Topic: Spatial-temporal Analysis of Urban Areas: the Case of Neighborhood Quality of Life in Charlotte NC

Speaker: Jean-Claude Thill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Time: 9:30, June 22 (Tuesday), 2010

Venue: Room 2321, IGSNRR

Introduction to the speaker:

Jean-Claude Thill holds a M.Sc. in Spatial Planning from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, and a Doctorate in Geography from the same institution. He is the Knight Distinguished Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Professor Thill’s research focuses on the spatial dimensions of socio-economic organizations, particularly the interfacing between transportation and mobility systems, and urban land use, urban forms and functions. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Associate Editor of Geographical Analysis, and GIScience Area Editor of Networks and Spatial Economics. He has served as Executive Director of the North American Regional Science Council, a branch of the Regional Science Association International, since 2005. He is on the editorial of a number of regional, national, and international journals in the fields of geography, GIScience, regional science, and spatial planning.