Ariam Torres-Cordero

About Ariam Torres-Cordero

Ariam L Torres-Cordero is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Planning at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. He completed his Ph.D. in Regional Planning at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign in 2022 and served as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Columbia World Projects, Columbia University in 2023.

Areas of Expertise

Community Development, Environmental Planning and Resource Management, Land Use Planning and Governance, Regional Planning, Anti-racism Planning

Selected Publications

Torres-Cordero, A. L. (2024). Bomba planning and the pursuit of a just recovery. Planning Theory, 14730952231225816. , Torres-Cordero, A. L. (2022). The struggle for a just recovery: Insurgent planning, transnational networks, and colonial legacies in post-disaster Puerto Rico (Doctoral dissertation)., Torres-Cordero, A. L. (2020). What Is Possible? Policy Options for Long-term Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico. Centro Journal, 32(3)., Santiago, L., Loomis, J., Ortiz, A. V., & Torres-Cordero, A. L. (2016). Valuing urban tropical river recreation attributes using choice experiments. Environ. Natural Resources Res., 6, 128-135.

Recent Courses Taught

PLAN 6076: Planning History and Theory, PLAN 6603: Fundamentals of Plan Making

PLAN 6607: Analysis Techniques for Environmental Planning, PLAN 6996: Practicum