Dristi Neog, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography, planning, and sustainability (GPS), recently authored a book titled Shaping our Future: Community Planning Basics for Happier, Healthier and More Sustainable Cities, published by Cognella Academic Publishing.
Shaping Our Future is a contemporary and comprehensive introductory text to the field of planning. It touches on various aspects of community/urban planning, exposing the reader to all dimensions of the profession, including topics such as the advent of big data and sustainable development.
Dr. Neog earned a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from Florida University, a master of city and regional planning from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a bachelor of architecture from Jawaharal Nehru Technological University in India.
Her research interests include: transportation and land use dynamics, sustainable communities, land use and pedestrian travel behavior, transit planning, land resource management, and application of GIS to urban planning.