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Interdisciplinary Methods for the Long-Term Study of Social-Ecological
Systems
Austin R. Troy
Associate Professor
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
University of Vermont
313 Aiken Center
Burlington, Vermont 05405 USA
Telephone: 802.656.8336
Email: atroy@uvm.edu
Professor website:
http://www.uvm.edu/~atroy/
Interests
Land use policy and planning, urban environmental planning, Geographic
Information Systems, quantitative spatial analysis, land use change
analysis, ecosystem service assessment and valuation, natural hazards
planning and policy.
Educational Background
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science,
Policy and Management. Ph.D. in environmental policy and economics, 2001.
Dissertation Title: Natural Hazard Policy and the Land Market: An
Assessment of the Effects of the California Natural Hazard Disclosure Law.
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies: Master of Forestry,
1995.
Yale University: B.A. 1992; major in anthropology.
Primary Academic Appointment
April 2007-present: Associate Professor, University of Vermont, Rubenstein
School of Environment and Natural Resources.
2001-2007: Assistant Professor, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School
of Environment and Natural Resources.
Other Academic Appointments
2002-present: Co-Principal Investigator, Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES).
BES is a long-term ecological research project (LTER) of the National
Science Foundation; www.beslter.org.
2004-present: Fellow, Gund Institute of Ecological Economics, University
of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
1999-2001: Doctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley,
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management.
1998-1999: Graduate Student Researcher, U.C. Berkeley Institute for Urban
and Regional Development.
1994: Field Researcher, Tropical Resources Institute; based in Pará,
Brazil.
Representative Publications
A. Troy. In Press. Geodemographic segmentation. In: Shenkar, S. and Xiong,
H. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Geographical Information Science. New York:
Springer-Verlag.
W. Zhou, and A. Troy. In Press. An Object-oriented Approach for analyzing
and characterizing urban landscapes at the parcel level. International
Journal of Remote Sensing.
A. Troy, J.M. Grove, J. O’Neil-Dunne, M. Cadenasso, and S. Pickett. 2007.
Predicting opportunities for greening and patterns of vegetation on
private urban lands. Environmental Management. 40(3): 394-412.
A. Troy. 2007. The evolution of watershed management in the United States.
In: J.Erickson (ed.), Sustainable Watershed Management in Theory and
Practice. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers.
K. Mulder, A. Troy, and R. Boumans. 2007. The role of built, human,
social, and natural capital in determining land values, and the influence
of demographics upon this relationship. Spatial Economic Analysis.
2(2):135-156.
A. Troy and R. Kennedy, editors. 2007. Living on the Edge: Economic,
Institutional and Management Perspectives on Wildfire Hazard in the Urban
Interface. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers. Peer-reviewed
contributed chapters include:
A. Troy. 2007. A tale of two policies: California programs that
unintentionally promote development in wildland fire hazard zones. In: A.
Troy and R. Kennedy (eds.), Living on the Edge: Economic, Institutional
and Management Perspectives on Wildfire Hazard in the Urban Interface.
Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers. Pp. 127-142
A. Troy and J. Romm. 2007. The effects of wildfire disclosure and
occurrence on property markets in California. In: A. Troy and R. Kennedy
(eds.), Living on the Edge: Economic, Institutional and Management
Perspectives on Wildfire Hazard in the Urban Interface. Amsterdam:
Elsevier Science Publishers. Pp.101-120.
D. Ganz, A. Troy and D. Saah. 2007. Community involvement in wildfire
hazard mitigation and management: Community Based Fire Management, Fire
Safe Councils and Community Wildfire Protection Plans. In: A. Troy and R.
Kennedy (eds.), Living on the Edge: Economic, Institutional and Management
Perspectives on Wildfire Hazard in the Urban Interface. Amsterdam:
Elsevier Science Publishers. Pp.143-164.
Courses Taught
Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS): designed and taught
accelerated introductory course on GIS for graduate students, including
original lab materials and web content (www.uvm.edu/envnr/gradgis).
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS): introductory course
in GIS for undergraduates; designed web-based lectures and labs and
paperless assignment management system (www.uvm.edu/~nr143).
Advanced Spatial Methods: lab-based course on advanced integration of GIS
and statistics; designed original, web-based lab materials (www.uvm.edu/envnr/gradgis/advanced).
Land Use Economics and Policy: designed and taught graduate seminar on the
policy and economics of urban sprawl (www.uvm.edu/~atroy/landuse).
Land Use Planning Tools.
Transitioning from Arc View Software to Arc GIS.
Race and Culture in Natural Resources Seminar: served as section leader. |