John Rennie Short

John Rennie Short
Professor
School of Public Policy
University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Email jrs@umbc.edu
Website http://johnrennieshort.com/
DoB: 10/19/51
Born: Scotland.
EDUCATION
1973-1976 University of Bristol. Awarded Ph.D. in January 1977 for dissertation ‘Residential
mobility in the private housing market’.
1969-1973 University of Aberdeen. Awarded M.A. in Geography in 1973.
EMPLOYMENT
2005- Professor, School of Public Policy, UMBC
2002-2005 Chair and Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, University
of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC).
1990-2002 Professor, Department of Geography, Maxwell School of Public Affairs and Citizenship,
Syracuse University.
1978-1990 Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Reading, UK.
1976-1978 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Bristol, UK.
AWARDS/PUBLIC LECTURES
2015 The New Imperative: Green Cities for An Urban World, Invited Keynote Address.
Forum of Communities for Urban Sustainability, Embassy of France, Washington DC. 6th
March 2015
2014 Cartographic Encounters. Invited Public Lecture. National Heritage Museum,

Lexington MA.
2012 Cities in Civilization. Invited Public Lecture. Symposium on The Work of Sir Peter
Hall. Bartlett School. University of London.
2010 Cartographic Encounters on the American Frontier. Invited Keynote Address:

Cartography and Empire, A Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the William
Clark Map. Lamar Center and Beinecke Library, Yale University.
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2009 Helen and John S. Best Fellowship. American Geographical Society Library, University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
2008 Suburban Gothic: The Crises in US Suburbs. The Edward Wilkommen Invited
Lecture. American Geographical Society Library/University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Libraries. Milwaukee.
2006 Cartographic Encounters in The New World. The Philip Lee Phillips Society Invited
Lecture. Library of Congress, Washington DC.
2004 The Urban Environmental Effects of Hosting The Summer Games. National Geographic
Society Research Grant.
2002 The Leverhulme Visiting Professorship to UK, Loughborough University.
2001 Alexander O. Vietor Fellowship in Cartography, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library, Yale University.
2001 Frank Hideo Kono Visiting Fellowship, Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
2000 Appleby-Mosher Faculty Research Award, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
1999 Dibner Library Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Smithsonian, Washington

DC.
1996 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Program Fellowship. Newberry
Library, Chicago.
1996 Andrew Mellon Resident Research Fellowship, American Philosophical Society,

Philadelphia.
1996 Appleby-Mosher Faculty Research Award, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
1995 Resident Research Fellowship, New York State Library, Albany.
1990 Erasmus Visiting Professor, Groningen University, The Netherlands.
1985-1987 Senior Visiting Research Fellowship, Urban Research Unit, Research School of Social
Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra.
1985 British Academy Visiting Fellowship, Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
1976-1978 Social Science Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship.
1973-1976 Social Science Research Council Doctoral Award.

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PUBLICATIONS
Books
In press World Regional Geography. Oxford University Press.
2018 A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada: Toward A Sustainable Future.
Rowman and Littlefield (Co-authored with Lisa Benton-Short and Chris Mayda).
2018 Hosting The Olympic Games: The Real Costs for Cities. Routledge.
2018 Human Geography: A Short Introduction (2nd ed.) Oxford University Press.
2018 The Unequal City: Urban Resurgence, Displacement and The Making of Inequality in
Global Cities. Routledge
2017 An Introduction to Urban Geography (reprint of 1984 edition) (Translated into Persian
2018). Routledge
2017 Alternative Geographies (reissue of 2000 edition). Routledge
2017 A Research Agenda for Cities (editor) Edward Elgar.
2015 Human Geography: A Short Introduction. Oxford University Press.
2014 Urban Theory (2nd ed.) Palgrave Macmillan. (Translated into Chinese and Persian).
2013 Stress Testing The USA: Public Policy and Reaction to Disaster Events. Palgrave
Macmillan
2013 Cities and Nature (2nd ed.) Routledge (Co-authored with Lisa
Benton-Short) (Translated into Chinese).
2012 Korea: A Cartographic History. University of Chicago Press (Translated into Korean).
2012 Globalization, Modernity and The City. Routledge
2011 OECD Urban Policy Reviews: Poland 2011. OECD Publishing (Member of international
advisory group and responsible for part of the text).
2010 Cities and Suburbs: New Metropolitan Realities in the US. Routledge (Co-authored with
B. Hanlon and T. Vicino).
2009 Cartographic Encounters: Indigenous Peoples and The Exploration of The New World.
Reaktion/University of Chicago Press.
2008 Cities and Nature. Routledge (Co-authored with L. Benton-Short) (Translated into
Korean).
2008 The Sage Companion to The City. Sage (Co-edited with T. Hall and P. Hubbard).
2008 Cities and Economy. Routledge (Co-authored with Y. Kim). (Translated into Persian).
2007 Liquid City: Megalopolis Revisited. Resources for The Future Press/Johns Hopkins
University Press.
2006 Alabaster Cities: Urban US Since 1950. Syracuse University Press.

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2006 Urban Theory: A Critical Assessment. Palgrave Macmillan (Translated into Chinese and
Persian).
2005 The Encyclopedia of New York State. Syracuse University Press (Member of editorial
board).
2005 Imagined Country. Syracuse University Press (Reprint with new introduction).
2004 Making Space: Revisioning The World, 1475-1600. Syracuse University Press.
2004 Global Metropolitan. Routledge. (Translated into Persian).
2003 The World Through Maps. Firefly (Translated into Japanese).
2002 Globalization and The Margins. Palgrave (Co-edited with R. Grant).
2002 Encyclopedia of World Geography. Marshall Cavendish (Advisory Editor on Cities).
2001 Global Dimensions: Space, Place and The Contemporary World. Reaktion University of
Chicago Press (Translated into Chinese).
2001 Representing The Republic. Reaktion/University of Chicago Press.
2000 Alternative Geographies. Prentice Hall.
2000 Environmental Discourses and Practice: A Reader. Blackwell (Co- edited with L. M.
Benton).
1999 Globalization and The City. Addison Wesley Longman (Co-authored with Y. Kim)
(Translated into Persian).
1999 Environmental Discourses and Practice. Blackwell (Co-authored with L. M. Benton).
1998 New Worlds, New Geographies. Syracuse University Press.
1996 The Urban Order. Blackwell (Translated into Korean, Chinese and Persian)
1993 An Introduction To Political Geography. Routledge (Second, revised and enlarged, edition).
1992 Human Settlement. Oxford University Press (Editor) (Translated into Czech, 1994).
1991 Imagined Country: Society, Culture and Environment. Routledge.
1989 The Humane City. Blackwell (Translated into Korean, 2000).
1986 Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action. Routledge (Co-authored with S.

