Session: Student Research and Poster Presentations

March 31, 8:45 AM

Gary J. Guzzeau
M.C.P. Candidate Dec. 2002, University of Maryland Graduate School

During the mid-1990s quality of life and urban sprawl became issues for politicians, as well as planners. Politicians from both parties recognized an issue that could solidify a suburban base, while supporting environmentalists as well as local business groups. In Maryland, Smart Growth became synonymous with the fight against sprawl and the re-thinking of wasteful spending of taxpayerís dollars on roadway infrastructure that feeds the sprawl cycle. A Smart Growth initiative - Maryland's Live Near Your Work Program ("LNYW") - will be examined in terms of its effectiveness in diminishing the ever widening spatial disconnect between home and work.

The Spatial Disconnect Between Resident and Job Locations in Maryland: Potential Demand for a Smart Growth Incentive Program (presentation)

The Spatial Disconnect Between Resident and Job Locations in Maryland: Potential Demand for a Smart Growth Incentive Program (Master's Thesis)

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Gary J. Guzzeau
c/o NCPC - 401 9th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20576, 202-291-2250
gary.guzzeau@ncpc.gov

M.C.P. Candidate Dec. 2002, University of Maryland Graduate School, Graduate Research Assistant 2001-2002, Undergraduate Research Assistant 2000, University of Maryland, Department of Geography. GIS Intern, 2000-2002, National Capital Planning Commission, Washington, DC. This paper was originally prepared in the fall of 2001 to satisfy part of a land use specialization requirement in the Urban Studies and Planning Graduate Degree Program. The course, URSP-688M, Field Studies in Smart Growth, was taught by Professor Thomas M. Downs, Executive Director of the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, with assistance from Dr. James R. Cohen, Professor & Director of Graduate Studies. The focus of the paper has been narrowed and updated with interviews of program coordinators, newly released U.S. Census Bureau 2000 data, and the addition of literature and database reviews. The paper's review committee consisted of Dr. Alexander Chen, Professor & Program Director, Dr. Gerrit Knaap, Professor & Director of Research for the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, and Dr. Qing Shen, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning Program, School of Architecture, University of Maryland College Park, Professor Steven W. Hurtt AIA, Dean.