COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE & URBAN STUDIES
School of Public and International Affairs
CPAP: Center for Public Administration and Policy
UAP: Urban Affairs and Planning
GIA: Government and International Affairs
IPG: Institute for Policy and Governance
SPIA: School of Public and International Affairs
EPP: Environmental Policy and Planning
SSC: Smart and Sustainable Cities
MPIA: Master of Public & International Affairs
MPA: Master of Public Administration
MURP: Master of Urban & Regional Planning
4+1 Master of Urban Planning (MURP) Accelerated Program
Ph.D in Planning, Governance, & Globalization (PGG)
Ph.D in Public Administration & Public Affairs (PAPA)
Local Government Management
Homeland Security Policy
Public and Nonprofit Financial Management
Global Planning & Intl. Development
Geospatial Information Technology
Metropolitan Studies
Nonprofit and N.G.O. Management
Middle East Politics & Society
Economic Risk & Global Inequality
Washington, D.C. Semester, Leadership through Policy & Governance
Washington, D.C. Semester in Global Engagement
Beloved Community Initiative
International Refugee Research Project
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Public & Urban Affairs (Minor)Matthew Jezierski2018-07-13T15:51:34-04:00
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PUBLIC AND URBAN AFFAIRS (MINOR)
ABOUT PUA
The School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) offers a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in public and urban affairs, as well as majors and minors.
Two undergraduate majors are available:
Major in Smart and Sustainable Cities (SSC)
Major in Environmental Policy and Planning (EPP)
Four undergraduate minors are available:
Minor in Public and Urban Affairs (PUA)
Minor in Environmental Policy and Planning (EPP)
Minor in Real Estate (RE)
Minor in Watershed Management (WM)
The graduation requirements in effect at the time of graduation apply. When choosing the degree requirements information, always choose the year of your expected date of graduation. Requirements for graduation are referred to via university publications as “Checksheets”. The number of credit hours required for degree completion varies among curricula. Students must satisfactorily complete all requirements and university obligations for degree completion.
The university reserves the right to modify requirements in a degree program. However, the university will not alter degree requirements less than two years from the expected graduation year unless there is a transition plan for students already in the degree program.
Please visit the University Registrar website at http://registrar.vt.edu/graduation-multi-brief/index1.html for degree requirements.
University policy requires that students who are making satisfactory progress toward a degree meet minimum criteria toward the General Education (Curriculum for Liberal Education) (see “Academics“) and toward the degree in Urban Affairs and Planning.
Satisfactory progress requirements toward the B.A. in Public and Urban Affairs and B.S. in Environmental Policy and Planning can be found on the major checksheet by visiting the University Registrar website at http://registrar.vt.edu/graduation-multi-brief/index1.html.
Undergraduate Minor in Public and Urban Affairs (PUA)
A minor in Public and Urban Affairs requires completion of 18 credit hours. Please visit the checksheets website to find an approved list of courses for your year of graduation.
PUA MINOR, CURRENT CHECKLIST FOR GRADUATION*
*View the current checklist on the university site to confirm
Minor GPA minimum 2.0. Minor GPA calculated from UAP 1024, 3014, and 12 additional UAP hours, from the elective courses below.
UAP 1024: PUBLIC ISSUES IN AN URBAN SOCIETY
This class introduces some of the most vital concerns and issues challenging democratic capitalistic urban societies today. Topics addressed include different perspectives on the causes and portent of the urban underclass, the growing inequality between the educated and less well educated in the nation’s labor markets, the causes of the marked resegregation of many of the nation’s urban centers by race and income and the implications of privatization and interjurisdictional competition for the public policy behavior and outcomes of subnational governments. (3H,3C)
UAP 3014: URBAN POLICY AND PLANNING
An introduction to urban policy and urban planning. Includes analysis of the basic concepts and principles of urban policy, a review of urban policy in the United States, discussion of the development of urban planning and its role in shaping the urban environment, and an analysis of the relationship between public policy and planning and the organization and structure of the urban environment. Must complete prerequisite UAP 1024 with a B- grade or higher. Pre: 1024. (3H,3C)
ELECTIVES (only one may be 2000-level):
UAP 2014: URBANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Relationships between urbanization and economic development; role of cities in social, political, cultural, and economic development of societies; cities as settings for innovation and change. (3H,3C)
PSCI 2024: RESEARCH METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
Introduction to research in political science; formulation of theory, operationalization and measurement, gathering, analysis and interpretation of data. Pre: 1014 or 1014H, 1024 or 1024H. (3H,3C)
UAP 3024: URBAN AND REGIONAL ANALYSIS
Overview and application of various methods used to study, represent, understand communities in their urban and regional context. Data collection and analysis; population, land use, transportation and economic forecasting; selecting and applying an appropriate method; designing and presenting a community study. Restricted to majors and minors only. (3H,3C)
UAP 3074 (SOC 3303): SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN URBAN SOCIETY
Critical examination of major global environmental problems (e.g., global warming, atmospheric ozone depletion, acid rain, tropical deforestation, toxic waste) with emphasis on their social, economic, political, ethical, and policy implications and solutions. Completion of Area 4 of University Core required. (3H,3C)
UAP 3344 (PSCI 3344): GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