Fleming and S. Witt).
1985 Developing Contemporary Marxism. Macmillan (Co-edited with Z. Baranski).
1984 The Urban Arena. Macmillan.
1984 An Introduction to Urban Geography. Routledge.
1984 The Human Geography of Contemporary Britain. Macmillan (Co-edited with A. Kirby).
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1982 Housing in Britain. Methuen.
1982 An Introduction to Political Geography. Routledge.
1980 Housing and Residential Structure. Routledge.

(Co-authored with K. Bassett).
1980 Urban Data Sources. Butterworths
Founding and General Editor, “Space, Place and Society” Book Series, Syracuse University
Press, 1995-2012.
Shantz, J. (2012) Green Syndicalism: An Alternative Red/Green Vision.

Jacobson, A. (2011) From Empire to Empire: Jerusalem Between Ottoman and British
Rule.
Robinson. C. (2011) Beside One’s Self: Homelessness Felt and Lived.
Cusack, T. (2009) Riverscapes and National Identity.
Grant, R. (2009) Globalizing City: The Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra,
Ghana.
Morin, K. (2008) Frontiers of Femininity: A New Historical Geography of The
Nineteenth Century American West.
Price, M. and Benton-Short, L. (eds.) (2008) Migrants to the Metropolis.
Morin, K. M. and Guelke, J. K. (eds.) (2007) Women, Religion and Space.
Azaryahu, M. (2007) Tel Aviv: Mythography of A City.
Short, J. R. (2006) Alabaster Cities.
Adams, P. (2005) The Bounded Self.
Short, J. R. (2005; reprint of 1991 book with new intro) Imagined Country.
Wilson, D. (2005) Inventing Black on Black Violence.
Short, J.R. (2004) Making Space: Revisioning The World, 1475-1600
Vasiliev, R. (2004) From Abbots to Zurich.
Kong, L. and Yeoh, B. S. A. (2003) The Politics of Landscapes in Singapore:
Constructions of Nation.
Myers, G. L. (2003) Verandahs of Power: Colonialism and Space in Urban Africa.
Symanski, R. (2002) Geography Inside Out.
Gould, P and Pitts, F. (eds.) (2002) Geographical Voices.
Bell, D et. al. (2001) Pleasure Zones.
Moss, P. (ed.) (2000) Placing Autobiography in Geography.
Head, L. (2000) Second Nature.
Gould, P. (1999) Becoming A Geographer.
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Cieraad, I. (ed.) (1999) At Home.

Short, J. R. (1998) New Worlds, New Geographies.
Grant, R. and Nijman, J. (eds.) (1998) The Global Crisis in Foreign Aid.
Kearns, R. and Gesler, W. (eds.) (1998) Putting Health into Place; Landscape, Identity
and Well-being.
Founding and General Co-editor (with Malcolm Miles), “Critical Introductions to Urbanism and The
City” Book Series, Routledge. 2004-present
Hutton, T. A. (2016) Cities and the Cultural Economy.
Warmsler, C. (2014) Cities, Risk and Disaster.
Benton-Short, L. and Short, J. R. (2013) Cities and Nature, 2nd Edition.
Bulkeley, H. (2013) Cities and Climate Change.
Tormey, J. (2013) Cities and Photography.
Horschelmann, K. and van Blerk, L (2012) Children, Youth and the City.
Hubbard, P. (2012) Cities and Sexualities.
Parker, S. (2011) Cities, Politics and Power.
Knox, P. (2010) Cities and Design.
Jarvis, H., Kantor, P. and Cloke, J. (2009) Cities and Gender.
Mennel, B. (2008) Cities and Cinema.
Benton-Short, L. and Short, J. R. (2008) Cities and Nature.
Kim, Y. and Short, J. R. (2008) Cities and Economies.
Miles, M. (2007) Cities and Culture.
Jayne, M. (2005) Cities and Consumption.
Founding and General Editor, “Cities” Book Series, Edward Elgar Press, 2016-present
Rode, P. (2018) Governing Compact Cities.
Stanley, J. Stanley, J. and Hansen, R. (2017) How Great Cities Happen.
Feldman, D. L. (2017) The Water-Sustainable City.
Cole. A. and Payre, R. (eds) (2016) Cities as Political Objects.
Invited Essays in Edited Books
In press Housing Policy and The Suburban Metropolis: A Focus on the United States and France.
Routledge Handbook of Housing Policy and Planning, (eds) Anacker, K. B., Nguyen, M.
T. and D. P. Vardy. Routledge (with Bernadette Hanlon).
In press Walking The City: Flânerie and Flâneurs. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of
The City (ed) S. Meagher. Routledge (with Kathryn Kramer).
In press The End of The Suburbs. Companion To The Suburbs. (eds) B. Hanlon and T. Vicino.
Routledge
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2017 Introduction To The Urban Moment. A Research Agenda for Cities. (ed) J. R. Short.
Elgar
2017 Global Cities. The Wiley-AAG International Encyclopedia of Geography.

