Department of Landscape Architecture
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Fine and Applied Arts
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James Wescoat, Jr., Professor and Head of the Department

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Professor and Head of the Department

Education

Ph.D. The University of Chicago Geography (1983).

Dissertation: "Integrated Water Development: Water Use and Conservation Practice in Western Colorado."

M.A. The University of Chicago Geography (1979).

Dissertation: "Naturalistic Plantings in the Cultural Landscape."

B.L.A. Louisiana State University - Landscape Architecture (1976).

 

Professional Registrations

Landscape Architect (CLARB)--Louisiana, no. 223 (no longer in force)

 

Academic Experience

Current Position:     

Professor and Head, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  2002-present. Faculty affiliate: Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; Department of Geography. Board member: International Council, 2004-present; Environmental Council, 2002-5. 

                           

Previous Positions:   

Professor, Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2000- 02. Associate Professor, 1993-2000; Assistant Professor, 1989-93. Associate Chair of Geography and Director of Graduate Studies, 1999-2002. Member, Institute of Behavioral Science, Environment and Behavior Program, 1993-2002. Faculty Associate, College of Architecture and Planning, 2000-02. Advisory Board, Natural Hazards Research Application and Information Center, 1992-2002. Faculty Associate, Peace and Conflict Studies program, 2000-02.

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, The University of Chicago. Member of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies; The Center for Middle Eastern Studies; and the Committee on Public Policy Studies.  9/1983-8/1989.

 

Professional Experience

Environmental Planning and Design Experience:

      

Landscape Design:

Garden design with Florrie Wescoat; two projects in 1995; four projects in 1996; two projects in 1997; two projects in 1998; two projects in 1999; four projects in 2000; two projects in 2001; two projects in 2004; and one project in 2006.

Memorial Sculpture Garden, Boulder Police Department, Design Competition, 2000.  Designed with Florrie and Ruth Wescoat. Built and dedicated May 2001.

Robie House Committee,  The University of Chicago, 1985-6. Planting design for the entry to Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House.

Environmental Planning and Landscape Architecture:

World Commission on Dams, South Africa.  Prepared report on ex-post evaluation of large dams and related water projects using internet search methods. 1999.

U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Investment Centre Division, Rome. 1996-7.  1) Organized workshop on "Incorporating environmental considerations in project evaluation,"  2) Prepared guide to "Obtaining environmental information on-line" (June 1997); and 3) Prepared report on "Transboundary water issues in the Ganges-Brahmaputra river basin."

Design Workshop, Inc., Denver, CO, 1992-5.  Landscape Architects and Planners. Occasional short-term design review.

World Bank, Environment Department. “Integrating Global Biodiversity and Cultural Heritage Conservation in Asia,” 1991-2. World Bank, Urban Infrastructure. “Integrating Urban Shelter Planning with Cultural Heritage Conservation in Pakistan,” 1990.

ISPAN (Irrigation Support Program for Asia and the Near East), 1991.  USAID Regional Water Sector Strategy for Asia and the Near East--Strategy paper.

SHEAFFER & ROLAND, INC., Chicago, IL; Landscape Architect/Environmental Planner, 1980-3. Consultant on integrated land and water use site plan for a new town near Colorado Springs.  

Project landscape architect on a watershed recreation project in Crystal Lake, IL.Conceptual design of recreation facilities in coordination with surface drainage and groundwater recharge processes.

Project landscape architect for "Garden Housing" project in Idlewild, Michigan. Responsible for siting 23 low-income rural rental housing units, roads, and services. Grading, drainage, planting, and handicapped access plans for earth-bermed housing.

Landscape architect on project to upgrade the visual and functional character of sanitary landfill on Nantucket Island, MA. Responsible for phased design of landfill grading, drainage, and revegetation.

Landscape architect for wastewater reuse operations building in Vineland, NJ.  Planting design for the operations building with plants native to the Pine Barrens.

DELEUW, CATHER & CO., Chicago, IL; Landscape Architect/Environmental Planner, 1978-80.

Landscape architect for preliminary design of Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.  Landscape plans for revegetation, riverbank restoration, slope treatment, and a thirteen mile continuous creation trail. Co-direction a Canyon revegetation program that included vegetation sampling, revegetation design, test plot program, working drawings, and cost estimates.

Landscape architect for desert highway design projects in Kuwait and Abu Dhabi. Responsible for final planting design on the Transportation Center approach roads, Riyadh interchange, and Shaab Gate Plaza.  Preliminary and final design of five highway interchanges in Abu Dhabi with desert species and coordination with trickle irrigation engineers.

COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS, INC., Baton Rouge, LA; Landscape Architect/Environmental Planner, 1976-78.

Project manager for a handbook on environmental factors in coastal development in Louisiana; for the Louisiana State Planning Office.  Principal author of a handbook for local governments on coastal zone management.  Landscape planner for studies of wetlands management in St. Bernard Parish and sedimentation processes in Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana.

 

Research

Foreign Field Research:  

South Asia:

India.     

Champaner-Pavagadh World Heritage Site, January 2005.

Champaner-Pavagadh landscape conservation project, January 2003.

Taj Mahal landscape conservation project. Sept. 2001, Sept. 2002.

Nagaur Garden and Waterworks Conservation workshops, Rajasthan, India, March 2001, February 2006.

Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program, Mehtab Bagh Project, Agra, October 1999 and June 1998;

Mughal Gardens Project, September 1987;              

Williams College semester in India Program, August 1971-January 1972.

Pakistan.

Smithsonian Institution “Mughal Gardens Project,” and USEPA

“Climate Impact Assessment.” 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995.

Bangladesh. Dhaka and Matlab. Royal Tropical Institute (Neth.).  August 1995.

Sri Lanka.  American Field Service (AFS) scholarship to Sri Lanka, 1969.

Central Asia:

Turkmenistan. US-USSR Bilateral Environmental Research Program. National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Colorado-Amu Darya Research Project, Ashkabad to Nukus, 1992. 

Uzbekistan. Social Science Research Council Aral Sea Conference, Tashkent to Samarqand and Bukhara, May 1998.

Mediterranean and Middle East:

Italy. American Academy in Rome. Also Sicily and Tunisia, 1996-97.

