About Austin Troy
Austin Troy, PhD is Director of the CU Denver Presidential Initiative on Urban and Place-Based Research, as well as a Professor at CU Denver’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning. His research addresses issues at the intersection of urban planning and environmental sustainability.Selected Publications
The impact of urban tree shade on residential irrigation demand in a semi-arid Western US City. (2024), Valuing urban trees: A hedonic investigation into tree canopy influence on property values across environmental and social contexts in Baltimore, Maryland. (2023), Exploring non-linear relationships between neighbourhood walkability and health: a cross-sectional study among US primary care patients with chronic conditions. (2022), An analysis of factors influencing structure loss resulting from the 2018 Camp Fire. (2022), Assessing the accuracy and potential for improvement of the national land cover database’s tree canopy cover dataset in urban areas of the conterminous United States. (2022)Recent Courses Taught
Advanced Geospatial Methods, Environmental Planning and Management
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