DOI: 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0330
2016 New Opportunities for The Historical Atlas. The Historical Atlas. (ed.) P. Bol. Northeast
Asian History Foundation (In Korean).
2016 Urban Imaginaries of City and Nature. International Handbook of Cities and The
Environment (eds) K. Archer and K. Bezdecny. Elgar.
2016 The Politics of De-legitimacy. US Election Analysis 2016.

http://www.electionanalysis2016.us/us-election-analysis-2016/section-8-result-and-
beyond/the-politics-of-de-legitimacy/
2016 Attracting Wealth: Crafting Immigration Policy to Attract The Rich. International
Handbook of Wealth and the Super-Rich (eds) J. Beaverstock and I. Hay. Elgar.
2015 City Marketing. International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2 nd
edition.(ed) J. D. Wright Volume 3, pp. 662-668. Elsevier.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080970868740062
2013 Cities in Civilization. The Planning Imagination (eds.) M. Tewdwr-Jones, Phelps, N. and
R. Freestone. Routledge.
2013 Economic Wealth and Political Power in The Second Gilded Age. Geographies of the
Super-Rich (ed.) I. Hay. Elgar.
2013 From World Cities to Gateway Cities: Extending the boundaries of globalization theory.
The World’s Cities. (ed) A. J. Jacobs. Routledge (with C. Breitbach, S. Buckman and J.
Essex). Reprint of 2001 paper.
2012 Mega-events: Urban Spectaculars and Globalization. International Handbook of

Globalization and World Cities (eds.) B. Derudder, M. Hoyler, P. J. Taylor and F.
Witlox. Edward Elgar.
2011 Crystallizing The Urban Legacy of the Weimar Bauhaus. Bauhaus and The City (eds.) L.
Colini and F. Eckardt. Konigshausen & Neumann.
2011 The Liquid City of Megalopolis. The New Blackwell Companion to The City (eds.) G,
Bridge and S. Watson. Blackwell.
2008 Introduction. The Sage Companion To the City (eds.) T. Hall, P. Hubbard and J. R. Short.
Sage (with T. Hall and P. Hubbard).
2008 Cities of the United States and Canada. Cities of The World (4th edition) (eds.) S. Brunn,
M. Hays-Mitchell and D. Zeigler. Rowman and Littlefield (with Lisa Benton-Short).
2007 Cultural Globalization, Global English and Geography Journals. Empirical Approaches
to Sociology (eds.) J. Sun and R. N. Singh. IA Books (with A. Boniche, Y. Kim and P.
Li) (reprint of 2001 paper).
2006 Cartography. Encyclopedia of The New American Nation: The Emergence of the United
States, 1754-1829: Volume 1. (ed.) P. Finkelman. Thomson-Gale.
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2005 Yuppies, Yuffies and The New Urban Order. The Urban Geography Reader (eds.) N. R.
Fyfe and J. T. Kenny. Routledge (reprinting, with editing, of 1989 paper).
2003 US History Through Maps and Mapmaking. Dictionary of American History: Volume 9.
(ed.) S. I. Kutler. Thomson-Gale
2002 United States. New Book of Knowledge. Grolier.
2001 Alternative Geographies: from Cosmography to Geography. Sacred Landscapes and