UAP 3354: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND PLANNING
Introduction to the interdisciplinary principles of environmental policy, planning, economics, and ethics to address pollution abatement, resources conservation, habitat protection, and environmental restoration. The course will focus on practical means of identifying environmental problems and creatively solving them. (3H,3C)
UAP 3434 (PSCI 3414, prev. UAP 3415): PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
The role and context of public administration in the contemporary United States, administrative organization and decision-making, public finance, human resources administration, and program implementation. Pre: 1014 or 1014H. (3H,3C)
UAP 3416: Public Budgeting
UAP 3604: Public Financial Management
UAP 3714 (PSCI 3714, prev. UAP 3614): THE U. S. POLICY PROCESS
Description and analysis of the processes and institutions involved in the making and implementation of public policy in the United States, with a primary focus on domestic and economic policy. Empirical and normative models of the process of public policy making in the U.S. Pre: PSCI 1014. (3H,3C)
UAP 3714 (PSCI 3714): THE U. S. POLICY PROCESS
UAP 3744 (PSCI 3744): PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS
Methods and approaches used in the analysis and evaluation of public policy; strengths and limitations of various analytic tools; normative issues in the practice of policy analysis. Pre: PSCI 1014 or PSCI 1014H. (3H,3C)
UAP 4184: COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Issues, concepts, and techniques of citizen participation in community development. Institutional frameworks and their historical precedents. Exercises developing group communications skills, public meeting facilitation, and design of community involvement programs. Pre: Senior standing required. (3H,3C)
UAP 4224: Policy-making in the Federal System
UAP 4244: Non-profit Organization and Management
UAP 4264: ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND POLICY
Issues in applied environmental ethics. Contributions of diverse religious and philosophical traditions to contemporary perspectives on the human-nature relationship. Examination of environmental policies from utilitarian economic, deep ecology, and ecofeminist perspectives. Junior, senior or graduate standing required. (3H,3C)
UAP 4344: LAW OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS
This course examines the legal principles and policy debates involved in the regulation and protection of critical environmental resources. Specific topics vary but will likely include wetlands law and policy, endangered species habitat, open space, forestland and farmland protection, coastal zone management, and floodplain regulation and policy. (3H,3C)
UAP 4374: LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENT: PLANNING AND POLICY
Environmental factors involved in land use planning and development, including topography, soils, geologic hazards, flooding and stormwater management, ecological features, and visual quality. Techniques used in conducting environmental land inventories and land suitability analyses. Policies and programs to protect environmental quality in land use planning and development. Pre: Junior standing. (3H,3C)
UAP 4384: POLLUTION CONTROL PLANNING AND POLICY
Planning and policy aspects of managing residuals and environmental contaminants and their effects on human health and environmental quality. Technical and economic factors involved in management of water quality, air quality, solid and hazardous wastes, toxic substances, and noise. Implementation of pollution control legislation, policies, and programs at federal, state, and local levels. (3H,3C)
UAP 4394: COMMUNITY RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
Practical design fundamentals for small scale renewable energy systems: solar building heating and cooling; solar domestic hot water; wind, photovoltaic, and hydroelectric systems; alcohol, methane and other biomass conversion systems. Developing plans, programs, and policies to stimulate development of renewable systems. Pre: (MATH 1016 or MATH 1025). (3H,3C)
UAP 4604: Social Policy and Planning
UAP 4624 (PSCI 4624): THE WASHINGTON SEMESTER: SEMINAR IN AMERICAN POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY
This seminar is the integrative forum for the principal elements of the Washington Semester experience. The course explores both the role of political institutions in policy formation and implementation and the primary managerial and leadership challenges that arise for implementing organization managers in American democratic public policy-making. Pre: Junior standing or instructor consent and acceptance into the Washington Semester program. X-grade allowed. (3H,3C)
UAP 4644 (PSCI 4644): THE WASHINGTON SEMESTER: POLITICS, POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION IN A DEMOCRACY
This course is part of the Washington Semester. Explores the relationship between the imperatives of democratic mobilization, policy choices and organizational choices through intensive study of the operating context of a selected public or nonprofit organization. Examines implications of policy-maker choices for implementing institution dynamics and challenges. Pre: Junior standing and acceptance into the Washington Semester program required. X-grade allowed. Pre: PSCI 3714. (3H,3C)
UAP 4714: ECONOMICS AND FINANCING OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Examines the provision and financing of public goods and services in local governments. Analyzes associated policy issues. Reviews experience in Western Europe and developing countries, as well as in the United States. Must complete prerequisites UAP 3024 with B- grade or higher, and ECON 2005 and 2006 with C grade or higher. Pre: 3024, (ECON 2005 or ECON 2005H), (ECON 2006 or ECON 2006H). (3H,3C)
UAP 2004 (REAL 2004, prev. UAP 4744): PRINCIPLES OF REAL ESTATE
Introduction to real estate, including markets, land use planning and zoning, development, finance, construction, sales, marketing, management and property valuation. Examines the key actors and processes in each of these areas. Explores major public policies impacting real estate.
