 Varkki
George Pallathucheril
Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
PhD, Ohio State University, 1992
The belief that vital, vibrant urban places contribute significantly
to quality of life in cities is central to Dr. Pallathucheril'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.
He teaches
courses in urban design, and in developing and communicating
planning ideas and arguments, both graphically and verbally.
His
research projects include 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. Contact Information
Room M206, Temple Buell Hall
611 Lorado Taft Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217.244.7059
Fax: 217.244.1717
E-mail: varkki@uiuc.edu
Current Research Areas
- Information systems for urban design and spatial analysis
- Urban
design methods
- Internet-based planning support systems
- Virtual-world applications
in planning and design
Selected Publications
George, 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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