Terry J. Brown

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University of Michigan
Natural Resources & Environment
Landscape Architecture Program
ProfessorAppointed: 1998

Mailing Address

Natural Resources and Environment
2532 Dana
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1115
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (734) 763-9215
Fax: (734) 936-2195
tbrown@umich.edu
http://www2.snre.umich.edu:80/faculty/tbrown.html

Qualifications

M.L.A., Harvard University, Landscape Architecture, 1972.

Expertise and Research Interests

1) The Americans with Disabilities Act, universal design and landscape architecture. 2) The interrelationships of landscape design and landscape planning processes, with specific focus on the role of aesthetic analysis in scenic management. 3) The utilization of geographic information systems in the land use planning process. 4) Incorporating public participation in the design process. 5) The use of microcomputers in landscape architecture.

Other Expertise

Designed and completed the following local projects: 1) Swift Run Drain and Watershed Comprehensive Development Plan, Washtenaw County, MI (1975), 2) Liberty Square, Ann Arbor, MI (1977), 3) Huron River Development Plan: Geddes Lake Area, Ann Arbor, MI (1984), 4) Island Design for Ford Lake, Ypsilanti , MI (1985), and 5) County Farm Park, Washtenaw County Parks Commission, Ann Arbor, MI (1991).

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Architecture, Geographic Information Systems, Landscape Architecture Or Design.

Additional Terms:

Environmental Design, Environmental Planning, Geographic Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems, Impact Assessment, Land Use Planning, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Planning, Microcomputers in Design, Perception and Preference Research, Physical Design, Resource Analysis, Resource Analysis, Site Engineering, Visual Analysis.

Memberships

American Society of Landscape Architects
Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
Xi Sigma Pi

Previous Positions

1995, Chair, University of Michigan, Natural Resources & Environment, Landscape Architecture Program
1978-1979, Visiting Lecturer, University of Melbourne
1977-1998, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Natural Resources and Environment
1972-1987, Lecturer, University of Michigan, Landscape Architecture, Natural Resources

Funding Received

  • Prentice Foundation, Inc.: Support for Graduate School Master's Projects, UM ID# 99-1896, 1/1/99 to 6/1/00.
  • Prentice Foundation, Inc.: School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) Master's Project Program, UM ID# 02-3494, 05/01/2002 to 04/30/2003.

Publications

  • with J. Burley, Constructing interpretable environments from multidimensional data: GIS suitability overlays and principal component analysis, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 38(4), 537-550, 1995
  • Conceptualizing smoothness and density as landscape elements in visual resource management, Landscape and Urban Planning, 30, 49-58, 1994
  • with J. Burley, Remote sensing and reclamation applications, Proceedings of the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation Ninth Annual Meeting, 519-534, 1992
  • with B.-E. Yang, A cross-cultural comparison of preference for landscape styles and landscape elements, Environment and Behavior, 24, 471-507, 1992

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Last Updated: 2/22/2006

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