UAP 4754: LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF PLANNING
Examination of the legal context in which urban planning and public policy operate. Legal structure, role of law, powers of sovereign governments, constitutional limitations on government activities, and public-private conflict and their influence on planning and public policy are examined. Pre: Junior standing required. (3H,3C)
UAP 4764 (GEOG 4764) (SOC 4764): INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND PLANNING
Examination of major development theories and contemporary issues and characteristics of low-income societies (industrialization, urbanization, migration, rural poverty, hunger, foreign trade, and debt) that establish contexts for development planning and policy-making. Junior standing required. (3H,3C)
UAP 4854: PLANNING OF THE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
Course examines the interdependences among the elements of the built environment of the city and those between the elements of the built environment and the policy/planning structure of the city. Considered are those elements associated with the primary urban activities (residential, commercial, industrial) as well as the urban form-giving infrastructure facilities that support those land uses (water supply, sewerage, solid waste disposal, transportation, education, recreation, health, and safety). Pre: UAP 3224. (3H,3C)
DAVID BIERI – Associate Professor
DAVID BIERI
bieri@vt.edu
Dr. David Bieri is Associate Professor of Urban Affairs and Affiliate Associate Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech, with a joint appointment in the Global Forum on Urban and Regional Resilience. He also holds an endowed appointment as Junior Faculty Fellow in the VT Program in Real Estate. Bieri’s current research examines “money and the metropolis”, focusing on the dynamics of urbanization and the evolutionary development of the monetary–financial system as a joint historical process. His other research examines regulatory aspects of international finance, global monetary governance, and their role in the process of financialization. He also writes about the history of economic thought.
2017 – : Virginia Tech: Affiliate Associate Professor of Economics
2016 – : Virginia Tech: Junior Real Estate Faculty Fellow (endowed)
2015 – : Virginia Tech: Associate Professor of Public Policy
2010 – 2014: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Assistant Professor
ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999 – 2006: Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland:
Adviser to the General Manager & CEO (2005–2006)
Economist, Monetary & Economic Department (2004–2005)
Head of Business Development, Banking Department (2002–2004)
Investment Analyst, Banking Department (1999–2002)
1998 – 1999: Bankers Trust International, London: Fixed-Income High Yield Analyst
Ph.D.: Virginia Tech, School of Public & International Affairs (2010), Dissertation: “Location Choice, Linkages and the Spatial Economy”
M.Sc.: University of Durham, UK. Corporate & International Finance (1998)
B.Sc. (Hons): London School of Economics & Political Science, Economics (1997)
JOHN BROWDER – Professor (in memoriam)
JOHN BROWDER
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Tribute, by Ralph Hall
Tribute, by Jim Bohland
Tribute, by John Randolph
1997-2017 Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1996-2017 Adjunct Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan
1994-1995 Visiting Scholar/Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan
Visiting Scholar, Tropical Conservation and Development Program, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida (Spring)
1991-1997 Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1988-1991 Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
1986-1988 Visiting Assistant Professor of Planning and Geography, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1982 Teaching Assistant, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2007-2013 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech
1984-1985 Research Associate, Centro de Estudos Avançados Amazônicas (Center for Advanced Amazon Studies), Federal University of Para, Belém, Brazil
Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, 1986
M.F.A., Graduate School of Fine Arts, The University of Pennsylvania, 1983
M.P.A., School of Gov’t and Public Administration, The American University, 1977
B.A., American History, Political Science, Art History, The College of Wooster, Ohio, 1974
RALPH BUEHLER – Associate Professor
RALPH BUEHLER
ralphbu@vt.edu
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(1) The influence of transport policy, land use, socio-demographics on travel behavior
(2) Active travel and public health
(3) Public transport demand, supply, financial efficiency, and policy
PROFESSIONAL BIO
Ralph’s research, outreach, and teaching seek to advance the understanding of determinants of individual travel behavior and the sustainability of transport systems. The goal is to identify and share policy lessons on how to achieve a more environmentally sound, economically efficient, and socially equitable urban transport system. Leveraging a comparative analysis framework, his research effectively contrasts travel behavior, socioeconomic factors, land use, transport policies, and the sustainability of transport systems at city, regional, and national scales in North America and Western Europe. Couched in solid theoretical frameworks and including national and international best practices, his work helps inform policy makers and contributes to the development of students in the field of planning.
For a pdf version of the CV click here.
Virginia Tech, School of Public and International Affairs, Urban Affairs & Planning
o Associate Professor (with tenure), 2013-present
o Assistant Professor (tenure track), 2008-2013
o Metropolitan Institute, Virginia Tech, Faculty Fellow, 2009-present
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, New Brunswick, NJ:
o PhD in Planning and Public Policy, 2008 (Note: Dissertation honored with the “Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning 2008” by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ASCP))
o Graduate Certificate in Transportation Studies, 2004;
o Master of City and Regional Studies, 2002
University of Constance, Department of Public Policy and Management, Konstanz, Germany:
o Master of Public Policy and Management, 2003 (German “Diplom”)
Sorbonne-Panthéon, Paris, France, Administration Économique, Exchange Student, 2000-2001
MAGGIE COWELL – Associate Professor
MAGGIE COWELL
mmcowell@vt.edu
Primary Interests:
(2) Community Resilience
I am an Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech. Since 2004, I have been a member of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation-funded research project, “Building Resilient Regions.” I am also part of a team of researchers assessing the potential of the homeland security economy for community economic development at the St. Elizabeths Hospital site in Southeast Washington, DC. My research has been funded by the Kauffman Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, National Association of Counties, and the United States Economic Development Administration. In 2014, I published a book manuscript, Dealing with Deindustrialization: Adaptive Resilience in Eight Midwestern Regions (Routledge).
In scholarship and in practice, my primary goal is to shed light on the unique relationship between governance, economic development interventions, and regional resilience. My research approach includes quantitative analysis of medium size datasets and qualitative case study research at the community, city, and regional scales. Much of my early case study work was done independently, but more recent efforts have led to collaborations with other scholars and practitioners, which has in turn increased my exposure to other pertinent case study areas and to other methods of inquiry. As these collaborative efforts have increased in number, so too have invitations to participate and speak at national and international events in Davos, Dublin, London, Manchester, and Paris, all of which have helped me to expand the recognition and impact of my scholarly contributions. My current focus is on the resilience of regions and regional economies, especially during periods of transition. Within this framework, my scholarly endeavors generally fall within the two main areas of economic development and regional resilience.
