Climate adaptationSpatial Capacity Loss and Regional Futures
Emerging research on how hazards, infrastructure stress, and fiscal dependence reshape metropolitan systems and municipal adaptation decisions.
Research
Research organized around communities, systems, and public decisions.
My research portfolio integrates peer-reviewed scholarship, applied reports, spatial analysis, community engagement, and student research. Each project page is structured around the same elements: overview, why it matters, methods, outputs, and downloadable resources.
Climate adaptation and regional futures
Projects on climate vulnerability, spatial capacity loss, managed retreat, subsidized housing, and regional governance.
Climate adaptation
Climate + agingOlder Adults, Subsidized Housing, and Managed Retreat
Community-engaged research on flood risk, housing vulnerability, mobility, health, and receiving-community readiness for older adults in coastal Massachusetts.
Sea-Level Rise and Special Needs Populations
A student research report from Housing Policy and Community Development Finance that maps elderly and disabled subsidized housing populations at risk from sea-level rise.
Mobility, aging, and access
Projects on older adult mobility, nonprofit transportation, One-Call/One-Click systems, and access to daily needs.
Metrocrest Unlocking Mobility Study
A mixed-methods evaluation of transportation incentives for older adults and disabled riders, examining mobility, health, housing, financial stress, social connection, and spatial travel patterns.
One-Call/One-Click Transportation Systems
National and regional research on mobility coordination systems serving older adults, people with disabilities, and transportation-disadvantaged riders.
Housing, community development, and spatial justice
Projects on inclusionary housing, LIHTC, low-income homeownership, opportunity mapping, and nonprofit intermediary networks.
ChicagoSpatial Opportunity and Community Infrastructure
Research on opportunity mapping, racialized spatial patterns, and intermediary organizations that support low-income and minority homeowners.
Inclusionary Housing in the United States
Research and public resource development on inclusionary housing program prevalence, design, and production across U.S. jurisdictions.
Fair Housing Litigation and Tax Credit Policy in Texas
Research on how fair housing litigation shaped Texas Qualified Allocation Plans, LIHTC siting incentives, revitalization criteria, and definitions of neighborhood opportunity.
Education and public pathways
Planning education as a pathway-building practice.
My research and teaching include programs that introduce high school and graduate students to planning, public service, community development, spatial analysis, and applied research.
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