Douglas JohnstonChair, Community and Regional Planning
Chair, Landscape Architecture
Professor, Community and Regional Planning
Professor, Landscape Architecture
Landscape Arch/Planning, Design Administration
Education
1979 BS in Environmental Studies (Magna Cum Laude), State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
1980 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Magna Cum Laude), State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
1982 Master of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
1986 Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, College of Engineering
Research Interests
Performance of designed environments; environmental planning, ecological design, regional geography of public investment
Current Projects
- Program Assessment of Local Housing Trust Funds in Iowa
- Housing Needs Assessment for Polk County
- Asset Mapping and Economic Development Metrics
- Regional Sustainable Planning
Contact Information
Phone: (515) 294-5490
Email: dmjohnst@iastate.edu
Office: 146 Design
Mailing Address
Community and Regional Planning Department
146 College of Design
Ames, IA, 50011
515.294.5676
515.294.2348 FAX
- Iowa Housing Needs Assessment, 01/01/2009
- Iowa Water Trails Plan, 01/29/2009
- Iowa Economic Research and Analysis System, 01/29/2012
- Housing Needs Assessment and Evaluation of Local Housing Trust Fund Program, 01/29/2010
- Research in Support of Des Moines Region Sustainable Planning, 06/29/2011
- Creating multifunctional landscapes: how can the field of ecology inform the design of the landscape?, 01/29/2009
- Designing Landscapes for Performance Based on Emerging Principles in Landscape Ecology, 01/29/2009
- Watershed Based Flood Management, 01/29/2009
- Places of Power: Economic and Political Driving Forces of Landscape Change, 01/29/2012