Spain, Morocco, and Turkey.  Islamic gardens and waterworks. Summer 2001.

Jordan. Petra Pool and Garden Project. July 2003.

 

Awards and Honors

Awards

Inaugural Sir Bernard Feilden Lecture, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, INTACH-UK, New Delhi, 7 February 2006.

Fellow, Institute of Urban Design, New York, 2004-05.

Board Member, National Research Council, Water Science and Technology Board, Washington, DC, 2003-06.

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars Program, 2003-04.  Updike Memorial Fellow on arts and intercultural relations. Eight campus visits.

CIC Academic Leadership Program Fellow, 2003-04.  Workshops on human resources, long-range planning, budgeting and leadership at CIC universities.

Advisor on the conservation of gardens and waterworks of the Taj Mahal, for the Archaeological Survey of India and Taj Mahal Conservation Collaborative, 2001-present.

American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Research Merit Award for The Moonlight Garden Project – Elizabeth Moynihan, P.I., 2002.

Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities (OICC). Second prize for Mughal Gardens in Lahore: History and Documentation by M. Naeem Mir, M. Hussain, and James L. Wescoat Jr.  Cairo, Egypt.  February 2001.

American Society of Landscape Architects, Research Merit Award for "The Mughal Gardens Project," 1998.

Government of Pakistan, First prize National Book Award in 1998, for Mahmood Hussain, Abdul Rehman and James L. Wescoat Jr., The Mughal Garden: Interpretations, Conservation, Implications. Lahore: Ferozsons Ltd., 1996.

American Academy in Rome.  Rome Prize Fellowship in Landscape Architecture, 1996-1997 to study The Uses of Water in Metropolitan Landscape Design.

Dumbarton Oaks, Board of Senior Fellows, Studies in Gardens and Landscape Architecture, 1995-2001.

Allama Iqbal Award (first prize). Government of Punjab, for books published on Punjab. Abdul Rehman and James L. Wescoat Jr., Pivot of the Punjab: The Historical Geography of Medieval Gujrat. Lahore: Dost Publications, 1993.

Allama Muhammad Iqbal Award (first prize). Government of Punjab, for books published on Punjab. Sajjad Kausar, Michael Brand, and James L. Wescoat Jr. Shalamar Garden. Karachi: Pakistan Department of Archaeology, 1991.

      

Rockefeller Residency Fellowship in the Humanities, Center for Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. Research project:  "In Gardens Watered by Running Streams:'  The Meanings of Water in Mughal Gardens at Agra," 1986 and 1987.

Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship in the History of Landscape Architecture.  Research project: "From Bagh-i-Gul Afshan to the Gardens of the Taj:  The Evolution of a River Garden Landscape in Mughal India," summer 1985.

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1979-82.

University of Chicago Graduate Fellowship, 1978-9.    

      

American Society of Landscape Architects, Award for Academic Achievement, 1976.

 

Grants and Projects:

Mehrangarh Museum Trust, “Strategy for Mughal-Rajput Garden Conservation at Nagaur Fort, Rajasthan, India.” 2004-06. Co-organizer of water and landscape conservation workshop.

Caterpillar Foundation, “Ecological Site Engineering,” grant for curriculum development, AY 2005-06.  $4,000.

UIUC International Council grant to Amita Sinha, D.F. Ruggles, and J.L. Wescoat Jr. for “The Shalamar Garden Conference: International Collaboration on Cultural Landscape Heritage Conservation in South Asia.”  2005-06.  $8,000.

UIUC Research Board to Amita Sinha and J.L. Wescoat Jr. for the “Champaner-Pavagadh World Heritage Site Landscape Conservation Plan,’ sponsored by Baroda Heritage Trust, 2005. $8,500.

The Crowley Creek Collaboration.  Watershed restoration project in Neskowin, Oregon.  Sponsored by the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. Principal investigator: T. Allan Comp, 2004-05. ~$1,500.

Champaner-Pavagadh World Heritage Site, Landscape Conservation Workshop, sponsored by Baroda Heritage Trust, 2005; ~$10,000 grant for field work expenses.

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, grant for Places of Power: Economic and Political Driving Forces of Landscape Change, $10,000 (with Douglas Johnston), 2004-05

Wadsworth Endowment, Department of Landscape Architecture, UIUC, grant for Places of Power: Economic and Political Driving Forces of Landscape Change, $15,000 (with Douglas Johnston), 2004-05.

Landscape Architecture Foundation, Landscape Futures Initiative, grant for Places of Power: Economic and Political Driving Forces of Landscape Change, $25,000 (with Douglas Johnston), 2003-04.

 

Sasaki Foundation – Grant for Integrative Environmental Design Studio (Landscape Architecture, Architecture, and Urban and Regional Planning). $15,000, 2003-04.  P.I.  Laura Lawson.

Champaner-Pavagadh, Landscape Studio Project. Baroda Heritage Trust. $20,000 for faculty and student travel to India, 2002-03.

National Science Foundation, Geography and Regional Science Program.  Principal investigator. “Water, Poverty and Sustainable Livelihoods in Colorado.”  $210,681.  Co-investigators include Anthony Bebbington, Charles Howe, and John Wiener. 1999-2002.

Smithsonian Institution, Foreign Currency, Travel Grant.  “Mehtab Bagh Project.” June1998 and October 1999.  Responsible for field research on garden waterworks at a site opposite the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.  In collaboration with the Archaeological Survey of India. Elizabeth Moynihan, Principal Investigator.

NOAA, Office of Global Programs, Integrated Regional Water Assessment in the Interior West.  Seed grant for research on effects of climate variability on acute water problems faced by low-income social groups, $10,000, 1999-2000. 

                           

University of Colorado, Global Change Research Program, "Water Resource Management and Design at the University of Colorado." To organize a collaborative program among the colleges of arts and sciences, engineering, and environmental design. 1994-95. $8,500.

University of Colorado, Natural Hazards Center, "Evolution of International Flood Hazards Programs in Asia, 1900-1992." $4,000.                              

                                         

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  "Complex River Basin Management in a Changing Global Climate: Indus Basin, Pakistan."  Coordinated international case study of potential impacts and adjustments involving 23 Pakistani scientists, engineers and planners, 1989-1992, in conjunction with the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority. W.E. Riebsame, Principal Investigator. In-country case study budget of $50,000.

