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Academic and Professional Publications

2010 and beyond

Forthcoming, Ann Forsyth, Planned Communities and New Towns. In Tridib Banerjee and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris eds. Urban Design: Roots, Influences, and Trends: The Routledge Companion to Urban Design. New York: Routledge.

Forthcoming, Ann Forsyth and Katherine Crewe. Finding Common Ground in the Metropolis: Planned Residential Enclaves as Connection or Exclusion? Journal of Architectural and Planning Research.

Forthcoming, Ann Forsyth, Justin Jacobson, and Katherine Thering, Six Assessments of the Same Places: Comparing Views of Urban Design. Journal of Urban Design.

Forthcoming, Ann Forsyth, Leslie Lytle, and David Van Riper. Finding Food: Issues and Challenges in Using GIS to Measure Food Access. Journal of Transport and Land Use.

Forthcoming, Review of Clara Irazábal, Ordinary Places, Extraordinary Events: Citizenship, Democracy, and Public Space in Latin America (2008). Journal of Architectural and Planning Research.

Forthcoming 2010, Ann Forsyth, Carissa Schively Slotterback, and Kevin Krizek. Health Impact Assessment for Planners: What Tools are Useful? Journal of Planning Literature.

Forthcoming 2010, Ann Forsyth, Gretchen Nicholls, and Barbara Raye, Higher Density and Affordable Housing: Lessons from the Corridor Housing Initiative. Journal of Urban Design 15, 2.

2010     A. Forsyth, C. Schively Slotterback, and K. Krizek. Health Impact Assessments in Planning: Development and Testing of the Design for Health HIA Tools. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 30: 42-51.

2010     K. Krizek, A. Forsyth, and C. Shively Slotterback. Is There a Role for Evidence-Based Practice in Urban Planning and Policy? Journal of Planning Theory and Practice 10, 4: 455–474.

2009

2009     Ann Forsyth and Katherine Crewe, New Visions for Suburbia: Reassessing Aesthetics and Place-making in Modernism, Imageability, and New Urbanism. Journal of Urban Design 14, 4: 415-438.

2009     J. Michael Oakes, Ann Forsyth, Mary Hearst, and Kathryn H. Schmitz. Recruiting a Representative Sample for Neighborhood Effects Research: Strategies and Outcomes of the Twin Cities Walking Study. Environment and Behavior 41, 6: 787-805.

2009     Donald Dengel, Mary O. Hearst, Joe H. Harmon, Ann Forsyth, Leslie A. Lytle Does the Built Environment Relate to the Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents? Health and Place 15:946-951.

2009     Kevin Krizek, Susan Handy, and Ann Forsyth. Explaining Changes in Walking and Bicycling Behavior: Challenges for Transportation Research. Environment and Planning B 36: 725-740.

2009     Ann Forsyth, Kevin Krizek, Daniel Rodriguez. Non-motorized Travel Research and Contemporary Planning Initiatives. Progress in Planning 71: 170-184.
To be reprinted in the Chinese Journal of Urban and Regional Planning (translated into Chinese by Chaolin Gu)

2009     Review of Timothy Beatley, Green Urbanism down Under (2008), Journal of Planning Education and Research 28: 529-531.

2009     Review of Robert Beauregard, When America Became Suburban (2007). Journal of Urban Affairs 31, 5: 3-4.

2009     Krizek, Kevin, Ann Forsyth, and Laura Baum, Walking and Cycling International Literature Review. Melbourne: Victoria Department of Transport. http://www.transport.vic.gov.au/DOI/DOIElect.nsf/$UNIDS+for+Web+Display/
70D43560D1141DDFCA2575E8000BA1EE/$FILE/WalkingCyclingLiteratureReview.pdf

2009     Bruce Stiftel, Ann Forsyth, Linda Dalton, and Fritz Steiner, Assessing Planning School Performance: Multiple Paths, Multiple Measures. Journal of Planning Education and Research 28: 323-335.

2009     Ann Forsyth and Katherine Crewe, A Typology of Comprehensive Designed Communities since the Second World War. Landscape Journal 27, 2: 56-78.

