GAVIN SHATKIN 118 Lowell Ave. Newton, MA 02460 Phone: (734) 995-1397 E-mail: g.shatkin@neu.edu ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, July 2012-present Director, Asian Studies Program, Northeastern University, December 2013-present. Director, Masters of Urban and Regional Policy Program, Northeastern University, August 2014-present Associate Professor of Urban Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, September 2008-June 2012. Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, September 2001-August 2008. Associate Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, July 2008-June 2009. Visiting Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, School of Planning, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 2000-June 2001. Instructor, Department of Urban Studies and Community Health, Rutgers University, September 1999-June 2000. EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D). 2001. Rutgers University. Department of Urban Planning and Policy Development. Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP). 1996. University of Hawaii, Manoa. Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Bachelor of Arts (BA), Asian Studies. 1989. University of California, Berkeley.
GRANTS 2014-2015 Center for Emerging Markets Mini-Grant, Northeastern University, Grant for a research project titled Urban Real Estate Megaprojects and Land Management in Asian Cities. ($2,500) 2014 Northeastern University College of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Development Fund, Grant to for research project titled Urban Real Estate Megaprojects and Land Management in Asian Cities. ($5,000) 2013-2014 Humanities Center, Northeastern University, Grant to conduct a seminar entitled Urban Environmental Governance in Comparative and Global Perspective. ($3,900). With Liza Weinstein, James Connolly, Tom Vicino, and Len Albright. 2009-2010 Trehan Foundation, University of Michigan, Grant to conduct a theme year at the Center for South Asian Studies entitled State, Space and Citizenship: Indian Cities in the Global Era. ($110,000). With Neha Sami and Will Glover. 2007-2008 Gilbert Whitaker Fund for the Improvement of Teaching, University of Michigan, Grant for the development of a new course in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning titled Global Shelter Crisis. ($10,000). With Fernando Lara. 2004-2007 Geography and Regional Science Program, National Science Foundation, Grant for research project titled Growth and Inequality in Global City-Regions: Bangkok and Metro Manila ($120,000). DRDA number: 6450. 2004-2007 Dean's Fellowship Discretionary Fund, Rackham Graduate School, and DRDA discretionary funds, University of Michigan, cost sharing on NSF grant for research project entitled Growth and Inequality in Global City-Regions: Bangkok and Metro Manila ($7124 from each source, total of $14,248) 2003-2007 Pan-Asian Course Grant, LS&A, University of Michigan, Grant to develop new course entitled Altered Encounters: Global Change and Asian Cities. With Aseem Inam. 2003-2004 Center for International Business Education, University of Michigan, Grant for research project entitled Global Cities, Mega-Projects: Private Sector City Building in Southeast Asia ($3000) 2003-2004 Michigan Road Scholar Seed Grant, Office of University Relations, University of Michigan, for research project entitled Planning for More Equitable Cities and Regions: A proposal for Collaboration between the Urban and Regional Planning Program and Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (MOSES) ($7000) 2001-2002 Preliminary and Small Scale Projects Grant, Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Michigan, for research project entitled The Political Economy of Decentralization: A Case Study from Thailand ($9,500) 1999-2000 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant ($10,000)
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2010 Senior Visiting Research Fellowship, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore 2010 Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, Fellowship to conduct four months of field research on private sector-built new towns in Kolkata, India. 2001 Finalist, Barclay Jones Award for the Best Dissertation in Urban Planning, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 1998-1999 Fulbright Student Fellowship, Philippines ($12,000) 1998-1999 Research Fellowship, Third World Studies Center, University of the Philippines 1996-1998 Graduate School Fellowship, Rutgers University 1997 Esterline Award for best papers presented by a graduate student (second place) at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast. 1995-1996 East-West Center Affiliate, Honolulu, Hawaii PUBLICATIONS Books and edited volumes: Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local (Oxford: Wiley- Blackwell). (Editor, 2013) Collective Action and Urban Poverty Alleviation: Community Organizations and the Struggle for Shelter in Manila (Aldershot: Ashgate) (2007). Edited special journal issues: Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local 38:1 (2014). Peer-reviewed Journal Articles: The Real Estate Turn in Policy and Planning: Land Monetization and the Political Economy of Periurbanization in Asia, Cities (Under Review) Reconsidering the Meaning of the Singapore Model: State Capitalism and Urban Planning, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 38:1 (2014). Introduction: Contesting the Indian City, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 38:1 (2014). Middle Class or Propertied Class? Class Politics and Urban Redevelopment in Contemporary Asia, Political Power and Social Theory 21 (2011) Coping with Actually Existing Urbanisms: The Real Politics of Planning in the Global Era, Planning Theory 10:1 (2011).