2009 Instructor, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
2006 Adjunct Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, SUNY at Buffalo
2004-2006 Assistant Regional Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Buffalo, New York
RALPH HALL – Undergraduate Programs Director, Associate Professor
RALPH HALL
Undergraduate Programs Director, Associate Professor
rphall@vt.edu
My research and teaching interests lie in several domains that are connected by the underlying goal of making progress towards more sustainable forms of development. My first research area focuses on the provision of sustainable water supply services in developing countries. Since arriving at Virginia Tech, I have co-led two major research projects that studied the emerging concept of multiple-use water services (MUS) in Colombia, Senegal, and Kenya for the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), and evaluated a rural water program in Nampula, Mozambique for the US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). This research has been published in various journals, including Water Alternatives, Sustainability, the Journal of Development Studies, the Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, and Science and Engineering Ethics.
– Personal Website
– ResearchGate
o Associate Professor, Virginia Tech, 2016-present
o Affiliated Scholar of the Global Forum on Urban and Regional Resilience (GFURR), 2014-present
o Affiliate Member of the Myers-Lawson School of Construction, 2013-present
o Coordinator of the VT Graduate Certificate in Global Planning and International Development Studies, 2012-present
o Faculty Fellow, Metropolitan Institute, 2011- present
o Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, 2009-2016
o Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University, 2006-2008
o Graduate Research Assistant, MIT, 2000-2006
o Curriculum Development Advisor, Judge Institute of Business, Cambridge University, Summer of 2002
o Technical Advisory Team Member, Transform International, 2016-present
o Committee Member, Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Transportation and Sustainability, ADD40, 2012-present
o Research Chair for the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Transportation and Sustainability, ADD40, 2012-2016
o Committee Research Coordinator, TRB, ADD40, 2012-2016
o Policy Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, U.S. DOT, Summers of 2001 and 2003
o Civil Engineer, Halcrow Group, Swindon, UK 1999-2000
Ph.D., Technology, Management & Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006.
MEng., Civil Engineering, University of Southampton 1999
M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002
M.S., Technology & Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002
STEVE HANKEY – Assistant Professor
STEVE HANKEY
hankey@vt.edu
Hankey’s academic and professional interests lie in merging the fields of urban planning, engineering, and policy. This goal is evidenced by his background including: academic degrees (chemical and civil engineering; urban planning), professional experience (launching new markets for a car-sharing company [Zipcar]), and current appointment (assistant professor in Public and International Affairs). He sees this merger as a necessity to move our society forward in a thoughtful and productive way. A major societal and research question is how best to build healthy, clean cities. Sustainable transportation systems will likely play a crucial role in acheiving that goal. Hankey’s scholarly contributions towards this goal fall into three main research agendas: (1) measurement and modeling of urban air quality, (2) integrating bicycle and pedestrian traffic counts and models in the planning process, and (3) assessing cyclists’ and pedestrians’ exposure to hazards in urban environments.
Aug 2014 – present:
Assistant Professor, Urban affairs and Planning, School of Public and International Affairs, VT
June 2016 – present:
Affiliate Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering, VT
Operations Manager, Zipcar Inc.
2006 to 2008, Responsible for the launch of two Zipcar markets (Toronto, ON and Vancouver, BC) and managing ~5 employees per market.
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2014
MURP, Urban and Regional Planning (minor: Public Health), University of Minnesota, 2012
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2012
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 2005
THEODORE LIM – Assistant Professor
THEODORE LIM
tclim@vt.edu
Theodore Lim is an assistant professor in the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning. He has over ten years of experience in environmental planning-related fields, including academic and industry positions in environmental data science and planning in agricultural technology, civil engineering design and sustainable masterplanning, and urban public health. Dr. Lim’s research on urban hydrology, distributed stormwater management practices, and green infrastructure program implementation in cities has been published in top-ranked, peer-reviewed journals. His research interests also include green infrastructure planning at the regional scale in agricultural and rural settings, land development impacts on the hydrological cycle, and applications of data science in urban and environmental planning. Underlying his research and processional activities is the belief in the interconnectedness of natural, engineered, and social systems. Therefore, while his research has been highly quantitative, involving both data science and numerical simulation tools, the systems perspective motivates his continued engagement with stakeholders for the incorporation and co-production of local knowledge for the successful implementation of more sustainable systems.
