academic qualifications: 

ph.d. (mcmaster)

date joined lakehead: 
aug, 2002
research interests: 

i explore ways of (re)configuring neighbourhoods and cities to better meet the principles of urban sustainability.  recent projects include: the optimization of land use mix and residential intensification that suit sustainable community design; measuring the response of suburban residents to intensification through a visual preference survey; and gis-based applications in urban geography, planning and engineering.   my continuing interests are to refine ways of measuring and implementing more sustainable places at a variety of scales, considering the environmental, economic and social aspects of sustainability.  samples of future projects include: the planning implications of school closures in northwestern ontario; transportation challenges for moving locally produced goods; and further calibration of my land use diversity model using datasets from france. 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 are encouraged to contact me about possibilities for graduate and undergraduate thesis projects.