Harry W. Richardson
Professor
James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning
Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 212Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
Email: hrichard@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-3954
Fax: (213) 740-0001
Master of Arts in Late 19th and 20th Century Economic History
Manchester University, England
Expertise
Metropolitan spatial structure, urban travel behavior, economic impact methodologies, natural disaster modeling, man-made disaster modeling
Biographical Sketch
Harry W. Richardson, M.A., has taught at USC for over 30 years. His research interests are urban and regional economics, and international planning and development. His current research focuses on Los Angeles and other U.S. metropolitan regions and includes themes such as changes in metropolitan spatial structure, urban travel behavior, and economic impact methodologies. Professor Richardson has published 19 books and more than 130 research papers. He has consulted for a wide variety of international, national, and local agencies.
Publications
Richardson, H.W., "Globalization and Los Angeles"; In H.W. Richardson & C.H.C. Bae (Eds.), Globalization and Urban Development. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag; Forthcoming
Richardson, H.W. and Bae, C.H.C. (Eds.), Globalization and Urban Development; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag; Forthcoming
Richardson, H.W., P. Gordon, and F. Deng, "Private Communities, Market Institutions and Planning"; In N. Verma (Ed.), Institutions and Planning. New Brunswick, NJ: CUPR Press; Forthcoming
Richardson, H.W. and P. Gordon, "The Economic Impacts of the 2000 Arizona Citizens' Growth Management Initiative"; In C.H.C. Bae and D. Miller (Eds.), Growth Management Policies in the United States, Japan and Korea. Aldershot: Ashgate; Forthcoming
Richardson, H.W., with P. Gordon and J.E. Moore II, The Economic Costs and Consequences of Terrorist Attacks; Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; Forthcoming
Richardson, H.W., with P. Gordon and J.E. Moore II, The Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks; Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; 2006
Richardson, H.W., with P. Gordon, J.E. Moore II and Q. Pan, "The Economic Impact of a Terrorist Attack on the Twin Ports of Los Angeles-Long Beach"; The Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar; 2006
Richardson, H.W., with P. Gordon, J.E. Moore II and Q. Pan, "The Economic Costs and Impacts of a Terrorist Attack on Terminal Island, Los Angeles"; Issues of Port Security, (Editors, J. Haveman and H. Schatz). Public Policy Institute of California: San Francisco; 2006
Richardson, H.W. with L.S. Bourne, P.Gordon, D. Plane, J.Simmons, C. Petrie and B.S. Lee, "North America"; in H.S. .Geyer and P. Nijkamp (Eds.), Global Regions: Core-Peripheral Population and Economic Flows, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; 2006
Richardson, H.W., with J.E. Moore II, P.Gordon, M.Shinozuka, D. An and Sun, "Earthquake Disaster Mitigation for Transportation Systems: An Integrated Methodology that Builds on the Kobe and Northridge Experiences"; in Stephanie Chang and Yasuhide Okuyama (Eds.), Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters, Springer Verlag; 2004
Richardson, H.W., with P. Gordon, J.E. Moore II and D. An, "Regional Economic Models for Performance Based Earthquake Engineering"; American Society of Civil Engineers / Natural Hazards Research Applications and Information Center Natural Hazards Review; 2004
Gordon, P., with D. An, J. Moore II and H.W.Richardson, "Regional Economic Models for Performance Based Earthquake Engineering"; American Society of Civil Engineers / Natural Hazards Research Applications and Information Center Natural Hazards Review, 5(4): 188-194; 2004
Gordon, P., with H.W. Richardson, "US Population and Employment Trends and Sprawl Issues"; H.W. Richardson and C.H.C. Bae (Eds.), Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States; 2004
Richardson, H.W., with J.E. Moore II, J. Kaprenas, J.J. Lee, P. Gordon and Q. Pan, "Cost Analysis Methodology for Advanced Treatment of Stormwater: The Los Angeles Case"; Journal of Construction Research, 5(2), 1-22; 2004
Richardson, H.W., with E. Stern, "Behavioral Driving Models"; Transport Reviews; 2004
Richardson, H.W., with P. Gordon, "Exit and Voice in U.S. Settlement Change"; Review of Austrian Economics; 2004
Richardson, H.W., with C.H.C. Bae, Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States; Aldershot, UK: Ashgate; 2004
Richardson, HW., with CH.C. Bae, "Transportation and Urban Compactness"; D.A. Hensher, et al. (Eds.)., Transportation Geography and Spatial Systems; 2004
Richardson, H.W., with A. Bertaud, "Transit and Density: Atlanta, the United States and Western Europe"; in H. W. Richardson and C.H.C. Bae (Eds.), Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States; 2004
Richardson, H.W., with C.H.C. Bae, "The Evaluation of Growth Management Programs in the United States"; H.W. Richardson, et al (Eds.), Growth Management in the United States and Korea. Seoul: Korea Research Foundation; 2004
Richardson, H.W., with P. Gordon, "US Population and Employment Trends and Sprawl Issues"; H.W. Richardson and C.H.C. Bae (Eds)., Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States; 2004
Richardson, H.W., with P. Gordon, "Sustainable Portland? A Critique, and the Los Angeles Counterpoint"; A. Sorensen, P.J. Marcutullio and J. Grant (Eds.), Towards Sustainable Cities: East Asian, North American and European Perspectives on Managing Urban Regions; 2004
Richardson, H.W., with P. Gordon, J.E. Moore II, and S. Cho, "Integrating Transportation Network and Regional Economic Models to Estimate the Costs of a Large Urban Earthquake"; The Economics of Natural Hazards (an earlier version of this paper was published in the Journal of Regional Science); 2004
Richardson, H. W., et al., Growth and Management in the United States and Korea; Seoul: Korea Research Foundation ; 2004
Richardson, H. W., with D. An, P. Gordon and J.E. Moore II, "Regional Economic Models for Performance Based Earthquake Engineering"; American Society of Civil Engineers / Natural Hazards Research Applications and Information Center Natural Hazards Review, 5(4), 188-194 ; 2004
Richardson, H.W. and P. Gordon, "Sustainable Portland: A Critique"; In A. Sorensen, P. Marcotullio and J. Grant (Eds.), Land Management in Sustainable Urban Regions, (pp.119-130). Aldershot: Ashgate; 2004
Richardson, H.W. and C.H.C. Bae (Eds.), "The Impacts of Globalization on Urban Development"; Annals of Regional Science, 37(3); 2004
Richardson, H.W. and C.H.C. Bae (Eds.), The Urban Impacts of Globalization; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag; 2004
Richardson, H.W. and C.H.C. Bae (Eds.), Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States; Aldershot: Ashgate; 2004
Richardson, H.W., "The Location and Relocation of National and State Capitals in North America and the Rest of the World"; in Korea Planners Association, A Planning Policy for Korea's New Capital City, Seoul; 2003
Richardson, H.W., with C.H.C. Bae and M.J. Jun, "Migration and the Urban System in Korea"; in H.S. Geyer (Ed.), Migration and Urban Development, Aldershot: Edward Elgar; 2002
Richardson, H.W. with C.H.C. Bae and M.J. Jun, "Migration and the Urban System in Korea"; In H.S. Geyer (Ed.), Migration and Urban Development, Aldershot: Edward Elgar; 2002
Funded Projects
- Adding Freight Networks to an Interstate Input-Output Model
Principal Investigator: Harry Richardson
Sponsor: California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
Amount Awarded: $89,998.00

