital: Developing an Enabling Policy Framework
    Andrea Restrepo-Mieth, Cornell University

  • Rain to Recreation: Evolution of a Sustainable Community Based Program in Lenexa, Kansas
    Jane Futrell Winslow, The University of Texas at Austin

  • Toward a Typology for Mainstreaming Urban Green Infrastructure
    Robert F. Young, University of Texas at Austin; Julie Zanders, University of Auckland; Katherine Lieberknecht, University of Texas at Austin; Elizabeth Fassman, University of Auckland



Presenters
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Stephen Caffey

Texas A&M University
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Livia Salomão Piccinini

researcer-lecturer, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
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Jane Futrell Winslow

The University of Texas at Austin
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Robert Young

University of Texas at Austin

Co-Authors
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Elizabeth Fassman

University of Auckland
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Flavio José Piccinini

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
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Heleniza Avila Campos

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
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Julie Zanders

University of Auckland
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Katherine Lieberknecht

Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture
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Paulo Edison Reyes

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Moderators
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Jane Futrell Winslow

The University of Texas at Austin
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Contessa B (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.09 Addressing Climate Change and Environmental Justice
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Moderator: Sara Hughes, National Center for Atmospheric Research

  • It Takes a Village: Sustainability, Social Inequalities, and the Political Potentials of the Transit Village Model
    Jen Gray-O'Connor, UCSC

  • Governing Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Actual and Potential Justice Implications in U.S. Cities
    Sara Hughes, National Center for Atmospheric Research

  • Environmental Degradation, Place, and Premature Death
    John I. Gilderbloom, University of Louisville;  Gregory D. Squires, George Washington University;  Stella Capek, Hendrix College;  Joshua Ambrosius, University of Dayton;  Wesley Meares, University of Louisville
Presenters
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Jen Gray-O'Connor

University of California, Santa Cruz
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Sara Hughes

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Mississauga
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Co-Authors
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Charles Porter Stevens

University of Louisville
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Gregory D. Squires

George Washington University
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Joshua Ambrosius

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton
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Stella Capek

Hendrix College
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Wesley Meares

University of Louisville

Moderators
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Sara Hughes

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Mississauga
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Magnolia (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.10 The Social/Political Construction of Urban Space
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Moderator: Leigh T Graham, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center

  • Permeable Boundaries: The Sociopolitical Construction of Public Space in the Context of Occupy Social Movements
    Silvano De la Llata, Cornell University

  • Building More Inclusive Cities: A Theory of Urban Symbolic and Socio-spatial Boundary Transformation
    Leigh T Graham, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center

  • Urban Cohesion vis-à-vis Organic Spatialization of the Third Places in Khobar City, Saudi Arabia
    Khondokar Nahiduzzaman, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM); Adel Aldosary, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)

  • The Survival of Community in a Global Age:  Evidence from the Policy Choices of a Progressive City
    Donald Rosdil

  • Constructive Feminism: Building Women's Rights into the City
    Daphne Spain, University of Virginia



Presenters
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Leigh Graham, John Jay College, CUNY

John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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Silvano De la Llata

Cornell University
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Kh Md Nahiduzzaman

Assistant Professor, Dept. of City & Regional Planning, KFUPM
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Daphne Spain

University of Virginia

Co-Authors
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Adel Aldosary

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)

Moderators
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Leigh Graham, John Jay College, CUNY

John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Laurel (Contessa 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.11 Beyond the Alamo: Policy and Politics in San Antonio
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Moderator: Heywood Sanders, University of Texas at San Antonio


  • Reshaping the Environment
    Francine Romero, University of Texas at San Antonio

  • San Antonio’s Urban and Mayoral Politics--The Case of PreK4SA
    Arturo Vega, St. Mary's University

  • Divided City; Divided Elites: The Contest over San Antonio's Development
    Heywood Sanders, University of Texas at San Antonio



Presenters
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Heywood Sanders, University of Texas at San Antonio

University of Texas at San Antonio
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Francine Romero

University of Texas at San Antonio
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Arturo Vega

St. Mary's University

Moderators
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Heywood Sanders, University of Texas at San Antonio

University of Texas at San Antonio
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Sabino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.12 Gendered Issues in Cities
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Moderator: Ulrik Kjaer, University of Southern Denmark

  • Women’s Representation in Urban Politics – Municipal size, Urbanization and Center/Periphery Location
    Ulrik Kjaer, University of Southern Denmark; Richard Matland, Loyola University Chicago

  • From Ecuador to Spain: Gendered Migrations and Family Impacts
    Eleanor Pratt, Swarthmore College

  • Bringing the Body into Planning: Visceral Methods, Fear, and Gender Violence
    Elizabeth L. Sweet, Temple University; Sara Ortiz Escalante, University of British Columbia



Presenters
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Ulrik Kjaer

Professor, University of Southern Denmark
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Eleanor Pratt

Swarthmore College
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Elizabeth Sweet

Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University

Co-Authors
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Richard Matland

Loyola University Chicago
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Sara Ortiz Escalante

University of British Columbia

Moderators
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Ulrik Kjaer

Professor, University of Southern Denmark
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Goraz Room (Westin River Level)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.13 Cooperation, Non-Cooperation in the Productioni of Urban Policy and Governance II
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Moderator: Donald Norris, University of Maryand, Baltimore County

  • Transcending Local Boundaries: Local Characteristics associated with Inter-Jurisdictional Cooperation
    Sarin Adhikari, University of Louisville

  • Governance and Cooperation in Metropolitan America:  A Survey of Councils of Government
    Donald Norris, University of Maryand, Baltimore County; Gretchen Shaub University of Maryand, Baltimore County

  • Regionalism and Rationality in Land Use: Explaining Attitudes Toward Joint Municipal Planning in Michigan
    Thomas Skuzinski, University of Michigan

  • Measuring and Understanding Perceptions on Inter-governmental Cooperation in Local Governments
    Kari Smith, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Douglas Ihrke, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee

  • Globalization, Inter-Local Cooperation, and Urban Governance: A Comparative Case Study Analysis
    Eric Yankson, University of Louisville



Presenters
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Sarin Adhikari

University of Louisville
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Donald F. Norris, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Director, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Donald F. Norris (a.k.a. Don – definitely not Donald!) is Director of the School of Public Policy and Director of the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His fields of study include: (1) urban affairs broadly but with... Read More →
avatar for Thomas Skuzinski

Thomas Skuzinski

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
I research why alternative governance arrangements are chosen and how policies translate differently through these structures. My dissertation focuses on regionalism expressed as inter-local land use agreements in Michigan. What are the mechanisms driving attitudes of local elected... Read More →
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Kari Smith

Urban Studies Programs, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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Eric Yankson

University of Louisville

Co-Authors
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Douglas Ihrke

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Gretchen Shaub

University of Maryand, Baltimore County

Moderators
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Donald F. Norris, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Director, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Donald F. Norris (a.k.a. Don – definitely not Donald!) is Director of the School of Public Policy and Director of the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His fields of study include: (1) urban affairs broadly but with... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Encino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.14 Local Fiscal Policy: Influences and Outcomes
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Moderator: Hal Wolman, The George Washington University

  • Leviathan or Flypaper: Earmarked Local Sales Taxes for Transportation
    Whitney Afonso, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Performance of Local Government Investment Pools: A Test of Participation Theory
    Robert L Bland, University of North Texas; Julius A. Nukpezah, University of North Texas

  • Misdiagnosing the Market: Local Economic Development Failures and the Absence of Voice
    Jill Tao, Incheon National University

  • National Government Fiscal Policy and its Effect on Local Governments During the Great Recession: Comparing the U.S. to Other OECD Countries.
    Hal Wolman, The George Washington University



Presenters
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Whitney Afonso

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Julius Nukpezah

University of North Texas
avatar for Jill Tao, Incheon National University

Jill Tao, Incheon National University

Associate Professor, Incheon National University
Mayors in East Asia, how to measure Confucian norms in local government, global bureaucrats and environmental issues.
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Hal Wolman, George Washington University

George Washington University

Co-Authors
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Robert L Bland

University of North Texas and University of Texas, Austin

Moderators
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Hal Wolman, George Washington University

George Washington University
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Olivares Room (Westin River Level)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.15 Urban Blight, Foreclosures, and Low Income Households
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Moderator: Deirdre Pfeiffer, Arizona State University

  • Modifications versus Foreclosures:  Effects on Stress and Health
    Mark Lindblad, University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill; Yutuan Gao, University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill; Alexandra F. Browning, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill

  • Housing Finance and the Restructuring of Inequality Patterns: How Mortgage Practices Have Shaped Wealth and Status Mobility in the United States
    Megan K. Peppel, University of California - Berkeley

  • The Effect of Foreclosures on Section 8 Recipients in Phoenix
    Deirdre Pfeiffer, Arizona State University; Joanna Lucio, Arizona State University

  • Hot Money, Small Banks and the Makings of a  Collapse: Wholesale Funding and the Increase in Bank-Owned Real Estate in the U.S. Financial Crisis
    Elora Raymond, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Gaining Sight of Blight: A Spatial Analysis Identifying the Cause of Urban Blight
    Jesseca Short, University of North Texas; Kyujin Jung, University of North Texas; Simon A. Andrew, University of North Texas



Presenters
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Mark Lindblad

UNC-Chapel Hill Center for Community Capital
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Megan K. Peppel

University of California Berkeley
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Deirdre Pfeiffer

Arizona State University
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Elora Raymond

PhD Student, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Jesseca Short

University of North Texas

Co-Authors
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Alexandra F. Browning

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
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Simon A. Andrew

University of North Texas
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Yutuan Gao

University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill

Moderators
DP

Deirdre Pfeiffer

Arizona State University
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Madero Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.16 Global Issues of Housing, Residential Segregation, and Development
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Moderator: Ayse Pamuk, San Francisco State University

  • Transformation of Housing under Rapid Economic Growth and Urbanization: The Case of Turkish cities
    Ayse Pamuk, San Francisco State University
  • (In)Visible Boundaries: The Negotiation of Urban Citizenship in the Uneven Housing Development of Nanjing
    Sarah Tynen, University of Colorado-Boulder

  • The Role of Planners in Severing the Vicious Circle of Residential Segregation and Inequality of Opportunity
    Ayoung Woo, Texas A&M University; Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University; Kenneth Joh, Texas A&M University

  • Frontier or Boundary?: Amenities Surrounding Gated Communities in China and the US
    Xuefan Zhang, Arizona State University; Joanna Lucio, Arizona State University
Presenters
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Ayse Pamuk

Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, San Francisco State University
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Sarah Tynen

