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Justin Hollander
 
Assistant Professor
 
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Justin Hollander is an Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. He has worked in land use and environmental planning at the local, regional, and federal levels, most recently for the Public Buildings Service of the U.S. General Services Administration as a Presidential Management Fellow. His research has focused on the role of planning and public policy in managing land use and environmental changes associated with shrinking cities. Dr. Hollander has written extensively on these topics including peer-reviewed scholarly articles and three books: Polluted and Dangerous: America's Worst Abandoned Properties and What Can Be Done About Them (University of Vermont Press), Principles of brownfields regeneration: Clean-up, design, and re-use of blighted land (forthcoming, Island Press with Niall Kirkwood and Julia Gold), and Sunburnt cities: Foreclosure, abandonment, and hope for the shrinking American Sunbelt (forthcoming, Routledge). He received his Ph.D. from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. While at Rutgers, he conducted research at the National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment. Dr. Hollander’s research has been supported through grants from the Urban Land Institute, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Government of Canada, and the Appraisers Research Foundation. Dr. Hollander received a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Tufts University and a Master's Degree in Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.
 
Contact Information:
Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
97 Talbot Avenue
Medford, MA 02155
Telephone: 617-627-3394
Fax: 617-627-3377
Email: justin.hollander@tufts.edu
 
 
 
 
Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning · Tufts University · 97 Talbot Avenue · Medford, MA. 02155 USA · Phone (617) 627-3394