Alan Peters FAPI. Teaching and Research Interests

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1 Alan Peters FAPI Bridge Road Glebe NSW 2037 Australia Mobile: +61 (0) Office Telephone: alanhpeters@gmail.com Teaching and Research Interests Economic development planning, infrastructure and urban economics Urban financial and economic modeling Geographic Information Systems for planning and policy analysis Three-dimensional visualization applications in urban design and planning Academic Appointments present: Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning present: Director, Planning Research Centre, University of Sydney present: Professor and Chair, Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Sydney : Departmental Executive Officer (Chair), Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Iowa : Professor (previously Assistant Professor and Associate Professor), Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Iowa. September June 1989: Lecturer in the Geography/Urban Studies Department, Temple University, Philadelphia. June August 1984, August November 1986: University of Natal, Durban. Research Fellow, Development Studies Unit, University of Natal. I have also taught philosophy at Universities in Canada and South Africa : Ph.D., Rutgers University. Education 1

2 : M.Sc.URP., University of Natal. 1980: B.A. (Hons.), University of Natal : B.A., University of Natal. Recent Awards 2009: Made an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Property Institute. 2005: Journal of the American Planning Association / American Planning Association, Best Paper Award. JAPA is an A* journal with the best impact factor of any international planning journal. Publications and Research Current On-going Major Competitive Grants: Alan Peters (Principal Investigator), Rick Funderburg, Peter Fisher and Tim Bartik. US. National Science Foundation. A Meta-econometric Analysis of the Impact of Taxes on Growth. Greg LeRoy (Principal Investigator), Alan Peters and others (Investigators). Funding from Heinz Endowments and others, through Good Jobs First. Pennsylvania Incentives Research Project. Books: Heather MacDonald and Alan Peters. Forthcoming Spatial Analysis and the ACS. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press. Alan Peters, and Heather MacDonald Unlocking the Census with GIS. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher State Enterprise Zone Programs: Have They Worked? Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Press. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States and Cities. Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Press. Selected Refereed Journal Articles, Papers and Book Chapters: Alan Peters The changing role of GIS and US planning education. In Planning Education in a Globalized World, Proceeding of ANZAPS 2008, Susan Thompson, Nicole Gurren, Peter Phibbs and Glen Searle, pp Sydney: The Australian and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools. 2

3 Alan Peters and Peter Fisher The failures of economic development incentives. Journal of the American Planning Association 70,1: This paper won the 2005 American Planning Association Paper of The Year Award. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Enterprise zone incentives: How effective are they? In st Financing Economic Development in the 21 Century, Sammis White, Richard Bingham and Edward Hill (eds.), pp Armonk, NY: M.E. Shape Alan Peters Marginally-spatial Planning Support Systems: An example from economic development. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning (Published in CD-Rom format). Honolulu: University of Hawaii. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters The cost of enterprise zone incentives and an alternative use of the money. In National Tax Association Proceedings, Ninety-Third Annual Conference, James Hines (ed.), pp Washington, DC: National Tax Association. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Enterprise zone incentives and the spatial mismatch debate. State Tax Notes 20,1: Heather MacDonald and Alan Peters Distance and labor force participation. In Proceedings from the Second National Conference on Women s Travel Issues, FHWA- PL ,Sandra Rosenbloom (ed.), pp Washington: Federal Highway Administration. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Measuring tax and discretionary incentives: What is the best yardstick? Regional Studies 31,8: Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Tax and spending incentives and enterprise zones. New England Economic Review March/April: Reprinted in 1997, State Tax Notes 12,26: Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Do high unemployment states offer the biggest business incentives: results for eight states using the Hypothetical Firm method. Economic Development Quarterly 11,2: Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Measuring the competitiveness of state and local economic development incentives. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 19,5: Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Modeling state and local corporate tax and incentive regimes with VBA and MapBasic. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning, R Wyatt and H Hossain (eds.), pp Melbourne: University of Melbourne. 3