University of Colorado-Boulder
avatar for Ayoung Woo

Ayoung Woo

Associate Professor, Sejong University
avatar for Xuefan Zhang

Xuefan Zhang

Arizona State University

Co-Authors
JL
KJ

Kenneth Joh

Texas A&M University

Moderators
avatar for Ayse Pamuk

Ayse Pamuk

Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, San Francisco State University
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Carranza Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
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10:55am CDT

FR2.17 The Contested Value of Place: Land, Property, and Community Development
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Moderator: Ryan M Good, Rutgers University


  • Of or Above the Neighborhood: CDCs, Place, and the Politics of Community Development
    Ryan M Good, Rutgers University; Kathe Newman, Rutgers University

  • [Re]placing Steel: Imagining Value Amidst Pittsburgh's Post-industrial Waterfront
    Joseph Pierce, Florida State University

  • Property Abandonment, Market Rationality, & the Limits to Policy
    Lee Polonsky, Rutgers University

  • Black Branding as a Redevelopment Strategy: Reducing or Reinforcing Racial Stereotypes?
    Derek Hyra, Virginia Tech

  • The Politics of Value: Speculation in Rent-Regulated Multifamily Housing in New York City
    Benjamin F. Teresa, Rutgers University



Presenters
avatar for Ryan M. Good

Ryan M. Good

Part-Time Lecturer, Rutgers University
I hold a Ph.D. in Planning and Public Policy from the Bloustein School at Rutgers University. My interests lie in the areas of community development, place-based organizations, and the politics of neighborhood identity. In my dissertation, I studied how local stakeholders invoked... Read More →
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Derek Hyra

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
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Joseph Pierce

Florida State University
LP

Lee Polonsky

Rutgers University
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Benjamin F Teresa

Rutgers University

Co-Authors
KN

Moderators
avatar for Ryan M. Good

Ryan M. Good

Part-Time Lecturer, Rutgers University
I hold a Ph.D. in Planning and Public Policy from the Bloustein School at Rutgers University. My interests lie in the areas of community development, place-based organizations, and the politics of neighborhood identity. In my dissertation, I studied how local stakeholders invoked... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Villa Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

10:55am CDT

FR2.18 Urbanization Patterns [SPECIAL TRACK: URBAN ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN]
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Moderator: Jose Julio Lima, Pará Federal University

  • Mobility Patterns and Urban Sprawl: A Study on Urban Development in Belem, Northern Brazil
    Jose Julio Lima, Pará Federal University; Raul Ventura, Campinas State University

  • A Comparison of the Social Implications of Rapid Urbanization in Lima and Santiago de Chile
    Ann Carpenter, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

  • New Peripheries: Emerging Patterns of Urban Growth in Mexico City, Monterrey, and Houston
    Gregory Marinic, University of Houston

  • Prescribing Catalytic Opportunities: A Spectrum of the Modern American Urban Landscape
    Edna Ledesma, Texas A&M University

  • The not Intra-urban Residential Mobility: A Housing Opportunity? 
    María Alejandra Núñez Villalobos, El Colegio de México

Presenters
avatar for Ann Carpenter, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Ann Carpenter, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Senior Comm Dev Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Edna Ledesma

Texas A&M University
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Jose Julio Lima

Pará Federal University
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Gregory Marinic

University of Houston, College of Architecture
MA

Co-Authors
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Myriam Quispe-Agnoli

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Raul Ventura

Campinas State University

Moderators
JJ

Jose Julio Lima

Pará Federal University
Friday March 21, 2014 10:55am - 12:15pm CDT
Camino Real Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.01 From Coney Island to the High Line: Perspectives on Public Space and Urban Development in 21st c. NYC
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Moderator: Juan J. Rivero, Rutgers University


  • The High Line and Olmsted's Vision for Public Space in New York
    Alexander Reichl, Queens College, CUNY

  • Fantastic Landscapes: The Contentious Greening of the North Brooklyn Waterfront
    Daniel Campo, Morgan State University

  • Cultural Boundaries Between the Hasidic Community and the ‘Artisten’ in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: A Clash or an Opportunity?
    Côme A. Perotin, French Institute of Geopolitics

  • Contesting “Public Space” in the Redevelopment of Coney Island
    Juan J. Rivero, Rutgers University





Presenters
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Daniel Campo

Morgan State University
CP

Côme Perotin

French Institute of Geopolitics
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Alex Reichl

Queens College, CUNY
avatar for Juan J Rivero, New York University

Moderators
avatar for Juan J Rivero, New York University
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Contessa A (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.02 International City Networks
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Moderator: Jerome Hodos, Franklin & Marshall College

  • The Level of Integrity of Singapore as a Pacific Asian Global City Into the World City Network
    Mohammad Ali Behbahani, Politecnico di Milano

  • Understanding Public Engagement in Municipal International Cooperation
    Patricia Ciorici, Rutgers University

  • Unpacking the Global City Formation Process in Philadelphia and Shanghai: A Comparison of Least-Similar Cases
    Jerome Hodos, Franklin & Marshall College; Richardson Dilworth, Drexel University

  • Globalization and the Impact on the Routine of Women
    Valerie A. Purry, Jackson State University

  • Marketization, Public Services and the City: The Potential for Polanyian Counter Movements
    Mildred Warner, Cornell University; Judith Clifton, University of Cantabria, Spain



Presenters
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Mohammad Ali Behbahani

PhD Candidate in Spatial Planning and Urban Development, Politecnico di Milano
I research on the areas of urban and regional planning; local and regional competitiveness in specialized economic circuits; governance structure, institutions, policies, and regulations analysis; decision making models; the emergence of new towns with specialized-function in (post... Read More →
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Patricia Ciorici

Rutgers University
JH
RD

Richardson Dilworth

Professor, Department of Politics, Drexel University
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Valerie A. Purry

Adjunct/Office Professional, Jackson State University
Valerie A. Purry originally from Oakland, California has been residing in Brandon, Mississippi for twenty years. She attended Cal State University Hayward for three years studied Criminal Justice Administration. She graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal... Read More →
MW

Co-Authors
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Judith Clifton

University of Cantabrida, Spain

Moderators
JH
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Olivares Room (Westin River Level)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.03 Using the Data to Talk About Communities
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Moderator: Natasha Tursi, Rutgers University

  • Accelerating Health Improvement: Community Commons and the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) Toolkit
    Christopher Fulcher, CARES - University of Missouri; Christopher Barnett, CARES - University of Missouri; Erin Barbaro, CARES - University of Missouri; Roxanne Medina-Fulcher, Institute for People, Place and Possibility

  • Charlotte Neighborhood Quality of Life Study: Building a Successful Urban Policy Tool
    Owen J. Furuseth, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  • Moving from Measurement to Action: A Reexamination of Greater Portland Pulse
    Meg Merrick, Portland State University

  • Measuring Neighborhood Change: Longitudinal Data Collection and Interactive Mapping of Changing Neighborhoods in Camden, NJ
    Natasha Tursi, Rutgers University



Presenters
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Christopher Fulcher

Director, CARES - University of Missouri
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Owen Furuseth

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Meg Merrick

Research Associate and Community Geography Project Coordinator, Inst. of Portland Metropolitan Studies, PSU, Portland State University
I am passionate about cities, vibrant neighborhoods, meaningful public participation, architecture, mapping and maps, arts and culture, travel, and hiking - for a start.
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Natasha Tursi

Associate Director, Center for Urban Research and Education, Rutgers University

Co-Authors
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Christopher Barnett

CARES - University of Missouri
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Erin Barbaro

CARES - University of Missouri
RM

Roxanne Medina-Fulcher

Institute for People, Place and Possibility

Moderators
avatar for Natasha Tursi

Natasha Tursi

Associate Director, Center for Urban Research and Education, Rutgers University
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Goraz Room (Westin River Level)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.04 Ethnicity and Neighborhood Economics I
Moderator: Julia R. Elmer, The Ohio State University

  • Exploratory Research on Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Shrinking Cities
    Julia R. Elmer, The Ohio State University

  • The Differential Impacts of the Foreclosure Crisis on Asian Americans and Asian American-Serving Organizations
    C. Aujean Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • The Role of Community Development Financial Institutions in Lending to Ethnic Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles
    R. Varisa Patraporn, California State University, Long Beach

Presenters
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Julia Elmer

The Ohio State University
CA

C. Aujean Lee

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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R. Varisa Patraporn

California State University, Long Beach

Moderators
JE

Julia Elmer

The Ohio State University
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Carranza Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.05 Organizational Networks and Collaboration
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Moderator: Mark Chupp, Case Western Reserve University

  • Health Care Accessibility in Suburbia: Effect of Informational Networks
    Karabi C. Bezboruah, University of Texas at Arlington

  • Unifying Community Development: How the Merger of 3 Citywide Nonprofits Fosters Transformative, Comprehensive Neighborhood Revitalization in Cleveland
    Mark Chupp, Case Western Reserve University; David Fitz, Strategy Design Partners; Michael Graham, Strategy Design Partners; Colleen Gilson, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress; Jeff Kipp, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress

  • The Impact of Local Institutional Arrangements on Nonprofit Boundary Spanning Activity
    Kirk A Leach, Rutgers University

  • Foundations and Community Organizations in Montreal: Various Grants, but a Few Key Ones
    Richard Morin, Université du Québec à Montréal; Jean-Marc Fontan, Université du Québec à Montréal; Pierre Hamel, Université de Montréal



Presenters
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Karabi Bezboruah

University of Texas at Arlington
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Mark Chupp

Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
I have been on a vision quest throughout my career, seeking to build community across identity groups. I spent years as a practitioner in community building, community organizing and conflict transformation. Social work provided the strongest theoretical and practice foundation for... Read More →
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Kirk Leach

Rutgers University
RM

Richard Morin, Université du Québec à Montréal

Université du Québec à Montréal

Co-Authors
CG

Colleen Gilson

Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
DF

David Fitz

Strategy Design Partners
JF

Jean-Marc Fontan

Université du Québec à Montréal
JK

Jeff Kipp

Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
MG

Michael Graham

Strategy Design Partners
PH

Pierre Hamel

Université de Montréal

Moderators
avatar for Mark Chupp

Mark Chupp

Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
I have been on a vision quest throughout my career, seeking to build community across identity groups. I spent years as a practitioner in community building, community organizing and conflict transformation. Social work provided the strongest theoretical and practice foundation for... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Retama (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.06 Development, Sanitation, and Waste Management
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Moderator: Edith Barrett, University of Connecticut
  • Globalization, Logistics and the Treadmill of Production in Metropolitan Waste Management: Case of Turkish Firms
    Albert Fu, Kutztown University
  • Navigating Waste Streams: The Role of Human Behavior and Separation Strategies in Municipal Composting Programs
    Sally Geislar, University of California, Irvine
  • São Paulo’s Green Trash: the Social, Technological, and Biophysical Impacts of the Bandeirantes Landfill Development
    Kristine Stiphany, The University of Texas at Austin; Jason Sowell, The University of Texas at Austin
Presenters
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Albert Fu