Jan 2019 – present: Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, School of Public and International Affairs, VT
Jun 2017 – Dec 2018: Environmental Data Scientist, Bayer Crop Science (St Louis, MO)
Sep 2009 – May 2013: Civil Design Engineer, Sherwood Design Engineers (San Francisco, CA)
M.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2011
B.A., Swarthmore College, 2007
T.C. Lim and C. Welty. “Assessing variability and uncertainty in green infrastructure planning using a high-resolution surface-subsurface hydrological model and site-monitored flow data” Frontiers of the Built Environment (2018)
T.C. Lim. “Revitalizing Urban Neighborhoods by Adopting Green Infrastructure: The Case of Washington DC” Urban Planning International (2018)
T.C. Lim. “An empirical study of spatial-temporal growth patterns of a voluntary residential green infrastructure program”. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (2017)
T.C. Lim and C. Welty “Effects of spatial configuration of imperviousness and green infrastructure networks on hydrologic response in a residential sewershed” Water Resources Research (2017)
T.C. Lim. “Predictors of urban variable source area: a cross‐sectional analysis of urbanized catchments in the United States” Hydrological Processes (2016)
SHELLEY MASTRAN – Professor of Practice
SHELLEY MASTRAN
smastran@vt.edu
o Environmental Conservation
o Environmental History
o Natural Resources Planning
o Watershed Planning
o Low Impact Development
o Land Use Planning
Ph.D., University of Maryland (1988)
M.A., George Washington University (1974)
B.A., Vassar College (1965)
SHALINI MISRA – Associate Professor
SHALINI MISRA
shalini@vt.edu
Google Scholar Page
Shalini Misra is an Associate Professor in Urban Affairs and Planning. She joined Virginia Tech in Fall 2012. Her research interests include:
(1) Social, psychological, and health implications of the Internet and digital communication technologies;
(2) Environment and behavior studies, specially focusing on the psychological and health impacts of environmental stressors such as information overload and multitasking; and
(3) “Science of team science” or the study of the processes and outcomes of large scale transdisciplinary collaborative scientific, training, and action research initiatives.
June 2019 – present
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech
August 2012 – June 2019
Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Metropolitian Institute Fellow, Virginia Tech
July 2010 – June 2012
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine
Research and Teaching Assistant, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine
Ph.D., Environment and Behavior Studies, University of California, Irvine, 2010
M.S., Sustainable Resource Management, Technical University of Munich, Germany, 2004
B.E., Civil Engineering, Gujarat University, India, 2001
ELIZABETH MORTON – Associate Professor of Practice
ELIZABETH MORTON
Associate Professor of Practice
morton05@vt.edu
Dr. Elizabeth Morton is an Associate Professor of Practice in Urban Design. She has worked in a variety of capacities for UAP since 2005, including as Director of the Planning Academy, which offered professional development programming, and as Coordinator of the MURP program on the NCR campus.
Dr. Morton is actively involved in urban planning and revitalization issues in her community. She is an appointed member of the Arlington Planning Commission. She has also served on the Arlington County Public Art Committee and the Arlington County Cultural Facilities Task Force. From 2010-2016 she was an appointed member of the Fairfax County Revitalization Advisory Group, a member of the McLean Pedestrian Task Force, and a board member of the McLean Revitalization Corporation, serving as President from 2012-2015.
Dr. Morton is on the leadership team of the American Planning Association’s Urban Design and Preservation Division. She is also currently serving as a panelist for the Transportation Research Board’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
Dr. Morton has worked for a wide variety of arts and preservation organizations, and as a consultant in planning and design has conducted studies for institutions such as the National Capital Planning Commission, the National Park Service, the World Bank, UNESCO, the Metropolitan Institute, the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Urban Arts, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
She was a review panelist for the US EPA National Award for Smart Growth Excellence and has previously been appointed to the Oakland (CA) Strategic Plan Task Force, the California Governor’s Preservation Task Force Incentives Committee, the Oakland Percent for Art Advisory Committee, and the Somerville (MA) Arts Council.
STUDIO PROJECTS
Dr. Morton teaches graduate seminars in topics related to urban design, historic preservation, commemoration, and Washington, DC, along with client-based studios. Some of her most recent studio projects include:
Arlington’s Legacy Businesses: Documentation, Interpretation and Placemaking Strategies
Parks and Play: Innovative Design in DC
Echoes of Little Saigon: Preserving Vietnamese Cultural Heritage in Arlington’s Clarendon Neighborhood
The 11th Street Bridge Park: Stitching Together Communities
Tinner Hill African American Heritage Walking Tour (winner of the Student Planning Award from the Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association)
Exploring Evaluation for Public Art: Arlington County as Laboratory
Ph.D., Urban Studies and Planning (City Design and Development), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
M.U.R.P, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A., Williams College
JOHN PROVO – Adjunct Professor
JOHN PROVO
jprovo@vt.edu
Provo provides leadership for the university in the implementation of its economic development mission. A “pracademic” with more than 14 years of economic development experience in higher education and government he builds partnerships that link university, community, and industry resources to address the economic development needs of the Commonwealth. In this role Provo secures funding as a major point of contact between academic departments within the university, federal, state, and local governments, as well as other public and private sector leaders. Active in professional and scholarly associations he is experienced at the analysis and dissemination of best practices in economic development for diverse audiences. He also teaches a studio course in economic development planning that puts Virginia Tech graduate students to work solving real problems for real clients.
Ph.D., Urban Studies, Portland State University, 2005
MURP, Urban and Regional Planning, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1999
B.A., Government, College of William and Mary, 1989
JOHN RANDOLPH – Professor Emeritus
JOHN RANDOLPH
energy@vt.edu
A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1979, Randolph has served the university in numerous leadership positions and simultaneously achieved international recognition for his scholarship and educational leadership in environmental planning, energy, and sustainability. He has written numerous books, articles, chapters, and reports that are used extensively in classrooms and policy making centers across the world.
Randolph was instrumental in the creation of the doctoral degree in planning, governance, and globalization within School of Public and International Affairs. He was the acting head of the Ph.D. program in environmental design and planning in 1991 and 1992.
Randolph is regarded as a highly engaged member the university community, the Town of Blacksburg, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and beyond, He has given considerable service, leadership, and research to finding workable solutions, new insights, creative possibilities and progress in sustainable, equitable, and efficient practices and policies for communities.
Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Environmental), Stanford University, 1976
M.S., Civil Engineering (Environmental), Stanford University, 1972
B.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1969
1985-1992 Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech
1979-1985 Assistant Professor. Urban and Regional Planning. Virginia Tech
1978-1979 Member of the Faculty, The Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA)
1976-1978 Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, University of Puget Sound (Tacoma)
1973-1976 Research Assistant; Stanford University
1973 Teaching Fellow; Stanford University
2008-2009 Chair, Urban Affairs and Planning program, SPIA, Virginia Tech
2003-2008 Director, School of Public & International Affairs, Virginia Tech
1995-2003 Head, Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech
1988-1995 Director, Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, Virginia Tech
1991-1992 Acting Chair, Ph.D. Program in Environmental Design and Planning, Virginia Tech
1986-1987 Assistant Director, Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, Virginia Tech
1969-1971 Planning Development Engineer, Quality Control Engineer; Bemis Company, Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire
TOM SANCHEZ – Professor, UAP Chair
TOM SANCHEZ
Professor and Chair
tom.sanchez@vt.edu
See other profiles on:
Web: http://tomwsanchez.com/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UGzbgaIAAAAJ&hl
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Sanchez
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Sanchez earned his PhD in City Planning from Georgia Tech in 1996 and conducts research in the areas of transportation, civil rights, environmental justice, and other social aspects of urban planning and policy. His research over the past 20 years has resulted in over 100 articles, reports, and conference presentations on these topics. While a Nonresident Senior Fellow for the Brookings Institution, he authored several publications about how Metropolitan Planning Organizations address environmental justice in their transportation planning practices. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of Housing Policy Debate, a leading journal on the topics of housing and community development policy. In 2012 he co-authored, Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity (Island Press) with Marc Brenman. In 2007 they co-authored The Right to Transportation: Moving to Equity (American Planning Association). Also in 2007, he co-authored The Social Impacts of Urban Containment (Ashgate) with Arthur C. Nelson and Casey J. Dawkins.
2007-2010 Chair and Associate Professor, Department of City & Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah
2006-present Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.
2004-2005 Lecturer, College of Professional Studies, George Washington University
2002-2007 Fellow, Metropolitan Institute, Virginia Tech
2001-2002 Associate Professor, School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University
1997-2001 Assistant Professor and Research Associate, Center for Urban Studies, School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University
1995-1997 Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Regional Plannig, Iowa State University
1991-1995 Instructor and Research Assistant, Graduate City Planning Program, Georgia Institute of Technology
Summer 1993 Project Coordinator, Committee for Olympic Development in Atlanta, Atlanta Georgia
1988-1990 Project Coordinator, R.B. McCormic, Inc., Laguna Niguel, California
1986-1988 Business Consultant, Touche Ross & Co., San Diego, California
1985-1986 Community Development Specialist, People’s Self-Help Housing Corp., San Luis Obispo, California
Ph.D., City Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996
M.C.R.P., City and Regional Planning, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 1986
B.A., Environmental Studies, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1984
TODD SCHENK – Assistant Professor
TODD SCHENK
tschenk@vt.edu
o Collaborative planning and decision-making
o Public sector dispute resolution
o Environmental policy and planning
o Serious games for action research
Todd Schenk is interested in how decision-makers and other stakeholders can more effectively solve shared problems to advance public policy, planning, and good governance. He is particularly focused on how multi-stakeholder groups can tackle ‘wicked’ problems with high degrees of uncertainty, complexity, and institutional ambiguity, like adapting to climate change. To this end, his co-edited volume on Joint Fact-Finding for Urban Planning and Environmental Disputes advances a model of collaborative governance that treats scientific and technical information as a shared resource rather than a weapon. His forthcoming book on Adapting Infrastructure to Climate Change examines various approaches infrastructure managers and other stakeholders can adopt as they seek to account for climate risks while grappling with limited resources, uncertainty, and other limiting factors.
o Assistant Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia); affiliated with the Global Change Center, the Center for Communicating Science, and the Global Forum on Urban and Regional Resilience, 2015-present
o Graduate Research Fellow, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, 2014-2015
o Invited guest lectures: Boston University; University of Massachusetts-Lowell; University of Ostrava (Czech Republic); and the University of Tokyo (Japan)
o Assistant Director, MIT Science Impact Collaborative, 2013-2014
o Senior Consultant, The Consensus Building Institute, 2007-2013
o Project Manager, The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary), 2002-2007
Ph.D., Public Policy and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015
M.C.P. (focus on Environmental Policy and Planning), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
B.A. (Hons.), Geography (International Development Minor), University of Guelph, 2002
THOMAS SKUZINSKI – Assistant Professor
THOMAS SKUZINSKI
skuzinsk@vt.edu
Primary Research/teaching Interests:
o Land Use Law
o Legal Foundations of Planning
o Urban and Regional Theory
Thomas Skuzinski is an Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at the School of Public and International Affairs. His background spans both planning and law, and includes work in land use, housing, and tax policy. Broadly, he studies policy implementation and governance, focusing especially on explaining variation in the effectiveness and equity of land use and housing policies at the local, interlocal, and regional levels in the United States. Currently, Thomas is researching how deeply held values about solidarity and equality help explain the preferences of local elected officials toward interlocal cooperation in land use and economic development, a process he terms the cultural cognition of governance.