Cultural Politics (eds.) A Gold and P. Arnold. Ashgate.
2000 Three Urban Discourses. A Companion to The City. (eds.) G. Bridge and S. Watson.
Blackwell. (Translated into Bosnian, Chinese and Korean).
1999 A New Mode of Thinking: Creating a National Geography in the Early Republic.
Surveying The Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 (ed.) E. Carter III.
American Philosophical Society.
1999 Imagineers; Boosterism and the Representation of Cities. The Urban Growth Machine
(eds.) A. Jonas and D. Wilson. SUNY Press
1999 Foreword. At Home (ed.) I. Cieraad. Syracuse University Press.
1998 Urban crises/urban representations: selling the city in difficult times. The Entrepreneurial
City (eds.) T. Hall and P. Hubbard. Wiley. (with Yeong Kim).
1998 Foreword. The Global Crisis in Foreign Aid (eds.) R. Grant and J. Nijman. Syracuse
University Press.
1994 The new urban environmentalism. Environmental Strategy America. (ed.) W. Reilly
Campden Press (with L. M Benton).
1992 Global Patterns of Settlement; Australia; British Isles; United States of America. Human
Settlement (ed.) J.R. Short. Oxford University Press.
1989 Development and diversity in urban geography. New Horizons in Human Geography
(eds.) D. Gregory and R. Walford. Macmillan (with Keith Bassett).
1986 Beyond welfarism. Essays for Professor R. E.H. Mellor (eds.) J. Stone and A. Mather.
University of Aberdeen.
1985 Human geography and Marxism. Developing Contemporary Marxism. (eds) Z. Baranski
and J.R. Short. Macmillan.
1985 Geopolitics. Changing Britain: Changing World. Open University Press.
1984 Britain in Transition (with A. Kirby). The Human Geography of Contemporary Britain
(eds.) J.R. Short and A. Kirby. Macmillan.
1984 Housing in Britain. The Human Geography of Contemporary Britain (eds) J.R. Short and
A. Kirby. Macmillan.
1982 Residential mobility. The Internal Structure of The City (ed.) L. Bourne. Oxford
University Press.
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Articles in Refereed Journals
2018 The diversity of the street vending: A case study of street vending in Cali. Cities (with
Lina Martinez and Daniela Estrada).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275117309551?via%3Dihub
2017 The urban informal economy: street vendors in Cali, Colombia. Cities 66: 34-43 (with
Lina Martinez and Daniela Estrada).
2017 The informal economy of cities in the South: The case of Cali, Colombia. International
Journal of Sustainable Development Planning 12: 637-643 (with Lina Martinez).
2016 The modern national atlas. The Portolan Winter: 7-18.
2016 A perfect storm: climate change, the power grid and regulatory regime change after
network failure. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 34: 244-261
2015 Citizen satisfaction with public goods and government services in the global urban south:
a case study of Cali, Colombia. Habitat International 49: 84-91 (with Lina Martinez and
Marianella Ortiz).
2015 La inseguridad el descontento de la poblacion en Cali. CaliBrando 15: 20-24
2014 Challenging the system: an interview with John Rennie Short. World Future Review 6:
55-58.
2014 The Supreme Court, the Voting Rights Act and competing national imaginaries of the
USA. Territory, Politics, Governance 2: 94-108.
2014 Population change in US cities: estimating and explaining the extent of decline and level
of resurgence. Professional Geographer 66: 112-123 (with M. Mussman).
2012 Metropolitan USA: Evidence from the 2010 Census. International Journal of Population
Research Article ID 207532, 6 pagesdoi:10.1155/2012/207532.
2012 Representing country in the creative postcolonial city. Annals of Association of American
Geographers 102:129-150.
2012 Urban spectaculars: World’s Fairs and summer Olympics. Routledge Online Studies on
the Olympic and Paralympic Games 1: 93-120.
2011 Flanerie and the globalizing city. City 15: 322-342 (with K. Kramer).
2011 A typology of urban immigrant neighborhoods. Urban Geography 32: 383-405 (with B.
Hanlon and T. Vicino).
2010 No accident: traffic and pedestrians in the modern city. Mobilities 5: 41-59 (with L.
Pinet-Peralta).
2009 The liquid city of Megalopolis. Documents d’Analisis Geografica 55: 77-90.
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2009 Urban primacy: reopening the debate. Geography Compass 3: 1245-1266. (with L. Pinet-
Peralta).
2008 Summer Olympics, globalization and the city. City 12: 322-340.
2007 Megalopolis 50 years on: the transformation of a city region. International Journal of
Urban and Regional Research 31: 344-367 (with B. Hanlon and T. Vicino).
2007 The decline of inner suburbs: The new suburban gothic in the US. Geography Compass
1: 641-656 (with B. Hanlon and T. Vicino).
2006 The new metropolitan reality in the US: rethinking the traditional model. Urban Studies
43: 2129-2143 (with B. Hanlon and T. Vicino).
2004 Getting away with it? Exposing the geographies of the super-rich. Geoforum 35: 401-407,
(with J. Beaverstock and P. Hubbard).
2004 Lewis and Clark: A Review of Two National Exhibitions. Journal of American History
91: 183-186.
2004 Black holes and loose connections in a global urban network. Professional Geographer
56: 295-302.
2003 Globalization. Past Place 12: 7-8.
2002 The disturbing case of the concentration of power in human geography. Area 34: 323-
324.
2001 Civic engagement and the American city. City 5: 271-80.
2001 From world cities to gateway cities: extending the boundaries of globalization theory.
City 4: 317-340 (with C. Breitbach, S. Buckman and J. Essex).
2001 New York, September 11. City 5: 390-391.
2001 Cultural globalization, global English and Geography journals. Professional Geographer
53: 1-11 (with A. Boniche, Y. Kim and P. Li).
1998 Maps and the Renaissance. Journal of Historical Geography 24: 360-63.
1997 The reconstruction of a postindustrial city. Journal of Architectural Education 50: 246-
255 (with L. M. Benton).
1996 The dirty little secret of world cities research. International Journal of Urban and
Regional Research 20: 697-717 (with Y. Kim, M. Kuus and H. Wells).
1996 The new urban order. Seoul National University Journal of Education 5: 12-19.
1994 New signs of struggle and resistance in the city. Environment Strategy America 1994/95:
74-75 (with Lisa Benton)
1993 The myth of postmodernity. Tijdshrift voor Economic en Sociale Geografie 82: 14-18.
1993 The reconstruction of the image of a postindustrial city. Annals of Association of

American Geographers 83: 207-224 (with L. Benton, B. Luce and J. Walton).
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1990 Progressive Human Geography. Progress in Human Geography 14: 1-11 (with M.
Lowe).
1990 Pressure along the M4 growth corridor. Geography Review 3: 18-20.
1990 Fear and loathing in Docklands. Transactions of Institute of British Geographers, NS 15:
239.
1989 Three problems researching space and place. Area 21: 85-87.
1989 Yuppies, yuffies and the new urban order. Transactions of Institute of British
Geographers, NS 13: 173-188. (Reprinted in 2005 in The Urban Geography Reader
(eds.) N. R. Fyfe and J. T. Kenny. Routledge).
1988 Urbanization in Australia. Geography Review 2: 7-11.
1988 Construction workers and the city. Environment and Planning A 20: 719-740.
1987 Conflict and compromise in the built environment. Transactions of Institute of British
Geographers, NS 12, 29-42 (with Stephen Witt and Stephen Fleming).
1985 Social systems and spatial patterns. The Best of Antipode: Special Issue 17: 154-159.
1985 Political geography. Progress in Human Geography 9:115-118.
1984 Committee rules OK? An examination of planning committee action on officer

recommendations. Environment and Planning A 16: 965-973 (with Stephen Fleming).
1984 New pressures on London’s Green Belt. The Geographical Magazine LVI: 90-92 (with
S. Fleming and S. Witt).
1984 Political geography. Progress in Human Geography 8: 127-130.
1983 Crisis and opportunity. Environment and Planning D, Society and Space 1: 249-50.
1983 Forms of housing production. Environment and Planning A 15: 917-928 (with A.
Cardoso).
1983 Political geography. Progress in Human Geography 7: 122-125.
1982 Urban policy and British cities. Journal of American Planning Association Winter: 39-
52.
1981 Human geography of contemporary Britain. Geographical Magazine 53: 458 (with A.
Kirby).
1981 Notes from the fourteenth floor. Area 13: 235-236.
1981 Housing policy and the inner city. Transactions of Institute of British Geographers, NS 6:
293-312 (with K. Bassett).
1981 Decline of the British landlord. Geographical Magazine 53: 787-792.
1980 Patterns of building society and local authority lending. Environment and Planning A 12:
279-300 (with K. Bassett).
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1978 Residential mobility. Progress in Human Geography 2:419-447.
1978 Residential mobility in the private housing market of Bristol. Transactions of Institute of
British Geographers, NS 3: 533-547.
1978 Housing improvement in the inner city. Urban Studies 15: 333-342 (with K. Bassett).
1978 Population turnover: problems in analysis and an alternative method. Area 10: 231-235.
1977 The intra-urban migration process: comments and empirical findings. Tijdschrift voor
Economic en Sociale Geografie 68: 362-370.
1976 Social systems and spatial patterns. Antipode 8, 77-82. (Reprinted in The Best of
Antipode: Special Issue 1985 17: 154-159).
Articles/Op-Eds in PJournals/Newspapers
2018 Are traffic-clogged US cities ready for congestion pricing? The Conversation 7 February
https://theconversation.com/are-traffic-clogged-us-cities-ready-for-congestion-pricing-
90814
2017 The new infrastructure math Market Watch December 7

