Department of Urban Studies & Planning
  
Robin Boyle
Title Professor & Chair 
Office# 3193 Faculty Administration Building
Research Area Urban Economic Development
Phone (313) 577-8711
E-Mail aa2815@wayne.edu
Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/boyle

Research Interests
  • Urban economic development.
  • Schools and community planning.
  • Comparative (US/EC) urban policy.
Research Grants
  • Assessment of EDD's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (2000 -) Funding: U.S. Economic Development Administration [EDA] ($204,000) - Co-PI with Professors Fasenfest, Reese and Thompson, all WSU.
  • EZ/EC Interim Outcomes Assessment - Detroit Study (1997 - 2000). Funding: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ($40,000) through Abt Associates, Cambridge, Mass.
Selected Publications
  • Boyle, Robin (1995) Empowerment Zones -- Picking the Winners. Economic Development Quarterly, 9 (3): 207 - 211.
  • Barnekov, Timothy, Robin Boyle and Daniel Rich, (1989) Privatism and Urban Policy in Britain and the United States. Oxford/New York, Oxford University Press. (Japanese language edition published 1994)
Courses
  • UP 5110 Urban Planning Process
  • UP 5999 Historic Preservation and Economic Development
  • UP 7700 Neighborhood Planning Workshop

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