Assistant Professor, Kutztown University
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Sally Geislar

PhD Candidate, University of California, Irvine
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Kristine Stiphany

Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University
Kristine Stiphany is a registered architect and urban planner whose research, practice, and teaching focus upon housing and urbanization in Latin America, and on the sociospatial evolution of informal settlements. Stiphany is the founder of the Chapa Urban Lab (www.chapa.io), a citizen-sourced... Read More →

Co-Authors
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Jason Sowell

The University of Texas at Austin

Moderators
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Edith Barrett

Director, Urban and Community Studies, University of Connecticut
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Magnolia (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.08 Contested Spaces: Socio-economic Factors
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Moderator: John J. Betancur, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Race and Gentrification in the USA: Evidence from Chicago
    John J Betancur, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • An Assessment of the Houston Region’s Most Severe Environmental Justice Census Tracts
    Gwendolyn C. Goodwin, Texas Southern University; Jamaal Schoby, Texas Southern University; Walter Council, Texas Southern University

  • Stories that Validate the Need for Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)
    Joan T. Wynne, Florida International University
Presenters
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Gwendolyn Goodwin

Texas Southern University-Center for Transportation Training and Research
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Joan Wynne

Visiting Associate Professor, The Algebra Project
I'm passionate about teaching, children, my Sun-Daughter, husband, Mama2 daughters, family, friends and our small planet earth. I'm also committed to ridding schools of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia. I love writing and research and I'm passionate about the work of the Algebra... Read More →

Co-Authors
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Moderators
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Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Laurel (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.09 Activism in Cities, Suburbs, and Metropolitan Regions
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Moderator: Lori A Riverstone-Newell, Illinois State University

  • Changing modes of Urban Governance under Fiscal Stress: Evidence from Six Cities in England and Spain
    Ismael Blanco, Autonomous University of Barcelona; Jonathan Davies, De Montfort University; Vivien Lowndes, Nottingham University

  • Transforming local democracy? Local innovations for increasing citizen influence and democratic legitimacy in Bristol and Mexico City
    Joanna Howard, University of Bristol; Arturo Flores, National Autonomous University of Mexico

  • Assessing Local Activism as it Relates to Fiscal Scarcity
    Lori A Riverstone-Newell, Illinois State University



Presenters
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Jonathan Davies

Director - Centre for Urban Research on Austerity, De Montfort University
I am Director of the Centre for Urban Research on Austerity at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK. See http://cura.our.dmu.ac.uk for further information about the Centre. I am a political sociologist, studying urban governance from a Gramscian point of view.I am about to enter... Read More →
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Joanna Howard

University of Bristol
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Lori Riverstone-Newell

Illinois State University

Co-Authors
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Arturo Flores

National Autonomous University of Mexico
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Ismael Blanco

Autonomous University of Barcelona
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Vivien Lowndes

Nottingham University

Moderators
LR

Lori Riverstone-Newell

Illinois State University
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Encino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.10 Managing Local Services and Initatives
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Moderator: Susan Mason, Boise State University

  • Urban Informatics in Public Policy: Exploring the Collateral Effects of Data-driven Policy Enforcement in New York City
    Brian Baldor, Rutgers University

  • Determinants of Conflict on Wisconsin School Boards
    Michael Ford, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Douglas Ihrke, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  • Social Network Analysis: A Means to Discovering the Tipping Point in Gaining Cooperation?
    Susan Mason, Boise State University; Don Holley, Boise State University; Aaron Wells, Boise State University; Alark Joshi, Boise State University; Amit Jain, Boise State University; Thomas Wuerzer, Boise State University

  • Developing Capacity: Facilitator Led Dialogue and Social Agency
    Josephine Gatti Schafer, Kansas State University

  • Collaborative Local Services: Overcoming Barriers to Working Together
    David Swindell, Arizona State University



Presenters
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Brian Baldor

Rutgers University
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Susan Mason

Boise State University
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Josephine Schafer

Kansas State University
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David Swindell

Director, Center for Urban Innovation, Arizona State University
David Swindell is the Director of the Center for Urban Innovation and an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. His work focuses primarily on community and economic development, especially public financing of sports facilities, the contribution... Read More →
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Michael Ford, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Co-Authors
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Aaron Wells

Boise State University
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Alark Joshi

Boise State University
AJ

Amit Jain

Boise State University
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Don Holley

Boise State University
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Douglas Ihrke

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Thomas Wuerzer

Assistant Professor, Boise State University
Community and Regional Planning Professor at Boise State. Researching Wildfires and Planning Issues. Homebrewer, food lover, and GIS-geek excited about spatial stuff.

Moderators
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Susan Mason

Boise State University
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Cedar (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.11 Resilience and Redevelopment
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Moderator: Elizabeth Strom, University of South Florida

  • Creating Resilient Downtowns
    Michael Burayidi, Ball State University

  • Economic Restructuring and the Art of Adaptive Resilience
    Margaret (Maggie) Cowell, Virginia Tech

  • Exploring the Resiliency of Las Vegas
    Al Gourrier, University of Nevada Las Vegas

  • Tourism, Arts and Downtown Revitalization in Asheville, NC
    Elizabeth Strom, University of South Florida; Robert Kerstein, University of Tampa

Presenters
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Michael Burayidi

Ball State University
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Elizabeth Strom, University of South Florida

AHAB Member, Hillsborough County
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Al Gourrier

University of Nevada Las Vegas
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Margaret Cowell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Margaret Cowell, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on economic development, urban economy, and public policy. Her research has been funded by the MacArthur Foundation and United States Economic Development Administr... Read More →

Co-Authors
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Robert Kerstein

University of Tampa

Moderators
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Elizabeth Strom, University of South Florida

AHAB Member, Hillsborough County
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Contessa B (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.12 Perceiving and Experienceing Risk in Urban Neighborhoods
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Moderator: Lyke Thompson, Wayne State University

  • Blaming the Pit Bull: A Narrative Analysis of Changing Public Perceptions of Stray and Feral Dogs in Detroit
    Erin Krcatovich, Indiana University - South Bend; Laura Reese, Michigan State University

  • Assessing Home Health Risks in Three Cities
    Lyke Thompson, Wayne State University

  • Payday Lending and Crimes in the Neighborhood
    Yilan Xu, University of Illinois



Presenters
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Erin Krcatovich

Indiana University - South Bend
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Lyke Thompson

Wayne State University
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Yilan Xu

Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Co-Authors
LR

Moderators
LT

Lyke Thompson

Wayne State University
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Zapata (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.13 Neighborhood Effects and Housing (In)Stability
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Moderator: David Bartelt, Temple University

  • Ecological Predictors of Entry into Philadelphia’s Homeless Shelter System
    David Bartelt, Temple University; Karin Eyrich-Garg, Temple University; Brian Lockwood, Monmouth University

  • A Sustainable Neighborhood Plan for Linden Village: Empowering Residents through a Comprehensive Participatory Community Design Process
    Jesus  J. Lara, The Ohio State University; Q. Victoria Chen, The Ohio State University; Charisma S. Acey, University of California Berkeley

  • “It’s a Swinging Door Situation”: Barriers to Affordable Housing in Polk County, Iowa
    Jane M. Rongerude, Iowa State University

Presenters
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David Bartelt

Temple University
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Jesus J. Lara

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
Dr. Jesus J. Lara is an Associate Professor in the Knowlton School’s City and Regional Planning Section. His research and pedagogy are centered on sustainable urban design, Latino Urbanism, community development, and sociocultural factors in community design, from urban environments... Read More →
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Jane Rongerude

Assistant Professor, Iowa State University

Co-Authors
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Brian Lockwood

Monmouth University
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Charisma S. Acey

University of California Berkeley
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Karin Eyrich-Garg

Temple University
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Q. Victoria Chen

The Ohio State University

Moderators
DB

David Bartelt

Temple University
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Villa Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.14 Resistance to Public Housing Transformation
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Moderator: Edward G. Goetz, University of Minnesota


  • Resistance was Futile: The Case of Public Housing Elimination in Atlanta
    Deirdre Oakley, Georgia State University

  • RePHRAMING Public Housing in Richmond, Virginia: Segregation, Resident Resistance, and the Future of Redevelopment
    Amy Howard, University of Richmond; Thad Williamson, University of Richmond

  • From Skepticism to Outrage: A Short Ride on HUD’s Choice Neighborhood Express
    Ken Reardon, University of Memphis

  • Mobilizing Public Housing Residents to Shape The Redevelopment of Cayce Homes
    James Fraser, Vanderbilt University

  • Critically Reconstructing Chicago Public Housing: Making Social Space Matter
    Janet L. Smith, University of Illinois, Chicago



Presenters
avatar for Janet Smith, University of Illinois at Chicago
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James Fraser

Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University
http://jamescfraser.com/
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Amy Howard

University of Richmond
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Ken Reardon

Professor in City and Regional Planning, University of Memphis
I am a professor in city and regional planning at the University of Memphis where I am involved in research, teaching, and outreach in the areas of resident-led planning, community/university development partnerships, and municipal government reform.
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Co-Authors
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Thad Williamson

University of Richmond

Moderators
EG
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Madero Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.15 Governance in a Global Perspective II [SPECIAL TRACK: URBAN ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN]
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Moderator: Camila Pereira, Howard University

  • Strategies in Latin America’s Urban Margins: Lessons from Informal Interventions in the Region
    Luis Diego Quiros Pacheco, University of Maryland

  • Inequalities in Deliberative Democracy: Measuring two practices of Participatory Budgeting
    Eduardo Salinas, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • The views and perceptions of beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família Program: a field research in Fazenda Coutos, Salvador/Bahia- Brazil
    Camila Pereira, Howard University

  • Citizen Participation and Citizen Security in El Salvador: Refining Hypotheses
    Tom Hare, Saint Louis University

  • The Drug Wars and Democracy in Mexico:  National Trends and Subnational Deviations
    Mary Fran Malone, University of New Hampshire; Alejandro Diaz-Dominguez, Vanderbilt University; Jonathan Hiskey, Vanderbilt University

Presenters
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Tom Hare

Saint Louis University
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Mary Fran Malone

University of New Hampshire
LD

Luis Diego Quiros Pacheco

University of Maryland
CP

Camila Pereira

Executive Reentry Solutions
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Eduardo Salinas

University of Illinois at Chicago

Co-Authors
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Alejandro Diaz-Dominguez

Vanderbilt University
JH

Jonathan Hiskey

Vanderbilt University

Moderators
CP

Camila Pereira

Executive Reentry Solutions
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Camino Real Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.17 Historic Preservation Across the Space and Place
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Moderator: Dawn Jourdan, University of Oklahoma



