Recent Faculty Publications

• Puszkin-Chevlin, A. and A-M Esnard. 2008. Incremental Evolution and Devolution of Florida’s Coastal High Hazard Area Policy (In Press, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management).
• J. Rosenberg, and A-M. Esnard. 2008. Applying a Hybrid Scoring Methodology to Train Station Site Selection. (In Press, Journal of Urban Planning and Development)
• Iuchi, K., and A-M Esnard. 2008. Earthquake Impact Mitigation in Poor Urban Areas: The Case of Metropolitan Manila. (In Press, Journal of Disaster Prevention and Management, 17(5), November 2008)
• Esnard, A-M. 2008. Institutional & Organizational Barriers to Effective Use of GIS for Planning and Redevelopment: Focus on community-Based Organizations. Working Paper prepared for the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (WP08AE1).
• Esnard, A-M. 2007. Institutional and Organizational Barriers to Effective Use of GIS by Community-Based Organizations. URISA Journal 19(2):14-21.
• Levine, J., A-M Esnard and A. Sapat. 2007. Population Displacement and Housing Dilemmas due to Catastrophic Hurricanes. Journal of Planning Literature 22(1):3-15.
• Esnard, A-M, A. Abbate, A. Temkin and J. Vos. 2007. Interoperable 3D-GIS: Urban modeling with ArcGIS 3D Analyst and Sketchup. ESRI ArcUser Magazine (January-March 2007, 2007)
• Zahran, S., Brody, SD., Maghelal, P., & Prelog, A. (Forthcoming). Cycling and Walking: Explaining the Spatial Distribution of Healthy Modes of Transportation in the United States. Transportation Research D: Environment and Transportation        
• Maghelal, P., Olivares, M., Wunneburger, D, & Gustavo, R. (2008). Developing Critical Risk Zones and Sex Offenders in Brazos County. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Vol. 20, No. 1, Pg 31-38.
• Maghelal, P. (2008). Assessing Student-Authored Articles in Planning: 1999-2003. Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 28, No. 1, Pg 108-115.
• Naderi, JR., Kweon, BS, & Maghelal, P. (2008). The Street Tree Effect and Driver Safety, ITE Journal Online, Vol. 78, No. 2, Pg 69-73.
• Brody, SD.,  Zahran, S., Maghelal, P., Grover, H., and Highfield, WE. (2007). The Rising Costs of Floods: examining the impact of planning and development decisions on property damage in Florida. Journal of American Planning Association, Vol. 73, No. 3, Pg 330-46 (JAPA Article of the Year Award).
• Polakit, K & Boontham, D (2008) “Mobile Vendors: The persistence of local culture in the changing global economy in Bangkok” in Local Sustainable Urban Development in a Globalized World (eds), Heberle, L. & Opp, S., Ashgate, Aldershot.
• Sunakorn, P.& Polakit, K. (In press) “Designing for Sustainable Development: An Expansion of Bangkhen Campus, Kasetsart University” (a new version) in Alternative Visions of the World City: Planning for Environment, Social and Cultural Sustainability (eds), Gurren, N., Bugg, L., Miller, D. and Yeong, L., Ashgate, Aldershot.
• Prosperi, D. and Lourenco, J. (2007). The Keener Eye of the Quadralogue:  Overcoming Intractabilities in the Urban Trialogue. CD Proceedings, 43rd ISoCaRP Conference
• Prosperi, D. (2008). MIA:  Miami International Airport or Miami Innovation Area. CD Proceedings, 13th CORP Conference, 13-22.
• Prosperi, D., Anes D., Anderluh, L. and Sens B. (2008). Miami International Airport Area:  Location, Transshipment, Location. CD Proceedings, 13th CORP Conference, 623-627.
• Esnard, A-M. 2007. The Nexus of Hazard Assessment, GeoSpatial Technologies, and Holistic Community Planning Strategies (Chapter 5). In, Losing Ground: Nation on Edge Environmental Law Institute.
• Wunneburger DF., Olivares M., and Maghelal, P. 2008. Internal security for communities: A spatial analysis of the effectiveness of sex offender laws. In Sui, D (Ed.), Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security (103-124). Springer Publications.
• Prosperi, D. (2007). Making Apparent the Multi-Scalar Economic Spatial Structure in South Florida.  In V. Coors, M. Rumor, E.M. Fendel, & S. Zlatanova, eds., Urban and Regional Data Management. UDMS Annual 2007.  Netherlands:  A.A. Balkema (Taylor and Francis), 307-317.
• Prosperi, D., Moudon, A. and Claessens F. (2007). Metropolitan Form Research:  Basic Concepts and Directions.  In G. Bruyns et al. (eds), The European Tradition in Urbanism and its Future.  Delft: IFoU, 345-347. 