2009     Ross Brownson, Christy Hoehner, Kristin Day, Ann Forsyth, Jim Sallis, Measuring the Built Environment for Physical Activity: State of the Art. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 36, 4s: s99-s123.

2009     Keryn E. Pasch, Mary O. Hearst, Melissa C. Nelson, Ann Forsyth, Leslie A. Lytle. Alcohol Outlets and Youth Alcohol Use: Exposure in Suburban Areas. Health and Place 15: 642-646.

2009     Ann Forsyth, J. Michael Oakes, and Kathryn H. Schmitz, Test-Retest Reliability of the Twin Cities Walking Survey. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 6, 1: 119-131. Note: On page 125 “MET Minutes per week” should read “MET minutes per day”. The results are unchanged.

2009     Ann Forsyth, J. Michael Oakes, Brian Lee, and Kathryn H. Schmitz, The Built Environment, Walking, and Physical Activity: Is the Environment More Important to Some People than Others? Transportation Research Part D 14: 42-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2008.10.003

2008

2008     Justin Jacobson and Ann Forsyth, Seven American TODs: Good Practices for Urban Design in Transit-Oriented Development Projects. Journal of Transport and Land Use 1, 2: 51-88. https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/67

2008     Daniel Rodriguez, Semra Aytur, Ann Forsyth, J. Michael Oakes, and Kelly Clifton. Relation of Modifiable Neighborhood Attributes to Walking. Preventive Medicine 47: 260-264.

2008     Ann Forsyth, Great Programs in Architecture: Rankings, Performance Assessments, and Diverse Paths to Prominence. International Journal of Architectural Research.
http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10444

2008     Ann Forsyth, Mary Hearst, J. Michael Oakes, M. Kathryn Schmitz, Design and Destinations: Factors Influencing Walking and Total Physical Activity. Urban Studies 45, 9: 1973-1996.

2008     Ann Forsyth and Michael Southworth, Editorial: Cities Afoot: Pedestrians, Walkability, and Urban Design, Journal of Urban Design 13, 1:1-3.
Co-Editors of Special Issue on Pedestrians and Urban Design in Journal of Urban Design 13, 1.

2007

2007     Review of Ralph L. Knowles, Ritual House: Drawing on Nature’s Rhythms for Architecture and Urban Design (2006). Journal of Urban Design 12, 2: 335-337

2007     J. Michael Oakes, Ann Forsyth, and Kathryn H. Schmitz, The Effect of Neighborhood Density and Street Connectivity on Walking Behavior: The Twin Cities Walking Study. Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 4, 16. http://www.epi-perspectives.com/content/4/1/16/abstract

2007     Panel review (ten panelists) of Robert Bruegmann, Sprawl: A Compact History (2006), and Anthony Flint, This Land: The Battle Over Sprawl and the Future of America (2006). Journal of the American Planning Association 73, 2: 245-249.

2007     Ann Forsyth, The Rise of the Nerds? Interdisciplinary Research and Architecture. International Journal of Architectural Research 1, 3: 177-182. http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10276

2007     Forthcoming, Ann Forsyth. Irvine Ranch—the “Place Where Urban Sprawl Ends,” The Commissioner.

2007     Ann Forsyth, J. Michael Oakes, Kathryn H. Schmitz, and Mary Hearst, Does Residential Density Increase Walking and Other Physical Activity? Urban Studies 44, 4: 679-697.

2007     Ann Forsyth, Innovation in Urban Design: Does Research Help? Journal of Urban Design 12, 3: 461-473.

2007     Ann Forsyth editor and contributor, Environment, Food, and Youth: GIS Protocols. University of Minnesota. Various versions, first released to public as version 1.1 in 2007. Version 1.2 July 2007, 201 pp. http://www.designforhealth.net/techassistance/trec.html

2007     Ann Forsyth and Katherine Crewe, Across the Board, Master Planned Communities Come in all Shapes and Sizes. Planning 73, 7: 10-15.