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (continued): The Geography of Insecurity: Spatial Change and the Flexibilization of Labor in Metro Manila, Journal of Urban Affairs 31:4 (2009). The City and the Bottom Line: Urban Megaprojects and the Privatization of Planning in Southeast Asia, Environment and Planning A 40:2 (2008). Empowering Parents and Building Communities: The Role of School-based Councils in Educational Governance and Accountability, Urban Education 42:6 (2007). first author with Alec Gershberg). Global Cities of the South: Perspectives on Growth and Inequality, Cities 24:1 (2007). Colonial Capital, Modernist Capital, Global Capital: The Changing Political Symbolism of Urban Space in Manila, the Philippines, Pacific Affairs 78:4 (2005-2006). Planning to Forget: Informal Settlements as Forgotten Places in a Globalizing Metro Manila, Urban Studies 41:12 (2004). Reprinted in: Lee, Y.S. and B. Yeoh eds. 2006. Globalization and the Politics of Forgetting. London: Routledge. Globalization and Local Leadership: A Case Study of Chonburi, Thailand, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 28:1 (2004). Are Communities Organized?: A Quantitative Examination of Two Cities in Metro Manila, International Development Planning Review 25:3 (2003). Working with the Community: Dilemmas in Radical Planning, Planning Theory and Practice 3:3 (2002). Obstacles to Empowerment: Local Politics and Civil Society in Metro Manila, the Philippines, Urban Studies, 37:11 (2000). Fourth World Cities in the Global Economy: The Case of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 22:3 (1998). Abridged version reprinted in: R. Keil and N. Brenner eds. 2006. The Global Cities Reader, New York: Routledge. Book Chapters: Introduction: Contesting the Indian City, in G. Shatkin ed. Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell (2013). (First author with Sanjeev Vidyarthi).
Book Chapters (continued): Contested Developments: Enduring Legacies and Emergent Political Actors in Contemporary Urban India, in G. Shatkin ed. Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell (2013). (Third author with Liza Weinstein and Neha Sami). Conclusion, in G. Shatkin ed. Contesting the Indian City: Global Visions and the Politics of the Local, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell (2013) Planning for Privatopolis: Urban Integrated Megaprojects and the Transformation of Asian Cities, in A. Roy and A. Ong eds. Worlding Cities: Asian Experiments and the Art of Being Global, Cambridge: Blackwell (2011). Decentralization and the Struggle for Participation in Local Politics and Planning: Lessons from Naga City, the Philippines, in V. Beard, F. Miraftab, and C. Silver eds. Planning and Decentralization: Contested Spaces for Public Action in the Global South, London: Routledge (2008). The Changing Symbolism of Urban Space: State Legitimization Strategies and Political Protest in Manila, the Philippines, in K.C. Ho ed. Capital Cities in the Asia-Pacific, Taipei: Academica Sinica (2007). Phnom Penh, in Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures, New York: Scholastic Grolier (2002). Other Publications Community-Based Organizations, Local Politics, and Shelter Delivery in Metro Manila, Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Social Sciences, 14:3. (Non peer-reviewed journal article, 1999). Cambodia: Economy, Updated encyclopedia chapter in The Far East and Australasia 1999, London: Europa Publications Limited (1999). Building Community Development Capacity in Philadelphia. Report to the Ford Foundation. (New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research) (1998). Assessment of Three Neighborhood Development Collaboratives. Co-Principle Investigator, Final Report to the William Penn Foundation. (New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research, 1998). Book Review: Economic Development, Poverty Alleviation and Governance: The Asian Experience (by M. Adil Khan), Third World Planning Review, (June 1998).
