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Altshuler, Alan A.
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/altshuler/index.html
Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Harvard University, teaches and conducts research on urban politics, land use policy, and transportation. CV, course information, and list of books and other publications.

Apte, Prakash M.
http://pmapte.topcities.com/
Papers on housing, architecture, planning, development, management, and education by the Indian architect and planner.

Benenson, Itzhak
http://www.tau.ac.il/~bennya/
University professor specializing in urban dynamics and ecological modeling. Includes information on research, publications, and classes.

Berman, Marshall
http://eserver.org/clogic/4-2/monchinski_berman.html
Cultural theorist examines the social roles and intentions of artists in modern urban life. He advocates "Marxist humanism" and proposes that the urban realities of the marketplace are neither fixed nor immutable. (Book: All That is Solid Melts into Air)

Bertaud, Alain - The Study of Urban Spatial Structures
http://alain-bertaud.com/
Papers and reports focused on urban spatial development.

Boyer, M. Christine
http://www.upenn.edu/gsfa/intricacy/participants/mchristine_boyer.html
The William R. McKenan Jr. Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, at the School of Architecture, Princeton University, Boyer has written and lectured widely on 19th and 20th century urbanism, with a focus on the structure and meaning of urban form. (Books: Dreaming the Rational City, The City and Collective Memory)

Burchell, Robert
http://policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/people/bioburchell.htm
Professor at the Center for Urban Policy Research, is the author of 25 books and more than 50 articles, is an expert on fiscal impact analysis, land-use development and regulation, and housing policy. Dr. Burchell co-authored the Development Impact Assessment Handbook for The Urban Land Institute. (Books: The Fiscal Impact Hand-book; The New Practitioner's Guide to Fiscal Impact Analysis; The Adaptive Reuse Handbook; The Environmental Impact Handbook).

Castells, Manuel
http://sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/castells/
Leading urban theorist since the 1960's. His work has moved from early Marxist analyses of the city, to an analysis of grass roots urban movements in the city, to a later interest in the impact of information technology on urban development. Books: The City and the Grassroots; City, Class, and Power)

Chapin, Jr., F. Stuart
http://carolinafirst.unc.edu/distprofs/chapin.htm
Pioneer in the Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina. Spent nearly four decades establishing and improving the department's urban studies curriculum. Distinguished Service Award from the American Institute of Planners, as well as the Historic Planning Pioneer Award. (Books: Urban Land Use Planning).

Charles, John
http://www.cascadepolicy.org/StaffDetail_2_8.asp
Environmental Policy Director for the Cascade Policy Institute. The focus of his work is environmental, transportation and land-use policy. (Books: A Citizen's Guide to Smart Growth).

Cronon, William
http://www.geography.wisc.edu/faculty/cronon/welcome.html
A Professor of Geography, Cronon's work focuses on the intersection of that field with history and the environment.

Davis, Mike
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/99/01/news-macadams.php
Author whose writings on the "architecture of control" and the extinction of public spaces have influenced many theorists and designers working to create a more livable city. (Books: City of Quartz; Ecology of Fear)

DeGrove, John
http://www.jc.fau.edu/staff/degrove_chair.htm
Teaches growth management (smart growth) with a special focus on initiatives to contain sprawl and ensure sustainable urban and natural systems. Florida Atlantic University Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems Director from 1972 until February 1999. (Books: Land, Growth and Politics; Balanced Growth: A Planning Guide for Local Government).

Downs, Anthony
http://www.anthonydowns.com/
Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. He was for 18 years a member and then Chairman of Real Estate Research Corporation, a nationwide consulting firm advising private and public decision-makers on real estate investment, housing policies, and urban affairs.

Doxiadis, Constantinos (1913-1975)
http://www.doxiadis.org/
Author and founder of Doxiadis Associates, a private firm of consulting engineers, with a small group of architects and planners. (Books: Ekistics - An Introduction to the Science of Human Settlements).

Ellin, Nan
http://www.asu.edu/caed/SOA/faculty/html/faculty_ellin.htm
Places the work of design professionals in their cultural context: how they address contemporary crises and social phenomena, and how they sometimes perpetuate them. (Books: Architecture of Fear; Postmodern Urbanism)

Fishman, Robert
http://www.tcaup.umich.edu/facultystaff/faculty/fishmanrprofile.html
Urban historian focuses on a social and architectural history of American suburban planning and design. (Book: Bourgeois Utopias)

Fulton, William
http://www.citistates.com/assocspeakers/w_fulton.html
Journalist, urban planner, researcher, pundit, and best-selling author. Regarded as one of the nation's leading commentators on urban planning, metropolitan growth, and economic development.(Books: Guide to California Planning, California Land and Legacy).

Geddes, Patrick (1854-1932)
http://www.ballaterscotland.com/geddes/
Known as the "father of town planning," he developed the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, advanced ideas for the renovation of old housing and the planning and building of new homes, and advocated using the Camera Obscura as a teaching medium. (Book: Cities in evolution: An introduction to the Town Planning movement and the Studies of Civics.)

Gehl, Jahn
http://www.rudi.net/bookshelf/classics/lifebetweenbuildings/index.shtml
People, Gehl found, are drawn to crowded, bustling spaces, where those unpredictable, surprising actors - other human beings - are on centre stage. As a Scandinavian proverb puts it: "People come where people are." (Book: Life Between Buildings)

Gordon, Peter
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~pgordon/
University of Southern California professor offers his weblog, papers, recommended reading, and curriculum vitae.

Hall, Peter
http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/people/P_hall.htm
Professor of Planning at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning at the University College London, Hall is also the author or editor of nearly thirty books on urban and regional planning and related topics.

Halprin, Lawrence
http://www.upenn.edu/gsfa/archives/majorcollections/halprin.html
Significant contributor in the areas of landscape architecture and urban design, active over six decades in the 20th century. Biographical information and index to his projects.

Harvey, David
http://www.jhu.edu/~dogee/people/faculty/harvey.html#spub
A geographer concerned with environmental justice and uneven development, Harvey writes devastating descriptions of current urban situations, and offers a new framework for questioning design decisions. (Books: The Urban Experience, Spaces of Hope)

Haussmann, Baron (1809-1891)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Haussmann
French planner famous for the redevelopment of Paris under Napoleon III.

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