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Research Interests & Work in Progress

• Toronto as a World City Region
• Place and Sense of Place
• The intersection of urban, social and environmental problems

Teaching Interests & Responsibilities

• Cities and Environments
• The Toronto Region

Awards & Grants

• Honorary Member of Ontario Association of Landscapes
• Distinguished Scholar Award, Canadian Association of Geographers, June 2004

Publications

• Place and Placelessness, Pion, London, 1976 (Japanese translation 1991, Korean translation 2001).
• Rational Landscapes, Barnes and Noble, New York, 1981.
• Modern Urban Landscapes The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1987 (Portuguese translation 1990, Chinese translation 1998, Japanese translation 1999).
• The Toronto Guide: The City, Metro, The Region, (a widely distributed but not formally published report, reprinted in various revised versions up to 2004).
• "What sort of urban design for what sorts of urban places" Journal of Architecture of Infrastructure and Environment, Japanese Society of Civil Engineers, December 2007.
• "A Pragmatic Sense of Place" in Frank Vanclay et al Making Sense of Place, Australian National Museum, Canberra, April 2008.
• "Coping with Social and Environmental Challenges through a Pragmatic Approach to Place" in Sense of Place, Health, and Quality of Life, edited by John Eyles and Allison Williams, Ashgate, 2008.