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Steve Wheeler joined the University of California at Davis faculty in January 2007. He previously taught in Community and Regional Planning Program at the University of New Mexico, where he initiated a Physical Planning and Design concentration, and the University of California at Berkeley, where he received his Ph.D. and Master of City Planning degrees. He received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College.
Prof. Wheeler teaches courses related to community and regional planning, urban design, and sustainable development. He is interested in how many different planning and design strategies can work together to produce more sustainable communities. His current research focuses on 1) theory and practice of sustainable development; 2) the evolution of built landscapes in and around metropolitan regions; and 3) state and municipal planning strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Prof. Wheeler is the author of two books, Planning for Sustainability: Towards Livable, Equitable, and Ecological Communities and The Sustainable Urban Development Reader (co-edited with Tim Beatley), both published by Routledge in 2004, as well as numerous journal articles. A second edition of The Sustainable Urban Development Reader will be published in late 2008.
In the past Wheeler has served as editor of The Urban Ecologist journal, as Transportation Commissioner for the City of Berkeley, California, as an urban planning consultant, and as a lobbyist for environmental organizations in Washington, D.C. His guidebook published by Greenbelt Alliance, Smart Infill, won the 2003 Education Project Award from the California Chapter of the American Planning Association. His other awards include the Chicago Institute of Architecture and Urbanism Award, the Munsell Memorial Award, and first place in the Infill Category of the Housing the Next Ten Million competition sponsored by the Great Valley Center in California (with Michael Larice).
EDUCATION
1/07-present
7/03-12/07
8/99-6/03
University of California at Berkeley
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Learning from Climate Change. Manuscript in progress.
The Sustainable Urban Development Reader. Second Edition (Co-edited with Timothy Beatley). Forthcoming 2008. London and New York: Routledge.
"Sustainability and Education." Forthcoming Winter 2008 in Taylor, Anne, ed. The Knowing Eye: Linking Architecture and Education Through Learning Environment Design. 1000 Oaks CA: Sage Publications.
The Sustainable Urban Development Reader (Co-edited with Timothy Beatley). 2004. London and New York: Routledge.
BOOK CHAPTERS
"California's Climate Change Planning: Policy Innovation and Structural Hurdles." Forthcoming 2009 in Davoudi, Simin, Jenny Crawford and Abid Mehmood., eds., Planning for Climate Change: Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation. London: Earthscan.
"Planning and the Urban Environment." Forthcoming 2009 in Fitzpatrick, Tony, ed., Understanding Environmental Policy and Social Welfare. Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
"Sustainability and Community Development." Forthcoming 2008 in Phillips, Brenda and Robert Pittman, eds., Introduction to Community Development. New York: Routledge.
"Planning for Sustainability." Forthcoming 2008 in Eugenie Birch and Gary Hack, eds. The Practice of Local Government Planning. Fourth Edition. Washington, D.C.: The International City-County Management Association.
"Sustainability and Education." Forthcoming 2009 in Taylor, Anne, ed. Linking Architecture and Education: Sustainable Design of Learning Environments. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
"Planning Sustainable and Livable Cities." 2005. in Hai, Yu, ed. Urban Sociology: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Shanghai: Fudan University Press. (In Chinese)
"Planning Sustainable and Livable Cities." 2000. In LeGates, Richard T. and Frederic Stout, eds. The City Reader, Third Edition. London and New York: Routledge.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
"Regions, Megaregions, and Sustainability." Forthcoming in the Regional Studies special issue on The Future of the City Region.
"Planning and Climate Change" (with James B. London and John Randolph). Abstract accepted for the Progress in Planning Special Issue on "Emerging Research Agendas in Urban Design and Planning."
"The Rise of the Regional City: Spatial Development of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Area" (with Wade Patterson). The New Mexico Historical Review, 82 (1) 2007.
"The Evolution of Urban Form in Portland and Toronto: Implications for Sustainability Planning." 2003. Local Environment 8 (3) 317-336.
"The New Regionalism: Characteristics of an Emerging Movement." 2002. Journal of the American Planning Association. 68 (3). 267-278.
"Technology and Planning: A Note of Caution." 2001. Berkeley Planning Journal 15.
"Planning for Metropolitan Sustainability." 2000. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 20: 133-145.
"Regional Planning: A Call to Re-evaluate the Field." 2000. Berkeley Planning Journal 14, 1-3.
REVIEWS
Review: Suburban Transformations, by Paul Lukez. 2008. Journal of the American Planning Association. 74 (3) 378.
Review: Living Cities: An Urban Myth? Government and Sustainability in Australia, by Garry Smith and Jennifer Scott. Journal of Urban Affairs. 30 (2) 223-225.
Review: Constructing Sustainable Development, by Neil E. Harrison, and Safeguarding Our Common Future: Rethinking Sustainable Development, by Ingrid Leman Stefanovic. 2002. Journal of the American Planning Association. 68 (1). 110-111.
Review: American Metropolitcs: The New Suburban Reality, by Myron Orfield. 2002. Berkeley Planning Journal 16.
Review: The Regional City, by Peter Calthorpe and William Fulton. 2001. Berkeley Planning Journal 15.