2007     Ann Forsyth, Katie Thering, and Gretchen Nicholls, Script for Corridor Housing Initiative: A Strategy for Effective Planning 30 minutes. http://www.housinginitiative.org/video.html (Director/Producer Tom Biaso).

2007    Ann Forsyth review of Jason Corburn, Street Science : Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice (2005). Journal of Planning Literature 1: 296-297.

2007    Design For Health, Health Impact Assessment Series Project Team Ann Forsyth, Kevin Krizek, Carissa Schively, Amanda Johnson, Aly Pennucci). http://www.designforhealth.net/techassistance/hiatools.html

2007    Ann Forsyth, Justin Jacobson, and Katie Thering, Moving Design: Spaces of Transportation, Report no. CTS 07-09, Minneapolis: Center for Transportation Studies, 350pp. (Released late 2008).

2007    Design For Health, Health Impact Assessment Series (Principal Investigator, series editor; Project Team Ann Forsyth, Kevin Krizek, Carissa Schively, Amanda Johnson, Aly Pennucci).
http://www.designforhealth.net/techassistance/hiatools.html. Also related Key Questions/Research Summary Series (series editor), Information Sheets Series (contributor), Image Slideshows (series editor).

2006

2006     Marlon Boarnet, Kristen Day, Mariela Alfonzo, Ann Forsyth, J. Michael Oakes, The Irvine Minnesota Inventory to Measure Built Environments: Reliability Tests. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 30, 2: 153-259.

2006     Kristen Day, Marlon Boarnet, Mariela Alfonzo, Ann Forsyth, The Irvine Minnesota Inventory to Measure Built Environments: Development. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 30, 2: 144-152.

2006     Laura Musacchio and Ann Forsyth, Small Things Considered, Parks and Recreation 41, 4: 42-47.

2006     Ann Forsyth, Urban Centers in Universities: Institutional Alternatives for Urban Design. Journal of Urban Design 11, 1: 97-103.

2006     Ann Forsyth, Research in Physical Planning, Implications 4, 5: 1-5.

2006     Ann Forsyth, Kathryn H. Schmitz, J. Michael Oakes, Jason Zimmerman, and Joel Koepp, Standards for Environmental Measurement using GIS: Toward a Protocol for Protocols. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 3, S1: 241-s257.

2006     Ann Forsyth, In Praise of Zaha: Women, Partnership, and the Star System in Architecture. Journal of Architectural Education 60, 2: 63-65.

2006     Ann Forsyth review of Edward O. Laumann, Stephen Ellington, Jenna Mahay, Anthony Paik, and Yoosik Youm, eds, The Sexual Organization of the City (2004). Journal of the American Planning Association 72, 4: 508-509.

2006     Ann Forsyth and Laura Musacchio, Small Parks, Landscape Architecture Graphic Standards. Len Hopper ed. New York: Wiley.

2006     Ann Forsyth and Katherine Crewe, Research in Environmental Design: Definitions and Limits. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 23, 2: 160-175.

2006     Ann Forsyth and Gretchen Nicholls. Growing the City Inward: Challenges for Education in Urban Design. In A.C. Nelson, B.L. Allen, and D.L. Trauger eds. Toward a Resilient Metropolis. Alexandria: Metropolitan Institute of Virginia Tech.

2006     Ann Forsyth and Gordana Rabrenovich, Communities and Women’s Activism Syllabus. In Jan Marie Fritz ed. Clinical Sociology Resource Book. Washington: American Sociological Association.

2006     Ann Forsyth, Directions for Suburbia, review of Avi Friedman and David Krawitz, Peeking Through the Keyhole: The Evolution of North American Homes (2002); Dolores Hayden, Redesigning the American Dream: Gender, Housing, and Family Life revised and expanded (2002); Carolyn S. Loeb, Entrepreneurial Vernacular: Developers' Subdivisions in the 1920s (2001), Journal of Urban History32: 885-890.

2005

2005     Ann Forsyth and Laura Musacchio. Designing Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns. New York: Wiley.

2005     Ann Forsyth, Reforming Suburbia: The Planned Communities of Irvine, Columbia, and The Woodlands. Berkeley: University of California Press.

