Richard K. Norton
Chair and Associate Professor
Urban & Regional Planning Program

 

 


College of Architecture and Urban Planning
University of Michigan

rknorton@umich.edu

Curriculum Vita

Last updated: July 2012

 

 


Teaching &
Research Interests

Environmental Planning
Sustainable Development
Land Use & Planning Law
Coastal Area Resource Management
Planning Theory
Research Methods




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Web Links:

Sustainable Development

Putting things in perspective: http://www.thesustainablevillage.com/miniature_earth/
Sustainable Communities Network: http://www.sustainable.org/
Sustainable Measures: http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives: http://www.iclei.org/iclei.htm
United Nations Environment Program: http://www.na.unep.net/
Redefining Progress: http://www.rprogress.org/
Pollution Probe (Canada): http://www.pollutionprobe.org/index.html
Ecological Footprint Quiz: http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp
My Footprint Calculator: http://www.myfootprint.org/
Airhead (Air Emissions Calculator): http://www.airhead.org
US EPA Enviro Mapper: http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/em/index.html

Environmental News Service: http://ens-news.com/
Eco-Portal / Environmental Sustainability: http://www.environmentalsustainability.info/

Low Impact Development / Urban Design Tools: http://www.lid-stormwater.net/
Study Abroad Programs for a Sustainable Future: http://www.livingroutes.org/
SD and University Campuses: http://www.ulsf.org/publications.html
Environmental Sustainability Index: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/esi/

Alternative/Electric Transportation
GIZMO (Manufacturer): http://www.nevco-ev.com/index2.html
GEMCAR Electric Vehicle: http://www.gemcar.com/

Global Climate Change Debate

Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth: http://www.climatecrisis.net/
Center for Competitive Enterprise's Response: http://www.cei.org/pages/ait_response.cfm


Growth Management / Land Use

Solimar Institute: http://www.solimar.org/
People and Land: http://www.peopleandland.org/

American Planning Association Smart Growth Reader: http://www.planning.org/sgreader/index.htm

"Smart Growth" on the Radio (GLRC March 2003): http://glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=1841

Mandelker's Land Use Law: http://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw/


Great Lakes Basin

Great Lakes Town Hall: http://www.greatlakestownhall.org/index.php
Great Lakes Environmental Atlas & Resource Book: http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/great-lakes-atlas/intro.html
Great Lakes Commission: http://www.glc.org/
Great Lakes Information Network -- Michigan: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/enviro-mich/
Great Lakes Radio Consortium: http://www.glrc.org/
MI Sea Grant Coast Watch: http://www.coastwatch.msu.edu/
International Joint Commission: http://www.ijc.org
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL): http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/
USGS Great Lakes Science Center: http://www.glsc.usgs.gov/
Great Lakes Fishery Commission: http://www.glfc.org/
SOLEC: http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/solec/intro.html
Environment Canada / Our Great Lakes: http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/water/greatlakes/intro-e.html
Lake Michigan Forum: http://www.lkmichiganforum.org/
USGS Water Watch - Real Time Stream Data: http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/
US EPA Great Lakes National Program Office: http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/
US / Canada Binational Projects: http://www.binational.net/english.html
US EPA Midwest Spatial Decision Support System Partnership: http://www.epa.gov/waterspace/

National and State Sea Grant Programs
National Sea Grant Program: http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/
IL-IN Sea Grant: http://www.iisgcp.org/
MI Sea Grant: http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/
MN Sea Grant: http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/
NY Sea Grant: http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/
OH Sea Grant: http://www.sg.ohio-state.edu/osgrant/o-osgrant.html
PA Sea Grant: http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/seagindex.htm
WI Sea Grant: http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/index.asp

 

Other Coastal / Watershed Protection

NEMO: http://nemo.uconn.edu/
Center for Watershed Protection: http://www.cwp.org/
Huron River Watershed Council: http://www.hrwc.org
Saginaw Bay Watershed Protection Initiative: http://www.saginawbaywin.org/
NC Coastal Federation: http://www.nccoast.org

Restore America's Estuaries: http://www.estuaries.org/
Pew Oceans Commission: http://www.pewoceans.org/
Clean Water Network: http://www.cwn.org/
The Coastal Society: http://www.thecoastalsociety.org/
LakeNet (Lakes Worldwide): http://www.worldlakes.org/
NOAA Living on the Coast (Smart Growth): http://www.csc.noaa.gov/smartgrowth/text/guidelines.html
NOAA National Center for Coastal Ocean Science: http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/
JAWRA Topical Keyword List: http://www.awra.org/jawra/keywords/keywords.html

 

Open Space Protection / Land Trusts

Washtenaw Land Trust: http://www.washtenawlandtrust.org
Trust for Public Land: http://www.tpl.org
American Farmland Trust: http://www.farmland.org

Great Swamp Watershed Association - Benefits of Open Space: http://www.greatswamp.org/publications/benefits.htm

 

Michigan Related Links

Michigan Land Use Leadership Council: http://www.michiganlanduse.org/

Michigan Natural Features Inventory - Wetlands: http://web4.msue.msu.edu/mnfi/data/wetchng.cfm

Michigan Legislature (MI Compiled Laws): http://198.109.173.11/
Michigan Judicial Institute: http://www.courts.michigan.gov/mji/
Michigan Supreme Court: http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/
Michigan Court of Appeals: http://courtofappeals.mijud.net/
Michigan Administrative Code: http://www.state.mi.us/orr/admincode.htm
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality: http://www.michigan.gov/deq
Michigan DEQ/Land Management: http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3311---,00.html
Mighigan DEQ/Water Management: http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313---,00.html
Michigan DEQ/Greate Lakes: http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3677---,00.html
Michigan Electronic Library: http://mel.lib.mi.us
Michigan Association of Regions: http://www.miregions.org/index.htm
Northeast Michigan Council of Governments: http://www.nemcog.org
Northwest Michigan Council of Governments: http://www.nwm.org
Michigan Planning & Zoning Center: http://www.pzcenter.com

Michigan Land Use Institute: http://www.mlui.org/index.asp

West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission: http://www.wmsrdc.org/


Planning Related Links

American Planning Association: http://www.planning.org
Michigan Society of Planning:
http://planningmi.org
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning: http://www.acsp.org
PLANetizen:
http://www.planetizen.com/

 

US Census / Data Collection Links

US Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/
US Census Fact Finder: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
Fed Stats: http://www.fedstats.gov/
USGS EarthExplorer:
http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/

 

Think Tanks

Brookings Institution: http://www.brook.edu/
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: http://www.cbpp.org/
Economic Policy Institute: http://www.epinet.org/
Urban Land Institute: http://www.uli.org/

 

Other State Links Links

Wisconsin DNR Community Planning & Land Use Management: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/science/landuse/

 

 

 

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