4 Heather MacDonald and Alan Peters Spatial constraints on rural women workers. Urban Geography 15,8: Alan Peters and Heather MacDonald The worktrips of rural non-metropolitan women in Iowa. Growth and Change 25,3: Heather MacDonald and Alan Peters Rural women in a restructuring economy: work and commuting in eastern Iowa. Economic Development Quarterly 8,2: Alan Peters Women, skills and divisions of labor in the Scottish electronics industry. European Planning Studies 1,4: Alan Peters Clawbacks and the administration of economic development policy in the midwest. Economic Development Quarterly 7,4: Selected Technical Monographs, Academic Reports and Papers: Greg LeRoy, Leigh McIlvaine, Peter Fisher, Alan Peters, Doug Hoffer, Stephen Herzenberg, Mark Price, Merrill Goozner and Philip Mattera Growing Pennsylvania s High-Tech Economy: Choosing Effective Investments. Good Jobs First, Washington, DC. Greg LeRoy, Leigh McIlvaine, Peter Fisher, Alan Peters, Doug Hoffer, Stephen Herzenberg, Mark Price, Merrill Goozner and Philip Mattera Growing Pennsylvania s High-Tech Economy:Choosing Effective Investments; Report Summary. Good Jobs First, Washington, DC. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters How Taxes and Economic Development Incentives Affect Returns on New Manufacturing Investment in Pennsylvania and Surrounding States. Prepared for Good Jobs First, Washington, DC. Alan Peters Moloka i are there lessons to be learned from other island economies. here! Issue 2, Winter: Alan Peters and Paul Hanley Commuting Cost Saving from School District Consolidation: Results. Digital Report. Des Moines, Iowa: Iowa Association of School Boards. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher The effectiveness of state enterprise zones. Employment Research 9,4: 1-5. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Ohio s Business Taxes and Economic Development Incentives: Competitive Effects and Policy Alternatives. A report prepared as part of the Ohio Economic Development Study. Cleveland State University, Cleveland Ohio. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Reducing or Eliminating Personal Property Taxes in Ohio: Effects on Ohio s Competitive Position. A report prepared as part of the Ohio Economic 4

5 Development Study. Cleveland State University, Cleveland Ohio. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Ohio s Business Incentive Programs: Their Value to Firms and Their Effects on Ohio s Competitive Position. A report prepared as part of the Ohio Economic Development Study. Cleveland State University, Cleveland Ohio. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher The Ohio Enterprise Zone Program: Results and Analysis using the TAIM Model. A report prepared as part of the Ohio Economic Development Study. Cleveland State University, Cleveland Ohio. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Industrial incentives. Employment Research 5,2: 1-5. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Taxes, incentives and competition for investment. The Region, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Special Issue The Economic War Between the States, (June): Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Taxes, incentives and competition for investment. In Proceedings of a National Conference The Economic War Among the States, Minnesota Public Radio s Civic Journalism initiative, the Ford Foundation and the Federal Reserve Bank, pp Washington, DC. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Industrial incentives, Paper Summary. Designing State-Local Fiscal Policy for Growth and Development, Assessing the Midwest Economy No. 5. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Industrial Incentives: The Pattern of Competition Among American States and Cities. Final Report. Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Heather MacDonald and Alan Peters Employment and Commuting by Rural Women on the Metropolitan Periphery. Ames: Midwest Transportation Center. Alan Peters The Household in Rural KwaZulu: Foundations for a Statistical Model. Rural- Urban Studies Unit Paper No.5. Durban: University of Natal. Jill Nattrass, Julian May, Alan Peters and Dave Perkins The Anatomy of Black Rural Poverty: The Challenge to a New Economic Order. Rural-Urban Studies Unit Paper No. 4. Durban: University of Natal. Alan Peters and Julian May Income and Expenditure and Other Socio-Economic Indicators in KwaZulu, 6 vols. Studies in Development Nos. 1-6/1984. Durban: KFC-Development Studies Unit-University of Natal. Software Products: 5

