Ajay Garde

Associate Professor of Planning, Policy & Design

Ph.D. University of Southern California

Phone:

(949) 824-9087

Email:

agarde@uci.edu

Office:

212D Social Ecology I

Specializations:

urban design, sustainable development, urban form

Department:

Planning, Policy and Design

Summary of Research Interests:

My scholarship is in the field of urban design. The integration of spatial attributes, social issues, and environmental concerns is the underlying theme of my work. My research draws from the fields of architecture, urban planning, and public policy to respond to one fundamental question: How might the planning and design of the built environment contribute to making a sustainable city? A central theme guides my scholarship: I study the diffusion of innovations in urban design, its impact on urban and suburban form, and its implications for public policy.

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Selected Publications:

Garde, Ajay M. (2012) "America's Suburban Counties Growing in a Similar Way? Insights from Neighborhood-Scale Projects in Southern California." Journal of Architectural and Planning Research. 29(2) 91-112.
Garde, Ajay M. (2011) “Neighborhood Spaces: Design Innovations and Social Themes.” In Editors: Banerjee, T. and Loukaitou-Sideris, A. Companion to Urban Design, pp. 379-390. New York, NY: Routledge.
Garde, Ajay M. (2010) “Learning from Southern California: A Typology of Neighborhood-Scale Projects, the Emerging Metropolitan Form, and the Implications for Public Policy” Journal of Urbanism. 3 (2): 185-208.
Garde, A. M., Saphores, J. D., Matthew, R., and Day, K. (2010) “Sustainable Neighborhood Development: Insights from Southern California.” Environment and Planning B. 37 (3): 387-407.
Garde, Ajay M. (2009) “Sustainable by Design? Insights from U.S. LEED-ND Pilot Projects. Journal of the American Planning Association. 75 (4) 424-440.
Garde, Ajay M. (2008) “ Innovations in Urban Design and Urban Form: The Making of Paradigms and the Implications for Public Policy” Journal of Planning Education and Research 28 (1), pp. 61-72.
Garde, Ajay M. (2008) “City Sense and Suburban Design: Planners’ Perceptions of Emerging Suburban Form” Journal of the American Planning Association. 74 (3), pp. 325-342. [A comment on this article was published in the same issue of JAPA 74 (3) pp. 342--347. My response, to this comment on my article, was published in a subsequent issue of the journal.]
Garde, Ajay M. (2009) “Letter to the Editor and Response: Responding to the Comment on ‘Retrofitting Suburbia.’” Journal of the American Planning Association. 75 (1), pp. 105-106. [This was my response, to the comment on my article.]
Garde, Ajay M. (2006) “Designing and Developing New Urbanist Projects in the United States: Insights and Implications” Journal of Urban Design, 11(1), pp. 33-54.
Garde, Ajay M. (2004) “New Urbanism as Sustainable Growth? A Supply Side Story and Its Implications for Public Policy.” Journal of Planning Education and Research, 24(2), pp. 154-170.
Garde, Ajay M. (1999) “Marginal Spaces in the Urban Landscape: Regulated Margins or Incidental Open Spaces?” Journal of Planning Education and Research, 18(3), pp. 200-210.