Smithsonian Institution, Foreign Currency Program, Travel grant for research in India and Pakistan.  "Garden, City and Empire:  The Historical Geography of Mughal Lahore."  September 1987-1992. $289,000 in PL-480 funds.  Multi-disciplinary research project with the Pakistan Department of Archaeology; Department of Architecture, University of Engineering and Technology in Lahore, and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC.  Supervised field research, site documentation, and mapping (Principal Investigator).

             

Colorado Endowment for the Humanities.  Small grant.  "Colorado Water: The Next 100 Years."  Technical Advisor and speaker. 1989-91 (Barbara Preskorn, Principal Investigator).

Publications

Publications.  Organized under two headings—1) Cultural Landscape Research; and 2) Water and Environmental Policy. All single-authored except as noted.  * = peer-reviewed

 

1. Cultural Landscape Research -- emphasis on Water and South Asia.

 

Books:

James L. Wescoat Jr. and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, eds. Mughal Gardens: Sources, Places, Representations, Prospects. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks, 1996 (including chapter on "Gardens, Urbanization, and Urbanism in Mughal Lahore, 1531-1657,"  pp. 139-69).*

M. Hussain, A. Rehman, and J.L. Wescoat Jr., eds. The Mughal Garden: Interpretation, Conservation, and Implications.  Lahore: Ferozsons, 1996.

M. Naeem Mir, M. Hussain, and James L. Wescoat Jr.  Mughal Gardens in Lahore: History and Documentation. Lahore: Department of Architecture, Lahore University of Engineering and Technology, 1996.

Abdul Rehman and James L. Wescoat Jr.  Pivot of the Punjab: The Historical Geography of Medieval Gujrat.  Lahore: Dost Publishers, 1993. 208 p.

Sajjad Kausar, Michael Brand, and James L. Wescoat Jr. Shalamar Garden: Landscape, Form, and Meaning. Karachi: Pakistan Department of Archaeology and Museums, 1990.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters:

Amita Sinha, G.B. Kesler, D.F. Ruggles, and J.L. Wescoat Jr., “Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India: Challenges and Responses in Cultural Heritage Planning and Design.” Tourism Recreation Research, vol. 29, no. 3 (2004):  75-78.

“Beneath Which Rivers Flow: Water, Geographic Imagination, and Sustainable Landscape Design,” in Landscapes of Water: History, Innovation and Sustainable Design, 2 vols. Ed. U. Fratino, A. Petrillo, A. Petruccioli, and M. Stella.  Bari: Uniongrafica Corcelli Editrice, 2002, pp. 13-34.

“The Landscapes of Roman Water Law,” Environmental Design.  Special issue on Multi-Cultural Mediterranean Landscapes (2002): 88-99.

“Toward an Aesthetic of Water in Indo-Islamic Gardens: The Case of Nagaur Fort, Rajasthan,” [Estetica dell’acqua nei giardino di Nagaur nel Rajastan (India)].   Giardini Islamici: Architettura, Ecologia.  Genoa: Microarts Edizioni, 2001, pp. 109-20.

“Waterworks and Landscape Design at the Mahtab Bagh,” in The Moonlight Garden: New Discoveries at the Taj Mahal, pp. 59-78. Ed. Elizabeth B. Moynihan. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution and University of Washington Press, 2000.*

"Mughal Gardens: The Re-emergence of Comparative Possibilities and the Wavering of Practical Concerns," Perspectives on Garden Histories.  Ed. M. Conan. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1999, pp. 107-26.* http://www.doaks.org/Perspectives/perspec06.pdf

      

“A Geographic Perspective on Sustainable Landscape Design in Arid Environments," Also: “Summary of Discussion and Future Concerns,” Sustainable Landscape Design in Arid Climates.  Geneva: The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, 1999.  pp. 11-23 and 97-102.

"Mughal Gardens and Geographic Sciences, Then and Now," in Gardens in the Time of the Great Muslim Empires: Theory and Design, special issue of Muqarnas, ed. A. Petruccioli. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1997, pp. 187-202.

"Muslim Contributions to Geography and Environmental Ethics," Philosophy and Geography 1 (1996): 91-116.*

"Historic Mughal Gardens: Garden Conservation in Urbanizing Regions," in Architectural and Urban Conservation, pp. 187-93. Ed. Santosh Ghosh. Calcutta: Centre for Built Environment, 1996.

"From the Gardens of the Qur'an to the Gardens of  Lahore." Landscape Research 20 (1995): 19-29.  [Reprinted in Islam and Ecology, eds. R. Foltz et al. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003, pp. 511-26].*

"Waterworks and Culture in Metropolitan Lahore,” Asian Art and Culture.  Spring/Summer 1995: 21-36.

James L. Wescoat Jr. and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, "The Mughal Gardens of Lahore: History, Geography and Conservation Issues," Die Gartenkunst 6 (1994): 19-33.

"The Scale(s) of Dynastic Representation: Monumental Tomb-Gardens in Mughal Lahore," ECUMENE: Journal of Environment, Culture, and Meaning 1 (1994) 324-48.*

"L'acqua nei giardini islamici: religione, rappresentazione e realta" [Water in Islamic Gardens: Religion, Representation, and Reality]. In Il Giardino Islamico: Architettura, natura, paesaggio. Ed. A. Petruccioli. Milan: Electa, 1994, pp. 109-126.  [Translated as, “Das Wasser in den islamischen Gärten. Religion, Repräsentation und Realität,“ in Der islamische Garten. Architektur–Natur-Landschaft. Stuttgart: DVA, 1995, 109-26].

"Toward a Map of Mughal Lahore: A Survey of Cartographic Sources from 1590 to 1990."  Environmental Design: Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre (1993): 186-93.

"Ritual Movement and Territoriality:  A Study of Landscape Transformation during the Reign of Humayun." Environmental Design:  Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre (1993): 56-63.

