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Urban
and Regional Planning
Community and Economic Development
Urban and Economic Geography
Jordan Yin is the co-coordinator of the Department
of Geography’s program concentration in Urban
and Regional Planning. He holds a Ph.D. in City
and Regional Planning from Cornell University and has previously
served as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the University at
Buffalo’s School of Architecture and Planning and as a Senior
Research Associate at Duquesne University’s Center for Competitive
Workforce Development in Pittsburgh, PA.
His research interests are broadly related to urban
planning and urban geography, including:
regional workforce development, metropolitan demographic trends,
the role of immigration in changing cities and metropolitan regions,
community development and urban revitalization, and urban politics.
During 2002, he authored an influential working paper
calling on the Pittsburgh, PA metropolitan
region to consider welcoming more immigrants to
the region as a way to bolster the region’s economic development.
The proposal was reported in the Wall Street Journal and Dr. Yin
discussed this work in a feature interview with National Public
Radio’s Todd Mundt Show. This past year, he collaborated
with other WMU researchers in the Kalamazoo
County Low Income and Poverty Project. The project
was commissioned by the Community
Action Bureau of Kalamazoo County and produced
a series of reports and on-line resources examining poverty in
Kalamazoo County. He is currently developing a research project
to examine the ability of community-based housing providers in
metropolitan areas with rapidly growing immigrant communities
to meet the housing needs of the newest Americans.
Prof. Yin teaches several courses in the urban
and regional planning major concentration, including
the introductory course in urban and regional planning, a seminar
in urban theory, and a project-oriented land use planning course.
This past Spring, students in the land use planning course worked
with a variety of local agencies and community organizations to
prepare recommendations for a community revitalization plan for
one Kalamazoo’s neighborhoods.
His most recent published work, “A Review of
Alternative Economic Base Study Methods”, is forthcoming
in the edited volume Critical Evaluations
of Economic Development Policies from Wayne State
University press. His previous work has been published in the
Journal of Urban Affairs and Urban
Affairs Review. He is a regular participant in
annual conferences of the Urban Affairs Association and the Association
of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
A member of the American
Institute of Certified Planners, American Planning Association,
Urban Affairs Association, and Association of American Geographer,
Dr. Yin has previously served on the Steering Committee of Planners
Network, an international organization promoting progressive planning.
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