G. William Page, AICP

Professor

office : 201J Hayes Hall
phone : 716 829 2133 x 208
e-mail : gpage@buffalo.edu

Education

A.B. (politics), Princeton University
M.C.R.P., Rutgers University
Ph.D. (urban planning and policy development), Rutgers University

Courses

Dr. Page currently teaches four graduate courses: Land Use and Physical Planning (an MUP foundational elective course), Environmental Planning Methods, Environmental Planning and Policy, and Planning Decision Support - Advanced GIS. Dr. Page directs the specialization in environmental and physical planning for the MUP program. Professor Page spent academic year 2003-04 as a Fulbright Scholar teaching environmental management and policy at Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City.

Research

Dr. Page’s research focuses on a variety of issues related to environmental planning, which involves the study of how to use the planning process to minimize the negative effects of human settlements on the natural environment. At present, his efforts are focused on contaminated land and brownfield sites, water supply planning, third-world environmental problems, and the effects on public infrastructure investments on communities and the environment.

Public service

In fall 2004, Dr. Page was presented the Jay Chatterjee Award for Career-Long Service to the Planning Academy by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Dr. Page is the editor for North American submissions of the Journal of Environmental Planning & Management. He started and continues to operate PLANET, an international listserv of planning educators and researchers. Dr. Page serves as a Fulbright Senior Specialist Program member for international consulting and serves on site visit teams for the Planning Accreditation Board. Dr. Page is the co-editor of a special issue on "Planning for Water" that will be published in a 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Planning Association.

Selected publications

  • "Characteristics and Land Use of Contaminated Brownfield Properties in Voluntary Cleanup Agreement Programs," Land Use Policy, 23: 551-559, 2006.
  • "Property Characteristics of Contaminated Land in Environmental Cleanup Programs in New York State," Public Works Management & Policy 10: 157-169.
  • Contaminated Sites and Environmental Cleanup: International Approaches to Prevention, Remediation, and Reuse. (1997). New York, NY: Academic Press.
  • Pocket Primer: Quick Answers to Quantitative Questions (with Carl V. Patton). (1991). New York, NY: Academic Press.
  • Planning for Groundwater Protection (editor). (1987). New York, NY: Academic Press.
  • “Planning Implications of Water Supply Decisions” (2001) Planning Practice and Research. Vol. 16, No. 3-4.
  • “Environmental Health Policy in Ukraine After the Chernobyl Accident” (with Olga Alexandrovna Bobyleva, Marina Vasilievna Naboka and Viacheslav Mikhailovich Shestopalov). (1995). Policy Studies Journal. Vol. 23, No. 1.
  • “The Potential for Redevelopment of Contaminated Brownfield Sites” (with Harvey Rabinowitz). (1994). Economic Development Quarterly. Vol. 8, No. 4