2005, 2006, 2007 Ann Forsyth editor and contributor, Environment and Physical Activity: GIS Protocols. University of Minnesota. Various versions, first released to public as version 2.0 in 2005. Version 4.1, June 2007, 236 pp. www.designforhealth.net

2005     Ann Forsyth, Sex Segregation, Entry, Encyclopedia of New England Culture. Burt Feintuch and David Watters eds. New Haven: Yale University Press, 501-502.

2005     Ann Forsyth, Grading the Irvine Ranch, Planning 71, 5: 36-40.

2005     Ann Forsyth, Evolution of an Ecoburb, Landscape Architecture 95, 7: 60-69.

2005     Ann Forsyth, Entries, Encyclopedia of the City. Roger Caves ed. New York: Routledge. Entries include: Density; Feminist Theory; Gendered Spaces; Progressive Planners; Dolores Hayden.

2005     Ann Forsyth and Laura Musacchio, Why Small Parks Matter, Planning 71, 11: 32-35.

2005     Ann Forsyth review of Robert Fogelson, Bourgeois Nightmares: Suburbia 1870-1930 (2005). H-Urban.

2005     Ann Forsyth review of Carmona, Matthew, Tim Heath, Taner Oc, Steve Tiesdell, Public Places, Urban Spaces: The Dimensions of Urban Design (2003). Journal of Urban Design 10, 1: 133-134.

2005     Day, Kristen, Marlon Boarnet, Mariela Alfonzo, and Ann Forsyth, Irvine Minnesota Inventory (paper version and Microsoft Access version). Irvine, CA: UC Irvine Department of Urban Planning and Design https://webfiles.uci.edu/kday/public/index.html.

2005      Ann Forsyth review of Dolores Hayden, A Field Guide to Sprawl (2004). Landscape Journal 24, 2: 214-215.

2004

2004     Ann Forsyth, The View from Design. Journal of Planning Education and Research 24, 1: 24-25.

2004     Tom Angotti and Ann Forsyth editors, Progressive Planning Reader. New York: Planners Network, 108 pp.

2003

2003     Katherine Crewe and Ann Forsyth, LandSCAPES: A Typology of Approaches to Landscape Architecture. Landscape Journal 22, 1: 37-53. Reprinted in a revised form as Ann Forsyth and Katherine Crewe, LandSCAPES: Six Approaches to Landscape Architecture. Landscape Architecture May, 36-47, 2004.

2003     Ann Forsyth review of Vanessa Watson, Change and Continuity in Spatial Planning (2002). International Planning Studies 8, 4: 332-334

2003     Ann Forsyth review of Stephen Ward, Planning the Twentieth-Century City (2002) and Robert Freestone, ed. Urban Planning in a Changing World (2000). Journal of Planning History 2, 2: 181-184.

2003     Ann Forsyth review of Chester Hartman, Between Eminence and Notoriety (2002). Harvard Design Magazine 18: 91-93.

2003      Ann Forsyth, Ian McHarg’s Woodlands: A Second Look, Planning August 10-13.

2003      Ann Forsyth, Entries, Encyclopedia of Community. Karen Christensen and David Levinson, eds. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Entries include: New Towns; Columbia, MD.

2002

2002     Ann Forsyth, Who Built Irvine? Private Planning and the Federal Government. Urban Studies 39, 13, 2507-2530.

2002     Ann Forsyth, Planning Lessons from Three US New Towns of the 1960s and 1970s: Irvine, Columbia, and The Woodlands. Journal of the American Planning Association 68, 4: 387-415.

2002     Ann Forsyth, Columbia, Irvine, and The Woodlands: Planning and Policy Lessons from Three US New Towns of the 1960s and 1970s. Lincoln Institute Working Paper. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Land Institute, 39 pp. Noted in the Internet Scout Report 8, 42.

2002      Ann Forsyth, Trajectories of Planning Theory. Planning Theory 1, 3: 203-208.

2001

2001     Mark Cameron, Ann Forsyth, Will Green, Henry Lu, Patricia McGirr, Patsy Eubanks Owens, and Ron Stolz, Learning Through Service: The Community Design Studio. College Teaching 49, 3: 105-113.

