John Renne

About John Renne

John Renne, Ph.D., AICP is the Director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions and a Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Dr. Renne’s work focuses on creating sustainability and resilience through land use and transportation systems.

Areas of Expertise

Housing, Urban Design, Technology, Society and Analytical Methods, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Land Use Planning and Governance

Selected Publications

John Renne, Brian Wolshon, Anurag Pande, Pamea Murray-Tuite, and Karl Kim. Creating Resilient Transportation Systems: Policy, Planning and Implementation. London: Elsevier, 2022. https://www.elsevier.com/books/creating-resilient-transportation-systems/renne/978-0-12-816820-2, Billy Fields and John Renne. Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities: Transforming Streets to Address Climate Change. London: Routledge, 2021. https://www.routledge.com/Adaptation-Urbanism-and-Resilient-Communities-Transforming-Streets-to-Address/Fields-Renne/p/book/9780367134952, John L. Renne, Jyothi Chava, Bruce Appleyard & Tara Tolford. Rent Growth Near Rail Stations after the Great Recession. Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, 16:1, 2300556. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/19498276.2023.2300556, Jyothi Chava and John Renne. Transit-induced gentrification or vice versa? A study of neighborhoods around light rail stations from 1970 – 2020. Journal of the American Planning Association. 88:1, 44-54, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2021.1920453

Recent Courses Taught

URP 6920, Planning Workshop, URP 4979, Planning Capstone, URP 4923, Urban Design Capstone, URP 4430, Planning for Hazards/Disasters