Gavin Shatkin

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, appt. 2001.
B.A. Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1989
M.U.R.P. University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1996.
Ph.D. Urban and Regional Planning, Rutgers University, 2001.

Number of theses/ dissertations supervised in the past 10 years: 2

Research/Teaching Specializations: Urbanization in developing countries, urban community development, housing

Courses Taught: Housing Systems, Neighborhood Planning, Infrastructure Planning in Developing and Developed Countries, Urban and Regional Planning in Developing Countries, Research Seminar in Urban, Technological and Environmental Planning, Integrative Field Experience back to top

Recent Publications: "Are Communities Organized?: A Quantitative Examination of Two Cities in Metro Manila," Third World Planning Review, Under Review; "Working with the Community: Dilemmas in Radical Planning," Planning Theory and Practice, Accepted with Revisions; "Obstacles to Empowerment: Local Politics and Civil Society in Metro Manila, the Philippines," Urban Studies, 37:11, 2000; "Community-Based Organizations, Local Politics, and Shelter Delivery in Metro Manila" Kasarinlan, 14 (3), 1999; “Fourth World' Cities in the Global Economy: The Case of Phnom Penh, Cambodia," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 22 (3), 1998; "Phnom Penh," in Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures, New York: Scholastic Grolier (Forthcoming); "Cambodia: Economy," Updated encyclopedia chapter in The Far East and Australasia, London: Europa Publications Limited, 1999.

Awards and Honors: Preliminary and Small Scale Projects Grant, Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Michigan, for research project entitled "The Political Economy of Decentralization: Case Studies from Thailand, the Philippines, and Cambodia." 2001-02; National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant, 1999-2000; Fulbright Fellowship, Philippines, 1998-99; Research Fellowship, Third World Studies Center, University of the Philippines, 1998-99.

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