  • A Company Town Turned into a Suburban Town: Industrial Wasteland, Preservation, and Identity in Sugar Land, Texas
    Gabriela Campagnol, Texas A&M University

  • The Relationship between Historic Districts and Community-Based Organizations
    Emily Alice Goldman, Cornell University

  • Networking Urban Conservation As Collective Actions to Sustainable Transformation: A Social Capital Integrated Place Management Approach
    Jie HAN, Department of Architecture,SDE,National University of Singapore; Liangliang WANG, Department of Architecture,SDE,National University of Singapore; Chye Kiang HENG, Department of Architecture,SDE,National University of Singapore

  • Preserving Public Housing: Federal, State and Local Efforts to Preserve the Social and Architectural Forms Associated with Housing for the Poor
    Dawn Jourdan, University of Oklahoma; Stephanie Pilat, University of Oklahoma

Presenters
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Gabriela Campagnol

Texas A&M University
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Emily Alice Goldman

Cornell University
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Jie Han

National University of Singapore
DJ

Dawn Jourdan

University of Oklahoma

Co-Authors
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Stephanie Pilat

University of Oklahoma

Moderators
DJ

Dawn Jourdan

University of Oklahoma
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Lantana Room (Westin Lobby Level)
  Panels

2:05pm CDT

FR3.18 Neoliberal Urbanism: Reflections on Theory from the Arab World--Part I
Moderator: Mona Fawaz, American University of Beirut                         




  • Neoliberalism and other Adversities: Notes from the Back Alleys
    Petra Kuppinger, Monmouth College

  • Turning Sand into Gold: Assembling Aqaba Special Economic Zone
    Pascal Debruyne, University of Ghent

  • The Limits of Neoliberal Urbanism in Syria
    Valerie Clerc, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris

  • Post-Fordism without Fordism? Interpreting neoliberal spatial policy in Lebanon
    Marieke Krijnen, University of Ghent

  • From State to Market? Neoliberalization in Two Arab Capital Cities
    Najib Hourani, Michigan State University

Presenters
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Valerie Clerc

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris
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Pascal Debruyne

University of Ghent
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Najib Hourani

Michigan State University
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Marieke Krijnen

University of Ghent
PK

Petra Kuppinger

Monmouth College

Moderators
MF

Mona Fawaz

American University of Beirut
Friday March 21, 2014 2:05pm - 3:25pm CDT
Mesquite (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.01 Arts, Culture, and Development
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Moderator: Andrew Molloy, Cape Breton University


  • Industrial and Product Design Collections as Tools of Economic and Community Development
    Kelly Kinahan, Cleveland State University

  • The Impact of the Music and Visual Arts, Crafts, and Design sectors
    Iryna Lendel, Cleveland State University

  • The Use of Public Art to Stimulate Economic Development and Cultural Activity in a Post-industrial City: A Case Study of the Christ of St. John of the Cross
    Andrew Molloy, Cape Breton University

  • Art-making or Place-making? The Impact of Open-Air Performance Venues on Neighborhood Change
    Joanna Woronkowicz, Indiana University - Bloomington (SPEA)

Presenters
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Kelly Kinahan

Cleveland State University
AM

Andrew Molloy

Cape Breton University
avatar for Iryna Lendel, Cleveland State University

Iryna Lendel, Cleveland State University

Assistant Director, Center for Economic Development, Cleveland State University
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Joanna Woronkowicz

Indiana University - Bloomington (SPEA)
Joanna Woronkowicz is an assistant professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University in Bloomington where she teaches in the nonprofit management and arts administration programs. She has published in Journal of Planning Education and Research, Cultural... Read More →

Moderators
AM

Andrew Molloy

Cape Breton University
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Mesquite (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.02 Intra-metropolitian Location: Entrepreneurs and Migration
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Moderator: Sylvie Paré, Université du Québec à Montréal

  • Residential Clustering and Immigrant High-Tech Entrepreneurship in Urban Areas
    Cathy Liu, Georgia State University; Gary Painter, University of Southern California; Xi Huang, Georgia State University

  • Hispanic Dispersion and Exposure to Diversity in Metropolitan America
    Barrett A. Lee, Pennsylvania State University; Michael J.R. Martin, Pennsylvania State University; Christopher Prather, Pennsylvania State University

  • Measuring the Suburb: Impacts of Alternative Definitions
    Amanda C. Micklow, Cornell University

  • The Role of One-stop Service Organizations for Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Montreal: Where are We Now?
    Sylvie Paré, Université du Québec à Montréal



Presenters
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Xi Huang

Georgia State University & Georgia Institute of Technology
BL

Barrett Lee

Pennsylvania State University
AM

Amanda Micklow

Cornell University
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Sylvie Paré

Professeure titulaire, University of Quebec in Montreal
Je m'intéresse aux questions de genre, d'ethnicité et de classes sociales dans la ville, à Montréal ou à Toronto. Pour le moment, mes travaux portent essentiellement sur les femmes immigrantes entrepreneures de Montréal, le genre et territoire et la transition du quartier de... Read More →

Co-Authors
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Cathy Liu

Georgia State University
CP

Christopher Prather

Pennsylvania State University
GP

Gary Painter

University of Southern California
MJ

Michael J.R. Martin

Pennsylvania State University

Moderators
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Sylvie Paré

Professeure titulaire, University of Quebec in Montreal
Je m'intéresse aux questions de genre, d'ethnicité et de classes sociales dans la ville, à Montréal ou à Toronto. Pour le moment, mes travaux portent essentiellement sur les femmes immigrantes entrepreneures de Montréal, le genre et territoire et la transition du quartier de... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Goraz Room (Westin River Level)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.03 Urban inequality and regulation in Austin, Texas (local host panel)
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Moderator: Elizabeth Mueller, University of Texas at Austin


  • Restricting Austin: Private Covenants, Public Planning, and the Federal Government
    Eliot M. Tretter, University of Calgary

  • Equity via Certification: A Sustainable Solution to Labor Inequities in Green Building?
    Jennifer L. Scott, University of Texas at Austin; Sarah Dooling, University of Texas at Austin

  • Planned vulnerability: Renting in Austin, Texas.
    Elizabeth J. Mueller, University of Texas at Austin



Presenters
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Jennifer Scott

The University of Texas at Austin
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Eliot Tretter

University of Calgary

Co-Authors
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Sarah Dooling

The University of Texas at Austin

Moderators
EM
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Lantana Room (Westin Lobby Level)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.05 Community and Neighborhood Context for School Reform
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Moderator: Anna Santiago, Case Western Reserve University

  • Will Moving to a Better Neighborhood Help?  Mobility, Change of Context, and Young-Adult Educational Attainment
    Pat Goldsmith, Texa A & M University; William Velez, UW-Milwaukee; Marcus Britton, UW-Milwaukee

  • The Tale of Two Types of Cities:  Exploration of the Research and Reform Implications Resulting from Urban District Size
    Craig Hochbein, Lehigh University; Kristin Harbour, University of Louisville

  • Turning Around Failing Urban Neighborhood Public Schools to Give All Kids a Chance: A Case Study of a “Hybrid” School Model in Newark NJ
    Dorothy J. Knauer, Rutgers University Newark

  • Connecting Education Reform to Neighborhood Context: Identifying Community Needs and Assets as a First Step to Developing Programs to Improve Outcomes
    Molly Vollman Makris, Rutgers University, Newark; Ryan Coughlan, Rutgers University, Newark

  • Neighborhood Context and Educational Performance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    Anna Santiago, Case Western Reserve University; George Galster, Wayne State University; Lisa Stack, Wayne State University



Presenters
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Pat Rubio Goldsmith

Texas A & M University
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Craig Hochbein

Lehigh University
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Dorothy Knauer

Rutgers University- Newark NJ
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Molly Makris

Guttman Community College, City University of New York
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Anna Santiago

Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

Co-Authors
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George Galster

Wayne State University
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Kristin Harbour

University of Louisville
MB

Marcus Britton

UW-Milwaukee
RC

Ryan Coughlan

Rutgers University, Newark
WV

William Velez

UW-Milwaukee

Moderators
AS

Anna Santiago

Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Zapata (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.06 The Role of Labor and Employment in Urban Development
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Moderator: Janet M. Kelly, University of Louisville

  • Home-based Workers in Mexico City, Sector and Occupation 2005 and 2012
    Valentin Ibarra, El Colegio de México; Andrea Bautista, El Colegio de México

  • Evaluating Metropolitan Skills Mismatch
    Janet M. Kelly, University of Louisville; Barry Kornstein, University of Louisville

  • The Long Term Employment Impacts of Gentrification in the 1990s
    T. William Lester, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Daniel Hartley, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

  • Technological Change and Urban Jobs in Mexico
    Humberto Merritt, National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), MEXICO

  • Employment Growth and State Incentives for the Entertainment Industry: A Multi-State Analysis
    Ric Kolenda, Georgia State University  & Georgia Institute of Technology



Presenters
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Valentin Ibarra

El Colegio de México
JK

Janet Kelly

University of Louisville
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Ric Kolenda

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Planning, Appalachian State University
Creative industries & economiesEquality of opportunityThe motion picture industryBike commuting & alternative transportation
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T. William Lester

Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at UNC Chapel Hill where I specialize in economic development and teach courses in quantitative methods. My research focuses on the role of labor market institutions in fostering greater equity at the urban... Read More →
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Humberto Merritt

National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), MEXICO

Co-Authors
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Andrea Bautista

Research Assistant, El Colegio de México
BK

Barry Kornstein

University of Louisville
DH

Daniel Hartley

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Moderators
JK

Janet Kelly

University of Louisville
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Olivares Room (Westin River Level)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.08 Walkability and Pedestrian Infrastructure in the City
View Abstracts
Moderator: Kenneth Joh, Texas A&M University

  • The Role of Built Environment on Social Interaction
    Hee-Jung Jun, University of West Georgia; Misun Hur, East Carolina University

  • Multifamily Housing and Walkable Neighborhoods: Assessing Economic and Social Equity Impacts
    Kenneth Joh, Texas A&M University; Wei Li, Texas A&M University; Chanam Lee, Texas A&M University; Jun-Hyun Kim, Texas A&M University; Han Park, Texas A&M University; Ayoung Woo, Texas A&M University

  • From Car-Dependent Neighborhoods To Walkers’ Paradise: Estimating Walkability Premiums in the Condominium Housing Market
    Wei Li, Texas A&M University; Kenneth Joh, Texas A&M University; Chanam Lee, Texas A&M University; Jun-Hyun Kim, Texas A&M University; Han Park, Texas A&M University; Ayoung Woo, Texas A&M University

