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Ph.D., 2003, Rutgers, the State University, Graduate School Urban Planning and Policy Development, May. M.C.R.P., 1997, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, New Brunswick, New Jersey, May.
B.A., 1992, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, May
Major: Economics.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Math Building, Room 337

Phone: (504) 280-3110

Email: mnelson@uno.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

- URBAN REVITALIZATION

- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

COURSES

- MURP 4050 Urban Land Use Planning and Plan Making, Spring 2003-2004

- MURP 6020 Analytic Methods for Planners, Fall 2002-2006

- MURP 6450 Local Economic Development Policy & Planning, Spring 2003

- MURP 6600 Planning Theory, Spring 2004-2007

- DURP 7020 Dissertation Proposal/Research Design Seminar, Fall 2003-2004, Spring 2006

- DURP 7030 Research Design Practicum, Spring 2005, Fall 2006

PUBLICATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

- Marla Nelson, Renia Ehrenfeucht and Shirley Laska. 2007. “Planning, Plans and People: Professional Expertise, Local Knowledge and Governmental Action in Post-Katrina New Orleans,” Cityscape 9(3): 23-53.

- Nelson, M. 2006. “Reinterpreting producer service suburbanization: The public accounting industry in Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul.” Urban Geography, 27 (1): 45-71.

- Nelson, M. 2005. “Rethinking agglomeration economies and the role of the central city:
The public accounting industry in Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul.” Journal of Planning Education and Research, 24: 331-341.

- Nelson, M. 2003. "The Polish defense industry: Restructuring in the midst of economic transition." In From Defense to Development: International Perspectives on Realizing the Peace Dividend. Edited by S. DiGiovanna and A. Markusen. Publisher: Routledge. Pp. 75-100. (Invited).

- Hughes, J. and M. Nelson. 2002. “The New York region’s post 9/11 economic geography.” Transportation Quarterly, 56 (4): 27-42. (Invited).

- Servon, L. and M. Nelson. 2002. “The role of CTCs within the community technology movement.” In Bridging the Digital Divide: Technology, Community and Public Policy. By L. Servon. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Pp. 45-76.

- Servon, L., and M. Nelson. 2001. “Community technology centers: Narrowing the digital divide in low-income, urban communities.” Journal of Urban Affairs, 23 (2): 279-290.

- Servon, L., and M. Nelson. 2001. “Community technology centers and the urban technology gap.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 26 (2): 419-426.

PROFILE

Marla Nelson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Planning and Urban Studies at the University of New Orleans. Her areas of expertise include local and regional economic development, location theory and urban revitalization. Nelson’s research has been funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, the National Science Foundation, the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy and the Louisiana Board of Regents. She has published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research, the Journal of Urban Affairs, the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Transportation Quarterly and Urban Geography. Nelson is a member of the National and Louisiana chapters of the American Planning Association (APA), the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and Planners Network.

Nelson is currently working on a resident and neighborhood recovery survey in two New Orleans planning districts; an assessment of community facilities as part of the Unified New Orleans Plan; and an investigation of the redevelopment of the New Orleans health care infrastructure from an economic development perspective.

MARLA NELSON'S CV


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