The Built Environment and Infrastructure Systems
The suburbs are human artifacts and thus should be planned to meet all human needs. Research in this area involves questions of real estate development, planning, design, architecture, neighborhoods and land use.
It involves such basic infrastructure concerns as transportation, water, sewers, public health and safety, utilities and parks, and covers their design, their financing and the political approval process.
The research examines the financing of such projects, both in a fiscal sense and as a way of changing behavior.
Research in this area also will examine the social and cultural systems of the suburbs, including the effects of immigration, education, and enculturation and how these processes and systems interact with and impact the existing infrastructure.
Central Projects:
“Traffic Safety in an International Context,” Principal Investigators: Juliann Emmons Allison, Richard Arnott.
“Culture and Supervision,” NIH, Principal Investigator: Juliet McMullin.
“Schools by Design,” CalTrans, Principal Investigator: Juliann Emmons Allison.
