Personal profile
About
Laura Solitare is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. Having earned her Ph.D. from Rutgers University in Urban Planning and Policy Development, she has been as asset to the department since 2003. Prior to coming to Texas Southern she was a lecturer at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.
Dr. Solitare research generally focuses and specializations lie within the arena of: Sustainable Communities, Environmental Justice, Healthy Communities, Health Impact Assessment, Environmental Planning, Land Use, Community Development, Research Methods and Planning Theory. These specializations have allowed her to present and publish a magnitude of manuscripts. In 2011, in New Orleans, LA , she presented “The Role of Health Impact Assessments in Promoting Environmental Justice” for the 41st Annual Urban Affairs Association Meeting. She has also written articles for several Journals- the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, The Environmentalist, Journal of Policy Modeling and the Urban Affairs Review.
Disciplines
- Arts and Humanities
- Economic Policy
- Urban Studies
- Civic and Community Engagement
- Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies
- Work, Economy and Organizations
- Urban Studies and Planning
- Development Studies
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Using a geographic information system (GIS) to help shape redevelopment of small urban centers
Danis, C., Solitare, L., Greenberg, M. & Mayer, H., Mar 2 2017, Partnerships for Smart Growth: University-Community Collaboration for Better Public Places: University-Community Collaboration for Better Public Places. Taylor and Francis, p. 83-94 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Increasing the capacity of community development corporations for brownfield redevelopment: An inside-out approach
Solitare, L. & Lowrie, K., Apr 2012, In: Local Environment. 17, 4, p. 461-479 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Building capacity for community-based brownfields remediation and redevelopment: An innovative technical assistance model
Lowrie, K. W., Solitare, L. & Himmelfarb, K., Mar 2011, In: Remediation. 21, 2, p. 101-115 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Remediation and stewardship: Coexisting processes to protect health and the environment
Lowrie, K., Greenberg, M., Simon, D., Solitare, L., Killmer, M. & Mayer, H., 2003, In: Remediation. 13, 4, p. 91-104 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brownfields, toads, and the struggle for neighborhood redevelopment. A case study of the state of New Jersey
Greenberg, M., Lowrie, K., Solitare, L. & Duncan, L., May 2000, In: Urban Affairs Review. 35, 5, p. 717-733 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review