Professor Burby teaches courses in land use and environmental planning, development
impact assessment, development management, sustainable cities, hazard mitigation
and research methods.  He is the Director of Undergraduate Studies and the Coordinator
of the Minor in Urban Studies and Planning.

Research and Practice
Dr. Burby is a fellow of American Institute of Certified Planners and is a member
of numerous professional organizations. He is a former co-editor of the Journal of
the American Planning Association. He has been an author or editor on 14 books
and published extensively in planning and policy journals including, among others,
Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Planning Education and
Research, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Land Economics, Environmental
Management, and Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.

He has received many research grants and is currently principal investigator on a study
of urban growth boundaries funded by the National Science Foundation as well as co-pi
on an NSF-funded study of risk and planning behaviors associated with combined
natural and technological disasters.

Curriculum Vita

Selected Publications:
Cooperating with Nature: Confronting Natural Hazards with Land-Use Planning
for Sustainable Communities. Raymond J. Burby, ed. Washington, DC: Joseph
Henry/National Academy Press, 1998.

Making Governments Plan: State Experiments in Managing Land Use.
Raymond J.Burby, et al. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.

Environmental Management and Governance: Intergovernmental Approaches to
Hazards and Sustainability. Peter J. May, Raymond J. Burby, et al.
London:Routledge Publishers, 1996.

"Making Plans that Matter: Citizen Involvement and Government Action,"
Raymond J. Burby. Journal of the American Planning Association, 46, 1
(Winter 2003), in press.

"Flood Insurance and Floodplain Management: The U.S. Experience,"
Raymond J. Burby. Journal of Environmental Hazards, 3, 3 (July 2002), in press.

"Urban Containment Policy and Exposure to Natural Hazards: Is There a
Connection?" Raymond J. Burby, Arthur C. Nelson, Dennis Parker, and John
Handmer. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 44, 4
(Summer 2001): 475-490.

"Involving Citizens in Hazard Mitigation Planning: Making the Right Choices, "
Raymond J. Burby, The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 16 (3)
(2001): 45-52.

"Chapter 5 Environmental Assessment," Margot Garcia, Robert Olshansky, and
Raymond J. Burby in The Practice of Local Government Planning, 3rd Edition,
Frank So, Linda Dalton, and Charles Hoch, eds. Washington, DC: International
City Management Association and American Planning Association, 2000.

"Code Enforcement Burdens and Central City Decline," Raymond J. Burby, et al.
Journal of the American Planning Association 66, 2 (Spring 2000): 143-161.

"Heavy Industry, People, and Planners: New Insights on an Old Issue," Raymond J.
Burby. Journal of Planning Education and Research 19, 1 (Autumn 1999): 15-25.

"Unleashing the Power of Planning to Create Disaster-Resistant Communities,"
Raymond J. Burby, et al. Journal of the American Planning Association 65
(Summer 1999): 247-258.