Book Review: Urban Usurpation: From Friar Estates to Industrial Estates in a Philippine Hinterland (by John McAndrews), Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, (September 1998). Book Review: Third World Cities in Global Perspective: The Political Economy of Uneven Urbanization (by David Smith), in Urban Studies, 34:10 (1997). PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND INVITED LECTURES Presentations at professional meetings: Land Management at the Urban Fringe: The Political Economy of Periurbanization in Jakarta, Paper to be presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, October 30-November 2, 2014. Roundtable participant: The Cities of the Global South Reader, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, October 30-November 2, 2014. Discussant: Panel on Late Socialist Planning and Market Transitions, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, October 30-November 2, 2014. The Real Estate Turn in Urban Politics in Asia, Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Tampa, April 8-12, 2014. The Monetization of Land and the Politics of Urban Development in Asia, Paper presented at the International Association of China Planners Annual Meeting, Shanghai, June 29-July 1, 2013. Discussant: Panel on Examining the Emerging Asian City: Concomitant Urbanities and Urbanisms, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, April 9-13, 2013. Convenor and participant: Roundtable on Land Disposession and Displacement, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, November 1-4, 2012. Discussant: Panel on Urbanization Dynamics in India, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, November 1-4, 2012. The Singapore Model of Urban Planning: An Assessment, Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, October 13-16, 2011.
Presentations at professional meetings (continued): The True Meaning of the Singapore Model: State Capitalism and Urban Planning, Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, April 12-16, 2011. Discussant: Panel on The Place of Home in the City of Rights, Conference on Infrastructures of Home and City: The Problem of Housing in Modern Urban Society, Michigan State University, East Lansing, October 15-16, 2010. Discussant: Panel on The Biopolitics of Transnational Planning, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, October 7-10, 2010. Discussant: Panel on Urbanisms, Worlding Practices, and the Theory of Planning, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, October 1-4, 2009. The Politics of Privatopolis: For-profit Urban Integrated Megaprojects in Indian Cities, Paper presented at a conference titled Metropolis and Micropolitics: South Asia s Sutured Cities, University of Washington at Seattle, May 15-16, 2009. Planning Privatopolis: Urban Integrated Megaprojects and the Transformation of Asian Cities, Paper presented at the SSRC Conference on Inter-Asian Connections, Dubai, February 21-23, 2008. The Geography of Insecurity: Spatial Change and the Flexibilization of Labor in Metro Manila, Paper to be presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, October 18-21, 2007. New Directions in Urban Planning Scholarship, Training and Practice: Globalization and Urbanization in the Developing World, with Particular Focus on Southeast Asia, Participant in a roundtable organized for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, October 18-21, 2007. Discussant: Panel on New Urban Forms and Innovative Methods, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, October 18-21, 2007. The State as Real Estate Developer and Land Speculator: Planning Global Megaprojects in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Paper presented at the Research Committee for the 21 st Century Annual Meetings, Vancouver, August 23-25, 2007. The Privatization of Urban and Regional Planning in Southeast Asia, Paper presented at the International Planning History Society Conference, Delhi, India, December 10-15, 2006. Discussant. Community-Based Planning in Developing Countries, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, November 9-12, 2006.
Presentations at professional meetings (continued): The City and the Bottom Line: Urban Megaprojects and the Privatization of Planning in Southeast Asia, Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, November 9-12, 2006. Global Cities of the South: Emerging Perspectives on Growth and Inequality, Paper presented at the World Planning Schools Congress, Mexico City, Mexico, July 11-16, 2006. Municipal Radicalism: The Case of Naga City, Philippines, Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 21-24, 2004. Empowering Parents and Building Communities: The Role of School-based Councils in Educational Governance and Accountability, Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning/Association of European Schools of Planning Joint Annual Conference, Leuven, Belgium, July 8-12, 2003. Globalization and Local Leadership: A Case Study of Chonburi, Thailand, Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Baltimore, November, 2002. The Political Economy of Decentralization: A Comparative Examination of Thailand and the Philippines, Paper Presented at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Washington DC, April 2002. Community Organization and Local Governance: Findings from a Survey of Community Leaders in Manila and Quezon City, the Philippines, Paper Presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Cleveland, November 2001. Discussant International Infrastructure Planning and Policy, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Cleveland, November 2001. Working with the Community: Dilemmas in Radical Planning, Paper Presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Atlanta, November 2000. Decentralization and Local Politics in Metro Manila, the Philippines, Paper Presented at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, San Diego, March 2000. Civil Society and Urban Development: The Case of the Urban Poor in Metro Manila, the Philippines, Paper Presented at the Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Student s Conference, Los Angeles, March 2000.
