Timothy Beatley Biography

At the University of Virginia, where he has been a professor for the past 25 years, Timothy Beatley holds the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities title in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning School of Architecture. Beatley spends a lot of time researching sustainable communities and innovative ways that cities and towns might radically lower their ecological footprints while also improving their livability and equity. Beatley thinks that our best chance of tackling the environmental issues of today is through resilient, sustainable cities. More than fifteen books on these topics have been written by Beatley, including Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities (recently translated into Chinese) Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age, and Planning for Coastal Resilience is a book on habitat conservation planning. Resilient Cities and Green Urbanism Down Under: Learning From Sustainable Australian Communities are two works he co-authored with Australian urbanist Peter Newman. The American Planning Association named Beatley's book Ethical Land Use as one of the "100 Essential Books in Planning." In his most recent book, Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning, he makes the case that urban areas can and should be planned in a way that encourages everyday interaction with the natural world. It lists several methods for doing this, including sidewalk gardens, green walls, and green roofs. The Nature of Cities, a documentary about green cities and urban nature that Beatley recently co-wrote and co-produced, has been broadcast on PBS stations around the country. Additionally, he contributes a regular piece to Planning Magazine called Ever Green where he talks about sustainability and environmental issues. Several institutions and agencies, including the National Science Foundation, Virginia Sea Grant, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, among others, have supported his study.

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