Robert Hersh
Research Assistant Professor
Project Center, Second Floor
508-831-5522
508-831-5485
hersh@wpi.edu
Education
- M.A. Urban and Environmental Policy, Tufts University 1992
- M.A. Telecommunications, University of Michigan, 1984
- B.A. (Honours) University of Sussex, 1978
Areas of Interest
Current research includes the role of community land trusts in urban redevelopment, the use of geographic information systems and interactive media in community-based design, contaminated site cleanup and development, voluntary environmental agreements, hardrock abandoned mine reclamation, social theories of risk, policy innovation, and citizen involvement in environmental decision making.
Selected Publications
- Kris Wernstedt and Robert Hersh. 2006. "Brownfields regulatory reform and policy innovation in practice". Progress in Planning. 65. 7-74.
- Robert Hersh and Peter Strauss. 2005. Re-evaluating Remedies: Strengthening Public Involvement in Long-term Stewardship. Center for Public Environmental Oversight: Washington, DC.
- Robert Hersh. 2005 "Institutional Control Audits---What can we learn from them?" Land Use Controls Forum, International City Management Association, Washington DC.
- Robert Hersh. 2005 "Building Schools on Brownfields: Lessons from California". Bureau of National Affairs, Environmental Due Diligence Guide, 2005
- Robert Hersh and Kris Wernstedt. 2003. The Brownfield Bargain: Negotiating Site Cleanup Policies in Wisconsin. Resources for the Future, Washington, DC.
- Robert Hersh and Kris Wernstedt. 2002. "Gauging the Vulnerability of Local Water Systems to Global Climate Change: Facing Forward by Looking Back", Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 45, No 3.
- Robert Hersh and Kris Wernstedt. 2001 "Out of Site, Out of Mind: The Problem of Institutional Controls", in Race, Poverty, and the Environment, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2001.
- Terry Davies, Robert Hersh, Araly Arceli, and Ruth Bell. 2001 Reforming Permitting. Washington, DC: RFF Press.
- Robert Hersh, Kris Wernstedt, Katherine N. Probst and Jan Mazurek. 1997. Linking Land Use to Superfund Cleanups: Uncharted Territory. Resources for the Future: Washington, DC
- Robert Hersh. 1996. A Review of Integrated Pollution Control in Selected Countries, Resources for the Future, Washington DC.
- Robert Hersh. 1995. Race and Industrial Hazards: An Historical Geography of the Pittsburgh Region, 1900-1990. Resources for the Future: Washington, DC.
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