This paper is the product of a three-year collaborative research project between the Environmental Defense Fund, Colleen Seifert, a UM psychology professor, myself, and several research assistants. In 2017, the Graham Sustainability Institute sponsored a matchmaking event where UM social scientists could interact with EDF staff who had ideas for research collaborations. At that event, […]
Table of Contents for ‘Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions’
A couple people have asked to see the table of contents for my new book. Although I previously shared this overview, here is the text from the contents: Preface (vii) Part 1. Foundations 1 The Kind of Problem a City Is (3) 2 Scenario Planning Defined (21) 3 Competing Approaches (39) Part 2. Urban Scenario […]
First Reviews of ‘Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions’
Like all authors, I look forward to reading book reviews to learn how readers are reacting to my work, and I plan to compile links to all reviews on this webpage. Although it will take some time for reviews to appear in scholarly and professional publications given their editorial timelines, two readers have recently published […]
Inside the Box: Sidebars on Scenario Planning
As I was writing my book, Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions, I realized there were topics I wanted to touch on but that didn’t fit neatly within the main narrative. I ended up placing these tidbits in a series of supplementary boxes that are placed in relevant chapters. Since they touch on issues I […]
How ‘Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions’ Relates to Four Recent Books
Working on my book over the past few years, I’ve paid close attention to related books which have been published. Over that time four in particular struck me as particularly related, and I thought I would comment on them to draw attention to interesting related works, as well as further explain the contents of my […]
New Article: ‘Participatory E-Planning With Civic Crowdfunding: Donor Background, Involvement, and Social Capital Outcomes’
This open access article, in the International Journal of E-Planning Research, features case data I collected from ten civic crowdfunding projects on the IOBY and Patronicity platforms. Here is the abstract: Civic crowdfunding, or recruiting participants and collecting financial donations online for local development projects with public benefits, is an increasingly popular method for participatory […]
New Article: ‘Using Social Media to Identify Sources of Healthy Food in Urban Neighborhoods’
This paper resulted from an interdisciplinary research project at the University of Michigan focused on data sources and techniques for analyzing neighborhood effects on urban health. Here’s the abstract: An established body of research has used secondary data sources (such as proprietary business databases) to demonstrate the importance of the neighborhood food environment for multiple […]