Sujata Shetty
- Professor, Geography and Planning , College of Arts and Letters
Contact Info
Overview
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Sujata Shetty is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning and Director of the Jack Ford Urban Affairs Center, at the University of Toledo. She received her undergraduate degree in architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India, and her master's and doctoral degrees in urban and regional planning from the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. She has worked as an architect, and as an urban planner concentrating on community-based planning, research and evaluation projects. Her research explores the role of planning in marginalized and under-resourced communities from multiple perspectives, including land use planning, urban design, community development, and international development planning. Most recently, she has focused on the planning challenges in mid-sized cities in the U.S. industrial mid-west, particularly cities facing population loss. Her work has been published in a wide range of journals including Housing Policy Debate, Urban Design International and Community Development.
Publications
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Article (Faculty180)
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2023
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2022Spatial and Sentiment Analysis of Public Opinion Toward the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Twitter Data: Early Stage of Vaccination. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
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2019Teaching Spatial Thinking and Geospatial Technologies Through Citizen Mapping and Problem-Based Inquiry in Grades 7-12. Journal of Geography. 118:21-34.
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2018Automotive Production and Its Relationship with the Built Environment: Toledo’s Jeep Parkway. The International Journal of the Constructed Environment . 9:21-36.
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2018Including student’s geographies in Geography education: spatial narratives, citizen mapping and social justice. Theory & Research in Social Education. 43:603-641.
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2018Including student’s geographies in Geography education: spatial narratives, citizen mapping and social justice. Theory & Research in Social Education. 43:603-641.
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2016Toledo Tomorrow: Reading Norman Bel Geddes’ Vision for the Future in a Shrinking Midwestern City. Journal of Urban Design. 21:177-194.
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2014An Exploration of Urban Intercessions as a Part of Studying the Complexity of Shrinking Cities. New Urban Configurations, Delft Technical University. 820-826..
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2014Dealing with Decline in Old Industrial Cities in Europe and the United States: Problems and Policies. Built Environment Volume . 40:458-474.
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2013Complexity and Change in the Foreclosure Process in Toledo, Ohio. Housing Policy Debate. 23:35-58.
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2013Global Challenges and Local Responses: Creating a New Urban World in the Shrinking Cities of the U.S. Industrial Midwest. Regional Science Policy and Practice. 5:201-217.
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2013Introductory review - Shrinking cities and towns: Challenge and responses. Urban Design International . 18:1-5.
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2013Shrinking Cities in the United States: Lessons for Morocco. Future Challenges of the New Urban World: Which Development Model for the Moroccan City.
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2011Food Systems, Planning and Quantifying Access: Using GIS to Plan for Food Retail. Applied Geography. 31:1216-1223.
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2011Regional Equity through Community Development Planning: The Metro Detroit Regional Investment Initiative. Community Development. 42:511-524.
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2010Engaging the Urban Realm: Designing for Transformation in an Under-Resourced Community. The Urban Project, Delft: Delft Technical University. 207-214.
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2010Inter-disciplinarity in Urban Design: Erasing Boundaries between Architects and Planners in Urban Design Studios. Open House: A Journal of the Built Environment. 35:87-97.
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2010Microcredit, Poverty, and Empowerment: Exploring the Connections. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. 9:356-391.
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2010When Economic Growth is No Longer the Norm: Teaching Urban Design in a Time of Transformation. International Journal of Architectural Research. 4:139-157.
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2009Framing Urban Design as Service Design: Case Study in a Struggling City in the U.S. Industrial Midwest. Re-public, Special Issue on Service Design.
