ABOUT ME
After forty years as a professor of urban planning in three universities, I retired in 2012, and now am Emeritus Professor of Planning and Economic Development at the University of Cincinnati. The past seventy three years have been an exciting journey, one I could never have dreamed of when I was starting my life. And I am actively working to make sure that the rest of them are at least as exciting, and even more enjoyable, than the ones already gone!
While I do not currently teach, I am actively involved in research, take courses at the University of Cincinnati on a regular basis, paint, and design and build furniture. I also travel extensively, and manage to spend considerable time in my retreat on the island of Crete.
For the last several years, my research and fieldwork have been revolving around issues of community and regional growth management, the role of the arts and culture in development and cultural preservation, and the impacts of tourism on communities, cultures and landscapes. I have conducted funded field research on these subjects in Brazil, Canada, the United States, Indonesia and Greece, have presented materials from my projects in international conferences in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Ireland and Greece, and have had several publications reporting on aspects of my findings.
Aside from my academic interests, I like to spend time in my woodshop designing and building furniture exclusively from salvaged lumber obtained from building demolitions and from the harvesting of urban trees. I am a master cabinet maker with over twenty years of furniture making experience, and have exhibited and published some of my furniture designs.
If you are interested in any of the activities briefly mentioned here, please feel free to peruse the rest of this Web site. Please contact me with any suggestions, questions or comments you may have.
While I do not currently teach, I am actively involved in research, take courses at the University of Cincinnati on a regular basis, paint, and design and build furniture. I also travel extensively, and manage to spend considerable time in my retreat on the island of Crete.
For the last several years, my research and fieldwork have been revolving around issues of community and regional growth management, the role of the arts and culture in development and cultural preservation, and the impacts of tourism on communities, cultures and landscapes. I have conducted funded field research on these subjects in Brazil, Canada, the United States, Indonesia and Greece, have presented materials from my projects in international conferences in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Ireland and Greece, and have had several publications reporting on aspects of my findings.
Aside from my academic interests, I like to spend time in my woodshop designing and building furniture exclusively from salvaged lumber obtained from building demolitions and from the harvesting of urban trees. I am a master cabinet maker with over twenty years of furniture making experience, and have exhibited and published some of my furniture designs.
If you are interested in any of the activities briefly mentioned here, please feel free to peruse the rest of this Web site. Please contact me with any suggestions, questions or comments you may have.