Thomas W. Sanchez earned his PhD in City Planning from Georgia Tech in 1996 and has since taught at Iowa State University, Portland State University, and the University of Utah. He is currently chair and professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech. Sanchez conducts research in the areas of transport equity, environmental justice, technology, and scholarly impact. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of Housing Policy Debate, a leading journal on housing and community development policy. In 2012 he co-authored, Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity with Marc Brenman. In 2007 they co-authored The Right to Transportation: Moving to Equity. Also in 2007 he co-authored The Social Impacts of Urban Containment with Arthur C. Nelson and Casey Dawkins.

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• Introduction: Planning Knowledge and Research Part I 1. How Theory Links Research and Practice: 70 Years' Planning Theory: A Critical Review 2. Mapping the Knowledge Domain of Urban Planning 3. Planning Research in the Service of Planning Practice: Process and Implementation 4. Striving for Impact Beyond the Academy? Planning Research in Australia Part II 5. Planning Culture: Research Heuristics and Explanatory Value 6. The Relationship of Green Places and Urban Society: Understanding the Evolution and Integration of City Planning with the Ecological Sciences 7. Evolution in Land Use and Transportation Research 8. Monitoring Sustainability Culture: An Overview of a Multi-Year Program of Evaluation Research at the University of Michigan Part III 9. Towards an Object-Oriented Case Methodology for Planners 10. Urban Morphology as a Research Method 11. The Unwarranted Boundaries between Urban Planning and Design in Theory, Practice and Research Part IV 12. Use of Planning Magazine to Bridge the Gap Between Researchers and Practitioners 13. Planning from the Inside Out: Using GIS Technology & Citizen Science Post-Disaster in New Orleans 14. Planning Our Future Cities: The Role Computer Technologies Can Play 15. Science in Planning: Theory, Methods and Models Postscript Appendices

Thomas W. Sanchez earned his PhD in City Planning from Georgia Tech in 1996 and has since taught at Iowa State University, Portland State University, and the University of Utah. He is currently chair and professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech. Sanchez conducts research in the areas of transport equity, environmental justice, technology, and scholarly impact. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of Housing Policy Debate, a leading journal on housing and community development policy. In 2012 he co-authored, Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity with Marc Brenman. In 2007 they co-authored The Right to Transportation: Moving to Equity. Also in 2007 he co-authored The Social Impacts of Urban Containment with Arthur C. Nelson and Casey Dawkins.

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• Introduction: Planning Knowledge and Research Part I 1. How Theory Links Research and Practice: 70 Years' Planning Theory: A Critical Review 2. Mapping the Knowledge Domain of Urban Planning 3. Planning Research in the Service of Planning Practice: Process and Implementation 4. Striving for Impact Beyond the Academy? Planning Research in Australia Part II 5. Planning Culture: Research Heuristics and Explanatory Value 6. The Relationship of Green Places and Urban Society: Understanding the Evolution and Integration of City Planning with the Ecological Sciences 7. Evolution in Land Use and Transportation Research 8. Monitoring Sustainability Culture: An Overview of a Multi-Year Program of Evaluation Research at the University of Michigan Part III 9. Towards an Object-Oriented Case Methodology for Planners 10. Urban Morphology as a Research Method 11. The Unwarranted Boundaries between Urban Planning and Design in Theory, Practice and Research Part IV 12. Use of Planning Magazine to Bridge the Gap Between Researchers and Practitioners 13. Planning from the Inside Out: Using GIS Technology & Citizen Science Post-Disaster in New Orleans 14. Planning Our Future Cities: The Role Computer Technologies Can Play 15. Science in Planning: Theory, Methods and Models Postscript Appendices