2001     Ken Kirkey and Ann Forsyth, Men in the Valley. Journal of Rural Studies 17: 421-441.

2001     Ann Forsyth,  Non-Conformist Populations and Planning Practice. Journal of Planning Literature 15, 3: 339-358.

2001     Ann Forsyth, Henry Lu, and Patricia McGirr, Plazas, Streets, and Markets: Puerto Ricans and Urban Spaces in Northern Climates. Landscape Journal 20, 1: 62-76.

2001     Ann Forsyth review of Richard Harris and Peter Larkham eds. Changing Suburbs (1999). Journal of the American Planning Association 16, 1: 116-117.

2001     Ann Forsyth review of Kristine Miranne and Alma Young, ed. Gendering the City (2000). H-Urban.

2001     Ann Forsyth review of Joan Rothschild, ed. Design and Feminism (1999). Gender, Place and Culture 8, 2: 211-212.

2000

2000     Urban Places Project and YouthPower/El Arco Iris, The YouthPower Guide: How to Make Your Community Better. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Extension, 144 pp. Project manager for UPP, based on the experiences of YouthPower.

2000     Ann Forsyth, Henry Lu, and Patricia McGirr, Service Learning in an Urban Context: Implications for Planning and Design Education. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 17, 3: 236-259.

2000     Ann Forsyth, Analyzing Public Space at a Metropolitan Scale: Notes on the Potential for Using GIS. Urban Geography 21, 2: 121-147.

2000     Ann Forsyth review of Peter Murphy and Sophie Watson, Surface City (1997). International Planning Studies 5, 2: 262-263.

2000-    Progressive Planning magazine, formerly Planners Network
Co-editor and frequent author including the following selected list:

• Connie Chung and Ann Forsyth, Community Design and Progressive Planning,
  and Ann Forsyth, Metropolitan Design Center, 2006, 166, 2, 31.;
• Ann Forsyth, The Environment’s Role in Physical Activity: Necessary but
  not Sufficient, 2003, 157: 2, 6.
• Ann Forsyth, Progressive Regional Planning in the Twin Cities, 2005,164,
  2, 6.
• Tom Angotti, Ann Forsyth, et al., PN Magazine at One, 2003, 154: 2, 17-18.
• Ann Forsyth, Involving Youth in Planning: The Progressive Challenge,
  2002, 150: 1ff;
• George Cheung and Ann Forsyth, Planning, 2001, 146: 1, 6-7.
• Ann Forsyth, Information Technologies and Progressive Planning, 2000,
  141: 1, 8.
• Ann Forsyth, Feminism, Gender, and Planning, 1998, 130: 1, 11.
  

2000      Ann Forsyth review of David Gosling, Gordon Cullen: Visions of Urban Design (1996). Journal of Planning Literature 14, 3: 381-382.

1999

1999    Ann Forsyth, Constructing Suburbs: Competing Voices in a Debate Over Urban Growth. Amsterdam: Gordon & Breach, New York: Routledge.

1999      Ann Forsyth, On Writing and Tenure. Journal of Planning Education and Research 19, 1: 98-105. Reprinted in http://planningresearch.blogspot.com/. Randy Crane ed., 2006.

1999     Ann Forsyth, Henry Lu, and Patricia McGirr, Inside the Service Learning Studio in Urban Design. An evaluation. Landscape Journal 18, 2: 166-178.

1999     Ann Forsyth, Henry Lu, and Patricia McGirr, College Students and Youth Collaborating in Design. Landscape Review 5, 2: 26-42.

1999     Ann Forsyth, Administrative Discretion and Urban and Regional Planners Values. Journal of Planning Literature. 14, 1: 5-15.             

1999     Ann Forsyth, Soundbite Cities: Imagining Futures in Debates Over Urban Form. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 16, 1: 33-51.

1999      Ann Forsyth review of Manuel Castells, The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, 3 volumes (1996, 1997, 1998). Journal of Planning Education and Research 19, 2: 211-213.

