Dr. Kaiser's research and teaching interests included improving the quality of local land use plans
and developing land use planning strategies for hazard mitigation and environmental protection.

A former department chair, he also served as co-editor of the Journal of the American Planning
Association and on the executive boards of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
and North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association.

Dr. Kaiser is a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Selected publications

• Urban Land Use Planning, 5th Edition, Philip Berke, David Godschalk, and Edward Kaiser, with
  Daniel Rodríguez.  University of Illinois Press, Chicago. 2006 (in press).

• "Twentieth Century Land Use Planning: A Stalwart Family Tree," Journal of the American Planning
  Association, 61: (3) 1995 (with D. Godschalk). Received "Honorable Mention" as Best Article of
  the Year from JAPA.

• Natural Hazard Mitigation: Recasting Disaster Policy and Planning Washington, D.C.: Island Press,
  1999 (with D. Godschalk, T. Beatley, P. Berke, and D. Brower).

• "Integrating Hazard Mitigation and Land Use Planning," in R. Burby, (ed.), Cooperating with Nature:
  Confronting Natural Hazards with Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Communities, Washington, D.C.:
  Joseph Henry Press, 1998 (with D. Godschalk and P. Berke).

• "Development Planning," in F. So, L. Dalton, and C. Hoch, eds. The Practice of Local Government
  Planning, Washington, D.C.: International City Management Association, 2000 (with D. Godschalk).

• Smart Growth Begins with Smart Planning.  Center for Urban and Regional Planning, May 2000
  (with D. Moreau)