James L. Wescoat Jr., Michael Brand, and M.N. Mir, "The Shahdara Gardens of Lahore: Site Documentation and Spatial Analysis." Pakistan Archaeology 25 (1993): 333-66.*

"Gardens vs. Citadels:  The Territorial Context of Early Mughal Gardens, Garden History: Issues, Approaches, Methods, pp. 331-58.  Ed. J.D. Hunt.  Washington, D.C.:  Dumbarton Oaks, 1992.*

"Gardens of Conquest and Transformation:  Lessons from the Earliest Mughal Gardens in India."  Landscape Journal 10:2 (1991): 105-14.*

James L. Wescoat Jr., Michael Brand and M. Naeem Mir, "Gardens, Roads, and Legendary Tunnels:  The Underground Memory of Mughal Lahore,” Journal of Historical Geography 17,1 (1991): 1-17.*

             

"Gardens of Invention and Exile:  The Precarious Context of Mughal Garden Design During the Reign of Humayun (1530-1556)," Journal of Garden History 10: 106-116, 1990.*

"Challenging the Desert." In The Making of the American Landscape, pp. 186-203. Ed. Michael P. Conzen, Allen & Unwin, 1990. (Updated edition forthcoming, 2006).

"Picturing an Early Mughal Garden," Asian Art 2 (1989): 59-79.

"The Islamic Garden:  Issues for Landscape Research", Environmental Design: Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre.  Rome (1986): 10-19.

“Early Water Systems in Mughal India", Environmental Design: Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre, special issue on water in Islamic architecture and design, vol.2, 1985.

 

2. Water and Environmental Policy

 

Books and Monographs:

John Pitlick, Hari Rajaram, and James L. Wescoat Jr.  Water in a Changing World.  Boston: Blackwell Publishing (under contract for 2008).

Committee. National Research Council, Water Science and Technology Board. Review of Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies.  Washington, DC: National Research Council,  2005. (Chair).*

James L. Wescoat, Jr. and Gilbert F. White, Water for Life: Water Management and Environmental Policy.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Committee. National Research Council, Water Science and Technology Board. Downstream: Adaptive Management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River Ecosystem.  Washington, DC: National Academy Press,  November 1999. (Committee chair).*

Integrated Water Development:  Water Use and Conservation Practice in Western Colorado. Research Paper no. 210.  Chicago:  University of Chicago, Department of Geography, 1984.

 

Journal Articles and Book Chapters:

James L. Wescoat, Jr., Lisa Headington, and Rebecca Theobald, “Water and Poverty in the USA: Global and Local Perspectives on Colorado,” accepted for publication in Geoforum.

“Water Policy and Cultural Exchange: Transferring Lessons from around the World to the Western United States,” In Search of Sustainable Water Management: International Lessons for the American West and Beyond,  ed. D. Kenney, Natural Resources Law Center. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.

"Water Resources," Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st century.  Eds. Gary Gaile and Cort Wilmott.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 283-301.*

J.W. Jacobs and J.L. Wescoat Jr., "Managing River Resources: Lessons From Glen Canyon Dam," Environment (March 2002): 8-19.*

S.J. Halvorson, and J.L. Wescoat, Jr, “Problem-Based Inquiry on World Water Problems in Large Undergraduate Classes,” Journal of Geography, 101(3), (2002): 91-102.*

James L. Wescoat Jr., Richa Nagar and David Faust. "Social and Cultural Geography", in The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology. 2 vols. Ed. Veena Das. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2002.

James L. Wescoat Jr., Sarah Halvorson, Lisa Headington, and Jill Replogle, “Water, Poverty, Equity and Justice in Colorado: A Pragmatic Approach,” in Justice and Natural Resources.  Ed. Kathryn Mutz and Gary Bryner.  Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001, pp. 57-86.

"Water Rights in South Asia and the United States: Comparative Perspectives, 1873-1996." In Land, Property and the Environment.  Ed. John F. Richards.  Oakland: ICS, 2001, pp. 298-337.

"`Watersheds' in Regional Planning." In The American Planning Tradition: Culture and Policy.  Ed. Robert Fishman.  Washington, DC:  Wilson Center, Smithsonian Institution, 2000, pp. 147-72.

“Wittfogel East and West: Changing Perspectives on Water Development in South Asia and the US, 1670-2000.” In Cultural Encounters with the Environment: Enduring and Evolving Geographic Themes.  Eds. A.B. Murphy and D.L. Johnson.  Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, pp. 109-32.*

James L. Wescoat Jr., Sarah Halvorson, and Daanish Mustafa, “Water Management In The Indus Basin of Pakistan: A Half-Century Perspective,” International Journal of Water Resources Development 16 (2000): 391-406.*

"The Historical Geography of Indus Basin Management: A Long-Term Perspective, 1500-2000." In The Indus River: Biodiversity, Resources, Humankind. Linnean Society. Eds Azra and Peter Meadows. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 416-28.

Meyer, W.B. et al. 1998. "Reasoning by Analogy," chapter 4 of Human Choice and Climate Change: Tools for Policy Analysis.  Ed. S. Rayner and E. Malone.  Columbus: Battelle Press.

Mustafa, Daanish; and J.L. Wescoat Jr. "Development of Flood Hazards Policy in the Indus River basin of Pakistan, 1947-1995." Water International. 22:4 (1997): 238-44.*

"Toward a Modern Map of Roman Water Law," Urban Geography 18 (1997): 100-5.

      

"The Cultures of Irrigation." Chapter 2 of A New Era for Irrigation. Committee on the Future of Irrigation in the Face of Competing Demands, Water Science and Technology Board, Washington, DC: National Research Council, 1996.  J.L. Wescoat Jr. and Laurence MacDonnell principal authors.*

"The `Right of Thirst' for Animals in Islamic Water Law: A Comparative Approach," Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 13 (1995) 637-54.  [Reprinted as a book chapter in Animal Geographies, eds. J. Wolch and J. Emel, published by Verso Press, 1998].*

"Main Currents in Multilateral Water Agreements: A Historical-Geographic Perspective, 1648-1948," Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy 7 (1995): 39-74.

W.E. Riebsame, et al. "Complex River Basins". In K. Strzepek and J. Smith, As Climate Changes: International Impacts and Implications.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, pp. 57-91.