1998

1998     Ann Forsyth and Meir Gross, Transatlantic Lessons: Developing Planning Degree Programs in Provincial Russia. Journal of Planning Education and Research 17, 3: 101-115.

1998     Ann Forsyth, Public Spaces in Metropolitan Context: Notes on Regulation and Measurement Issues.  Lincoln Institute Working Paper. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Land Institute, 105 pp.

1998       Ann Forsyth review of Patsy Healey, Collaborative Planning (1997). Journal of the American Planning Association 64, 3: 368-369.       

1998       Ann Forsyth review of David Harvey, Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference (1996). Journal of Planning Education and Research 17, 4: 369-370.

1997

1997     Ann Forsyth, Variations on a Main Street: When a Mall is an Arcade. Journal of Urban Design 2, 3: 285-295.

1997     Ann Forsyth, NoHo: Upscaling Main Street on the Metropolitan Edge. Urban Geography 18, 7: 622-652.

1997     Ann Forsyth, Five Images of a Suburb: Perspectives on a New Urban Development. Journal of the American Planning Association 63, 1: 45-60.

1997     Ann Forsyth, ‘Out’ in the Valley. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 21, 1: 36-60.

1997       Ann Forsyth review of Elizabeth Howe, Acting on Ethics in City Planning (1994). Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 14, 3: 263-265.    

1995

1995     Ann Forsyth, Diversity Issues in a Professional Curriculum: Four Stories and Some Suggestions for Change. Journal of Planning Education and Research 15, 1: 58-63.

1995     Ann Forsyth, Privatization: Infrastructure on the Urban Edge. Journal of Urban Affairs 17, 3: 241-262.

1995       Ann Forsyth review of Jo Little, Gender, Planning and the Policy Process (1994). Journal of the American Planning Association 61, 2: 276-277.

1994

1994      Ann Forsyth and Wendy Sarkissian, Housing for Older Australians: Site Planning Basics. Australian Planner (Journal of the Royal Australian Planning Institute) 33, 3: 177-183.

1993 and earlier

1993      Ann Forsyth, Planning in Rainbows. Colloqui: Cornell Journal of Planning and Urban Affairs 8: 8-9.

1992     Leonie Sandercock and Ann Forsyth, Feminist Theory and Planning Theory: The Epistemological Links. Planning Theory 7-8: 45-49.
Reprinted in Readings in Planning Theory. Scott Campbell and Susan Fainstein eds. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1996.
Reprinted in Essays in Planning Theory II: Political Economy, Diversity, and Pragmatism. Jean Hillier and Patsy Healey eds. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007.

1992     Leonie Sandercock and Ann Forsyth, A Gender Agenda: New Directions for Planning Theory. Journal of the American Planning Association 58, 1: 49-59.
Reprinted in Gender, Planning, and Public Policy: A Reader. Susan Fainstein and Lisa Servon eds. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2005;
Reprinted in The City Reader. Richard LeGates and Frederic Stout eds. New York: Routledge, first edition 1996; second edition, 1999.

1992     Ann Forsyth, Changing Places: Case Studies of Innovations in Housing for Older People. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 121 pp.

1990     Wendy Sarkissian, Ann Forsyth, and Warwick Heine, Residential “Social Mix”: The Debate Continues. Australian Planner 28, 1: 5-16.

1990     Leonie Sandercock and Ann Forsyth, Gender: A New Agenda for Planning Theory. Planning Theory 4: 61-92;
Reprinted from Working Paper Number 521. Berkeley: University of California Institute of Urban and Regional Development, 1990.

1989     Ann Forsyth, The Token Woman: Hugh Stretton, Gender and the Suburbs. In Markets, Morals and Public Policy. Lionel Orchard and Robert Dare eds. Sydney: Federation Press, 193-204.

1986     Wendy Sarkissian and Ann Forsyth, Disadvantaged People and Women’s Issues. Urban Policy and Research 4, 4: 44-45.

1985     Ann Forsyth, Singular Women: Housing for Low-Income Single Women Without Dependents. Armidale, NSW: Social Impacts Publications, 116 pp.