Dr. Thomas Wuerzer came to Boise State University in 2011 after earning his Ph.D. in
Regional Development Planning from the University of Cincinnati's School of
Planning. He holds a Masters of Urban Affairs and Public Policy from the University of
Delaware, and is Diplom Geographer (Spatial Planning) from the University of Bayreuth in
Germany. 

His work and research are bridged by an in-depth background in geographic information
systems (GIS). Prior to Boise State University, he was the first Doctoral Fellow of the
Cincinnati Area GIS consortium (CAGIS) and received national recognition for his software
in emergency and infrastructure (asset) management. Overall, he combines international
and domestic experiences from Germany, Finland, Delaware, Ohio, and now Idaho, and about
15 years of GIS, into his research. 

Dr. Wuerzer's research interests include optimization modeling of mixed land uses,
GIS and visualization. He advocates and researches "healthy cities" and
“landscapes of health” with foci on active living and obesity. 

He currently conducts an interdisciplinary research project on wildfire impacts on
natural and built environment, wildlife and human habitat with colleagues in geosciences
and public policy.

Presentations

Fire Resilience Policy and Planning at the Wildland-Urban Interface: Boise and the Idaho Treasure Valley, ICLEI Resilience Cities Conference (2013)
 

Cycling behavior among college students: Is distance the final frontier? (with Susan Mason and Lynda Ransdell), Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference (2013)
 

Map versus Visualization: An evaluation of visual communication tools for planning (with Peter Mallow), ACSP (2012)
 

Active Living and Linkages to Transportation and Economic Development (with Susan Mason), Idaho APA Annual Conference (2012)
 

Share a Bike, Get a Ride: GIS Development of Bikeshare-Systems, ESRI International User Conference (2012)
 

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Contributions to Books

Kuala Lumpur: System of Spatial Planning, Development Programs and Development Plans, The Great Leap Forward: World Cities, Global Cities, Smart Cities, Postmodern Cities; Singapore and Kuala Lumpur as Models of the Great City in the 21st Century (2003)
 

Other

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Wayfinding in Boise (2012)