J.W. Jacobs and James L. Wescoat Jr., "Flood Hazard Problems and Programmes in Asia's Large River Basins," Asian Journal of Environmental Management 2 (1994): 91-104.*

R. Leichenko and J.L. Wescoat Jr.  "Environmental Impacts of Climate Change and Water Development in the Indus Delta Region," Water Resources Development 9 (1993): 247-61.*

"Water Law, Urbanization, and Urbanism in the American West: The `Place of Use'       Reconsidered," Urban Geography 14 (1993): 414-20.

"Resource Management: UNCED, GATT, and Global Change," Progress in Human Geography  17 (1993): 232-40.

"Common Themes in the Work of Gilbert White and John Dewey: A Pragmatic Appraisal." Annals of the Association of American Geographers 82 (1992): 587-607.*

"Visits to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from South Asia and the Middle East, 1946-1990: An Indicator of Changing International Programs and Politics."  Irrigation and Drainage Systems, with Roger Smith and David Schaad 6 (1992): 55-67.*

Beyond the River Basin: The Changing Geography of International Water Problems and International Watercourse Law," Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy 3 (1992): 301-30.

"Resource Management: Oil Resources and the Persian Gulf Conflict." Progress in Human Geography 16 (1992): 243-56.

"Managing the Indus River Basin in Light of Global Climate Change: Four Conceptual Approaches."  Global     Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions  (December 1991): 381-95.*

"Resource Management:  The Long-term Global Trend,” Progress in Human Geography  15: (1991): 81-93.

"Common Law, Common Property, and Common Enemy: Notes on the Political Geography of Water Resource Management for the Sundarbans Area of Bangladesh."  Agriculture and Human Values  7(1990): 73-87.         

"The `Practical Range of Choice' in Water Resources Geography," Progress in Human Geography (1987): 41-59.*

"Impacts of Federal Salinity Control on Water Rights Allocation Patterns in the Colorado River Basin," Annals of the Association of American Geographers 76(1986): 157-74.*

"Expanding the Range of Choice in Water Management: An Evaluation of Policy Approaches," United Nations Natural Resources Forum 10(1986): 239-54.*

"On Water Conservation and Reform of the Prior Appropriation Doctrine in Colorado," Economic Geography 61 (1985): 3-24.*

"Evaluation of Long-Term Change in Water Management Systems.," Transactions of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage.  New Delhi, 1984.

"Water Rights Transfer and Irrigation Efficiency,"  In Advances in Irrigation and Drainage: Surviving External Pressures.  Ed. John Borelli, et al.  New York:  American Society of Civil Engineers, 1984.

 

Technical Reports, Project Reports, Conference Reports, and Abstracts:

Amita Sinha, D.F. Ruggles, and James L. Wescoat Jr.  2005. Champaner-Pavagadh: Panch Yatras.  Report on cultural heritage trails and interpretation for the Heritage Trust.

J.L. Wescoat Jr., ed. Places of Power: Economic and Political Driving Forces of Landscape Change, abstracts of conference on September 10-11, 2004, Chicago, IL.  Contributions from economic geographers and environmental designers.  Sponsored by the Landscape Architecture Foundation, the Illinois Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [co-organizer and presenter].

Joyce Coffee, et al., “The Confluence of Water, Society, and Ecological Design, Executive Summary.” Sponsored by the City of Chicago, Department of Environment and UIUC [co-organizer and presenter].

J.L. Wescoat Jr. and Emily Hamilton, 2005, “The Confluence of Water, Society, and Ecological Design: Great Lakes Internet Resource Guide.” Electronically published by the City of Chicago, Department of Environment at:  http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_ATTACH/GreatLakesInternetGuide-2005.pdf

Joyce Coffee et al., City of Chicago, Department of Environment, 2005, “The Confluence of Water, Society and Ecological Design: Session Summaries,” Co-organizer and presenter.  Electronically published by the City of Chicago, Department of Environment:  http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_ATTACH/Water_Confluence_Session_Summaries_2.pdf

Amita Sinha, et al., “Champaner-Pavagadh: Cultural Sanctuary,” project report to the Heritage Trust, Baroda; used in nomination for the World Heritage List, 2003. [Responsible for sections on landscape planning and site management, water resources, and vegetation].

“Water and Sanitation.” Report to the United Nations Commission for Human Settlements (UNCHS). June 2000. Adapted in chapter 10 of Cities In A Globalizing World: Global Report On Human Settlements 2001.  London: Earthscan, 2001.

James L. Wescoat Jr. and Sarah Halvorson. “Ex Post Evaluation of Dams and Related Water Projects: Patterns, Problems and Promise.” Report to the World Commission on Dams, South Africa. May 2000.  Findings and recommendations incorporated in Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making. London: Earthscan, 2000.

Dennis Mileti, ed.  Disaster by Design.  Assessment of Research and Applications on Natural Hazards.  Washington: Joseph Henry Press. Brief contribution on international and comparative hazards research.

"South Asia Development Triangle Initiative -- Transboundary Water Issues Paper," by J.L. Wescoat Jr. and H.C. Pereira, 1997 for the FAO Investment Centre and World Bank. 100 pp.

W.E. Riebsame with James Wescoat and Peter Morrisette. 1997. "Western Land Use Trends and Policy: Implications for Water Resources." Report to the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission.  Denver, CO.

Marilee Long, Mark Kumler, Sharon Gabel, James L. Wescoat Jr., and Greg Luft, "People and Water: An Information Challenge," Colorado Water Resources Research Institute Task Force Report, 1996. Publication no. 6. Fort Collins: Colorado Water Resources Research Institute.

James L. Wescoat Jr., Gary Fleener, and Betsy Forrest, "Historical and Geographical Conditions in the Upper Mississippi River Basin," Studies on Natural and Human Factors Related to Flood Management in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. Report for the Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team, 1994.

James L. Wescoat Jr. and Jeffrey W. Jacobs. "Flood Hazards in Asia." Natural Hazards Working Paper. Boulder: Natural Hazards Center, July 1993. 

James L. Wescoat Jr. and Robin M. Leichenko. "Complex River Basin Management in a Changing Global Climate: Indus River Basin Case Study in Pakistan, A National Modelling Assessment.  Collaborative Paper, no. 5.  Boulder: CADSWES, Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems. June 1992.