Ph.D., Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan, 2015
Master of Urban Planning, University of Michigan, 2008
Juris Doctor, Michigan State University College of Law, 2006
B.S., Economics, Grand Valley State University, 2003
MAX STEPHENSON – IPG Director, Professor
MAX STEPHENSON
IPG Director, Professor
mstephen@vt.edu
Research/Teaching Interests:
o Nonprofit/Nongovernmental Organizations, Governance, Leadership, Management and Civil Society
o Higher Education: Policy and Practice
o Humanitarian and Refugee Relief and Disaster Risk Mitigation
o Public Policy and Policy Theory
o Peacebuilding, International Development and Democratization
o Environmental Politics, Policy and Planning
2008-present	Coordinator (MURP Program), Master’s International Program, United States Peace Corps
2007-present	Faculty, Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical and Cultural Thought (ASPECT) Doctoral Program
2006-present	Director, Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance
2006-2007	Program Chair, Center for Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Tech
2005-present	Coordinator, Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit and Nongovernmental Organization Management
2003-2005	Program Chair, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech
2003-2006	Co-Director Institute for Governance and Accountabilities, Virginia Tech
2002-2003	Co-Director, Institute for Innovative Governance, Virginia Tech
1997-2002	Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech
1997-2002	Director, Doctoral Program in Environmental Design and Planning, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech
March/April 1995	Visiting Professor, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, (Under the auspices of the United States Baltic Foundation)
Ph.D., Government, University of Virginia, 1985
M.A.P.A., University of Virginia, 1979
B.A., Political Science and Economics with High Distinction, University of Virginia, 1977
KRIS WERNSTEDT – Professor
KRIS WERNSTEDT
krisw@vt.edu
www.risk-kris.org
Kris Wernstedt is a Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech’s National Capital Region campus in Arlington. Prior to coming to Virginia Tech in August 2006, he spent 15 years as a Fellow at Resources for the Future, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC that conducts research and policy analysis on environmental quality and natural resources.
Wernstedt works on a variety of issues in both the US and developing countries, with topical emphases on natural hazards, solid waste, water and sanitation, resilience, contaminated properties, and climate change and variability. His broad substantive interests include regulatory innovation, decision making under uncertainty, behavioral economics, and institutional responses to risk. Research sponsors have included a range of foundations and federal agencies.
Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, 1991
M.R.P., City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, 1989
M.S., Water Resources Management, University of Wisconsin, 1983
B.S., Geography, Western Michigan University, 1980
2018-present Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, Arlington, VA
2016-2018 Fullbright Scholar & Visiting Professor, Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2006-2018 Associate Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, Alexandria, VA
1990-2016 Fellow, Resoureces for the Future, Washington, DC
Kaseva, Mengiseny, Kris Wernstedt, and Jacob Kihila. Forthcoming. “Measurement and Quantification of Residential Solid Waste in a Metropolitan City of a Developing Country: Case Study in Four Selected Informal Settlements in Dar Es Salaam City, Tanzania.” Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management (February 2020).
Wernstedt, Kris, Patrick S. Roberts, Joseph Arvai, et al. 2019. “How Emergency Managers (Mis?)Interpret Forecasts.” Disasters 43(1), 88-109. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12293.
Roberts, Patrick and Kris Wernstedt. 2019. “Decision Biases and Heuristics Among Emergency Managers: Just Like the Public They Manage For?” The American Review of Public Administration 49(3), 292–308. https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074018799490.
Roberts, Patrick S., and Kris Wernstedt. 2018. “Herbert Simon’s Forgotten Legacy for Improving Decision Processes.” International Public Management Journal:1-26.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2018.1502223.
Kontou, Eleftheria, Pamela Murray-Tuite, and Kris Wernstedt. 2017: “Duration of Commute Travel Changes in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy using Accelerated Failure Time Modeling.” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 100:170-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.04.015.
Lyon, Thomas P., Haitao Yin, Allen Blackman, and Kris Wernstedt. 2017: “Voluntary Cleanup Programs for Brownfield Sites: A Theoretical Analysis.” Environmental and Resource Economics. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-017-0121-z.
Kontou, Eleftheria, Pamela Murray-Tuite, and Kris Wernstedt. 2016: “Commuter Adaptation in Response to Hurricane Sandy’s Damage.” Natural Hazards Review, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000231.
Roberts, Patrick and Kris Wernstedt. 2016: “Using Climate Forecasts Across a State’s Emergency Management Network.” Natural Hazards Review, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000222.
Wernstedt, Kris and Pamela Murray-Tuite. 2015: “The Dynamic Nature of Risk Perceptions after a Fatal Transit Accident.” Risk Analysis, 35(3), 536-552. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12284.
Wernstedt, Kris and Fanny Carlet. 2014: “Climate Change, Urban Development, and Stormwater: Perspectives from the Field.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 140(4), 543-552. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000308.
Murray-Tuite, Pamela, Kris Wernstedt, and Weihao Yin. 2014: “Behavioral Shifts after a Fatal Rapid Transit Accident: A Multinomial Logit Model.” Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 24(0), 218-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2014.04.014.
DIANE ZAHM – Associate Professor
DIANE ZAHM
dzahm@vt.edu
Diane teaches studio courses at Virginia Tech that address “real problems in real places with real people.” Diane and her students take on tasks that otherwise might not be possible by contributing both expertise and manpower to small towns and rural counties with few or no staff. Several of these studios have been recognized at the state and national levels, including the Virginia Chapter APA 2013 Outstanding Student Project Award for What Would Floyd Be Like . . .? and the APA Small Town and Rural Division 2009 Jim Segedy Outstanding Student Project Award for Implementing the Village Plans: Best Practices and Recommendations for Zoning.