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-40-toll-for-a-10-mile-trip-this-is-the-new-
infrastructure-math-2017-12-07
2017 Paris and Los Angeles bid to host Games expose deeper crisis at Olympic Games. The
Conversation 13 September
https://theconversation.com/paris-and-los-angeles-bids-to-host-olympics-expose-deeper-
crisis-at-olympic-games-81983
2017 What to do about Trump Fatigue Syndrome. Hippo Reads. July 20

http://hipporeads.com/what-to-do-about-trump-fatigue-syndrome/
2017 Living the urban moment. Elgar Blog March 29

https://elgar.blog/2017/03/29/living-the-urban-moment/
2016 Globalization and its discontents. The Conversation 28 November.

https://theconversation.com/globalization-and-its-discontents-why-theres-a-backlash-and-
how-it-needs-to-change-68800
2016 The legitimation crisis in the USA: Why have Americans lost trust in government? The
Conversation 21 October
https://theconversation.com/the-legitimation-crisis-in-the-us-why-have-americans-lost-
trust-in-government-67205
2016 On rocky road to Rio: the biggest loser may be the glory of hosting Olympics. The
Conversation 4 August.
http://theconversation.com/on-rocky-road-to-rio-the-biggest-loser-may-be-the-glory-of-
hosting-olympics-63378
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2016 The geography of Brexit: what the vote reveals about the Disunited Kingdom. The
Conversation 25 June.
https://theconversation.com/the-geography-of-brexit-what-the-vote-reveals-about-the-
disunited-kingdom-61633
2016 Troubled waters: conflict in the South China Sea explained. The Conversation 23 May.
https://theconversation.com/troubled-waters-conflict-in-the-south-china-sea-explained-
59203
2016 Our crumbling infrastructure is hurting US Competitiveness. Market Watch 13 April

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/our-crumbling-infrastructure-is-hurting-us-
competitiveness-2016-04-13
2016 Why is the US unwilling to pay for good public transportation? The Conversation 1
April.
https://theconversation.com/why-is-the-u-s-unwilling-to-pay-for-good-public-
transportation-56788
2016 Our crumbling infrastructure is hurting US Competitiveness. Market Watch

2016 Want the economy to grow? It’s time to look at cities and efficiency. The Conversation
26 February
http://theconversation.com/want-the-economy-to-grow-its-time-to-look-at-cities-and-
efficiency-54517
2016 The transition to a sustainable economy by 2030. Masdar Initiative

http://www.masdar.ae/en/intiatives/detail/john-rennie-short-the-transition-to-a-
sustainable-economy-by-2030
2015 Cities are booming but progress is uneven and, to some, too costly. The Conversation 30
October.
https://theconversation.com/cities-are-booming-but-progress-is-uneven-and-to-some-too-
costly-49624
2015 The West is on fire-and the US taxpayer is subsidizing it. The Conversation 23
September.
http://theconversation.com/the-west-is-on-fire-and-the-us-taxpayer-is-subsidizing-it-
47900
2015 The other immigrants: how the super-rich skirt quotas and closed borders. The
Conversation. 9 September.
http://theconversation.com/the-other-immigrants-how-the-super-rich-skirt-quotas-and-
closed-borders-47244
2015 The green and the gold: can we soften the environmental impact of the Olympics. The
Conversation 3 August.
https://theconversation.com/the-green-and-the-gold-can-we-soften-the-environmental-
impact-of-the-olympics-45530
2015 We should host the Olympic in the same place every time. The Washington Post 28 July
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/07/28/we-should-host-the-
olympics-in-the-same-place-every-time/
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2015 Why cities are a rare good news story in climate change. The Conversation 23 July
https://theconversation.com/why-cities-are-a-rare-good-news-story-in-climate-change-
45016
2015 The value of unplugging in the Age of Distraction. The Conversation 7 July.
http://theconversation.com/the-value-of-unplugging-in-the-age-of-distraction-43572
2015 There are more Baltimores: America’s legacy of hollowed out cities. The Conversation
15 May.
https://theconversation.com/there-are-more-baltimores-americas-legacy-of-hollowed-out-
cities-41734
2015 Baltimore riots: the fire this time and the fire last time and the time in between. The
Conversation 28 April
https://theconversation.com/baltimore-riots-the-fire-this-time-and-the-fire-last-time-and-
the-time-between-40926
2015 How green is your city: towards an index of urban sustainability. The Conversation 13
March.
https://theconversation.com/how-green-is-your-city-towards-an-index-of-urban-
sustainability-38402
2015 Extreme weather exposes the vulnerability of our cities to climate change. The
Conversation 12 February.
https://theconversation.com/extreme-weather-exposes-the-vulnerability-of-our-cities-to-
climate-change-37448
2009 Korea revisited. Korea Times November 8.

