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David Pijawka's research focuses on sustainable planning and design, disaster management and recovery, environmental justice, and Native American community planning.
Much of Professor Pijawka's recent work has concentrated on community projects in the U.S. Mexico-Border region and in Native American tribal communities. He served as a co-investigator on the Border Observatory Project, a five-year study tracking quality of life indicators in the U.S.-Mexico border region. He has also directed several community planning workshops for Native American tribal communities in Arizona in recent years. Professsor Pijawka is the co-author of a strategic plan for the Navajo Nation on community land use planning. In 2012, he published "Understanding Sustainable Cities: Concepts, Cases, and Solutions," a book on current issues in urban sustainability. He also co-directed a study on climate change perceptions and policy preferences in nine countries.
He teaches the largest undergraduate course in sustainability at ASU, Sustainable Cities. He also regularly teaches environmental planning, sustainable community development, and tribal community planning. He mentors students for ASU's Barrett Honors College and has won several awards for teaching excellence.
Sustainable planning and design, socio-economic assessments, disaster management and recovery planning, perception and behavior studies, institutional design
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 593 | Applied Project |
PUP 599 | Thesis |
GPH 690 | Reading and Conference |
PUP 690 | Reading and Conference |
PUP 692 | Research |
GPH 692 | Research |
GCU 692 | Research |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
GCU 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 593 | Applied Project |
GCU 690 | Reading and Conference |
GPH 692 | Research |
PUP 692 | Research |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
GCU 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 542 | Environmental Planning |
GCU 592 | Research |
PUP 598 | Special Topics |
PUP 690 | Reading and Conference |
GPH 690 | Reading and Conference |
PUP 692 | Research |
GCU 692 | Research |
GCU 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 442 | Environmental Planning |
AIS 494 | Special Topics |
PUP 494 | Special Topics |
AIS 598 | Special Topics |
PUP 598 | Special Topics |
PUP 690 | Reading and Conference |
GPH 690 | Reading and Conference |
GCU 690 | Reading and Conference |
GCU 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
PUP 542 | Environmental Planning |
PUP 592 | Research |
GCU 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 442 | Environmental Planning |
PUP 494 | Special Topics |
PUP 592 | Research |
PUP 598 | Special Topics |
GCU 690 | Reading and Conference |
GCU 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
PUP 593 | Applied Project |
GCU 790 | Reading and Conference |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PUP 442 | Environmental Planning |
PUP 493 | Honors Thesis |
PUP 494 | Special Topics |
AIS 494 | Special Topics |
PUP 590 | Reading and Conference |
AIS 598 | Special Topics |
PUP 598 | Special Topics |
GPH 790 | Reading and Conference |
GCU 792 | Research |