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Varkki Pallathucheril (George)
 | Varkki George Associate Professor Department of Urban and Regional Planning University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room M206, Temple Buell Hall 611 Lorado Taft Drive Champaign, IL 61820 email: varkki@uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-7059 Fax: 217-244-1717 | ||
| The belief that vital, vibrant urban places contribute significantly to quality of life in cities is central to Dr. George's work. He draws on his undergraduate education in architecture, his experience as a professional architect, and his graduate studies in planning to explore how such spaces can be designed in today's world. This exploration has taken him in two directions: one having to do with what urban design does, the other with how we design and plan, especially using computers. In addition to Varkki's LEAM projects, his research includes a hypermedia-based information system for historic preservation administration, a computer-based tool for defining regions, and a hypermedia-based pedagogical tool for urban design. He teaches courses in urban design, and in developing and communicating planning ideas and arguments, both graphically and verbally (UP 326, UP 402 and UP 494G). Selected PublicationsGeorge, R. Varkki, and Marcia Caton Campbell. Forthcoming. Balancing different interests in aesthetic controls. Journal of Planning Education and Research. Gasper, Desmond, and R. Varkki George. 1998. Analyzing argumentation in planning and public policy: Assessing, improving and transcending the Toulmin model. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 25: 367-90 George, R. Varkki. 1997. HyperSpace: Communicating ideas about the quality of urban spaces. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 17: 63-70 George, R. Varkki. 1997. A procedural explanation for contemporary urban design. Journal of Urban Design, 2, 2: 159-177 Srinivasan, Sumeeta, R. Varkki George, and Bettina Aten. 1997. A tool for identifying regions of similar characteristics. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems, 20, 2: 111-37 George, R. V. 1995. Expert support for problem formulation in urban planning. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 22: 175-190 | |||
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