Jesus Lara

About Jesus Lara

My research in urban planning further examines the effects of social and economic inequity as it relates to ethnicity and how this influences access to social and cultural infrastructure and, consequently, the health and well-being of individuals and communities.

Selected Publications

Lara, Jesus J. (2023) “Participatory Planning and Design.” Elgar Encyclopedia in Urban and Regional Planning and Design, by Raoul Beunen and Martijn Duineveld, edited by Kristof Van Assche, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited., Jesus J. Lara (2020) “Problem-Based Solutions from the Classroom to the Community: Transformative Approaches to Mitigate the Impacts of Boom-and-Bust in Declining Urban Communities,” Land Use Policy 93. , Jesus J. Lara. (2018) “Latino Placemaking and Planning: Cultural Resilience and Strategies for Re-Urbanization”. University of Arizona Press. , Lara, Jesus J. (2021). “Latino Urbanism.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies. Ed. Ilan Stavans. New York: Oxford University.

Recent Courses Taught

Sustainable Urbanism

Placemaking in an Age of Globalization
Latino Urbanism and the Re-invention of the American City
Outline of Urban Design