Timothy Chapin

About Timothy Chapin

I am Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy and Professor of Urban and Regional Planning. A noted expert on land use and comprehensive planning, growth management, and urban redevelopment, my research centers on the effectiveness of Florida’s growth management system.

Selected Publications

• Chapin, T. and L. Stevens. 2022. “Growth Management’s Fourth Wave, Revisited”. Journal of Comparative Law and Urban Policy. 5(1): 327-335.
• Linkous, E. and T. Chapin. 2014. “TDR Program Performance in Florida.” Journal of the American Planning Association 80(3): 253-267.
• Chapin, T. 2012. “From Growth Controls, to Comprehensive Planning, to Smart Growth: Planning’s Emerging Fourth Wave.” Journal of the American Planning Association 78(1): 5-15.
• Deyle, R., T. Chapin, and J. Baker. 2008. “The Proof of the Planning is in the Platting: An Evaluation of Florida’s Hurricane Exposure Mitigation Planning Mandate.” Journal of the American Planning Association 74(3): 349-370.