(http://211.234.100.245/www/news/opinon/2009/11/162_55080.html)
2008 New infrastructure spending demands new thinking, oversight. Stateline.org. December
16.
2008 Japan’s claim over Dokdo reflects its colonial mentality. Korea Times. Sept 2.
(http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2008/09/251_30348.html)
2007 Homeownership: the sacred cow of US housing policy. The Baltimore Sun Sept 4.
2000 Australian Aborigines. Syracuse Herald-American Sept 12, 16.
Articles only on WWW

2010 Digital Atlas of Megalopolis
https://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/288
2008 Megalopolis: Trends and Prospects. Globalization and World Cities (GAWC) Research
Bulletin 254
(http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb254.html)
2003 Going for Gold; Globalizing The Olympics, Localizing The Games. Globalization and
World Cities (GAWC) Research Bulletin 100
2002 Cities and Globalization. Globalization and World Cities (GAWC) Annual Lecture
(http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/al4.html)
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2002 Getting Away With It: The Changing Geography of The Global Superich. Globalization
and World Cities (GAWC) Research Bulletin 93
(http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb93.html) (with Jon Beaverstock and Phil Hubbard)
2002 Black Holes and Loose Connections in The Global Urban Network. Globalization and
World Cities (GAWC) Research Bulletin 76
2001 From World Cities to Globalizing Cities. Globalization and World Cities (GAWC)
Research Bulletin 41 (with C. Breitbach, S. Buckman and J. Essex).
Invited Book Reviews

Over fifty invited book reviews in a range of journals including Annals of Association of American
Geographers, Antipode, Area, Economic Geography, Ecumene, Environment and Planning, Journal of
American History, Journal of Historical Geography, Journal of Rural Studies, Maryland Historical
Magazine, Progress in Human Geography, Town Planning Review, Urban Studies. Some recent examples:
2018 Review of Oxford Atlas of The World, 24th Edition. The Portolan 101: 70-71
2017 Review of A Nice to Visit: Tourism and Urban Revitalization in the Postwar Rustbelt by
Aaron Cowan. Maryland Historical Magazine 112: 325-327.
2015 Review of The True Geography of Our Country: Jefferson’s Cartographic Vision by Joel
Kovarsky. Journal of Interdisciplinary History 46: 128-129.
2014 Review of Mapping Wonderlands: Illustrated Cartography of Arizona 1912-1962 by

Dori Griffin. New Mexico Historical Review Spring 255-256.
2014 Review of The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen by Stephen Bown. The
Historian 76:164-165.
2012 Review of Detropia. http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/detro.html
2011 Review of Weighing The World: The Quest to Measure the Earth by Edwin Danson. The
Historian 73: 646-647.
2010 Review of Boomburbs by R. E. Lang and J. LeFurgy. Urban Studies 47: 916-918.
2009 Review of Olympic Cities by John Gold and Margaret Gold. Annals of Association of
American Geographers 99: 227-228
2008 Review of World City by Doreen Massey. Annals of Association of American

Geographers 98: 949-50
2007 Review of When America Became Suburban by Robert Beauregard. International

Journal of Urban and Regional Research 31: 502-503.
2007 Review of The Geographic Revolution in Early America by Martin Brueckner.

Winterthur Portfolio 41:90-91.
2007 Review of Global Decisions, Local Collisions by David Ranney. Economic

Development Quarterly 21:198.
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2004 Review of Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland by Edward C. Papenfuse and Joseph M.
Coale III. Maryland Historical Magazine, 98, 362-63.
2002 Review of Geography and Enlightenment ed. by David Livingston and Charles Withers
(eds). Progress in Human Geography 26: 432-433.
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Book Reviews: A Sample
A Research Agenda for Cities (2017)

This edited collection seizes upon what its editor calls “the urban moment”, to address some of the most
pressing issues affecting cities worldwide…the aim is to give the flavour of contemporary debates in urban
studies, which show the range of ways that the modern city can be analysed. What these diverse chapters
share is a concern with exclusion and power relations – interrogating who loses and who gains from urban
changes and ways of conceptualizing those changes…Together, these chapters show how contested urban
change is…or should be.
Environment and Urbanization
A timely and topical book that explores the current century of the city …provides a series of theoretically
informed and empirically driven example of the urban moment in action…highly accessible… richness of
this volume
Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal
Recommended
Choice
Cities and Nature (2013, 2nd ed)

This is not an environmental studies book that just happens to focus on cities; to the contrary, the urban
itself is robustly conceptualised and explicated…succeeds in providing a comprehensive overview of the
field of urban environmental studies…the authors maintain an accessible tone …the book accomplishes its
goal of providing a comprehensive and engaging overview of urban environments and merits serious
consideration by instructors of undergraduates, as well as any readers interested in an introduction to the
field.
Urban Studies
Globalization, Modernity and The City (2012)

Attempts a herculean task…to reveal the intrinsic interconnectedness of modernity, urbanization and
globalization…supplementing with personal experience his authoritative command of the global urban
experience…The book is veritably enjoyable to read…the author’s consistently strong argumentation is
complemented nicely by the depth of his familiarity with real world examples…opens up an entirely new
set of questions.
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
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This is a wonderful book with illustrative examples of how globalization, modernity and urbanity weave
together.
The Canadian Geographer
A masterly narrative across history and the globe and a recommended read for any serious student or
inquisitive practitioner
Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal
Short’s personal touch and experience enhance his more theoretical arguments providing a balanced
content that often absent from other publications. The author’s repeated visits over time to several cities
provide the basis for discussions of changes complemented by a methodology that goes beyond mere
observation. Short interviewed a diversity of people to bring together perspectives that help better explain
the role that cities play in their lives. Recommended
Choice
a meditation on and portrait of our globalizing, urbanizing condition. Short describes a world of speed and
spectacle. Through a free-range discussion that takes in megaevents, financial networks, tourism, the global
market for local authenticities, and many other topics, he argues that a cosmopolitan urban future is already
upon us and that things are only going to get denser and faster from here on out…the book rises to the
occasion of its ambitious agenda… as a journey through a vast, ever-changing urbanizing environment, it
does have a lot to say.
Economic Geography
Korea: A Cartographic History (2012)

