Timothy Beatley

About Timothy Beatley

Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities where he has taught for more than thirty years. He is the author of more than twenty books and for 10 years wrote a column for Planning Magazine called Ever Green. He is the founder of the Biophilic Cities Network.

Selected Publications

• Beatley, Timothy. The Ethics of Cities: Shaping Policy for a Sustainable and Just Future, Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 2024.
• Beatley, Timothy. The Bird-Friendly City: Creating Safe Urban Habitats, Washington, DC: Island Press (November, 2020) [Translated into Korean, Chinese]
• Beatley, Timothy, Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature in Urban Design and Planning, Washington, DC: Island Press, fall, 2010.
• Beatley, Timothy, Ethical Land Use: Principles of Policy and Planning, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press 302 pp, 1994. [Declared “One of the 100 Essential Books in Planning,” by the American Planning Association]

Recent Courses Taught

• PLAN 1010 Introduction to Urban and Environmental Planning
• PLAN 3840 Ethics of Cities and Environment
• PLAN 3860 / 6960 Cities + Nature
• PLAN 5500 Planning for Coastal Resilience