 

Brief Publications, Reviews, and Web Publications:  

Review of Managing Water Resources: Past and Present. Ed. J. Trottier and P. Slack  (Oxford: Oxford University Press) for Geographical Review, 2006.

Review of Mythical Space, Cosmology and Landscape : Towards a Cultural Geography of India by Jai Pal Singh and Mumtaz Khan (Delhi: Manak Publications) for Journal of Cultural Geography, 2005.

Review of Historical Atlas of Islam by Malise Ruthven with Azim Nanji (Cambridge: Harvard University Press) for Historical Geography, 2005.

 “Islamic Environmental Ethics,” and “Islamic Gardens and Landscape Design” Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, http://www.religionandnature.com/encyclopedia/ Continuum, 2005.

Amita Sinha, G. Kesler, D.F. Ruggles, and J.L. Wescoat Jr., “Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India: Challenges and Responses in Cultural Heritage Planning and Design,” in abstracts of The 7th US/ICOMOS Symposium, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 2004.*

Vince Bellafiore, Terry Harkness, Amita Sinha, J.L. Wescoat Jr.  “The Romance and the Reality: A planning team envisions a cultural heritage district around the Taj Mahal, and researchers discover scientific evidence of a long-lost Moonlight Garden.” Landscape Architecture Magazine (October, 2003).

“The Taj Mahal in its Yamuna River Context,” A+D Architecture and Design (India), special issue on the Taj Mahal (December 2003), pp. 80-83.

James L. Wescoat, Jr. and David A. Kovacic, Review of Wetlands Design by Robert L. France, New York: W.W. Norton for Landscape Architecture (December 2003).

Review of Places Where Men Pray Together: Cities in Islamic Lands, Seventh through the Tenth Centuries by Paul Wheatley, University of Chicago Press.  Historical Geography (2003).

“Browsing the Global Bookshelf: Bibliographic Sources and Methods for Landscape Architects,” Landscape Architecture Magazine (December 2003).

“Reflections on the Moonlight Garden (Mahtab Bagh) Project and Its Implications for Landscape Heritage Conservation in Agra,” Journal of Landscape Architecture (India).  Vol 2:1 (2002): 21-22.

Review of Steps to Water: The Ancient Stepwells of India by Morna Livingstone, Princeton University Press.  For Landscape Architecture Magazine (2002).

The Mughal Gardens Website.  http://www.mughalgardens.org.  Principal researcher and writer. Site produced by Laura Schneider, Smithsonian Productions and designed by 9th Insight, Inc. 2002-present.

“Environmental Geography: History and Prospect,” commentary on essay by B.L. Turner II in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers (March 2002).

“Water Resources.” International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences.  London: Elsevier, 2001.

“Review Essay: Mississippi Floods: Designing a Shifting Landscape,” by Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha, Yale University Press.  For Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes (2001, pp. 1-5).

“Landscape Heritage Conservation in Agra: An Historical-Geographic Perspective”;  and “Landscape Heritage Conservation Timeline For Agra.” In Taj Mahal Heritage Conservation Plan. Ed. Amita Sinha, et al. Lucknow and Urbana: University of Illinois, Department of Landscape Architecture, and Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department, 2000, pp. 4-9.

“West by Midwest: “Comments on `Growth Management And Water Resource planning’ By A. Dan Tarlock.” In proceedings of Improved Decision-Making for Water Resources: The Key to Sustainable Development for Metropolitan Regions. Chicago: Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2002.

“History, Theory, and Graduate Education: A Vitruvian Challenge,” Progress in Human Geography, Viewpoint, 24,1 (2000): 19-21.

Review of Mapping an Empire: the Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843, by Matthew H. Edney. Historical Geography, 27 (1999): 251-4.

Commentary on Environmentalism, by Timothy O’Riordan, in Progress in Human Geography, series on “Classics in human geography revisited,” 23:4 (1999): 610-11.

Review of The Environment and Christian Ethics by Michael Northcott (Cambridge University Press) for Quarterly Review of Biology (1998).

Editorial consultant on the Pakistan entries for the new Columbia Gazetteer of the World. Ed. Saul Cohen. 3 vols. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.

"Obtaining Environmental Information On-Line," Environmental Impact Guidelines, no. 2.  Rome: FAO Investment Centre, 1997. http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/tcd/ tci/resource.htm.

Review of History of Islamic Philosophy by S.N. Nasr and O. Lehman, 2 vols., Routledge Press.  For Canadian Philosophical Reviews, 1996.

Review of Boundaries and Frontiers in Medieval Muslim Geography by R.W. Brauer, Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 1995; and The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1706, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1993.  For Historical Geography, 1997.

Review of L'homme et secheresse by Monique Mainguet, Paris, Masson geographie, 1995 For Environment (1996).

Review of Slide Mountain, The Folly of Owning Nature by Theodore Steinberg, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1995, for Common Knowledge (forthcoming 1996).

"Lahore" entry, The Dictionary of Art, Macmillan Publishers (1995).

"Varieties of Geographic Comparison in The Earth Transformed," review forum in Annals of the Association of American Geographers 84:4 (1994).

Review of Water in Crisis, ed. Peter H. Gleick, Oxford University Press. For Environment (May 1994).

"Climate Change and International Water Problems: Issues Related to the Formation and Transformation of Regional Organizations," in The Role of Regional Organizations in the Context of Climate Change. NATO Advanced Research Workshop proceedings. Ed. M. Glantz. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994, pp. 96-103.

Review of A Historical Atlas of South Asia, by J. Schwartzberg, Oxford University Press. For the Annals of the Association of American Geographers (1993).

Review of Vision or Villainy: Origins of the Owen's Valley-Los Angeles Water Controversy, Abraham Hoffman, Texas A&M Press, 1991. For Environment and Planning A (1993): 149-50.

Review of Wagering the Land: Ritual, Capital, and Environmental Degradation in the Cordillera of Northern Luzon, 1900-1986, by Martin W. Lewis, University of California Press, 1992. For The Professional Geographer 45 (1992): 116.

Review of Integrated Water Management, ed. Bruce Mitchell, Bellhaven Press, 1990. For Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions (March 1992).