John Short’s history of Korean cartography provides significant contributions simultaneously to two
distinct academic fields; firstly, the history of Korea; and secondly, the history of cartography… Two
themes, namely cross-cultural contact and world mapping, combine to help form the book’s thesis… the
book makes available one of the first Western-language studies of Korean cartographic history. This makes
Short’s book valuable to any historians of cartography who wish to explore the history of Asian map-
making from comparative and more balanced perspectives…Overall, I find Short’s discussion of Korean
cartographic history in the broader context of globalization insightful and astute…We must applaud
Professor Short’s success in writing such a book in English. While the author aimed to write a book for
general readers, the final product also inspires further in- depth study of a variety of related topics…
Scholars should include this concise survey of dynamic developments in future comparative studies of the
history of cartography.
The Cartographic Journal
A comprehensive and highly interesting examination of Korea through maps…Korea is a pleasure to read,
a fully satisfying and rich foray into a fascinating country as seen, by itself and by others, through maps.
The archival work, methodological elegance, and convincing argumentation and writing create a
scintillating exploration of and guidebook to all things cartographically related to a place that has
sometimes been relegated to ‘wedge’ position between great powers (China and Japan, or communism and
capitalism, as the case may be). Seventy-one full-colour plates are interspersed throughout the text, and it
feels as though every other page has a treasure waiting behind it…A superb introduction to a fine author
from whom we can only hope much more of the same is to come.
Cartographica
A very accessible and well-written general history…beautifully illustrated.

Korea Times
a brief but compelling introduction to the role of cartography in Korea’s history… the book’s historical
sections provide informative insights into the mapping traditions of other areas. His summation of Japanese
cartographic history, for example, as well as French efforts to map Korea’s interior are particularly well
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done, making it easy to splice Korea’s history and cartographic story with other, larger narratives…Taken
as a whole, Korea: A Cartographic History is a successful overview of Korea’s history and introduction to
the many beautiful maps produced by its cartographers and by mapmakers from other areas. Those
interested in learning more about the subject matter can find a list of suggested readings located
immediately at the narrative’s end. It is well designed, attractive, clearly written, and represents a solid
addition to the collection of anyone interested in its topic.
Cartographic Perspectives
a welcome addition to the existing literature. Lucidly written and beautifully illustrated [it] throws fresh
light on Korea’s cartographic past…This is unquestionably an engaging and important book- one that will
serve to stimulate interest in Korea’s cartographic past for some time into the future.
Imago Mundi
Contributes greatly to the field of Korean Studies…A meaningful contribution to the field of Korean
studies, which, I believe will inspire other scholars in the field…presents future Korean studies scholars
with resources to discuss new topics about the relationship between maps and history.
Korea Journal
A fascinating work on the topic…The author presents his discussion with clarity and narrates his story
concisely with flair…It is an admirable effort.
The AAG Review of Books
I learned a lot about maps. I found the narrative of interactions between indigenous cartographic
conventions and traditions with neighboring traditions-then very alien styles and traditions- very
interesting. In particular by isolating how Korea is represented or not represented on others’ maps Short
drives home the main lessons of the book, namely that the gradual globalization of space as he calls it was
created by interactions of various ideas of place and space…a useful addition to our understanding of
Korea.
Journal of Asian Studies
Cities and Suburbs (2010)

With their superbly researched, provocative, and highly recommended contribution, Hanlon, Short, and
Vicino are at the forefront of this approach to urban scholarship.
Journal of Planning Education and Research
This compact and well-written book is an ideal text for the many disciplines that study the confounding
complexity of the U.S. metropolis. It focuses abstract discussion by presenting specific case studies and
provides concise summaries, numerous citations of major work and an excellent bibliography. The
perceptive and lively style makes it instructive, enjoyable reading.
Professional Geographer
a great resource for policy analysts and makers as well as metropolitan scholars in many disciplines
including geography, economics, politics, sociology, urban studies, and urban planning.
Journal of Planning Literature
Provides a systematic and comprehensive analsyis of demographic and socio-economic processes occuring
in the mertropoltian areas in the United States…..an important and valuable contribution
Journal of Urban Design
They examine different dimensions of diversity, including racial segregation, polarization of US society
along class lines, and the advent of a new wave of immigration. All of these perspectives show an
increasingly atomized, polarized, and residentially segregated US in which the "sorting-out" of different
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groups from one another has transcended the traditional central city-suburb distinction, and today
permeates every aspect of life from workplace to home. Recommended
Choice
provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the current state of metropolitan America and especially
suburban decline… provides a systematic and historic overview of the changing role of American cities and
suburbs throughout the past century and more. They present an excellent account of the changing roles,
growth, decline, and regeneration processes in the ever-changing and diverse political, demographic, socio-
economic, and physical environments of metropolitan America… a comprehensive approach that does
justice to the vast, interconnected, and complex processes of metropolitan growth and decline. It is well
suited for scholars of urban and regional planning, geography, economics, politics, sociology, and urban
studies, and will significantly enhance their understanding of the complex issues facing metropolitan
America. Students will benefit from a deeper understanding of the suburbanization of America. I
appreciated the presence of an ample number of case studies and brief summaries at the end of each
chapter… important addition to existing scholarship
Journal of Urban Affairs
up-to-date insights into the state of American suburbs in metropolitan contexts, based on current literature
and most recent research findings. The format of the book is highly accessible. Each chapter is
accompanied by a list of references for further reading and an illustrative case study… highly
recommended.
Urban Geography
An enlightening and thorough new study

The Next American City
A comprehensive description and evaluation of the evolving U.S. metropolis that challenges traditional
understandings of American metropolitan structure. In this well-composed publication, the authors
convincingly argue that conventional models of urban America are now defunct and present compelling
evidence to support this hypothesis. The book is ideally suited not only for use in undergraduate and
graduate courses but also as a state-of-the-metropolis piece for academics and policy makers alike… The
book is appealing in many regards. The authors should be praised for composing a work that is relatively
accessible across disciplinary boundaries, as it is relatively free of excess jargon…The work is also a timely
challenge to many scholars’ preconceived notions of the rich-suburb, poor-city metropolitan structure.
Economic Development Quarterly
Cartographic Encounters (2009)