  • Infrastructure for Walkability: Is the Goal Place-making or Creating Safe Pedestrian Networks?
    Kathleen Meghan Wieters, University of Oklahoma

  • Pedestrian Zones and Traffic System ——Comparative Analysis of Pedestrian Zones in German, American and Chinese Cities
    Qidong Zhao, Chongqing University; Haoyan Wei, Chongqing University



Presenters
KJ

Kenneth Joh

Texas A&M University
HJ

Hee-Jung Jun

University of West Georgia
WL

Wei Li

Texas A&M University
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Kathleen Meghan Wieters

University of Oklahoma
This will be my second year at UAA and I am excited to meet more people! I am very interested in perspectives from different disciplines on how we can encourage our communities to value equity issues -- access to land uses, access to transportation options, access to health care... Read More →
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Qidong Zhao

Graduate Student, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University

Co-Authors
avatar for Ayoung Woo

Ayoung Woo

Associate Professor, Sejong University
CL

Chanam Lee

Texas A&M University
HP

Han Park

Texas A&M University
HW

Haoyan Wei

Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University
JK

Jun-Hyun Kim

Texas A&M University
KJ

Kenneth Joh

Texas A&M University
MH

Misun Hur

East Carolina University
WL

Wei Li

Texas A&M University

Moderators
KJ

Kenneth Joh

Texas A&M University
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Contessa B (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.09 Citizenship, Participation, and Volunteerism
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Moderator: Deborah Puntenney, Northwestern University
  • Urbanite vs. Ruralite: Differences in Generosity by Urban-Rural Status
    Patricia Snell Herzog, University of Arkansas
  • Beyond the Contentious and Beyond the Local: LGBT Movement Activism in Warsaw
    Nawojka Lesinski, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Social Capital and Community Health: Engaging Urban Residents Around the Social Determinants of Health
    Deborah Puntenney, Northwestern University; Barbara Zappia, Greater Rochester Health Foundation
  • Inter-Group Collaboration in Transnational Urban Space
    Bethany Welch, Aquinas Center
  • Citizen Participation in Urban Renewal: A Comparative Case Study of Regulatory Takings and Residential Relocations in Shanghai
    Zhumin Xu, University of New Orleans
Presenters
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Patricia Snell Herzog

University of Arkansas
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Nawojka Lesinski

University of Illinois at Chicago
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Deborah Puntenney

Research Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Deborah Puntenney, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor on the research faculty in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. She works in community development and has taught courses in social policy, philanthropy, gender, and the family. She is a member of... Read More →
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Bethany Welch

Director, Aquinas Center
Dr. Bethany Welch is the founding director of Aquinas Center in Philadelphia as well as a nonprofit management and evaluation consultant. The center is housed in a former convent re-purposed as a space to foster mutual support and shared understanding on the grounds of a diverse... Read More →
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Zhumin Xu

University of New Orleans

Co-Authors
BZ

Barbara Zappia

Greater Rochester Health Foundation

Moderators
avatar for Deborah Puntenney

Deborah Puntenney

Research Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Deborah Puntenney, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor on the research faculty in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. She works in community development and has taught courses in social policy, philanthropy, gender, and the family. She is a member of... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Retama (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.10 Urban Planning and Sustainable Development
View Abstracts
Moderator: Susan Opp, Colorado State University

  • The Role of Sustainability in Local Economic Development
    Susan Opp, Colorado State University; Jeffery L Osgood, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  • The Opportunities and Limits of Urban Sustainability Planning
    Christina Rosan, Temple University

  • The Green Dividend of Sustainable Planning Practice: How Portland Provides a Compass
    Charles Stevens, University of Louisville; John Gilderbloom, University of Louisville

  • The Smart Grid and Green Infrastructure, Applying Patrick Geddes to Metropolitan Infrastructure in the 21st Century
    Kristina Tajchman, University of Texas

  • The Impact of LEED Neighborhood Certification on Condo Prices
    Julia Freybote, Portland State University; Hua Sun, California State University, San Bernardino; Xi Yang, Portland State University



Presenters
SO

Susan Opp

Colorado State University
CR

Christina Rosan

Temple University
avatar for Charles Stevens

Charles Stevens

Student, University of Louisville
KT

Kristina Tajchman

University of Texas, Community & Regional Planning
XY

Xi Yang

Portland State University

Co-Authors
HS

Hua Sun

California State University, San Bernardino
JL

Jeffery L Osgood

West Chester University of Pennsylvania
JH
JF

Julia Freybote

Portland State University

Moderators
SO

Susan Opp

Colorado State University
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Magnolia (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.11 Progressive Cities, Then and Now
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Moderator: Greg Schrock, Portland State University


  • The Progressive City Over Time: Longer Term Outcomes in Selected Cities
    Pierre Clavel, Cornell University

  • Social Equity and Urban Climate and Sustainability Planning: Evidence from U.S. Cities
    Greg Schrock, Portland State University; Ellen Bassett, University of Virginia; Jamaal Green, Portland State University

  • Progressive Aspirations: Race, Equity and Waterfront Planning in Philadelphia
    Steve McGovern, Haverford College

  • Progressive Ideals in Declining Cities: Participation and Redistribution in Cincinnati
    Marisa Zapata, Portland State University

Presenters
PC

Pierre Clavel

Cornell University
SM
avatar for Greg Schrock

Greg Schrock

Portland State University
MZ

marisa zapata

Assistant professor, Portland State University

Co-Authors
EB

Ellen Bassett

University of Virginia
JG

Jamaal Green

Portland State University

Moderators
avatar for Greg Schrock

Greg Schrock

Portland State University
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Sabino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.12 Leadership in Cities and Suburbs
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Moderator: David Sweeting, University of Bristol, UK

  • Place-based Leadership and the Inclusive City: An International Analysis    
    Robin Hambleton, University of the West of England, Bristol

  • The Leadership Qualities of Successful Canadian City Managers
    David Siegel, Brock University

  • Does Having a Directly Elected Mayor Make a Difference?  Drawing Lessons from the Reform of Urban Political Leadership in Bristol, England
    David Sweeting, University of Bristol, UK; Robin Hambleton, University of the West of England, UK

Presenters
avatar for Robin Hambleton, University of the West of England, Bristol

Robin Hambleton, University of the West of England, Bristol

Emeritus Professor of City Leadership, University of the West of England, Bristol
I am Emeritus Professor of City Leadership at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK and Director of Urban Answers, a company I founded in 2007 to provide assistance to city leaders on an international basis. Just now I am working quite closely with Marvin Rees, Mayor... Read More →
DS

David Siegel

Brock University
DS

David Sweeting

University of Bristol, UK

Co-Authors
avatar for Robin Hambleton, University of the West of England, Bristol

Robin Hambleton, University of the West of England, Bristol

Emeritus Professor of City Leadership, University of the West of England, Bristol
I am Emeritus Professor of City Leadership at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK and Director of Urban Answers, a company I founded in 2007 to provide assistance to city leaders on an international basis. Just now I am working quite closely with Marvin Rees, Mayor... Read More →

Moderators
DS

David Sweeting

University of Bristol, UK
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Encino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.13 Theories and Trends in Regional Economics
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Moderator: Daniel Scheller, University of Texas at El Paso

  • The Influence of Multiple Specializations on Regional Economic Performance
    Saheum Hong, Texas A&M University; Yu Xiao, Texas A&M University

  • Income Mobility at Scale: Regional and Megaregional Patterns of Income Mobility
    John Laycock, City of Austin; Donald Jackson, University of Texas

  • Amalgamation and De-amalgamation in Montreal: Searching for Fiscal Equity and Efficiency at the Metropolitan Scale
    Jean-Philippe Meloche, University of Montreal; Maxime Leblanc-Desgagne, University of Montreal

  • City-County Consolidation:  Factors Affecting its Consideration and Adoption
    Daniel Scheller, University of Texas at El Paso; Denise Terrazas, Teach for America

Presenters
SH

Saheum Hong

Texas A&M University
JL

John Laycock

City of Austin
avatar for Jean-Philippe Meloche

Jean-Philippe Meloche

Universite de Montreal
DS

Daniel Scheller, University of Texas at El Paso

Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso

Co-Authors
DT

Denise Terrazas

Teach for America
DJ

Donald Jackson

University of Texas
ML

Maxime Leblanc-Desgagne

University of Montreal
YX

Yu Xiao

Texas A&M University

Moderators
DS

Daniel Scheller, University of Texas at El Paso

Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Laurel (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.14 Ethnicity and Neighborhood Economic Development
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Moderator: Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Rice University

  • Paseo Boricua: Alternative Regimes of Ownership
    Ivis Garcia Zambrana, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • How Does Collaborative Community Building Governance Work? Evaluating Collaborative Community Building Practices in Korea
    Sangmin Kim, University of Southern California

  • Non-Poor Latinos, Property, and Culture in Houston’s Northside Barrio
    Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Rice University



Presenters
SK

Sangmin Kim

University of Southern California
EK

Elizabeth Korver-Glenn

Rice University
avatar for Ivis García Zambrana, PhD

Ivis García Zambrana, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of Utah
Ivis García Zambrana is an Assistant Professor in City and Metropolitan Planning (CMP). At CMP she works in close collaboration with the University Neighborhood Partners (UNP) and she is also affiliated with the Metropolitan Research Center (MRC). Her philosophy, methodology, and... Read More →

Moderators
EK

Elizabeth Korver-Glenn

Rice University
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Carranza Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.15 The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program at 40 (Panel II)
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Moderator: George Galster, Wayne State University

  • The Role of the CDBG Program in Rural America
    Keith Wiley, Housing Assistance Council

  • Community Development And Fair Housing: A Work Still In Progress
    Laurence Pearl, Retired from HUD; Current chair of the DC Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

  • Federally Sponsored Local Economic And Community Development: A Look At Hud’s Section 108 Program
    Brett Theodos, Urban Institute
  • Using Community Development Block Grant Dollars to Revitalize Neighborhoods: The Impact of Program Spending in Philadelphia
    Karen Beck Pooley



Presenters
LP

Laurence Pearl

Retired from HUD; Current chair of the DC Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
avatar for Karen Beck Pooley

Karen Beck Pooley

Senior Associate, czb, LLC
I am a Senior Associate at czb LLC, a neighborhood planning firm, and teach at Muhlenberg College and Lehigh University. I previously worked for the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Allentown and New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development. I have... Read More →
BT

Brett Theodos

Urban Institute
KW

Keith Wiley

Housing Assistance Council

Moderators
GG

George Galster

Wayne State University
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Madero Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.16 Living in the Boundaries. A Comparative View of Livability Conditions in the Mexico City Periphery.
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Moderator: Ann Varley, University College London


  • The Second Class City: Urban Experiences from the Periphery of Mexico City
    María Cristina Bayón, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, UNAM

