Jacob Wagner

About Jacob Wagner

An expert in community development, disaster recovery, planning history and cultural planning. A leader in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Faculty Founder of the UMKC Center for Neighborhoods.

Areas of Expertise

Community Development, Anti-racism Planning, Food Systems, Community Health and Safety, Planning History or History, Urban Design

Selected Publications

• Fields, B., Thomas, J., & Wagner, J. A. (2017). Living with Water in the Era of Climate Change: Lessons from the Lafitte Greenway in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 37(3), 309-321. https://doi.org/10.1177/073945... 
• Wagner, J. (2020). Rethinking the politics of vulnerability: neighborhood empowerment in Kansas City Missouri (USA). Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, (87).
• Wagner, J., & Frisch, M. (Eds.). (2014). New Orleans and the Design Moment. Routledge. 
• Wagner, J., Frisch, M., & Fields, B. (2008). Building Local Capacity: Planning for Local Culture and Neighborhood Recovery in New Orleans. Cityscape, 10(3), 39–56. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20...

Recent Courses Taught

• UPD 410 Urban Planning + Design Studio III
• UPD 260 History of Urban Planning
• UPD 320 Urban Planning Theory and Practice
• UPD 340 Neighborhood and Community