Presentations at professional meetings (continued): Local Politics and Community Empowerment in Metro Manila, the Philippines, Paper Presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Meeting, Chicago, October 1999. Globalization and Spatial and Social Change in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Paper Presented at the City, Space, and Globalization Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, February 1998. Global Economic Forces and Sociospatial Change in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Paper presented at the Mid-Atlantic Region/Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, West Chester, Pennsylvania, October 1997. Social Movements for Land and Housing in Southeast Asian Cities, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast, Monterey, California, June 1997. Empowerment Through Process: Participatory Action Research with Squatter Communities in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Paper presented at Fifth Annual East-West Centerwide Conference, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 1996. Invited Lectures Discussant, How? The Politics of Space, Work, and Residence, China and India: New Urban Forms, New Fields of Inquiry, New School University, April 16-18, 2015. Asian Urbanizations in Context: Viewpoints from Beyond, Invited lecture at a conference on Managing Urbanization in Asia: Challenges and Implications for Economic and Social Development, Hong Kong Institute for Education, December 8-9, 2014. The Politics of Land in Contemporary Asian Cities, Invited lecture at a conference on The Future is Now: Urban Asia in the 21st Century, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future, Boston University, Boston, October 8, 2014. Opening Plenary Speaker, Policy Innovation Festival: Policy Innovations in Emerging Asia, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, August 5-7, 2014. Rethinking the Political Economy of Periurbanization, Paper presented at a workshop on the Politics of Periurbanization in Asia: Comparative Perspectives, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 7-8, 2013.
Invited Lectures Participant: Roundtable on Curricula: Rethinking International Development Studies, Unconventional Wisdom: Learning in International Development Practice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, May 2-3, 2013. Reading the Indian City: Assessing Recent Research on State, Space, and Citizenship, South Asia Institute Lecture Series, Harvard University, September 22, 2011. Planning Privatopolis: Urban Integrated Megaprojects and Change in Asian Cities, Asia Research Institute Seminar Series, National University of Singapore, July 22, 2010 Colonial Capital, Modernist Capital, Global Capital: The Changing Political Symbolism of Urban Space in Metro Manila, Presentation at the conference on Estimating Asia: Traditions, Tensions, and Transformations, Woodbury College, Burbank, CA, November 1, 2007. Urban Megaprojects: A Framework for Planning Research and Practice, Presentation at the School of Planning Lecture Series, Arizona State University, November 1, 2007. Urban Megaprojects and the Future of Southeast Asian Cities, Keynote lecture at the International Symposium on Architecture and Culture in Suvarnabhumi, King Mongkut s Institute of Technology, Bangkok, August 16-17, 2007. Global Bangkok: A Research Agenda, Presentation at King Mongkut s Institute of Technology, Bangkok, August 15, 2007. Colonial Capital, Modernist Capital, Global Capital: The Changing Political Symbolism of Urban Space in Manila, the Philippines, Lecture at the La Salle Institute of Governance, De la Salle University, Manila, Philippines, August 23, 2004. Panel discussant Where are Mega-Urban Regions Heading?, Conference on Growth Dynamics of Mega-Urban Regions in Asia, Asia Research Institute, University of Singapore, June 24 and 25, 2004. Metro Manila: Globalization and Urban Restructuring, Paper presented at an international workshop on Capital Cities in the Asia Pacific: Primacy and Diversity, Academica Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, December 19-20, 2003. Poverty and Shelter in Globalizing Cities: The Case of Metro Manila, Paper presented at workshop on Globalization and Forgotten Places, National University of Singapore, July 10 and 11 of 2002. "Local Politics and Community Organizing in Metro Manila, the Philippines" Presentation at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of California at Los Angeles, May 2000.
