Reid Ewing (planner)

Reid H. Ewing (born June 10, 1947) is an American urban planner and distinguished professor of city and metropolitan planning and a distinguished research chair for resilient places at the University of Utah.[2] Ewing is the director of the Metropolitan Research Center and he a long-time columnist for the planning magazine, Planning Research You Can Use.[3][4]

Reid Ewing
Born(1947-06-10)June 10, 1947
Alma mater
Awards
  • Received Best Article Award by American Planning Association[1]
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Utah
Website

Education

Ewing received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, followed by his Master of Science in Engineering and Applied Physics and Master of City Planning from Harvard University. Later on, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning and Transportation Systems from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[5]

Research and career

Before entering academia, Ewing served two terms in the Arizona House of Representatives and served as a research associate with the Congressional Budget Office.[6]

Ewing's research is mainly focused on city and transportation planning. His research articles include relationship between urban sprawl and physical activity, obesity and morbidity,[7] travel and the built environment: a synthesis[8] and characteristics, causes and effects of a sprawl: a literature review.[9]

During his tenure at the University of Utah, he has served in different positions including Chair of the Department of City and Metropolitan Planning and Director of the Metropolitan Research Center.[10][11]

Awards and honors

In 2010, he received the Award for Best Article by the American Planning Association.[12] Ewing received the Award for best papers of the year in 2005 by Institute of Transportation Engineers, District 6. Also, in 1997, he was given the Award for Best Feature by the American Planning Association and in 1993, the Institute of Transportation Engineers awarded him for Best Technical Paper.[13]

Ewing is serving as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association and of Cities.[14] He is also editorial board member for several journals including the Journal of Planning Education and Research and Landscape and Urban Planning.

He is the sixth most highly cited out of 1,100 academic planners in North America.[15]

Bibliography

Ewing has wrote several books, some of his notable books include :

  • Advanced Quantitative Research Methods for Urban Planners. 2020.[16]
  • Best Development Practices: Doing the Right Thing and Making Money at the Same Time. 1996, listed by the American Planning Association as one of the 100 “essential” books in planning over the past 100 years[17]
  • Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change. 2008.[18]

Publications
  • Ewing has published more than 100 peer reviewed articles. Reid Ewing and Robert Cervero. "Travel and the Built Environment: A Meta-Analysis". Journal of the American Planning Association.[19]
  • Reid Ewing, Gail Meakins, Shima Hamidi, and Arthur C.Nelson. "Relationship between urban sprawl and physical activity, obesity, and morbidity – Update and refinement". Journal of Health & Place.[20]
  • Reid Ewing. "Characteristics, Causes, and Effects of Sprawl: A Literature Review". Journal of Urban Ecology.[21]
  • Reid Ewing, and Susan Handy. "Measuring the Unmeasurable: Urban Design Qualities Related to Walkability". Journal of Urban Design.[22]
  • Reid Ewing & Fang Rong. "The impact of urban form on U.S. residential energy use". Journal of Housing Policy Debate.[23]

References
  1. "Reid Ewing". utah.edu.
  2. "REID EWING - Home - Faculty Profile - The University of Utah". faculty.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  3. "Team | Metropolitan Research Center". mrc.cap.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  4. "Research You Can Use – Reid Ewing | Metropolitan Research Center". mrc.cap.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  5. "Reid Ewing". Planetizen - Urban Planning News, Jobs, and Education. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  6. "Reid Ewing (Arizona House of Representatives)". azmemory.azlibrary.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  7. Ewing, Reid; Meakins, Gail; Hamidi, Shima; Nelson, Arthur C. (2014-03-01). "Relationship between urban sprawl and physical activity, obesity, and morbidity – Update and refinement". Health & Place. 26: 118–126. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.12.008. ISSN 1353-8292. PMID 24434082.
  8. Ewing, Reid; Cervero, Robert (2001-01-01). "Travel and the Built Environment: A Synthesis". Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 1780 (1): 87–114. doi:10.3141/1780-10. ISSN 0361-1981.
  9. Ewing, Reid H. (2008). "Characteristics, Causes, and Effects of Sprawl: A Literature Review". In Marzluff, John M.; Shulenberger, Eric; Endlicher, Wilfried; Alberti, Marina (eds.). Urban Ecology. Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature. Springer US. pp. 519–535. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-73412-5_34. ISBN 978-0-387-73412-5.
  10. "REID EWING - Home - Faculty Profile - The University of Utah". faculty.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  11. "Reid Ewing | Metropolitan Research Center". mrc.cap.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  12. "Reid Ewing receives Best Article of 2010 Award from the American Planning Association | College of Architecture + Planning". www.cap.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  13. "Reid Ewing | City & Metropolitan Planning". plan.cap.utah.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  14. Cities Editorial Board.
  15. Sanchez, Tom (2019-07-28). "North American Urban Planning Scholars Using Google Scholar Citation Profiles: An Update". Tom Sanchez. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  16. Ewing, Reid H. (2020). Advanced quantitative research methods for urban planners. Park, Keunhyun. New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-367-34327-9. OCLC 1122921573.
  17. Ewing, Reid H. (1996). Best development practices : doing the right thing and making money at the same time. DeAnna, MaryBeth., Florida. Department of Community Affairs., Urban Land Institute. Chicago: American Planning Association. ISBN 1-884829-10-4. OCLC 36296492.
  18. Growing cooler : evidence on urban development and climate change. Ewing, Reid H. Washington, D.C.: ULI. 2008. ISBN 978-0-87420-178-9. OCLC 654124370.CS1 maint: others (link)
  19. Ewing, Reid; Cervero, Robert (2010-06-21). "Travel and the Built Environment". Journal of the American Planning Association. 76 (3): 265–294. doi:10.1080/01944361003766766. ISSN 0194-4363.
  20. Ewing, Reid; Meakins, Gail; Hamidi, Shima; Nelson, Arthur C. (2014-03-01). "Relationship between urban sprawl and physical activity, obesity, and morbidity – Update and refinement". Health & Place. 26: 118–126. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.12.008. ISSN 1353-8292. PMID 24434082.
  21. Ewing, Reid H. (2008). "Characteristics, Causes, and Effects of Sprawl: A Literature Review". In Marzluff, John M.; Shulenberger, Eric; Endlicher, Wilfried; Alberti, Marina (eds.). Urban Ecology. Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature. Springer US. pp. 519–535. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-73412-5_34. ISBN 978-0-387-73412-5.
  22. Ewing, Reid; Handy, Susan (2009-02-01). "Measuring the Unmeasurable: Urban Design Qualities Related to Walkability". Journal of Urban Design. 14 (1): 65–84. doi:10.1080/13574800802451155. ISSN 1357-4809.
  23. Ewing, Reid; Rong, Fang (2008-01-01). "The impact of urban form on U.S. residential energy use". Housing Policy Debate. 19 (1): 1–30. doi:10.1080/10511482.2008.9521624. ISSN 1051-1482.
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