"The [Bangladesh] Flood Action Plan: A New Initiative Confronted by Basic Questions." Natural Hazards Observer 16:4 (1992): 1-2. Reprinted in NHRAIC Working Paper no. 77 (1992).  Reprinted in Natural Hazards (1992).

"Climate Warming in Developing Countries: Issues and approaches in the Indus River Basin of Pakistan," in Proceedings:  American Society of Landscape Architects, Landscape/Land Use Planning. Kansas City: ASLA, 1991, pp. 105-13.

"The Colorado River," Encyclopedia Britannica; revision of article by Loeffler (1994).

 

Presentations and Lectures

Teaching and Advising:

 

Undergraduate Courses:

Landscape Experience, Inquiry, and Design (~80 students)

World Water Problems (~100 students)          

Water Resources in the Western U.S.     (~40 students)  

Urban Water Conservation (~25 students)

Wetland Design Studio (~25 students)   

Colorado-Kashmir Seminar: Peacebuilding in Mountain Environments (10 students)

             

Graduate Courses:

Theory and Practice of Landscape Architecture

History and Theory of Geography

Water Resources Research Seminar

Landscape Research Seminar

Environmental Geography Seminar

Comparative Environmental Studies Seminar (U.S., South Asia, Central Asia, Middle East)

Environmental Policy Responses to Global Change Seminar

 

Other Teaching:

Champaner-Pavagadh (India) Design Studio – 9-10 students over winter break, 2003, 2005.

Calumet Steel Heritage Design Studio – with Design Workshop, Inc., and the Southeast

Environmental Task Force, March 2005.

Contemporary Landscape Design in Chicago, summer field course, 2003.      

 

Teaching Awards and Grants:

Fall 2002 – “List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Students” UIUC.

Fall 2003 -- “List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Students” UIUC.

 

Graduate Students Supervised and Their Fields (*=completed):

 

Ph.D. Advisor (chronological 1985-present)

Mary McNally (Chicago): Native American water rights* ; Associate Professor, Eastern Montana State University.

Random DuBois (Chicago): Water management in the Philippines*; Senior Environmental Officer, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Investment Centre, Rome.

Jeffrey Jacobs (Colorado): Water management in the Mekong*; Senior Staff Officer, Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council.

Kate Berry (Colorado): Native American water rights*; Associate Professor of Geography, University of Nevada-Reno.

Susan Edwards Baird (Colorado): Landscape history and design in Denver*; Senior Landscape Architect, Denver Parks Department.

Jonathan Mitchell (Colorado): Water and Health in Pakistan*; former Manager, Aga Khan Education Service-Pakistan.  Research Triangle Institute, NC.

Dan Bedford (Colorado): Water Management in Central Asia*; Assistant Professor of Geography, Weber State University, Utah.

Danish Mustafa (Colorado): Irrigation and Flood Hazards in Pakistan*; Assistant Professor, University of South Florida.

Hanna Gosnell (Colorado): Endangered Species Act Implementation in the San Juan River Basin*; Assistant Professor, Oregon State University.

Sarah Halvorson (Colorado): Water, Gender, and Health in Pakistan*; Assistant Professor, University of Montana.

Suzanne Michel (Colorado): U.S.-Mexico Water Management in the Tijuana Basin*; Post-doctoral researcher, San Diego State University.

Lisa Headington (Colorado): Urban Riverfront Parks and Social Change in Denver.*

Andrea Ray (Colorado): Climate and Water Management in Colorado*, NOAA cientist, Boulder, CO.   

Paul Lander (Colorado): The Aesthetics of Urban Water Conservation*  Director of Water Conservation, City of Boulder, CO.

M.A. Advisor

Elizabeth Brooks: Water management in the Great Plains*

George Clark: International water treaties in South Asia and the Middle East*

Whitney Seymour: Urban water management in Chicago*

Robin Leichenko: Urban water management in Karachi*

Sharon Gabel: Water management in the San Luis Valley*

Courtney Hauge: International water management in the Nile*

Laurel Phoenix: Water Management in Colorado*

Sarah Halvorson: Women and Water in Northern Pakistan*

Tamara Laninga: Watershed Management in the Western U.S.*

MLA Advisor

Harsh Goel – Urban Riverfront Design in Agra

Wisa Kompayak – Bangkok Chao Phraya Waterfront Heritage*

MLA Committee Member

Jingfang Zhao: Chinese Urban Water Culture Park*

Jing Dong: Shanghai Waterfront Design

Lu Sun: Landscape and high-density housing in Beijing*

Wen Huang: Denver urban design

Qing Ji: Hudson Riverfront design*

International PhD Advisor

Sumesh Modi, University of Leicester (PRAKASH), Water management in Gujarat.

Muhammad Irfan Tariq, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.  Sustainable

Development in Central Punjab.

 

Invited Lectures (1984-2005):

Agnes Scott College                    

American Academy in Rome (multiple)

American Society of Landscape Architects (annual meetings).

Bowdoin College

Carnegie Mellon University, School of Urban and Public Affairs

Clark University, School of Geography

College Art Association, New York

Colorado Water Workshop, Gunnison, CO

Columbia University

Duke University

Dumbarton Oaks (multiple)

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design

llinois Institute of Technology, Architecture

Illinois State Water Survey

International Joint Commission, Science Advisory Board (Canada-USA)

Johns Hopkins University

Lake Forest College

Louisiana State University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

National College of Arts – Lahore, Pakistan                                   

Northwestern University

Oklahoma State University

Rhode Island School of Design

Rutgers University

School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India

Smithsonian Institution, Freer and Sackler Galleries of Asian Art

Stetson University

Syracuse University

UCLA, School of Architecture and Planning

UCLA, Department of Geography

U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization

University of California--Berkeley

 University of California—California Water Colloquium

University of Chicago (multiple)

University of Colorado, Boulder (multiple)

University of Colorado, Denver

University of Colorado Art Gallery

University of Engineering and Technology—Lahore, Pakistan

University of Idaho

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (multiple)

University of Iowa

University of Minnesota

University of Missouri

University of Oklahoma

University of Pennsylvania (multiple)

University of Tennessee

University of Wyoming

Washington and Jefferson College

West Virginia University

Williams College

Yale University, Agrarian Studies Program

 

Professional Memberships

American Society of Landscape Architects

Association of American Geographers

American Water Resources Association

American Water Works Association

International Water History Association

International Water Resources Association

Lake Michigan Federation/Great Lakes Alliance

 

 

Professional and University Service

University Administration and Service:

 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Administrative Service, 2002-present

College of Fine and Applied Arts, Chair of reappointment review committee for the Director of the School of Music, 2006.