6 3 2 ez Alan Peters and Peter Fisher TAIM. A major redevelopment of TAIM and TAIM. The software provides fully interactive federal, state and local business tax simulation services for commercial and research purposes. Alan Peters Media Analyst. This program provides an extension to ArcGIS and manages images, movies, pdfs, html pages and 3D models associated with individual map features. Alan Peters CAD World File Creator. This program rubber-sheets CAD files making them usable with standard geographical data files. Available at and the ESRI website. Alan Peters and Heather MacDonald A Housing Needs Projection Tool for the Iowa Finance Authority. This macro software was produced as part of a grant from the Iowa Finance Authority. 2 ez Alan Peters and Peter Fisher. 1998,1999. TAIM and TAIM and related software products (TAIMgis, 2 TAIMExSys, CityDataPreparationTool). TAIM was developed for local use by the Iowa Department of Economic Development. It provides fully interactive federal, state and local ez 2 business tax simulation services. TAIM is a more comprehensive version of TAIM and was developed for business tax policy researchers and consultants (available at The related software products provide GIS, Expert System and specialized data entry capabilities for the base software. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher TAIM. This business tax modeling software was produced as part of a grant from the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Other Media Products: Alan Peters Proposed Zoning and Land-Use Changes for the Southside District. This is an interactive digital three-dimensional simulation of various proposed zoning alternatives. Output includes 3D models, still images and movies. Commissioned by the City of Iowa City. Alan Peters Various two-, three-dimensional and geoprocessing GIS services and associated web sites. Spatially, the services cover some of the larger metropolitan areas in Iowa and are focused on planimetric, housing and environmental issues. They are located at: and There is an associated ArcSDE-based map library. Alan Peters Proposed Re-zoning for the Iowa City CBD. This is an interactive digital threedimensional simulation of various proposed zoning alternatives. Output includes 3D models, still images and movies. Commissioned by the City of Iowa City. Alan Peters The Iowa Avenue Corridor Redevelopment. This is an interactive digital three- 6

7 dimensional simulation of a series of planning buildings and other changes along Iowa Avenue, Iowa City. Outputs includes 3D models, still images and movies. Commissioned by the University of Iowa Facilities Management. Alan Peters The Proposed Burlington Street Development 3-D Visualization Project. This is an interactive digital three-dimensional simulation of a series of planning buildings and other changes along Burlington Street, Iowa City. Output includes 3D models, still images and movies. Commissioned by the City of Iowa City. Alan Peters The Peninsula New Urbanist Neighborhood. This is an interactive digital threedimensional simulation of a new urbanist development in Iowa City. Output includes 3D models, still images and movies. Commissioned by the developer, Terry Stamper. Alan Peters along with various Iowa scholars and state officials Iowa Department of Economic Development Return on Investment Model. The model automatically evaluates the costs and benefits of state economic development funds provided to businesses investing in Iowa. Heather MacDonald and Alan Peters Web-based mapping of Iowa Population and Housing Demographics and Projections. These sites were developed (using ArcIMS) as part of a grant from the Iowa Finance Authority and Iowa Department of Economic Development. Alan Peters The Peninsula Neighborhood 3-D Visualization Project. This is an interactive digital three-dimensional simulation of a planned New Urbanist neighborhood. Output includes 3D models, still images and movies. Conference and Other Scholarly Papers: st Alan Peters Components of a 21 century planning system. PIA Forum: The Jigsaw of a Generation: Putting the Pieces together to Create Australia s Best Planning System. Sydney, NSW. Alan Peters The changing role of GIS and US planning education. Paper presented to the 2008 ANZAPS Conference, Sydney, Australia. Alan Peters Virtual reality for the rest of us. Paper presented to the Iowa Chapter Conference of the American Planning Association, Iowa City. Alan Peters Estimates of national spending on traditional economic development incentives. Paper presented to the 2004 Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Portland, Oregon. Alan Peters Evaluating economic development. Invited paper, presented to the 2003 of the Council of State Governments Midwestern Legislative Conference, Des Moines, Iowa. 7

8 Alan Peters Does economic development get the job done? Keynote speaker, Enterprise Florida s Annual Conference. Tampa, Florida. Alan Peters Requiem for traditional economic development policy. Paper presented to the 2001 Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Chicago, Illinois. Alan Peters The future of large-scale urban models. Paper presented to the 2001 Computer Users Group, Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Chicago, Illinois. Alan Peters Marginally spatial planning support systems. Paper presented to the 7 th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, Honolulu, Hawaii Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Enterprise zone incentives and the spatial mismatch debate. Paper presented to the National Tax Association Annual Conference, Sante Fe, New Mexico. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Enterprise zones, incentives and growth. Paper presented to the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Enterprise zones, taxes and growth. Paper presented to the 1999 Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Chicago, Illinois. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters The fiscal and growth impacts of enterprise zones. Paper presented to the 1999 Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Chicago, Illinois. Alan Peters The importance of tax incentives to business. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Federation of Tax Administrators. Whitefish, Montana. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Methodological issues in the measurement of tax and incentive competition. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Regional Science Association. Buffalo, New York. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Incentives and enterprise zones. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Federation of Tax Administrators. Dearborn, Michigan. Alan Peters Shaping an industrial policy for Iowa. Paper presented to the Association of Iowa Economists, Des Moines, Iowa. Alan Peters Taxes/Capital/Economic Development. Paper presented to the Iowa Research Council, Study Development Committee on Public Finance, issue background session. Des Moines, Iowa. 8