  • “The Logic of Necessity”: Increasing Use-value in Low-income Housing (Colonias Populares)
    Clara Salazar, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales; Landy Sánchez, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales

  • Borders and Boundaries in Ixtapaluca: Differing Ways to Use and Make Sense of the Territory
    María Teresa Esquivel, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Azcapotzalco

  • Social Interest Urban Housing Projects and Social Integration: An Approach from the Subjective Standpoint
    Vicente Moctezuma, Centro de Investigación y Estudios en Antropología Social, México

  • Belonging at the Margins: Building a Local Sense of Belonging in Mexico City’s Periphery
    Angela Giglia, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Iztapalapa, México



Presenters
MC

María Cristina Bayón

Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, UNAM
MT

María Teresa Esquivel

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Azcapotzalco
avatar for Angela Giglia, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

Angela Giglia, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

Profesora-investigadora titular de tiempo completo, UAM Iztapalapa
Urban space, urban anthropology, urban precariat
VM

Vicente Moctezuma

Centro de Investigación y Estudios en Antropología Social, México.
LS

Landy Sánchez

El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales

Co-Authors
CS

Clara Salazar

El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales

Moderators
AV

Ann Varley

University College London
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Villa Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.17 Urban Planning and Regulatory Zoning [SPECIAL TRACK: URBAN ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN]
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Moderator: Marla Nelson, University of New Orleans
  • The New World Riviera: Architecture, Planning, and Politics in Freeport, Bahamas (1955-1973)
    Serge Ambrose, Ambrose+Sabatino; Michelangelo Sabatino, University of Houston
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Planning Processes: The Land-use and Transportation Plan Blueprint Denver and the Plan Urbano Ambiental de Buenos Aires
    William Lamborn, Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Inclusionary Zoning in Fortaleza, Brazil: Effects of Regulatory Policies in Land Prices
    Clarissa Freitas, Federal University of Ceará

Presenters
avatar for Serge Ambrose

Serge Ambrose

Architect, Ambrose+Sabatino
avatar for Clarissa Freitas, Universidade Federal do Ceara

Clarissa Freitas, Universidade Federal do Ceara

Professor, Universidade Federal do Ceará
WL

William Lamborn

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Co-Authors
MS

Michelangelo Sabatino

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston

Moderators
MN
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Contessa A (Contessa 2nd Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.18 Neoliberal Urbanism: Reflections on Theory from the Arab World--Part II
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Moderator: Najib Hourani, Michigan State University


  • The Master Planning Effect
    Mona Fawaz, American University of Beirut

  • Speaking of the City: Establishing Urban Expertise in the Persian/Arab Gulf
    Ahmed Kanna, University of the Pacific

  • City as Microcosm: Reflections on Neoliberalism in the Arab World
    Koenraad Bogaert,  University of Ghent

  • Neoliberal Authoritarianism in the City - Lessons from Pre-war Damascus
    Yannick Suderman, Edinburgh University

  • Neoliberalism and the Iconography of the Local: Place Making and Power
    Christopher Parker, University of Ghent

Presenters
KB

Koenraad Bogaert

University of Ghent
MF

Mona Fawaz

American University of Beirut
AK

Ahmed Kanna

University of the Pacific
CP

Christopher Parker

University of Ghent
YS

Yannick Suderman

Edinburgh University

Moderators
NH

Najib Hourani

Michigan State University
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
Camino Real Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

4:05pm CDT

FR4.XX Education in Community Contexts
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Moderator: Barbara Ferman (Temple University)


  • Connection, Collaboration and Context: CURA’s Path of Mutual Enrichment and Continued Relevance in Community-University Partnerships
    Patricia Cavanaugh, Carleton College

  • Border-Crossing and Risk-Taking: Teaching Student Resiliency through Community-Based Learning
    J.R. "Jones" Estes, Portland State University

  • Academic Achievement and Voter Behavior in Local School Elections: Evidence from a Field Experiment
    Vladimir Kogan, Ohio State University; Zachary Peskowitz, Ohio State University; Stéphane Lavertu, Ohio State University

  • The Flight Back In- Middle Class Parents that Opt Back into Struggling Urban Schools
    Cara Kronen, Borough of Manhattan Community College- CUNY

  • Constructing Race and Class in the Neighborhood School: Media, Gentrification and Schools
    Leslie Martin, University of Mary Washington

Presenters
PC

Patricia Cavanaugh

Carleton College
JJ

J.R. Jones Estes

Director, Freshmen Year Experience in University Studies, Portland State University
interests: culture (esp. discourse & media) and environmental policy, political economy of public policy, and activist scholarship
CK

Cara Kronen

Borough of Manhattan Community College- CUNY
avatar for Leslie Martin

Leslie Martin

University of Mary Washington
VK

Co-Authors
SL

Stéphane Lavertu

Ohio State University
ZP

Zachary Peskowitz

Ohio State University

Moderators
avatar for Barbara Ferman

Barbara Ferman

Professor, Temple University
Born and raised in Brooklyn (which is still the 4th largest city!), I had an early education about urban areas that was shaped by some very practical activities – turning empty lots into playgrounds, keeping the hand ball court for hours, dodging traffic, and learning the subway... Read More →
Friday March 21, 2014 4:05pm - 5:25pm CDT
El Rincon De Maria (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels
 
Saturday, March 22
 

9:00am CDT

SA1.01 Race, Ethnicity, and Urban Development
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Moderator: Karen Gibson, Portland State University
  • LULUs and Livability: A Case Study of Strip Clubs in Portland, Oregon Neighborhoods
    Moriah McSharry McGrath, Portland State University

  • Residential Segregation by Race or Ethnicity in Houston 1980-2011: Trends, Patterns and Black Neighborhoods
    Chunhui Ren, University of Texas at Austin

  • Towards a Mediterranean 'Superdiverse' Small Town? Immigration and Sustainability in Empuriabrava Neighborhood, Catalonia, Spain
    Dawid Wladyka, University of Texas at Brownsville and Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain; Ricard Moren-Alegret, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Presenters
MM

Moriah McSharry McGrath

Portland State University
CR

Chunhui Ren

The Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, University of Texas at Austin
DW

Dawid Wladyka

Autonomous University of Barcelona

Co-Authors
RM

Ricard Moren-Alegret

Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Moderators
KG

Karen Gibson, Portland State University

Associate Professor, Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University
Saturday March 22, 2014 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Zapata (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

9:00am CDT

SA1.02 Institutions and Citizen Preferences in Land Use Decisions
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Moderator: Amal K. Ali, Salisbury University

  • Attitudes toward Smart Growth in Small Communities
    Amal K. Ali, Salisbury University

  • Gentrification and Light Rail Transit: Examining the Residential Effects of Light Rail Developments
    Dwayne Baker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • On the Border: Assessing Landscape Sustainability at the Boundaries within Urban Regions
    Charles S. Colgan, University of Southern Maine; Yuseung Kim, University of Southern Maine; Jack Kartez, University of Southern Maine

  • The Policy of Delay: A Multi-Level Analysis of Political Institutions, and City and County Choices in Land Use Decisions
    Aaron Deslatte, Florida State University; Antonio Tavares, University of Minho (Portugal); Richard Feiock, Florida State University; Anthony Kassekert, Department of Homeland Security



Presenters
DB

Dwayne Baker

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
AD

Aaron Deslatte

Florida State University (USA)
YK

Yuseung Kim

University of Southern Maine
AK

Co-Authors
AK

Anthony Kassekert

Department of Homeland Security
AT

Antonio Tavares

University of Minho, Portugal
CS
JK

Jack Kartez

University of Southern Maine

Moderators
AK
Saturday March 22, 2014 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Olivares Room (Westin River Level)
  Panels

9:00am CDT

SA1.04 Green Planning for Land Development
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Moderator: Seth B. Payton, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

  • From Ideas to Implementation: Planning for Pocket Parks
    Huston Gibson, Kansas State University; Jessica Canfield, Kansas State University

  • Integrating Ecosystem Services Analysis into Scenario Planning Practice: Accounting for Urban Forest Benefits Using i-Tree Valuation in Central Texas
    Thomas Hilde, The University of Texas at Austin; Robert Paterson, The University of Texas at Austin

  • The Effect of Urban Multi-Use Greenways on Crime
    Seth B. Payton, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Thomas D. Stucky, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; John R. Ottensmann, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

  • Urban Governance Responses to Global Climate Change
    Andrea Sarzynski, University of Delaware
Presenters
avatar for Huston Gibson

Huston Gibson

Associate Professor, Kansas State University
Associate Professor Director of Community Development Program Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning The College of Architecture, Planning & Design Kansas State University
avatar for Thomas Hilde

Thomas Hilde

The University of Texas at Austin
SP

Seth Payton

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
AS

Andrea Sarzynski

University of Delaware

Co-Authors
JC

Jessica Canfield

Kansas State University
JR

John R. Ottensmann

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
RP

Robert Paterson

The University of Texas at Austin
TD

Thomas D. Stucky

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Moderators
SP

Seth Payton

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Saturday March 22, 2014 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Sabino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

9:00am CDT

SA1.06 Case Studies in Urban Recovery and Redevelopment
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Moderator: Todd Swanstrom, University of Missouri-St. Louis



  • In the Middle: Data Driven Approaches to Community Development in Baltimore, Maryland
    Kate Davidoff, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  • Learning from Colonias in Texas: Analysis of self-organizing structure and urban manifestation in unincorporated settlement
    Bara Safarova, Texas A&M University

  • "Rebound" Neighborhood in Weak Market Regions:  The Case of St. Louis
    Todd Swanstrom, University of Missouri-St. Louis; Hank Webber, Washington University



Presenters
KD

Kate Davidoff

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
GP

Gretchen Purser

Maxwell School of Syracuse University
TS

Todd Swanstrom

Professor in Community Collaboration and Public Po, University of Missouri-St. Louis
avatar for Bara Safarova, Texas A&M University

Bara Safarova, Texas A&M University

Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University
PostDoc and tenure-track positions for 2019. Architecture, Urbanism, Planning + equity

Co-Authors
HW

Hank Webber

Washington University

Moderators
TS

Todd Swanstrom

Professor in Community Collaboration and Public Po, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Saturday March 22, 2014 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Encino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

9:00am CDT

SA1.08 Crisis Over Conflict in the CBD
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Moderator: Sarah L. Coffin, Saint Louis University

  • Green Jobs and Community Capacity: Near or Far Apart
    Sarah L. Coffin, Saint Louis University

  • Collective Action in Neighborhood Commercial Corridors
    Richardson Dilworth, Drexel University

  • The Northern San Joaquin Valley in the Aftermath of the Housing Crisis
    Hugo Lefebvre, Stanford University