Diane’s work in land use planning started with her undergraduate thesis. Her academic advisor sent her to the county planning department where she was assigned a redevelopment plan for an industrial area nearby. When she asked people there what they wanted, they said, “Anything, as long as it doesn’t stink.” “Used to be a pickle and sauerkraut factory. Hated the smell.” And that’s why Diane lovingly refers to her senior thesis as the “not-stinky” plan. Diane completed a master’s degree in planning at the University of Virginia. In her first-ever job out of the master’s program, Charlottesville’s Director of Planning asked, “Diane, what makes you happy?” Diane said it was “working hard, and doing a good job,” which is, of course, what a newly minted professional planner thinks she is expected to say. Today, Diane’s answer is, “What makes me happy is knowing I have made a difference, no matter how small, for one person or for an entire community.” In the years since the not-stinky plan, Diane has been given the opportunity to make a difference in places around the world, from the New River Valley in southwest Virginia to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirites. She has held positions as varied as Statistical Analysis Center Administrator; Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Research and Training Specialist; Grants Analyst and CDBG Coordinator; Watershed Planner; and member of the Safe Schools Assessment Team and the Governor’s Task Force on Domestic Violence.
Diane holds a bachelor of science degree in environmental resource management from Allegheny College, a master of planning from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in land use planning from the State University of New York, Syracuse.
1995-2001 Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech
1995 Associate in Research, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
1992-1994 Adjunct Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
1986-1994 Instructor, National Crime Prevention Institute, University of Louisville, Kentucky
1986-1988 Asst. Professor, School of Urban Policy, College of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Louisville
1989-1995 Director, Florida Statistical Analysis Center, Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute, Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement
1988-1989 Research and Training Specialist, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Program, Bureau of Crime Prevention and Training, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida
1987-1988 Associate Program Director/Associate Faculty, Housing and Economic Development Program, Urban Studies Center, Unviersity of Louisville
1985-1986 Project Director, Robert D. Hennigan, P.E., Engineering Consultant, Syracuse, New York
1985 Planner, Central New York Regional Planning & Devlopment Board, Syracuse, New York
1981-1984 Grants Analyst, Dept. of Community Development, City of Charlottesville, Virginia
WENWEN ZHANG – Assistant Professor
WENWEN ZHANG
wenwenz3@vt.edu
– Innovative Transportation and Land Use Interaction;
– Sustainable Transportation;
– Energy Consumption;
– Big & Open Data;
– Applied Machine Learning in Urban Studies
Wenwen Zhang received her Ph.D. from Georgia Tech’s School of City and Regional Planning in 2017. She also earned a Masters in City Planning, Civil Engineering, and Computational Science & Engineering from Georgia Tech. Previously; she was a research assistant at Center of GIS for six years. Her research focuses on leveraging open, big data, data science techniques and data visualization tools to address critical planning issues. Her dissertation explores the interactions between land use and transportation in the era of shared autonomous vehicles using an agent-based discrete event simulation. She has worked extensively in interdisciplinary environments to deliver techniques that can address real-world sustainability problems. Her research received the best student paper runner-up award in 2016 Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD) conference.
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY:
Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning, 2017 (Expected)
Master in City & Regional Planning May 2013
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering May 2013
M.S. in Computational Science & Engineering May 2017
ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY:
B.E. in City & Regional Planning July 2011
YANG ZHANG – Assoc. Director SPIA, Assoc. Professor and Assoc. Chair UAP
YANG ZHANG
Assoc. Director SPIA, Assoc. Professor and Assoc. Chair UAP
yz@vt.edu
My research looks at environmental planning, climate change adaptation and sustainable development, especially in the area of disasters / hazards mitigation and recovery. I aspire to enhance the livability of urban environment by improving our understanding of the human-environment interaction, and by infusing this understanding to environmental and land use policy debate. In this regard, my research has both theoretical and practical merits. My projects have both domestic and international (China) focuses. The fundings come from the US National Science Foundation, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and the SEA Grant. I am committed to seeking innovative ideas that transcend political and cultural differences. My research is primarily quantitative. My method expertise includes Geographic Information System (GIS), and econometrics. I am currently a research fellow of the Next Generation of Hazards and Disasters Researchers Program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). I am also a research fellow of the Peking University (China) – Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (U.S.) Center for Land Use Policy and Urban Development and of the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center.
Ph.D., Urban and Regional Science, Environmental Hazards Management Certificate, Texas A&M University, 2006
M.S., Geography, Beijing University, 2000
B.S., Geography, Beijing University, 1997
SPIA Contacts
Ralph Hall, Undergraduate Program Director
201 Architecture Annex
540-231-7332 | rphall@vt.edu
Chris LaPlante, Undergraduate Advisor
(540) 231-3831 | chrisl@vt.edu
Myriam Lechuga, Graduate Student Coordinator
(703) 706-8111 | mlechuga@vt.edu
SPIA Locations
1021 Prince Street | Alexandria, VA 22314
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UAP Contacts
Leigh Bower
Graduate Student Coordinator
leighb14@vt.edu
Chris LaPlante
Student Coordinator
chrisl@vt.edu
Tom Sanchez (UAP Chair)
Yang Zhang (MURP Coordinator)
Ralph Hall (PUA/EPP Coordinator)
UAP Locations
104 Draper Rd
Mail Code: 0520
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