Richard Norton

About Richard Norton

Richard K. Norton, Ph.D., J.D., is a Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan. Both a community planner and lawyer, he teaches and conducts research in the areas of planning law, sustainable development, land use and environmental planning, and coastal area management.

Areas of Expertise

Planning Law and Administration, Land Use Planning and Governance, Environmental Planning and Resource Management

Selected Publications

Norton, Richard K., Guy A. Meadows, Oday Salim, Matthew Piggins, Philip Washburn, & Lauren Ashley Week. 2023. Armor or withdraw? Likely litigation and potential adjudication of shoreland conflicts along Michigan’s shifting Great Lakes coasts. Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law 12(2):153-289., Norton, Richard K. 2022. Toward science-informed public policy: A conceptual framework for contributing to and studying Great Lakes coastal management. Journal of Great Lakes Research 48(6):1345-1360 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.07.003)., Norton, Richard K. 2022. Planning for resilient and sustainable coastal shorelands and communities in the face of global climate change. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Water Resources and Management Policy (https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.817)., Norton, Richard K., Stephen Buckman, Guy Meadows, and Zach Rable. 2019. Using simple, decision-centered, scenario-based planning to improve local coastal management. Journal of the American Planning Association 85(4):405-423 (https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2019.1627237).

Recent Courses Taught

U.S. Planning Institutions and Law, Environmental Planning, Climate Adaptation Planning