Abigail York
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Political Science/Environmental & Public Policy, Indiana University
SHESC Themes: Societies and their Natural Environments, Urban Societies
Field Specializations: Institutions, Political Economy, Public Policy
Regional Focus: North America
Contact: Abigail York, MH 114
Research:
Abigail York's research interests include interjurisdictional governance, land use policy, housing provision and economic development. An ongoing project is development of a generalizable theory of cross-border coordination that helps to explain different environmental issues, such as wildlife and forest management, as well as coordination of urban growth and development. Her work has focused on collective action across borders, understanding urbanization, evaluation of land use institutions' impacts on the landscape and the dynamics of the local political economy.
Research Projects:
Urban Organization through the Ages: Neighborhoods, Open Spaces and Urban Life
Teaching:
York currently co-teaches Institutions, Society and the Environment and is preparing for more courses on institutions and urban policy in the semesters to come, particularly those associated with the new Ph.D. in Environmental Social Science program. Before coming to ASU, York was an assistant professor in the Department of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
Select Publications:
York, A. M., Janssen, M. A. & Carlson, L. A. (2006). Diversity of incentives for private forest landowners: An assessment of programs in Indiana. Land Use Policy, 23(4), 542-550.
York, A. M., Janssen, M. & Ostrom, E. (2005). Incentives affecting decisions of nonindustrial private forest landowners. In P. Dauvergne (Ed.), Handbook of Global Environmental Politics (pp. 233-248). Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing.
York, A. M., Munroe, D. K. & Croissant, C. (2005). Land use policy and landscape fragmentation in an urbanizing region: Assessing the impact of zoning. Applied Geography, 25(2),121-141.
York, A. M. & Munroe, D. K. (2003). Jobs, houses, and trees: Changing regional structure, local land-use patterns and forest cover in Southern Indiana. Growth and Change, 34(3), 299-320.
