philip r. berke Professor Deputy Director, Institute for the Environment Office: 204 New East Phone: 919.962.4765 Fax: 919.962.5206 Email: pberke@email.unc.edu

+ Ph.D., Texas A&M University
+ M.S., University of Vermont
+ B.S., Empire State College

Courses

Dr. Berke teaches courses in land use and environmental planning and policy, environmental analysis and land use planning, and planning theory.

PLAN 641: Ecology and Land Use Planning
PLAN 704: Theory of Planning I
PLAN 740: Land Use and Environmental Policy
PLAN 741: Land Use and Environmental Planning

Research and Professional Activities

Dr. Berke is Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning. He is Director of the Center for Sustainable Community Design of the Institute for the Environment, and Adjunct Professor in the Curriculum of Ecology at the University of North Carolina. He is currently a Collaborative Research Scholar of the International Global Change Institute in New Zealand.

The central focus of his research is to develop a deeper understanding of the connections between human settlements and the natural environment. His research seeks to explore the causes of land use decisions and their consequences on the environmental, social, and economic systems of human
settlements. His ultimate goal is to seek solutions to complex urban development problems that enhance the transition to sustainable communities.

Curriculum Vitae

current research

Berke’s current research projects address domestic and international issues in the areas of environmental impacts of urbanization, land use planning, natural hazard mitigation, environmental justice, and sustainable development. His research has been supported by the United Nations Division of Humanitarian Affairs, U.S. National Science Foundation, New Zealand Foundation for Research Science and Technology, Federal Emergency Management Agency, North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute, and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. He is a co-recipient of the 2001 Best Article Award and 2000 Honorable Mention Best Article Award from the American Planning Association.

Since 1990, Dr. Berke has presented seminars at 10 universities throughout the United States, and lectured in Belgium, Canada, England, France, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Thailand, Switzerland, and Taiwan. Between 2003 and 2005 he was a member of the National Research Council’s Committee on Disaster Research and the Social Sciences, and between 1995 and 2002 he was a Faculty Fellow of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. In 1993, he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar, Centre for Environmental and Resource Studies, University of Waikato, New Zealand. He has also served as a consultant on land use and environmental planning to state and local governments, served as a Hazard Mitigation Specialist for the Federal Emergency Management, and consultant on disaster recovery to international disaster relief organizations.

He currently serves as Guest Editor for a 2008 special issue on green communities of the Journal of the American Planning Association, and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Planning Association and Journal of Architecture and Planning Research. He was Editor of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium Research Newsletter between 1986 and 1990.

Following is a Summary of Recent and Ongoing Research Projects:

+ New Urban Development and Natural Hazard Mitigation
+ Coastal Ecosystem Degradation and Tsunami Mitigation
+ Development of a Framework for Transforming Eastern North Carolina to a Sustainable Future
+ Hazard Mitigation Policy Applied to Coastal and Floodplain Habitats
+ Analysis of Federal Mitigation Policy in the U.S.: Mitigation Plans, Expenditures, Civic Engagement, and Local Capability
To learn more about these projects, visit: http://www.ie.unc.edu/cscd/projects.cfm

Selected Publications

Articles

+ What Makes Successful Plan Implementation? An Evaluation of Implementation Practices of Permit Reviews in New Zealand, Philip Berke, Michael Backhurst, Luice Laurian, Jan Crawford, Maxine Day, Neil Ericksen, Jennifer Dixon, Environment and Planning B, (2006) Vol. 33 (4): 581-600.

+ Ecology and New Directions for Land Use Planning: Barriers and Opportunities to Change, Philip Berke. In Lasting Landscapes: Reflection on the Role of Conservation Science in Land Planning, Eds. R.I. Kihslinger and J. Wilkinson, Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C.: (2007) 59-71.

+ Planning for Resiliency After Hurricane Katrina, Philip Berke and Thomas Campanella, The Annals of the American Academy of Social and Political Sciences, (2006) Vol. 604 (May): 192-208.

+ Coastal Ecosystems and Tsunami Protection. Stephanie Chang, Beverley J. Adams, Jacqueline Alder, Philip R. Berke, Ratana Chuenpagdee, and Shubharoop Ghosh, and Colette Wabnitz, Earthquake Spectra, (2006) Vol. 22 (S3): 863-877.

+ "What Makes a Good Sustainable Development Plan? An Analysis of Factors that Influence Principles of Sustainable Development", Maria Manta Conroy and Philip Berke, Environment and Planning A., (2004) Vol. 36: 1381-1396.

+ Evaluating Plan Implementation: A Conformance-Based Methodology , Lucie Laurian, Maxine Day, Philip Berke, Neil Ericksen, and Jan Crawford, Journal of the American Planning Association, (2004) Vol. 70, No. 4: 471-480.

+ "Greening Development for Watershed Protection: Does New Urbanism Make a Difference?", Philip Berke, Joseph McDonald, Nancy White, Michael Holmes, Kat Oury, and Rhonda Ryznar, Journal of the American Planning Association, (2003) Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. 397-413.

+ "Does Sustainable Development Offer a New Direction for Planning? Challenges for the Twenty First Century", Philip Berke, Journal of Planning Literature, (2002) Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 22-36.

+ "Planning and Indigenous People: Human Rights and Environmental Protection in New Zealand", Philip Berke, Neil Ericksen, Jan Crawford, and Jenny Dixon, Journal of Planning Education and Research, (2002) Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 115-134.

+ Are We Planning for Sustainable Development?* An Evaluation of 30 Comprehensive Plans, Philip Berke and Maria Manta, Journal of The American Planning Association, (2001) Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 21-34.

* 2001 Best Article Award, National Planning Award of the American Planning Association.

Books

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

+ Plan-making for Sustainability: The New Zealand Experience, Neil Ericksen, Philip Berke, and Jan Crawford, Ashgate Publishers, London, 2004.

+ Natural Hazard Mitigation: Recasting Disaster Policy and Planning, David Godschalk, Timothy Beatley, Philip Berke, David Brower and Edward Kaiser, Island Press, Washington, D.C., 1999.

+ After the Disaster: Linking Recovery to Sustainable Development in the Caribbean, Philip Berke and Timothy Beatley, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997.