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Victoria Basolo

Associate Professor of Planning, Policy & Design
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Phone: 
(949) 824-3521
Email: 
basolo@uci.edu
Office: 
206D SEI
Specializations: 
housing and community development, urban governance, regionalism, and metropolitan politics.
Department: 
Planning, Policy and Design
Curriculum Vitae: 
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Web Links of Research Sites

    Professor Basolo's Personal Home Page (under revision)

Selected Publications

  • Basolo, V. and D. Lowery. 2010. Delineating the Regional Market in Studies of Inter-City Competition. Urban Geography 31(3):369-384.
  • Basolo, V. and M.T. Nguyen. 2009. Immigrants’ Housing Search and Neighborhood Conditions: A Comparative Analysis of Housing Choice Voucher Holders. Cityscape 11(3):99-126.
  • Basolo, V.  2009. Environmental Change, Disasters and Vulnerability: The Case of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. In Global Environmental Change and Human Security: Addressing Threats to Wellbeing and Livelihoods from Environmental Degradation, Richard Matthew and Bryan McDonald (Eds.). Cambridge: The MIT Press.
  • Basolo, V., Steinberg, L.J., Burby, R.J., Levine, J.N., Cruz, A.M. and C. Huang.  2009.  The Effects of Confidence in Government and Information on Perceived and Actual Preparedness for Disasters.  Environment and Behavior 41(3):338-364 (available on-line first August 2008).
  • Basolo, V. and C. Scally.  2008.  State Innovations in Affordable Housing Policy: Lessons from California and New Jersey.  Housing Policy Debate 19(4):741-774.
  • Basolo, V. 2007. Explaining the Support for Homeownership in U.S. Cities: A Political Economy Perspective. Housing Studies: 22(1):99-119.
  • Basolo, V. and M.T. Nguyen. 2006. Does Mobility Matter? An Analysis of Housing Voucher Holders' Neighborhood Conditions by Race and Ethnicity. Housing Policy Debate 16(3/4):297-324.
  • Basolo, V. and C. Huang. 2005. Central City and Suburban Policy Choices, in F.W. Wagner; T.E. Joder; A.J. Mumphrey, Jr.; K.M. Akundi; A.F.J. Artibise, editors, Revitalizing the City: Strategies to Contain Sprawl and Revive the Core. New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.
  • Steinberg, L.J., Basolo, V., Burby, R.J., Levine, J.N., and A.M. Cruz. 2004. Joint Seismic and Technological Disasters: Possible Impacts and Community Preparedness in an Urban Setting. Natural Hazards Review 5(4):159-169.
  • Basolo, V. 2003. U.S. Regionalism and Rationality. Urban Studies 40(3):447-462.
  • Basolo, V. and D. Hastings. 2003. Obstacles to Regional Housing Solutions: A Comparison of Four Metropolitan Areas. Journal of Urban Affairs 25(4):449-472.
  • Basolo, V. 2003. Local Response to Federal Changes in the Housing Voucher Program: A Case Study of Intra-Regional Cooperation. Housing Policy Debate 14(1/2):143-168.
  • Basolo, V. and D. Strong. 2002. Understanding the Neighborhood: From Residents' Perceptions and Needs to Action. Housing Policy Debate 13(1):83-105.
  • Basolo, V. and C. Huang. 2001. Cities and Economic Development: Does the City Limits Story Still Apply? Economic Development Quarterly 15(4):327-339.
  • Basolo, V. 2000. City Spending on Economic Development Versus Affordable Housing: Does Inter-City Competition or Local Politics Drive Decisions? Journal of Urban Affairs 22(3): 317-332.