  • Flags or Sales: The Impact of Flag Protest on Belfast Downtown Businesses.
    Gordana Rabrenovic, Northeastern University



Presenters
avatar for Sarah Coffin

Sarah Coffin

Associate Professor, Saint Louis University
RD

Richardson Dilworth

Professor, Department of Politics, Drexel University
HL

Hugo Lefebvre

Stanford University
GR

Gordana Rabrenovic

Northeastern University

Moderators
avatar for Sarah Coffin

Sarah Coffin

Associate Professor, Saint Louis University
Saturday March 22, 2014 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Lantana Room (Westin Lobby Level)
  Panels

9:00am CDT

SA1.09 Regional and Local Solutions to Affordable Housing
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Moderator: Darrel Ramsey-Musolf, UMass Amherst

  • A New Integrated Model on Housing Affordability--A Case Study on the Southern Region of the U.S.
    Xiang Cai, University of Texas at Dallas; Karl Ho, University of Texas at Dallas

  • CDCs Navigating the Complexity of Changes in Legislative District Boundaries: A Case Study of Philadelphia, PA
    Spencer T. Clayton, Rutgers University, Camden Campus

  • Scope and Variation of Landlord-Tenant Laws in the United States
    Megan Hatch, The George Washington University

  • California's Redevelopment Law and Low-Income Housing
    Darrel Ramsey-Musolf, UMass Amherst

  • Low-Income Housing Policies and Their Advocates
    Anaid Yerena, University of California, Irvine



Presenters
avatar for Xiang Cai

Xiang Cai

Ph.D student, The University of Texas at Dallas
avatar for Spencer T. Clayton

Spencer T. Clayton

Rutgers University - Camden
avatar for Megan Hatch

Megan Hatch

Cleveland State University
DR

Darrel Ramsey-Musolf

Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst
California Native. Former planner for the cities of Hawaiian Gardens and Glendora. Research focuses on low-income housing production in California Cities. Teaches Intro to Land-Use, Regional Planning Studio, and Engaging with Global Cities and Global Issues
avatar for Anaid Yerena

Anaid Yerena

University of Washington Tacoma

Co-Authors
KH

Karl Ho

University of Texas at Dallas

Moderators
DR

Darrel Ramsey-Musolf

Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst
California Native. Former planner for the cities of Hawaiian Gardens and Glendora. Research focuses on low-income housing production in California Cities. Teaches Intro to Land-Use, Regional Planning Studio, and Engaging with Global Cities and Global Issues
Saturday March 22, 2014 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Carranza Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

9:00am CDT

SA1.10 Low Income Housing Policies, Housing Choice Vouchers, and Economic Opportunity
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Moderator: Alex Schwartz, The New School

  • Subsidized Low Income Housing and Social Vulnerability in a Multi-hazard Urban Area: A Case Study of Houston, Texas
    Shakil Bin Kashem, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bev Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Housing Choice Voucher and Low Income Housing Tax Credit and Their Influences on Neighborhood Diversity
    Han (John) Park, Texas A&M University; Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University

  • Is Affordable Housing Good for Your Health? Evidence from New York City
    Rachel Meltzer, The New School; Alex Schwartz, The New School

  • Moving to Opportunity? An Examination of the Impact of the Housing Choice Voucher Program on Reducing Urban Inequality
    Rebecca J. Walter, Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale; Yanmei Li, Florida Atlantic University; Serge Atherwood, Pennsylvania State University; Auntaria Brown-Davis, Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale



Presenters
SK

Shakil Kashem

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
HJ

Han (John) Park

Texas A&M University
avatar for Alex Schwartz,The New School

Alex Schwartz,The New School

Professor, The New School
RW

Rebecca Walter

Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale

Co-Authors
AB

Auntaria Brown-Davis

Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale
BW

Bev Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
RM

Rachel Meltzer

The New School
SA

Serge Atherwood

Pennsylvania State University
YL

Yanmei Li

Florida Atlantic University

Moderators
avatar for Alex Schwartz,The New School

Alex Schwartz,The New School

Professor, The New School
Saturday March 22, 2014 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Madero Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

9:00am CDT

SA1.11 Cities, Communities, and an Aging Population
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Moderator: Andrew Aurand, Florida State University 

  • Importance of Neighborhood to Older Adults
    Rebecca Miles, Florida State University; Andrew Aurand, Florida State University
  • Neighborhood Environment and Social Isolation among Older Adults
    Jihei Lee, Texas A&M University

  • Coping with Shrinkage in Industrial Japan: The case of Kitakyushu
    Fernando Ortiz Moya, The University of Tokyo
Presenters
AA

Andrew Aurand

Florida State University
avatar for Fernando Ortiz-Moya, University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Fernando Ortiz-Moya, University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Assistant Professor in Architecture and the Built Environment, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Fernando Ortiz-Moya is an Assistant Professor in Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo China. His teaching interests revolve around architectural and urban design and the different ways our physical environment can promote social integration... Read More →
JL

Jihei Lee

Texas A&M University

Co-Authors
RM

Rebecca Miles

Florida State University

Moderators
AA

Andrew Aurand

Florida State University
Saturday March 22, 2014 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Villa Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

9:00am CDT

SA1.12 Economic Development [SPECIAL TRACK: URBAN ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN]
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Moderator: Janina V. Leon, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru

  • Clusters of Poverty in Mexico, 2010. Back to the basics
    Jesus Antonio Trevino Cantu, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon

  • The Study of the Origins and Central Brazilian City: Reflection and Analysis of the Contemporary Process of Urban Resilience and Commercial Impacts
    Ana Paula Preto Rodrigues Neves, University of Sao Paulo

  • Are Women Better-off or Worse-off? Economic Heterogeneity of Microenterprises in Urban Latin America: The Case of Peruvian Cities
    Janina V. Leon, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru

  • An Uneasy Proposition: Cuba and Sugar in the 21st Century
    Suzanne Morse Moomaw, University of Virginia

Presenters
avatar for Jesus Antonio Trevino Cantu

Jesus Antonio Trevino Cantu

Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Professor of the graduate department at the School of Architecture. PhD in planning and public policy (University of Texas at Arlington), Master in Urban Development (El Colegio de Mexico), and Bachelor in Economics (Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León). Current research interests... Read More →
avatar for Janina Leon

Janina Leon

Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Dept. Economics
SM

Suzanne Moomaw

University of Virginia
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Ana Paula Preto Rodrigues Neves

ARCHIECT, University of São Paulo
I am an architect and university professor. Study resilient trade relations in contemporary retail processes.

Moderators
avatar for Janina Leon

Janina Leon

Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Dept. Economics
Saturday March 22, 2014 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
Camino Real Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

9:00am CDT

SA1.XX Looking to the Past to Understand Contested Places
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Moderator: Akira Drake Rodriguez, Rutgers University

  • Utilization of Regional Commissions for Local Benefit: The Relationship Between Cincinnati and ORSANCO
    Kristen Marie Fleming, University of Cincinnati

  • The Farm in the City: Towards a History of Urban Agriculture
    Ruth Glasser, University of Connecticut

  • Wild Nature, Docile State: Public Space, the Local State and Race in Riverfront Development in Richmond, VA
    Melina Patterson, University of Mary Washington

  • Postwar Urban Renewal and the Role of Universities in Remaking American Cities: Penn and West Philadelphia’s University Redevelopment Area Unit 3
    John L. Puckett, University of Pennsylvania; Mark Frazier Lloyd, University of Pennsylvania

  • Perry Homes: The Northwest Advocates in Postwar Atlanta
    Akira Drake Rodriguez, Rutgers University



Presenters
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Kristen Marie Fleming

Graduate Student, University of Cincinnati
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Ruth Glasser

University of Connecticut
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Melina Patterson

University of Mary Washington
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John Puckett

University of Pennsylvania
AD

Akira Drake Rodriguez

Rutgers University

Co-Authors
MF

Mark Frazier Lloyd

University of Pennsylvania

Moderators
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Akira Drake Rodriguez

Rutgers University
Saturday March 22, 2014 9:00am - 10:20am CDT
El Rincon De Maria (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

10:30am CDT

SA2.01 Consequences of Urban Planning and Funding on Service Delivery and Safety
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Moderator: Philip Mark Plotch, New School University

  • City Response to Crisis? An Urban Service Perspective
    Yunji Kim, Cornell University; Mildred Warner, Cornell University

  • Planning a 21st Century Bridge with Mid-20th Century Tactics
    Philip Mark Plotch, New School University

  • How Latin American Countries can Achieve Higher Levels of Governance to Enable Innovative Funding Mechanisms?
    Alvaro Salas-Castro, Cornell University
  • Spatial Analysis for the Prevention of Traffic Accidents in Mexico City
    Luis Chias Becerril, Investigador del Departamento de Geografía Económica del Instituto de Geografía, UNAM; Héctor Daniel Reséndiz López, Técnico Academico del Departamento de Geografía Económica del Instituto de Geografía, UNAM; Armando Martínez Santillana, Responsable de la generación de estadística de GITS; Lourdes Hermosillo Plascencia, Responsable de la cartografía temática de GITS

  • Dollars for Lives: The Effect of Capital Expenditures on Traffic Fatalities
    Ryan Yeung, SUNY-Brockport; Phuong Nguyen, University of Iowa
Presenters
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Luis Chias Becerril

Instituto de Geografía de la UNAM
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Yunji Kim

Cornell University
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Philip Mark Plotch

New School University
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Alvaro A. Salas-Castro

President, Democracy Lab
https://www.incae.edu/es/directorio/alvaro-salas-castro.html
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Ryan Yeung

SUNY-Brockport

Co-Authors
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Armando Martínez Santillana

Responsable de la generación de estadística de GITS
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Héctor Daniel Reséndiz López

Técnico Academico del Departamento de Geografía Económica del Instituto de Geografía, UNAM
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Lourdes Hermosillo Plascencia

Responsable de la cartografía temática de GITS
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Mildred E. Warner

Cornell University
PN

Phuong Nguyen

University of Iowa

Moderators
PM

Philip Mark Plotch

New School University
Saturday March 22, 2014 10:30am - 11:50am CDT
El Rincon De Maria (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

10:30am CDT

SA2.02 Comparative Public Safety
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Moderator: Kevin Keenan, College of Charleston

  • Local Urban Spaces and Insecurity: Differentiation of Anxieties, Dispositions, and Practices on Security Issues in Mexico City.
    Arturo Díaz Cruz, Colegio de México

  • Jurassic Park and the African City
    Matthias Fleischer, University of Bayreuth

  • Security is Going to Work: Everyday Geographies, Organizational Traps, and the Public Administration of Anti-Terrorism Policy
    Kevin Keenan, College of Charleston; Jo Ann Ewalt, College of Charleston

