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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA |
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department of earth sciences |
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Rajiv Thakur |
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Assistant Professor of Geography & Vice-Chair, Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers
Phone: 251-460-7568 Fax: 251-461-1487 Email: rthakur@usouthal.edu
LSCB 342 307 N. University Blvd. Mobile, AL 36688-0002
Education Ph.D Indiana State University, 2009 – Geography M.A. University of Akron, 2005 – Geography M.A. University of Delhi, 1994 – Political Science
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Research Interests Economic Geography Urban and Regional Development and Planning Regional Dimensions of Global Climate Change
Publications
Journal Articles in Review Gatrell, J., R. Thakur, N. Reid and B. Smith. Clusters and listening: Local economic development in place. Submitted (in Press) to Journal of Applied Research in Economic Development.
Chapters and Edited Contributions Thakur, R. 2010. (in Press) Geographies of Research and Development in Barney Warf (eds) Encyclopedia of Geography, Thousand Oaks: Sage
Thakur, R. and Sharma, M. 2009. GIS and Challenges to Planning and Development Applications in Peripheral Regions, in Jay Gatrell and Ryan Jensen (eds) Geotechnologies and the Environment: Planning and Socioeconomic Applications, 125-137, Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, Verlag
Thakur, R. 2007. Global Warming: Differential Impact and Emerging Dilemmas, in B. Thakur (et al) (eds) City, Society and Planning: Festschrift in Honor of Professor Ashok K. Dutt, Volume (3) - Planning: 3-15, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, India
Dutt, A K., A. Parai and R. Thakur 2006. The City Unites with the World in Steinbacher, Roberta and Virginia Benson (3rd Eds.) Introduction to Urban Studies, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque
Thakur, Rajiv 1998. ‘UNDP Programme Provides Fillip to Jute Industry’, in The Pioneer Newspaper, New Delhi, June 15, pp.14
Book Reviews Thakur, R. 2008. Review of Fingleton’s (eds) New Directions in Economic Geography. Regional Science Policy and Practice. 1(1): 125-127
Thakur, R. 2009. Review of Tickell et al (eds) Politics and Practice in Economic Geography. ProfessionalGeographer 61(3): 411-413.
Thakur R. 2010. Review of N. Salvadori et al (eds) Geography, Structural Change and Economic Development: Theory and Empirics. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie 101(3)
Thakur R. 2010 Review of Roberta Capello and Peter Nijkamp (eds.) Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories. Regional Studies 44(1)
Journal Articles in submission/preparation
Thakur, R. and Gatrell, J. Science and Technology Indicators in EPSCoR States: Policy Geography. Submission planned (June 2010) to Regional Science Policy and Practice.
Thakur, R., Gatrell, J. and Reid, N. Cultural Turn and Economic Geography. Submission planned (July 2010) to Hamburg Review of Social Sciences.
Courses Taught
· Introduction to Human Geography (GEO 114) · World Regional Geography · World Economic Geography · Urban Geography and Planning (GEO 365) · Geography of Cultural Diversity · Geography of Asia · Geography of US & Canada · Introduction to GIS · GIS Applications-II: Business and Social Sciences (GEO 462)
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