University of Southern California

Tridib Banerjee

Professor
James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning
Director, Graduate Programs in Urban Planning

Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 301C
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
Email: tbanerje@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-4724
Fax: (213) 740-5379
Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Expertise
Urban design, comparative urbanism, urban sprawl, third world urbanization, planning theory

Biographical Sketch
Tridib Banerjee, Ph.D., has focused his research, teaching, and writing on the design and planning of the built environment and the related human and social consequences. In particular, he is interested in the political economy of urban development, and the effects of globalization in the transformation of urban form and urbanism from a comparative international perspective. His current research includes implementation of smart growth policies, converting brown fields to affordable housing, designing for residential density and walkable communities, and transit oriented development. Professor Banerjee's previous areas of research and consulting have included comparative urbanism and urbanization, user perceptions of residential environments, spatial environment of adolescence, urban scale vulnerability of seismic damages, privatization of public life and space, transit corridor design and developments, and regional growth visioning processes. He served as associate dean of the former USC School of Urban and Regional Planning from 1982 to 1986, and as vice dean of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development from 1998 to 2001. He is principal investigator of USC's Center for Economic Development and serves as the director of the Community Development and Design Forum. In addition to his work in the United States, his consulting, research, and teaching assignments have taken him to such countries as Bahrain, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Morocco, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates. His publications include Beyond the Neighborhood Unit (with William C. Baer), City Sense and City design: Writings and Projects of Kevin Lynch (co-edited with Michael Southworth), and Urban Design Downtown: Poetics and Politics of Form (with Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris). Professor Banerjee is a fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), a member of the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB), and is actively involved with the Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP).

Publications
Banerjee, T., "Urban Outcomes of Globalization: Theory, Research, and Practice"; Journal of Urban History; Forthcoming

Banerjee, T. and J. Uhm, "Conceptualizing the Child-Friendly Neighborhood: A Question of Form, Family, and Functioning" in G. Moore, D. Lu, and R. Lamb (Eds.); Environment, Behavior, and Society: The First International Symposium, London: Springer; Forthcoming

Banerjee, T., "The Public Inc., and the Conscience of Planning"; In N. Verma (Ed.), Institutions and Planning. New Brunswick, NJ: CUPR Press; Forthcoming

Banerjee, T., "Understanding Planning Cultures: The Kolkata Paradox"; In B. Sanyal (Ed.), Hybrid planning cultures. New York: Routledge; Forthcoming

Uhm, J., and T. Baneerjee, "Conceptualizing the Child-Friendly Neighborhood: A Question of Form, Family, and Functioning" in Gary Moore, Duangfang Lu, and Richard Lamb (Eds.); Environment, Behavior, and Society: The First International Symposium. London: Springer; Forthcoming

Banerjee, T., with I. Hee Choi, D. Alley, J. Pynoos, and P. Liebig, "Creating Elder Friendly Communities: Local Services and Infrastructures Response to the Needs of an Aging Society"; Journal of Gerontological Social Work. Housing Special Issue; Forthcoming

Banerjee, T., with D. Alley, P. Liebig, J. Pynoos and I.H.Choi, "Creating Elder Friendly Communities: Preparations for an Aging Society"; Journal of Gerontological Social Work, Housing Special Issue; 49(1/2): 1-18; 2007

Apostol, I., and T. Banerjee, "A Brave New Case for Public Space"; Book Review of Brave New Neighborhoods: the Privatization of Public Space. by Margaret Kohn; 2006

Banerjee, T., and N. Verma, "Sprawl and Segregation: Another Side of the Los Angeles Debate"; In D. Varady (Ed.), Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality (pp. 200-212). Albany, New York: SUNY Press; 2005

Myers, D. and T. Banerjee, "Greater Heights for Planning: Reconciling Differences between Profession, Practice, and Academic Field"; Journal of the American Planning Association, 71(2): 1-9; 2005

Banerjee, T., with H. Salama, "The Public Medina: Reflections of Authenticity and Change in Cognitive Maps"; Traditional Dwellings and Settlement Review 16(1):67-68; 2004

Banerjee, T., with R. Pizarro and L. Wei, "Globalization and Third World Urban Form: Toward a Critical Framework"; Journal of Planning Literature, 18(2): 111-130; 2003

Banerjee, T., "City Architecture: Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London," "Architecture 2000: Contemporary Cities" series produced by Films for Humanities & Sciences; Journal of the American Planning Association, 68(2): 227-229; 2002

Banerjee, T. with N. Verma, "The Third World in Los Angeles: Possibilities of a Metaphor within a Metaphor"; in Eric Heikkila and Rafael Pizarro, eds. The Southern California and the World. New York: Praeger; 2002

Banerjee, T., with T. Bressi and P. Enquist, "Is Urban Design on the Right Track?"; Places, 15(1); 2002

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