Review: The Transit Metropolis, by Robert Cervero. 2000. Berkeley Planning Journal 14, 140-142.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
"Central Avenue/Nob Hill Street Design Recommendations." 2005.
"Creating Walkable Neighborhoods." 2004. Nuestro Pueblo. Fall/Winter. 6-8.
Contra Costa County: Smart Growth or Sprawl? 2003. San Francisco: Greenbelt Alliance.
Smart Infill: Creating More Livable Communities in the Bay Area. 2002. San Francisco: Greenbelt Alliance.
"Sustainability Planning in the United States," in Peck and Associates, Implementing Sustainable Community Development: Charting a Federal Role for the 21st Century, Toronto: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 2000.
Designing the Livable Metropolis: Metropolitan Institutions and the Evolution of Urban Form. Dissertation, University of California at Berkeley. 2000.
North Livermore: Last Chance for Smart Growth. 2000. Oakland: Urban Ecology and the Transportation Choices Forum.
"The Concept of 'Authenticity' in Urban Design" (with Elizabeth Macdonald). 1998. The Urban Ecologist. 98 (3).
Review: Ecology of Fear, by Mike Davis. 1998. The Urban Ecologist. 98 (3).
Review: The Ecology of Place, by Timothy Beatley and Kristy Manning. 1998. The Urban Ecologist. 98 (2).
Sustainable Urban Development. 1996. Berkeley: Institute of Urban and Regional Development Monograph No. 71.
"Creating Healthy Cities," in Susan Lowry, ed. 1996. Invested in the Common Good. Philadelphia: New Society Press.
"Design Strategies to Make Density Livable." 1996. The Urban Ecologist. 96 (1).
"Restoring Urban Ecosystems." 1996. The Urban Ecologist. Winter.
"Creating Bicycle-Friendly Cities." 1994. Utne Reader. June/July.
"Ecological Rebuilding Around the World." 1994. Solar Mind. Winter.
"Solving Berkeley's Transportation Mess." 1993. Berkeley Insider. Jan/Feb.
A Sustainable City Plan for Berkeley. 1992. Oakland: Urban Ecology.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
"Sustainability: What Do We Need To Do Better in our Region?" Presented June 2008 in the Sustainable Region Speakers Series organized by the Sacramento chapters of the American Planning Association, American Institute of Architects, and Association of Landscape Architects.
"Ecological Design of Cities in the Twenty-First Century." Presented June 2008 to the 2008 International Forum on Urban Development and Planning, held in Langfang, China.
"Green Communities in Light of Climate Change." Presented June 2008 to the Bay Area Local Elected Officials Leadership Forum, Berkeley.
"State and Local Climate Change Planning in the U.S." Presented April 2008 to the American Planning Association (APA) conference in Las Vegas.
"Challenges of California Regionalism." Presented May 2008 to the Regionalism in California conference of the Center for the Study of Regional Change.
"Regions, Megaregions, and Sustainability." Presented February 2007 to the Landscape Architecture Program proseminar speakers series.
"Healthier Families Through Town Design" (with Nina Wallerstein). Presented May 2006 to the Town Design: Revitalizing the Village conference of the Center for Design Assistance.
"Active Living and School Design." Presented April 2006 to the architectural and planning staff of Albuquerque Public Schools.
"Planning and the Ecological Worldview." Presented November 2005 to the University of Cincinnati Interdisciplinary Forum on the Theories, Models and Methods of Sustainable Development.
"Developing Strategies for Walkable Neighborhoods." Presented June 2005 to the Albuquerque Alliance for Active Living annual conference.
"Smart Growth." Presented April 2005 to the annual conference of the New Mexico Association of Professional Engineers.
"Smart Infill." Presented April 2002 to the Board of Directors of the Greenbelt Alliance.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
"State Climate Change Plans: The First Generation." Presented October 2007 to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference in Milwaukee.
"The Evolving Regional Landscape: Spatial Patterns of the American Metropolis." Presented November 2006 to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Conference in Fort Worth.
"The Rise of the Regional City: Spatial Development of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Area" (with Wade Patterson). Presented March 2006 to the Rocky Mountain American Studies Conference in Albuquerque.
"Planning and the Ecological Worldview." Presented November 2005 to the University of Cincinnati Interdisciplinary Forum on the Theories, Models and Methods of Sustainable Development.
"Evaluating Ecological Urban Design: Is an Urban Design LEED System Desirable?" (co-authored with Elizabeth Macdonald. October 2005. Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference in Kansas City.
"Active Living: Towards a Community-Based Model." October 2004. Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference in Portland.
"Infill Development in the San Francisco Bay Area: Current Obstacles and Responses." November 2001. Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference in Cleveland and published electronically by HUD's Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse.
"The New Regionalism: An Emerging Movement in Historical Perspective." November 2000. Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference in Chicago.
"The Evolution of Urban Form in Portland and Toronto: Lessons for Growth Management and Livability." November 1999. Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference in Pasadena.
"The Role of Codes and Guidelines in Promoting Sustainable Development." November 1997. Paper presented at the Southwest Regional Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Albuquerque.
