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Arthur C. Nelson: Arthur C. Nelson is joining the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona. He is a a nationally renowned expert, the UA says, “on how demographic and economic forces along with shifts in housing preferences will reshape America’s metropolitan areas for the rest of this century.”
For 30 years, Nelson has conducted pioneering research in growth management, urban containment, public facility finance, economic development, and metropolitan development patterns, the UA said in a news release. “His books have shaped the fields of infrastructure finance, smart growth, and land-use planning,” the university adds. He has generated more than $10 million in grants and contracts from sponsors.
Nelson will serve as a professor of planning and real estate development, effective in August 2014.
Nelson is currently presidential professor of city and metropolitan planning in the College of Architecture + Planning at the University of Utah, where he is also director of the Metropolitan Research Center.
His research and practice has led to the publication of 25 books, and his work has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and many other publications. In 2010, Time magazine cited Nelson’s insights into the redevelopment of America’s suburbs as the second-most-important of 10 trends to follow in the future.
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