9 Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Tax and spending incentives and enterprise zones. Paper presented to a symposium, The Effects of State and Local Public Policies on Economic Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. Heather MacDonald and Alan Peters Distance and labor force participation: implications for urban and rural women. Paper presented to the Second National Conference on Women s Travel Issues, Baltimore, Maryland. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Incentive competition among US states and cities. Paper presented to the 1996 ACSP-AESOP Joint International Conference, Toronto, Canada. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters The role of US states in targeting economic development incentives. Paper presented to the 1996 ACSP-AESOP Joint International Conference, Toronto, Canada. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Economic development incentives: The pattern of competition among US states and cities. Paper presented to a Conference of the Federal Reserve Board of Chicago, Designing State-Local Fiscal Policy for Growth and Development, Chicago, Il. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Taxes, incentives and competition for investment. Paper presented to a National Conference at the National Academy of Sciences, The Economic War Between the States, Washington, DC. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Taxes and discretionary incentives in the US. Paper presented to the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Industrial incentives: Competition among US states and cities. Paper presented to the 1996 Conference of the Urban Affairs Association, New York, New York. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Testing Bartik s hypothesis do high unemployment places provide larger business subsidies? Paper presented to the 1995 Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Detroit, Michigan. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Modeling tax incentives. Paper presented to the 4th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning, Melbourne, Australia. Alan Peters and Peter Fisher Do the poorest states offer the biggest incentives? Paper presented to the 1994 Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Tempe, Arizona. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters Assessing the magnitude of state and local economic development incentives: How to build a better yardstick. Paper presented to the

10 Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Tempe, Arizona. Alan Peters The occupational segregation of women in regional electronics industries. Paper presented to the 1993 Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Alan Peters and Richard Malloy Clawbacks in the midwest. Paper presented to the 1992 Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Columbus, Ohio. Alan Peters Controlling the war between the states with clawbacks. Paper presented to the 1990 Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Austin, Texas. Alan Peters The regional pursuit of high technology: The case of Scotland. Paper presented to the 1989 Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Portland, Oregon. Jill Nattrass, Julian May and Alan Peters Migrant labour, subsistence agriculture and rural poverty in a South African homeland. Paper presented to the Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists. Spain. Dissertation: The Development of the Electronics Industry in Scotland's Silicon Glen. Policy, Multinationals and Indigenous Entrepreneurship in the Restructuring of a Peripheral Economy. Competitive Research and Teaching Grants This list excludes smaller grants through the Planning Research Centre 2008: A meta-econometric analysis of the impact of taxes on growth. Alan Peters (Principal Investigator), Rick Funderburg, Peter Fisher and Tim Bartik. US. National Science Foundation. 2007: Pennsylvania Incentives Research Project. Greg LeRoy (Principal Investigator), Alan Peters and others (Investigators). Funding from Heinz Endowments and others. 2003: A preliminary analysis commuting costs of school-district consolidation. Alan Peters and Paul Hanley. Iowa Association of School Boards. 2003: ntitle Teaching Grant. Funding from University of Iowa. 2001: University of Iowa Instructional Computing Award for 3-D Visualization of Urban Development. 2000: An Affordable Housing Needs Assessment for the State of Iowa. Heather MacDonald 10

