Planning, Public Policy and Management

Robert Young

Assistant Professor Robert Young
Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management
1209 University of Oregon
158 Hendricks Hall
Eugene, OR 97403-1209
Phone: 541-346-1950
Email: ryoung@uoregon.edu

Education

Ph.D. Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University. “Governance Networks and Innovation in Urban Ecology.” Chair: Steve Wolf, 2007.

Master of City and Regional Planning; minor-Ecology and Systematics: Cornell University, 1995.

B.A., Government; B.A. English; minor-Agronomy: Cornell University, 1982.

Research interests

environmental and economic policy and planning
role of governance networks in advancing the development of more sustainable urban regions
environmental policy and planning history, specifically innovations in urban environmental theory and implementation

Background

I work in the fields of urban and regional planning, sustainable economic development, and urban ecology. As a practitioner in the public sector I have served as the Director of Planning of the City of Philadelphia Recycling Office and was appointed by New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman to head the nation’s first statewide Office of Sustainable Development. I also served as the New Jersey Commerce Department’s representative on the Board of the New Jersey State Planning Commission.

In the private sector, I founded two successful, large-scale composting firms in California and New Jersey. In addition I helped develop and was co-director of the Sustainable Business Alliance, a coalition of firms interested in expanding the market for environmental technologies and design. While pursuing these projects I was invited by the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University to teach courses in environmental planning.

Courses and Seminars

Seminar: Green Cities
Environmental Planning
Human Settlements (Spring '08)

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed articles

Young, Robert, 2007. “Theoretical Foundations in Urban Ecology” (in review).

Young, Robert and Steven Wolf, 2007. “Toward a Pragmatic Program for Critical Urban Ecology” Journal of Urban Ecosystems vol. 10 no. 3 (September): 349-354.

Young, Robert and Steven Wolf. 2006. “Goal Attainment in Urban Ecology Research: A Bibliometric Review 1975-2004.” Journal of Urban Ecosystems vol. 9 no. 3 (September):179-193.

Young, Robert. 1997. “The Ecological Origins of Cities.” Colloqui vol. XIII (Spr. ):3-8.

Chapters

Young, Robert F. 2002. “Green Cities and the Urban Future,” in From Garden City to Green City-The Legacy of Ebenezer Howard, Kermit C. Parsons and David Schuyler, Editors. Baltimore, MD.: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Reports & other publications

Young, Robert. 1997-present. “Sustainable Commerce” bimonthly column, In Business: Creating Sustainable Enterprises and Communities. Emmaus, PA.: JG Press.

Young, Robert, ed. 2000. Greening the Garden State. Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Commerce.

Young, Robert. 1996. From Garden Cities to Green Cities: Urban Ecology and the American Mind. Cornell University: Masters thesis.

Young, Robert and Grant Power. 1992. “Community-Based Strategies for Change”, In Context: Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture Number 33: 10-12. Bainbridge Island, Washington: Context Institute.

Young, Robert and Alfred Dezzi. 1989. “Urban Recycling and the Opportunity for Change”, Resource Recovery June: 11-15. Washington D.C.: National League of Cities

Young, Robert and Marion Storey. 1988. “Challenging the Disposal Society”, Environment and Waste Management World. Vancouver, Canada. EWM, Inc.

This page updated November 12, 2009



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