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The Urban Studies Programs2003-2004 Speakers SeriesSusan Fainstein Susan Fainstein is Professor of Urban Planning in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. Previously she taught at Rutgers University. Professor Fainstein has published over 90 book chapters and articles on a variety of subjects, including race and urban development in the United States, citizen participation, comparisons of urban policy in the United States and Western Europe, planning theory, the impact of technology and the new international division of labor on location, and the effect of national policies on the activities of US state and local governments. Among her books are Urban Political Movements, Restructuring the City, and The City Builders: Property, Politics, and Planning in London and New York. She is co-editor of Divided Cities: New York and London in the Contemporary World, of two readers on planning theory and urban theory, of The Tourist City and the forthcoming Cities and Visitors (Blackwell). She is currently preparing a monograph on the relationship between competitiveness, cohesion and governance in cities under the auspices of the UK Economic and Social Research Council Cities Programme. She is a frequent lecturer at universities and conferences in the United States and abroad and serves on the editorial boards of nine book series and journals. She held the Wibaut chair at the University of Amsterdam in 1996 and was a distinguished visiting professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, the preceding year. Our lectures are free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by the Urban Studies Programs, College of Letters and Science, with support from the Mayor Henry Maier Chair in Urban Studies Fund along with the UWM Urban Planning Department. For more information, please contact the Urban Studies Programs office at 414-229-4751. This event is sponsored by the Urban Studies Programs, UW-Milwaukee College of Letters and Science, with support from the Mayor Henry Maier Chair in Urban Studies Fund. |
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