11 (Principal Investigator) and Alan Peters (Investigator). Funding from the Iowa Finance Authority, the Iowa Department of Economic Development, and the Fannie Mae Foundation. 1999: Reducing or Eliminating Personal Property Taxes in Ohio. Peter Fisher (Co-Principal Investigator) and Alan Peters (Co-Principal Investigator). Funding in 1999 from the State of Ohio, through the Cleveland State University as part of the Ohio Economic Development Study : Tax Updates to the TAIM Model. Alan Peters (Principal Investigator) and Peter Fisher (Co-investigator). Funding from the Iowa Department of Economic Development through the Iowa Research Council. 1998: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Costs, Benefits, and Impacts of the State of Ohio s Economic Development Programs (sections on business income models). Alan Peters (Co- Principal Investigator) and Peter Fisher (Co-Principal Investigator). Funding in 1998 from the State of Ohio, through the Cleveland State University as part of Ohio Economic Development Study. 1997: State Enterprise Zone Programs: Have they Worked? Peter Fisher (Co-Principal Investigator) and Alan Peters (Co-Principal Investigator). Funding in 1997/98 from the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. 1997: ntitle Teaching Grant. Funding from University of Iowa. 1997: Development of A Corporate Tax Comparison Software Program. Alan Peters (Principal Investigator) and Peter Fisher (Co-investigator). Funding in 1997 of from the Iowa Department of Economic Development through the Iowa Research Council. 1996: A Review of the Literature on Incentives and Enterprise Zones. Peter Fisher and Alan Peters. Funding in 1996 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. 1996: University of Iowa Instructional Computing Award for Introduction of Transportation Modeling / GIS Modules Using TransCAD. 1993: The Spatial Distribution of Competitive Economic Development Incentives. Alan Peters (Co- Principal Investigator) and Peter Fisher (Co-Principal Investigator). Funding in 1993/94 from the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. 1992: University of Iowa Instructional Computing Award for The Establishment of a Geographic Information System within the Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning. 1991: Transportation Policy Options for Employed Rural Women. Heather MacDonald (Principal Investigator) and Alan Peters (Co-investigator). Funding in 1991/92 from the US Department of Transportation and the Iowa Department of Transportation. 11

12 Research Grants Currently Under Review With Assoc. Prof. Nicole Gurran, Prof. Peter Phibbs, Dr. Heather MacDonald and Dr. Steven Rowley, ARC Discovery 2010 funding round. Measuring the impact of urban regulation on housing affordability in Australian cities and regions With Assoc. Prof. Andy Dong, Dr. Robert Saunders, and Dr. Andrew van de Moere, ARC Discovery 2010 funding round Simulating the unintended consequences of urban planning rules. Current Research (PhD) Students for Whom I am Principal Supervisor Kim Norley - The economic impact of the failure to invest in transport infrastructure in NSW. Michael Comninos - The development of new financial instruments to fund development infrastructure. Ji Yu - Accommodating population growth in Sydney so as to minimize negative environmental externalities. Matthias Inger - The impact of precinct design on heat island effects. Pall Lindal - The impact of the texturality of urban space on human behavior. Sarah Hill - Protecting office space in cities of fast population growth and high housing value. (All of these are at the graduate level) Foundations of Environmental Planning GIS-based Planning Policy and Analysis Economics of Policy Analysis II Program Seminar in Planning Practice (occasional) Applied GIS for Planners Spatial Analysis in Planning Virtual Reality and Urban Development Economic Impact Assessment Economic Development Analysis Economic Development Policy International Seminar Units Taught Academic and Professional Service Activities Recent reviews for National Science Foundation, Australian Planner, Planning Practice and Research, Economic Development Quarterly, Economic Geography, Journal of Planning Education and Research, Journal of Regional Science, Urban Affairs Review, State and Local Government Review, Sage Publications, Russell Sage Foundation, Illinois/Indiana Sea Grant College Program. Board member of Journal of Planning Education and Research (An ERA A* journal) 12

13 External Advisory Board, Urban Research Centre, University of Western Sydney Recent university and related service activities: University of Sydney, elected member of the Academic Board University of Sydney, FADP, Board of Graduate Studies University of Sydney, member of the Senior Executive Group Research Committee University of Sydney, member of the Senior Executive Group International subcommittee University of Sydney, Planning research centre, Editor of Essential Sydney newsletter and the Essential Sydney working papers series University of Iowa, University Planning Committee University of Iowa, University Design Sub-Committee (Chair) University of Iowa, University Land Use Sub-Committee (Chair) University of Iowa, International Programs, various committees awarding scholarship and fellowship, including those for Fulbright, Stanley and Presidential Scholar Programs University of Iowa, Program in International Development. Program in Third World Development Support, faculty member Joint Geography-Urban and Regional Planning Committee on GIS Facility Various internal Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning committees University of Iowa, Computer Systems Coordinator: Jessup Instructional Technology Cluster ( ). University of Iowa, Coordinator, Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning GIS Laboratory. Recent non-university professional service activities: Various ad hoc committees of the Australian Institute of Architects preparing parliamentary submissions ( ) Johnson County Land Use Plan Update Committee ( ) U.S. Census Bureau, consultant on the FactFinder data application (2004) Iowa Geological Survey, Oversight Committee (2003-present), State Map Committee ( ) May 27,