  • Human Trafficking and the Framework for Advocating the End to Trafficking within the Context of the Urban Political, Economic, and Social Makeup
    Gestina Sewell, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee



Presenters
KK
AD

Arturo Díaz Cruz

Colegio de México
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Matthias Fleischer

Research Assistant, University of Bayreuth
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Gestina Sewell

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Co-Authors
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Jo Ann Ewalt

College of Charleston

Moderators
KK
Saturday March 22, 2014 10:30am - 11:50am CDT
Zapata (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

10:30am CDT

SA2.03 Understanding Labor and Employment in the City
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Moderator: Laura Solitare, Texas Southern University
  • Mothering and the Labor of Care: Raising Children in the Low-Wage Hospitality Industry
    Anna Hackman, University of New Orleans
  • Taxonomy Matters: Defining Worker Centers and their Role in Improving Working Conditions
    Jacob Lesniewski, Dominican University
  • A Framework for the Study and Forecast of Labor Force, Employment, Population, Migration, and Commute Changes in the Eagle Ford Shale
    Javier Oyakawa, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Wage Differences in the Temporary Services Industry: The Role of Occupation and Race
    Jamaal Green, Portland State University
Presenters
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Jamaal Green

Portland State University
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Anna Hackman

Doctoral Candidate, University of New Orleans
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Jacob Lesniewski

Assistant Professor, Dominican University
I teach social policy to social workers. I think a lot about how low-wage workers (and low-wage immigrant workers especially) can improve their working conditions. I spend a lot of time working with worker centers in Chicago. I'm starting to think about privatization and its effects... Read More →
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Javier Oyakawa

Business and Economic Researcher, University of Texas at San Antonio
Javier Oyakawa is a business and economics researcher at the Center for Community and Business Research (CCBR) at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Institute for Economic Development. He finished the doctoral program at the Economics Department from the University of Texas... Read More →

Moderators
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Laura Solitare

Texas Southern University
Saturday March 22, 2014 10:30am - 11:50am CDT
Villa Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

10:30am CDT

SA2.06 Municipal Government, Mobilization, and Participation
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Moderator: Jennifer Tang, Graduate Center, City University of New York


  • Progressive municipal governance and citizen engagement in Madison, Wisconsin
    Shahin Rahman, University of Hawaii at Manoa

  • Analyzing Children and Youth Engagement with Municipal Participatory Governance
    Jennifer Tang, Graduate Center, City University of New York

  • The City and Reform: The Case of Post-Katrina New Orleans
    Matthew Thomas, California State University, Chico; Peter Burns, Loyola University, New Orleans



Presenters
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Shahin Rahman

University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Jennifer Tang

Research Associate, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research Interests: Children’s rights, children’s participation, community governance, participatory democracy, young people’s political engagement, young people as agents of change, young people and social movements, children in urban settings, child-centered ecological development... Read More →
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Matthew Thomas

Professor, California State University, Chico

Co-Authors
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Peter Burns

Loyola University New Orleans
Anyone have good pictures from UConn basketball games?

Moderators
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Jennifer Tang

Research Associate, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research Interests: Children’s rights, children’s participation, community governance, participatory democracy, young people’s political engagement, young people as agents of change, young people and social movements, children in urban settings, child-centered ecological development... Read More →
Saturday March 22, 2014 10:30am - 11:50am CDT
Sabino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

10:30am CDT

SA2.07 Promoting Citizen Participation
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Moderator: Tatum Lau, London Metropolitan University

  • Terms for Debate: A Study of Term Limits in Small-Scale Democracy
    Douglas Cantor, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • The Democracy of Digital Participation: Exploring Digital Media as a Tool to Discover the Possibilities of Citizen Participation
    Tatum Lau, London Metropolitan University

  • Comparing the Effectiveness of Formal and Informal Coproduction in Engaging Underrepresented Groups in Public Service Delivery
    Kelechi Uzochukwu, Georgia State University

Presenters
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Douglas Cantor

University of Illinois at Chicago
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Tatum Lau

London Metropolitan University
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Kelechi Uzochukwu

Adjunct Professor, Georgia State University and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Community development, public participation in local governance, low-income and minority populations

Moderators
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Tatum Lau

London Metropolitan University
Saturday March 22, 2014 10:30am - 11:50am CDT
Encino Room (Westin 1st Floor)
  Panels

10:30am CDT

SA2.08 Framing the City: Knowledge Economies and Municipal Policy
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Moderator: David Y. Miller, University of Pittsburgh


  • Monterrey, International City of Knowledge? An Evaluation on the Possible Scenarios Towards 2025
    Rogelio Manuel Cortés, Sistema Tecnológico de Monterrey

  • Reframing the Role of Border Separating (Linking) City and Contiguous Municipality
    David Y. Miller, University of Pittsburgh

  • What is your Opinion on Airport-related Governance Models in the City-region? Stated Preferences on Governmental Structures in Amsterdam
    Michel van Wijk, Technical University Delft; Ellen van Bueren, Technical University Delft; Marco te Broemmelstroet, University of Amsterdam

  • Knowledge Economy and Airports
    Bardia Mashhoodi, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

  • Airports, the Knowledge Economy, and How Close is Close? A European Perspective
    Alain Thierstein, Munich University of Technology; Sven Conventz, Munich University of Technology

Presenters
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Rogelio Manuel Cortés

Sistema Tecnológico de Monterrey
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Bardia Mashhoodi

Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Michel

Senior Advisor and Postdoc Researcher, SADC / TU Delft
Resilient and sustainable development of airport regions.
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Mr. David Miller, University of Pittsburgh

Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (RIGOs)
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Alain Thierstein

Professor for Urban Development, Munich University of Technology, Department of Architecture

Co-Authors
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Ellen van Bueren

Technical University Delft
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Marco te Broemmelstroet

University of Amsterdam
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Sven Conventz

Munich University of Technology

Moderators
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Mr. David Miller, University of Pittsburgh

Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (RIGOs)
Saturday March 22, 2014 10:30am - 11:50am CDT
Lantana Room (Westin Lobby Level)
  Panels

10:30am CDT

SA2.09 Urban Geographies of Access and Opportunity
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Moderator: Rebecca Lewis, University of Oregon

  • Bringing Politics Back In — Rethinking Financial Services Agglomeration and Social Change in America's Global Cities
    Daniel Bliss, Illinois Institute of Technology

  • Designing Tools for Urban Vitality: Exploring the Economic and Social Consequences of Urban Form
    Laura Andrea Guzman, The New School

  • What Incites Infill in America’s Metropolitan Areas?
    Rebecca Lewis, University of Oregon; Jamie Schindewolf, Florida State University; Gerrit Knaap, University of Maryland

  • Economic and Community Impact of Urban Safety Net Hospitals: A Case Study of MetroHealth System in Cleveland, Ohio
    Ziona Austrian, Cleveland State University; Serineh Baboomian, Cleveland State University; Merissa Piazza, Cleveland State University; Candi Clouse, Cleveland State University

  • Architecture and Human Identity. Creativity as an Architectural Image
    Francesca Serri; Paolo Bulletti, Bulletti Design Bureau

Presenters
avatar for Laura Andrea Guzman

Laura Andrea Guzman

International Affairs Graduate Student, The New School
Addressing structural challenges to inequality in urban areas. Using design, data, and tech to think about the world.
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Rebecca Lewis

University of Oregon
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Francesca Serri

Bulletti Design Bureau
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Daniel Bliss, Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology
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Merissa Piazza, Cleveland State University

Research Associate, Cleveland State University

Co-Authors
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Candi Clouse, Cleveland State University

Program Manager, Center for Economic Development, Cleveland State University
Candi Clouse is the Program Manager in the Center for Economic Development at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. In her current role, she supports the center with data analysis, economic impact modeling, and industry research. Ms. Clouse... Read More →
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Gerrit Knaap

University of Maryland
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Jamie Schindewolf

Florida State University
SB

Serineh Baboomian

Cleveland State University
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Ziona Austrian

Cleveland State University

Moderators
RL

Rebecca Lewis

University of Oregon
Saturday March 22, 2014 10:30am - 11:50am CDT
Carranza Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

10:30am CDT

SA2.12 Finance, Regulations, and Neighborhood Governance
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Moderator: Ken Steif, University of Pennsylvania

  • Neighborhood Associations and Community Development: An Exploration of Factors Contributing to Differences in Needs and Strategies
    Robert Blair, University of Nebraska Omaha; Jerome Deichert, University of Nebaska Omaha; Josh Shirk, University of Nebraska Omaha; Gary Anderson, University of Nebraska Omaha

  • Land Use Regulation and Income Segregation
    Michael Lens, UCLA; Paavo Monkkonen, UCLA

  • Tomatoes not Mortgages: Community Responses to Global Neoliberal Financialization
    Kathe Newman, Rutgers University

  • Partnerships. . . Not Co-optation Leads to Improved Faith-based Community Development
    Tonya Nashay Sanders, Morgan State University

  • Neighborhood Taxes for Neighborhood Services: Improvement Districts for Neighborhood Revitalization
    Ken Steif, University of Pennsylvania



Presenters
avatar for Michael Lens, University of California, Los Angeles
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Robert Blair

Associate Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha
I am passionate about professional local government management and the potential of its application to other countries, respecting their traditions, history, and political culture. I am also less passionate about the Chicago Cubs
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Ken Steif

Doctoral Candidate, University of Pennsylvania
KN
TS

Co-Authors
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Gary Anderson

University of Nebraska Omaha
JD

Jerome Deichert

University of Nebaska Omaha
JS

Josh Shirk

University of Nebraska Omaha

Moderators
KS

Ken Steif

Doctoral Candidate, University of Pennsylvania
Saturday March 22, 2014 10:30am - 11:50am CDT
Madero Room (Westin 2nd Floor)
  Panels

10:30am CDT

SA2.13 Relocation, Removal, and Displacement [SPECIAL TRACK: URBAN ISSUES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN]
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Moderator: Maureen Donaghy, Rutgers University

  • Impact of Relocation on Quality of Life. A Case Study in Villahermosa, Mexico
    Roberto A Cantu_Garza, Texas A&M

  • Garden City in the Tropics: Applying Clarence Stein’s New Town Principles in Bolivia
    Lesli Hoey, University of Michigan

  • Confronting Dislocations:  The Impact of Resistance on Communities Threatened with Removal in São Paulo, Brazil
    Maureen Donaghy, Rutgers University



Presenters
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Maureen Donaghy, Rutgers University, Camden

Associate Professor, Rutgers University
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Lesli Hoey

University of Michigan

Moderators
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Maureen Donaghy, Rutgers University, Camden

Associate Professor, Rutgers University
Saturday March 22, 2014 10:30am - 11:50am CDT
Camino Real Room (Westin 1st Floor)
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