"Planning for Sustainability at the Metropolitan Regional Level: The Example of Portland, Oregon." 1997. Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference in Fort Lauderdale.
SELECTED HONORS
Honorable Mention, 2008 Chester Rapkin Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (for best article published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research) .
Winner of the 2003 Education Project Award of Merit from the California Chapter of the American Planning Association and the 2003 Best Education Project Award from the Northern California Chapter of the APA for Smart Infill: Creating More Livable Communities in the Bay Area (San Francisco: Greenbelt Alliance, 2002).
Honor Award, Housing the Next Ten Million Competition, 1999 ($10,000 first prize with Michael Larice in the Infill Development category of this international urban design competition sponsored by the Great Valley Center, the American Institute of Architects, California Chapter, the U.S. EPA, and the California League of Cities).
Munsell Memorial Award, California Planning Roundtable, 1999 ($1,500 first prize in essay competition on topic "Can California Manage its Growth on a Statewide Basis?").
Chicago Institute of Architecture and Urbanism Award, 1997 ($5,000 first prize in national competition administered by the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Foundation).
Switzer Environmental Fellowship, San Francisco Foundation, 1994-95 (Awarded to students "likely to make a significant contribution toward improving the quality of the human environment").
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Co-PI, Isleta Boulevard Sector Plan. 2005-6. Led team hired by Bernalillo County to run community workshops and prepare a Sector (Area) Plan for the Isleta Boulevard Corridor.
Investigator, New Mexico Department of Transportation Context-Sensitive Design Guideline Project. 2005-6. Project to prepare "place audit" techniques and context-sensitive design guidelines for the state DOT.
Urban Planning and Design Consultant. 2000-2006. Worked with nonprofit organizations and local governments around issues of physical planning, urban design, and sustainable development.
Editor, The Urban Ecologist, 1990-1998. Edited highly respected quarterly journal covering a wide range of urban issues and planning innovations in the U.S. and internationally. Nominated five times for Utne Reader Alternative Press Awards.
Research Assistant for Prof. Elizabeth Deakin. 1998-1999. Researched social learning processes within Portland, Oregon's regional growth management planning.
Research Assistant for Prof. Michael Southworth. 1998. Restructured the department's Theories of Urban Form and Design course to provide a broader and more contemporary survey. Developed comprehensive new reader.
(Other experience includes grantwriting consulting, computer programming and consulting, and work as a lobbyist and organizer for environmental organizations in Washington, D.C.)
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Service Activities (Inside the University)
Member, Geography Graduate Group and Community Development Graduate Group, U.C. Davis, 2007-present.
Executive Committee, Center for the Study of Regional Change, U.C. Davis.
Member, U.C. Davis Sustainability Committee and Education and Outreach Subcommittee, 2007-2008.
Chair, Curriculum Committee, Community Development Graduate Group, U.C. Davis, 2007-present.
Member, Admissions Committee, Community Development Graduate Group, U.C. Davis, 2007, 2008.
Faculty Advisor, Community Development Graduate Group, U.C. Davis, 2007-present.
Member, Admissions Committee, Geography Graduate Group, U.C. Davis, 2008.
Member, Committee on Interdepartmental Majors, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, U.C. Davis., 2008.
Chair, Ad-hoc Committee to develop a new major, Landscape Architecture Program, U.C. Davis, 2007.
Chair, Curriculum Committee, School of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico, 2004-6.
Chair, Information Committee, Community and Regional Planning Program, University of New Mexico, 2004-5.
Member, Curriculum Committee, Community and Regional Planning Program, University of New Mexico, 2005-6.
Student Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of City and Regional Planning, U.C. Berkeley, 1996-7.
Service Activities (Outside the University)
Referee for the Journal of the American Planning Association, the Journal of Planning Education and Research, the Journal of Urban Design, the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, the Journal of Urban Affairs
Chair. 2007-8. Standards, Regulation and Technology Working Group of the American Planning Association Task Force on Climate Change Policy.
Steering Committee Member. 2005-6. Nob Hill Sector Plan Revision. City of Albuquerque.
Steering Committee Member. 2005-6. Great Streets Plan. City of Albuquerque
Steering Committee Member. 2005. New Mexico Department of Health's Obesity, Physical Activity, and Nutrition Program. Ten-member committee to develop an obesity, physical activity, and nutrition plan for the state.
Policy Committee Member. 2004-6. Albuquerque Alliance for Active Living.
Commissioner and Chair, City of Berkeley Transportation Commission. 1997-2003.
Worked extensively with staff and the public to coordinate the city's transportation planning efforts. Spearheaded development of comprehensive bicycle plan and first-in-the-nation bicycle boulevard network.
Co-founder and Steering Committee Member, Bay Area Transportation Choices Forum, 1997-2000.
Board Member, Urban Ecology, Inc., 1991-1999. Represented the organization before planning agencies and the media on issues of transportation, land use, regional planning, bikeways, traffic calming, creek restoration, housing, and equity. Served as Vice President and Program Director.
Member, Legislative Subcommittee of the California State Environmental Protection Agency's Comparative Risk Project (1992-93).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Planning Association, Planners Network, American Institute of Certified Planners
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