Christopher G. Boone
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Geography, University of Toronto
SHESC Themes: Societies and their Natural Environments, Urban Societies
Field Specializations: Geography, Human Ecology, Human-Environment Interaction, Risk and Hazards,
Space and Place, Spatial Technologies, Urban Geography, Urban Studies
Regional Focus: North America (East)
Contact: Christopher G. Boone, SHESC 166
Research:
Christopher G. Boone's academic work contributes to the three broad categories of urban, historical and environmental geography. He has endeavored to understand the nature of cities, urban life and the relationship between cities and the natural environment, primarily from a historical point of view. He is particularly interested in the processes responsible for changes in the urban landscape and the consequences of those changes for human beings and the environment. Three themes tie together Boone's research: the study of urban infrastructure, public health and environmental justice.
Research Projects:
Baltimore Ecosystem Study: Human Settlements as Ecosystems, Metropolitan Baltimore from 1797 to 2100
Culture, Health and Environment in Urban South Phoenix
Teaching:
Boone has taught a variety of courses that fall within the broad categories of urban studies, environmental studies, historical geography and Geographic Information Systems.
Select Publications:
Wells, J., Buckley, G. L., & Boone, C. G. (in press). Separate but equal? Carroll Park and the campaign to desegregate Baltimore's golf courses, 1923-1951. Geographical Review.
Grineski, S., Bolin, B., & Boone, C. G. (2007). Criteria air pollution and marginalized populations: Environmental inequity in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Social Science Quarterly, 88(2), 535-554.
Pickett, S. T. A., Boone, C. G., & Cadenass, M. L. (2007). Relationships of environmental justice to ecological theory. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 88(2), 166-170.
Boone, C. G. & Modarres, A. (2006). City and environment. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Grove, J. M., Cadenasso, M., Burch Jr., W. R., Pickett, S. T. A., O'Neil-Dunne, J. P. M., Schwarz, K., Wilson, M., Troy, A. R. & Boone, C. (2006). Data and methods comparing social structure and vegetation structure of urban neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland [Electronic version]. Society & Natural Resources, 19(2), 117-136.
Boone, C. G. (2005). Zoning and environmental inequity in the industrial East Side. In W. Deverell & G. Hise (Eds.), Land of sunshine: An environmental history of metropolitan Los Angeles (pp. 167-178). Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Boone, C. G. (2003). Obstacles to infrastructure provision: The struggle to build comprehensive sewer works in Baltimore. Historical Geography, 31, 151-168.
Jokisch, B. & Boone, C. G. (2003). Teaching and tragedy: Lessons from a population and GIS workshop in Cambodia. Journal of Geography, 102(1), 13-20.
Mercier, M. E. & Boone, C. G. (2002). Infant mortality in Ottawa, Canada, 1901: Assessing cultural, economic, and environmental factors. Journal of Historical Geography, 28(4), 486-507.
Boone, C. G. & Modarres, A. (1999). Creating a toxic neighborhood in Los Angeles County: A historical examination of environmental inequity. Urban Affairs Review, 35(2), 163-187.