Recent Faculty Presentations

• Esnard, A-M (Invited Panelist). “Recovery from Catastrophic Events: Katrina and other Potential Catastrophes”. Plenary Session, 33rd Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, July 12-15, 2008.
• Esnard, A-M (roundtable) Workshop “Toward a Natural Hazard Vulnerability and Resiliency Observatory Network”, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (June 13 & 14, 2008).
• Esnard, A-M, J. Levine and A. Sapat. “Displacement due to Catastrophic Hurricanes: Assessing Potential Magnitude and Implications for Housing and Land Development Policies”. 2008 National Science Foundation (NSF) Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, January 7-10, 2008.
• Puszkin-Chevlin, A. and A-M Esnard. Hold the Line: Delineating Appropriate Boundaries for Coastal Development. 2007 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• Maghelal, P. (July 2008). Walkability: An evaluation of existing pedestrian indices. Joint Meeting of Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and Association of European Schools of Planning, Chicago, Illinois.
• Maghelal, P. (Oct 2007). Role of Urban-form and Density on Walking to Transit Stations. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• Naderi, JR., Kweon, BS.,Ellis, CD., Shin, WH., Maghelal, P. (Aug 2007). The Effects of Landscape Buffers on Walking and Anxiety. The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference 2007, Pennsylvania.
• Polakit, K. (Oct 2007). Crossing Boundaries through Understanding Cultural Capital of Place in Urban Design: La Petite Haiti, A Diasporic Community in Miami. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• Polakit, K. (July 2008). Deciphering Design Codes: A study of Regulatory frameworks for place-making in the UK and the US. . Joint Meeting of Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and Association of European Schools of Planning, Chicago, Illinois.
• Prosperi, D. and J. Lourenco (July 2008). The Quadralogue Concept for Strategic Projects Assessment. Joint Meeting of Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and Association of European Schools of Planning, Chicago, Illinois.
• Prosperi, D. (May 2008). MIA:  Miami International Airport or Miami Innovation Area, REAL-CORP 08, Vienna, Austria.
• Prosperi, D., Anes, D., Anderluh, L. and Sense, B. (May 2008). Miami International Airport Area:  Location, Transshipment,Location, REAL-CORP 008, Vienna, Austria
• Prosperi, D. (Keynote Address), (May 2008). Transport Hubs as Innovation Hubs, Real Corp 008, Vienna, Austria.
• Prosperi, D. and Tavarez, J. (May 2008). Green Airports, Salzburg Congress on Urban Planning and Development, Salzburg, Austria.
• Prosperi, D. (Oct 2007). Making Apparen t the Multi-Scalar Economic Spatial Structure in South Florida, Urban Data Management Symposium, Stuttgart, Germany.
• Prosperi, D., Moudon A. and Cleasesens, F. (Sept 2007). Metropolitan Form Research:  Basic Concepts and Directions, International Symposium on Urbanism and Urbanization, Delft, Holland.
• Prosperi, D. and Lourenco, J. (Sept 2007). The Keener Eye of the Quadralogue:  Overcoming Intractabilities in the Trialogue, International Society of City and Regional Planners, Antwerp, Belgium.
• Prosperi, D. and Chang E.S. (July 2007) Internet GIS and Emergency Management:  Challenges and Opportunities, Association of European Schools of Planning, Naples, Italy.
• Jaap Vos (Invited Speaker), Low Income Housing Rhetoric Versus Real Low Income Housing Needs, South Florida Symposium, A Place Under the Sun for Everyone, West Palm Beach, Florida, November 8, 2007.
• Jaap Vos and Kate Sheffield, Towards a New Approach to Sustainable Development: McHarg’s Intrinsic Suitability, Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-21.
• Jaap Vos. Can Planners Find Solutions for Overtown, Annual Conference of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association, Orlando, Florida, September 5-8.
• Jaap Vos (Invited Speaker). The State Budget, How to Develop a Department in Times of Severe Budget Cuts, Institute for Academic Leadership Chair’s Workshop, Howie in the Hills, Florida, June 3, 2008.
• Jaap Vos (Invited Speaker). The Anti Government Phenomena, What is Really Happening Today? Palm Beach Planning Congress, Boca Raton, Florida, May 22, 2008.
• Jaap Vos (Invited Speaker). Dealing with Florida’s New Growth, Community Development Study Trip for Dutch Officials, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, March 18, 2008.
• Jaap Vos (Invited Panelist), The Florida Urban Planning Response to Climate Change, National Council for Science and the Environment, 8th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment Washington, DC, January 17, 2008.
• Jaap Vos (Invited Speaker), Urban Planning Issues in Florida, Florida Chapter International Association for Assessment Officers, Marco Island, Florida, October 25, 2007.
• Jaap Vos (Invited Speaker), Faculty Recruitment, Institute for Academic Leadership, Chair’s Workshop, Howie in the Hills, Florida, June 13, 2007.