College of Fine and Applied Arts, Chair of search committee for Head of the

Department of Dance, 2004-05.

College of Fine and Applied Arts, Chair of task force on Interdisciplinary Initiatives in the Arts Committee, 2004.

College of Fine and Applied Arts, Member of Search Committee for Director of the School of Architecture, 2003-04

College of Fine and Applied Arts, City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library committee, 2004.

College of Fine and Applied Arts, Courses and Curriculum committee, 2004.

College of Fine and Applied Arts, Strategic Planning Initative, 2005-06.

College of Engineering, Steering Committee for a new Institute for the Study of

Intensively Managed Landscapes, 2005-.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Member of new Center on Water as a complex Environmental System, 2005-

UIUC Chair of Chancellor’s Civic Commitment Task Force, 2005-07.

UIUC Campus Committee for Sustainable Environment, member, 2004-05

UIUC Campus International Studies Committee, member, 2004-07

UIUC Campus Community-Based Learning Grants committee, member, 2004

UIUC Campus Environmental Council, member, 2003-

UIUC Campus Human Dimensions of Environmental Systems, member, 2003-04

UIUC Campus Allerton Park Policy Advisory Board, member, 2003-

                 

University of Colorado, 1989-2002

Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies, 1999-

Summer Chair, Department of Geography, 1999-

Chair, Personnel Promotion and Tenure Committees, 2000-1

Graduate Studies Committee, 1989-91; 1992-93; 1998-99.

Undergraduate Studies Committee Chair 1993-94; 1995-96.

Personnel Committee, 1990-92; 1997-98.  Reappointment committee chair.

University of Colorado Faculty Retention Task Force, 1999-2000.

Internal Review Committee for Anthropology, 1998.

Natural Hazards Center Advisory Committee, 1992-

Natural Hazards Director Search Committee, 1992-3

Environmental Conservation Committee, 1992-3                   

Boulder Faculty Assembly Representative, 1993-6

Geography representative, Environmental Policy Certificate Program, 1993-

Global Change and Environmental Quality, Grant review committee, 1995.

University of Colorado representative for the Boulder Childrens' Water Festival, for 500+ fifth grade students: 1993, 1994, 1995.

      

University of Chicago, 1984-1988; Graduate Student Advisor; Admissions Committee

 

Professional Service:    

Landscape Architecture Foundation, Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship Selection Committee, 2005, 2006.

National Research Council and Royal Society of Canada.  Chair of Committee to Review the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study, 2005.

Occasional advisor to Aga Khan Trust for Culture on garden conservation projects in Delhi, India and Kabul, Afghanistan. 2002, 2005.

Design Competition Juror, Ford-Calumet Environmental Center, 2003-04.  City of Chicago, State of Illinois, Ford Motor Company, and Chicago’s Environmental Fund.

Design Competition Juror, An Ideas Competition for a 21st-century Park: A Vision for                 the Extension of Lincoln Park.  Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the                  Fine Arts, 2003-04.

Design Workshop Foundation, Advisory Board, 2002-05.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Research Steering Committee, 2001, 2002.

National Research Council, Water Science and Technology Board. Chaired committee to review the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center’s Strategic Plan, 1998-2001.

National Research Council, Water Science and Technology Board. Committee on "The Future of Irrigation in the Face of Competing Demands," 1993-1995.       

    

        

Proposal and Manuscript Reviews:

1992: National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation (2), Human Ecology, Irrigation and Drainage Systems, Edward Arnold, and The University of Chicago Press, Annals of the Association of American Geographers (2); 1993: Annals of the Association of American Geographers (1), ECUMENE (3), National Science Foundation (1), Society and Space (2), UK Economic and Social Research Council (1); Economic Geography (1); Global Environmental Change (1).  1994: American Water Resources Association, Symposium Paper review (1); Economic Geography (1); National Science Foundation (1). ECUMENE (1); Political Geography (1); Software review [CYBERNET] for Haested Methods (1). 1995: National Science Foundation (1); Landscape Journal (1); Annals AAG (1); Professional Geographer (1); Edward Arnold (1); ECUMENE (1); Political Geography (1). 1996: Philosophy and Geography (1); ECUMENE (1); SSRC South Asia Predissertation Fellowship Panel. 1997: Oxford University Press (2 mss.); 1998: Political Geography; ECUMENE.  1999: ECUMENE; British Archaeological Reports; Journal of Historical Geography; 2000:  Rosenberg International Forum; Environmental Hazards (1); National Research Council (1); 2001: National Research Council (1); NCSA papers for Istanbul conference (3); Society and Space (1); Philosophy and Geography (1); ECUMENE (1); Environment and Planning A (1); 2002: Annals AAG (1); Cultural Geographies (1). 2003: UIUC Research Board peer review; UIUC College of Agriculture Research Board peer review (1); Cultural Geographies (1); National Research Council, Water Science and Technology Board (1); Geographical Review (1); 2004: NRC Water Science and Technology Board (2); Political Geography (1); Annals AAG (1); UIUC Research Board (1); 2005: University of Pennsylvania Press [1].

External Promotion, Tenure, and Distinguished Professorship Recommendations: 1993 (2); 1994 (3); 1996 (1); 1997 (1); 1998 (1); 1999 (1); 2000 (1); 2001 (2); 2002 (2); 2004 (3); 2005 (2); 2006 (1).

       Editorial Boards: 

       ECUMENE: Environment, Culture and Meaning (1992-2000)

       Cultural Geographies (editorial advisory board; 2001-present)

       Philosophy and Geography (1995- ).

       Environmental Hazards (1998-);

       Progress in Human Geography (1998-2000).

       Journal of the History of Gardens and Design Landscapes (2004- )

Environmental Design: Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research   

      Centre (1990-present);

      Irrigation and Drainage Systems (1986-9).

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