New Publications: "Partnerships for Smart Growth" and "The University as Urban Developer" (Land Lines Article)

Author(s): Wiewel, Wim, Gerrit-Jan Knaap, David C. Perry
Publication Date: April 2005

Inventory ID LLA050408; English

Article

Linking the worlds of community development, higher education administration and urban design, this accessible guidebook offers useful information on how universities and communities can best develop partnership projects. Its focus on smart growth projects further enhances its value for those interested in how urban, suburban and rural growth can be accommodated while preserving open spaces and quality of life.

Edited by Wim Wiewel and Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Partnerships for Smart Growth includes 13 case studies of university-community collaborations on smart growth initiatives, grouped in four categories: smart growth in the curriculum; smart growth in research centers; smart growth by collaboration; and smart growth in the community. The chapters include geographically diverse locations and urban, suburban and rural projects. Each case includes a comprehensive discussion of how and why the project was initiated, who was involved, what techniques were employed, what were the pitfalls, and what was the outcome. The result is a book with wide appeal for university administrators, land use planners, scholars and community development experts.

The initiative for this book came from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, which sought to increase cooperation with academic institutions to highlight a range of smart growth partnerships. Additional support was provided by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

Wim Wiewel is the provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of Baltimore. Gerrit-Jan Knaap is professor of Urban Studies and Planning and director of the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Partnerships for Smart Growth:
University-Community Collaboration for Better Public Places
Edited by Wim Wiewel and Gerrit-Jan Knaap

Published by M.E. Sharpe, Inc., in cooperation with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

2005. 264 pages. Tables, figures, maps, bibliographic references, index.
Cloth $79.95 ISBN 0-7656-1559-2
Paper $34.95 ISBN 0-7656-1560-6

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The University as Urban Developer:
Case Studies and Analysis

University-based property development is an important element of urban formation. Yet there is little information available to explain the significance of the university presence in urban development and enhance the state of the practice.

Integrating topics in urban development, real estate, higher education administration, urban design and campus landscape architecture, this is the first book to explore the role of the university as urban developer. Accessible and clearly written, and including contributions from authorities in a wide range of related areas, it offers a rich array of case studies and analyses that clarify the important roles that universities play in the growth and development of cities. The cases describe a host of university practices, community responses and policy initiatives surrounding university real estate development. Most of the 17 chapters are in sections titled The Campus and the City: Neighborhood, Downtown, and Citywide Development; and University Development Practices: Acquisition, Finance, Development, and the Deal.

Through a careful blending of academic analysis and practical, hands-on administrative and political information, the book charts new ground in the study of the university and the city. It is the product of a multiyear collaborative project of training, professional development and research by the editors, David C. Perry and Wim Wiewel, in conjunction with the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. The cases presented in the volume are part of a larger set of educational and research endeavors that constitute the Lincoln Institute’s The City, Land and The University Program, click here.

David C. Perry is director of the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Wim Wiewel is the provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of Baltimore.

The University as Urban Developer: Case Studies and Analysis
Edited by David C. Perry and Wim Wiewel

Published by M.E. Sharpe, Inc., in cooperation with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
2005. 352 pages. Tables, figures, maps, bibliographic references, index.
Cloth $79.95 ISBN 0-7656-1541-X
Paper (to be announced)

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