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Article (Web of Science)
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2019Teaching Spatial Thinking and Geospatial Technologies Through Citizen Mapping and Problem-Based Inquiry in Grades 7-12. JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY. 118:21-34.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00221341.2018.1501083
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2018Including Students' Geographies in Geography Education: Spatial Narratives, Citizen Mapping, and Social Justice. THEORY AND RESEARCH IN SOCIAL EDUCATION. 46:603-641.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2018.1427164
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2016Toledo Tomorrow: reading Norman Bel Geddes' vision for the future in a shrinking Midwestern City. Journal of Urban Design. 21:177-194.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2015.1133227
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2013Complexity and Change in the Foreclosure Process in Toledo, Ohio. HOUSING POLICY DEBATE. 23:35-58.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2012.751932
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2013Global challenges and local responses: creating a new urban world in the shrinking cities of the US industrial midwest. REGIONAL SCIENCE POLICY AND PRACTICE. 5:201-217.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12004
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2011Food systems, planning and quantifying access: Using GIS to plan for food retail. APPLIED GEOGRAPHY. 31:1216-1223.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.01.011
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2011Regional equity through community development planning: the Metro Detroit Regional Investment Initiative. Community Development. 42:511-524.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2011.640089
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2010INTER-DISCIPLINARITY IN URBAN DESIGN: Erasing Boundaries between Architects and Planners in Urban Design Studios. OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL. 35:87-97.
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2010Microcredit, Poverty, and Empowerment: Exploring the Connections. PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY. 9:356-391.Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/156914910x499741
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Book (Faculty180)
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2019Urban Shrinkage, Industrial Renewal and Automotive Plants. Palgrave Macmillan.
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2019
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Book Review (Web of Science)
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2011Once the American Dream: Inner Ring Suburbs of the Metropolitan United States. Ed. 25.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0891242410386104
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Chapter (Faculty180)
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2017Approaches to Sustainability in a Shrinking City: A Collaborative Urban Design Studio in Toledo’s Civic Center Mall. Sustainability Practice and Education on University Campuses and Beyond. Bentham . 167-192.
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2017The New Urban World: Challenges and Policy with respect to Shrinking Cities. The SAGE handbook of New Urban Studies. SAGE. 550-565.
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2016Regional Equity through Community Development Planning: The Metro Detroit Regional Investment Initiative. Regional Equity. Routledge. 78-91.
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2012Urban Food Deserts: Policy Issues, Access, and Planning for a Community Food System. Local Food Systems in Old Industrial Regions: Concepts, Spatial Context, and Local Practices. Ashgate. 115-130.
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2009Race and Regional Equity. Fellowships in Architecture. ORO Editions, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan.
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1995Shelter Policy and Implications for Women’s Development: An Overview. Shelter Women and Development: First and Third World Perspectives. George Wahr. 14-22.
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Conference Poster (Faculty180)
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Editorial Material (Web of Science)
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2013An introductory review to the special issue: Shrinking cities and towns: Challenge and responses. URBAN DESIGN INTERNATIONAL. 1-5.Full Text via DOI: 10.1057/udi.2012.36
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Other Scholarly Work (Faculty180)
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2017Advancing Geospatial Thinking and Technologies in Grades 9-12 Project Website (https://www.utoledo.edu/research/advancing-geospatial-thinking/). University of Toledo (funded by NSF).
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2016On Sketching. Exhibition Catalog.
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2015Planning Downtown Toledo: A Review of Planning Efforts for the Central City: University of Toledo. Planning Report submitted to the 22nd Century Committee for Toledo.
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2012Shrinking Cities in the New Urban World. The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) Newsletter.
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2012Shrinking Cities in the New Urban World. The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) Newsletter.
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2009Shrinking Cities in the Industrial Belt: A Focus on Small and Mid-size Cities in Northwestern Ohio. Planning Report for Northwest Ohio Research Consortium.
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2007MDRII Year Two Final Report. Metro Detroit Regional Investment Initiative.
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2007New Schools, New Neighborhoods: A Neighborhood-Based Redevelopment Plan for Three Target Areas in Central City Toledo, Ohio,. Planning Report for the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, LISC and the Urban Affairs Center.
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2004Promising More Than It Can Deliver? A Review of the Evidence On Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment. Working Paper series, Urban and Regional Research Collaborative, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan..
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2004Small Business Development as Economic Development: Comparing Policy Contexts. Working Paper series, Urban and Regional Research Collaborative, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan..
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Presentation (Faculty180)
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Proceedings Paper (Web of Science)
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2014An exploration of urban intercessions as a part of studying the complexity of shrinking cities. NEW URBAN CONFIGURATIONS. 820-825.Full Text via DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-365-0-825
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Research Report (Faculty180)
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Review (Faculty180)
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2015
Contact
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