Invited Lectures (continued): "More Than Sticks and Bricks: What is Community Development Capacity?" Presentation at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Urban Studies Seminar Series, November 1997. Other Lectures Discussant, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy Colloquium, Northeastern University Law School, April 28, 2014. Urban Megaprojects and the Monetization of Land in Asia, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs Brown Bag Lecture Series, Northeastern University, November 5, 2013. Commentary on Beyond the Beautiful Forevers, Panel at the Honors Program First Pages Initiative, Northeastern University, Boston, August 30, 2013. The Privatization of Urban and Regional Planning: Case Studies from Asia, Presentation for the Replay Pause Fast Forward Centennial Conference of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 3-4, 2006. A Briefing on the Coup in Thailand, Presented at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies with Linda Lim and Allen Hicken, University of Michigan, September 22, 2007. Philippine Urbanism, Presentation for the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Public Lecture Series, April 4, 2006. Urban Megaprojects in Southeast Asia, Presentation for the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Public Lecture Series, October 4, 2005. Traffic Beneath the Towers: Urbanization in Southeast Asia, Presentation for Introducing Southeast Asia: A Public Lecture Series Featuring University of Michigan Faculty, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, November 30, 2004.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Service to the Profession Editorial Board, Journal of Planning Education and Research Referee for the following journals: Journal of Urban Affairs, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Urban Studies, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Journal of Asian Business, Journal of Regional Science, Gender, Place and Culture, Housing Studies, Annals of Regional Science, Planning Theory and Practice; Journal of Planning Education and Research, Planning Theory, Cities. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (CONTINUED): Referee for the following grant agencies and organizations: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Meeting, European Research Council, National Science Foundation Geography and Regional Science Program, Economic and Social Research Council (United Kingdom) Professional association committee: Global Planning Educators Interest Group Co-Chair, 2010-2012. Global Planning Educators Interest Group Membership and Governance Committee, 2004-2005. Service to Northeastern University and the University of Michigan Search Committee Member, Public History, Department of History, 2012-2013. Search Committee Member, Architecture, Department of Architecture, 2012-2013. Executive Committee, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (elected), 2005-2007, 2008-present. Thai Studies and Philippine Studies Committees, 2006-present. Admissions Review Committee, MA Program in Southeast Asian Studies, 2006, 2009 FLAS Fellowship Award Review Committee, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2006 Barbour Fellowship Selection Committee, 2004-2006. Selection Committee, Judith and Howard Sims Medal, 2002-2003 Fulbright Campus Interview Committee, 2002, 2010 Service to the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University Academic Advisor, Masters of Urban and Regional Policy (2012-present) Admissions Committee Member (2014-present.) Chair, Curriculum Committee, Masters of Urban and Regional Policy (2012-present)
Service to the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan Student Services Committee, 2010-present. Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2009-2010. College of Architecture and Urban Planning Library Committee 2001-present. Service to the Urban and Regional Planning Program, University of Michigan Search Committee Chair, Sustainable Food Systems, 2011-2012. Doctoral Program Committee, 2010-present. MUP Admissions Committee, 2009-2010. PhD in Urban, Technological, and Environmental Planning Future Committee, 2003-2005. Urban and Regional Planning Program Curriculum Committee 2001-2008. PhD in Urban, Technological, and Environmental Planning Admissions Committee, 2001-2002 Urban Planning program Master s Admissions Committee, 2003 SELECTED COURSES TAUGHT At Northeastern University: Capstone in Urban and Regional Policy (Graduate) Urban and Regional Policy in Developing Countries (Graduate) At the University of Michigan: Introduction to Urban and Environmental Planning (Undergraduate) Global Shelter Crisis Fundamentals of Planning Practice (First year planning studio course) Altered Encounters: Global Change in Asian Cities (Cross listed as undergraduate and graduate) Urban and Regional Planning in Developing Countries Integrative Field Experience (Capstone studio course) Doctoral Research Seminar for Planners and Architects Housing Systems Infrastructure Planning in Developing and Developed Countries Neighborhood Planning At the University of Cincinnati: Economic Development Methods Social Justice and the City (Undergraduate) Internship Seminar Urban Revitalization Social Planning Social Science Research Methods Urban Community Development: Developed and Developing Country Perspectives
MEMBERSHIPS Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Association of American Geographers, Association for Asian Studies, Urban Land Institute