In this major re-interpretation of American history, John Rennie Short argues that until now, both writing
about and popular understanding of, the exploration and mapping of the New World has largely ignored the
pivotal role played by indigenous people. European mapping of the New World was the product of an
exchange of information, a ‘cartographic encounter’ between newcomers and indigenous peoples. This
encounter allowed Native Americans to parlay their deeper and wider knowledge of the land into a strong
bargaining position, but in this very exchange lay the roots of the ultimate loss of their land. Based on
extensive research, Cartographic Encounters will appeal to a general readership, specialists and students in
the ﬁeld of cartography, and those interested in the history of indigenous peoples. Both readable and
considered, this new account of America’s exploration will also force a radical change in how we view
Western exploration and discovery in general.
Settler Colonial Studies
In this vital reinterpretation of American history, Short describes how previous accounts of the mapping of
the new world have largely ignored the fundamental role played by local, indigenous guides...This account
offers a radical new understanding of Western expansion and the mapping of the land and will be essential
to scholars in cartography and American history.
EBook Reviews
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This short, richly illustrated book describes the historically undervalaued role that natives played in
providing geograpical intelligence to US colonizers…a popular, accessible introduction to an often-
overlooked issue
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Short’s consultation of original field diaries and journals yields a rich source of data…While based on deep
scholarship, the book retains a flowing conversational style that is accessible to all, thereby rendering its
notions even more powerful and potentially far-reaching. It is, in short, a delight to read…not only
positions discovery and exploration within critical historiography but awakens as well our sense of justice
and long-overdue attribution.
The Globe
Short’s book drives home fundamental facts, overlooked by historians of the European Contact period…a
fascinating and surprising new interpretation…reconstructs the shifting relationships between European
explorers and indigenous peoples in North America and Australia. The writing is admirably clear, concise,
sensitive and balanced. At once entertaining and educational, Short’s book is essential for historians of
New World contacts and cartography. The reader comes away with a new appreciation of the hidden
artifacts of the cultural collision teasing out threads of the ‘symbiotic destruction’ deeply woven into the
history of post-Columbian maps.
Metascience
John Rennie Short has trawled through many dusty travel journals and pored over his share of early maps
in order to reconstruct this fascinating cultural collision. His book ranges widely…The accounts of the
expeditions…are among the highlights of this consistently entertaining and even-handed book.
Geographical Magazine
This is a book of map and voyage appropriately available to a wide readership. Forty-nine illustrations,
including early maps, persons, and scenes, meld with references, bibliography, and index to educate and
entertain those interested in understanding something of the cartographic history that evolved twixt natives
and European colonists in the New World.
Choice
The Sage Companion To The City (2008)

Packed with insights.
The Hindu
Guide the reader through a tremendous breadth of contemporary urban research

Teaching Sociology
Cities and Economies (2008)

The ability of the authors to outline the history of the world as it related to cities in such a brief book is
remarkable… Important concepts are laid out in clear language and in uncomplicated interpretations
Journal of the American Planning Association
Cities and Nature (2008)

A great resource for teaching about the fundamental interconnections between nature and the built
environment.
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education
Liquid City (2007)

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Elegant and thought-provoking book… John Rennie Short has done a masterful job of revisualizing and
documenting how Megalopolis has changed since Gottmann, and I am grateful to him for revisiting this
elusive but enduring geographical proposition.
Technology and Culture
a provocative new book…Short presents facts and deals fairly with controversial and unsettled issues.
Governing.com
Short’s strengths lie in his ability to use data from the U.S. Census to help create a clearer picture of not
only how the megalopolis is shaped, but what sustains its growth. This book is a comprehensive and easy
read that is complemented by the fact that Short presents a clearer understanding of how the megalopolis is
one of the world’s most important regions and is perhaps a new model to provide insight to current
conurbations experiencing these changes.
Urban Geography
Short describes the tension between the fixed capital investments and the forces of change…an engaging
and provocative style that will attract readers from outside the realms of geography and regional science.
Journal of Regional Science
a good overview of fin de siecle urbanization in the Northeast United States. Short’s artful use of anecdotal
information about specific places and broad range of topics covered at a general level would make Liquid
City an excellent text for undergraduates. This book will interest anyone who wants a good, concise
reference to demographic trends within the region
Economic Geography
John Rennie Short has decided that it is time to revisit the Atlantic seaboard Megalopolis and examine how
it fares in the early twenty-first century. In a compact volume he summarizes the present state of
Megalopolis, identifying its changing characteristics and persistent problems…a concise
overview…thoughtful, readable survey that merits the attention of students of urban America.
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Short fills a void by providing a much needed update on the cardinal trends that have affected this global
city region over the past fifty years…an admirable assessment of the driving forces behind megalopolis and
has substantial value for both its approach and its focus of study.
Urban Theory (2006)

An insightful geographer…Short covers a great deal of intellectual territory, ranging across a number of
disciplines and deftly moving from classical literature to contemporary social science, stringing the work of
diverse scholars together rather cleverly.
Journal of Urban Affairs
Alabaster Cities (2006)

Superb book…nothing less than an impressive success. Weaving together numerous studies, census data
and personal anecdotes, Short presents a compelling and broad story of the American city from 1950 to the
present in a highly readable narrative style… most outstanding strength is its robust comprehensiveness, in
terms of both subject matter and Short’s ability to integrate multiple perspectives…exceptional among
contemporary urban geographers…fantastic insights about the shifting demographic profile of American
suburbia…sure to please its target audience while enthusing readers across a wide range of disciplines and
perspectives.
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an in-depth, scholarly study of urban America since 1950…Though serious-minded, drawing heavily on
research, and careful not to mistake correlation for causation… Alabaster Cities is thoroughly accessible to
lay readers as well as scholarly readers. Highly recommended.
Midwest Book Review
Offers an accessible overview to the major themes of US urbanization. In Alabaster Cities, Short has sung
the story of American cities, both their gleaming achievements and their tears of failure.
Urban Geography
The title’s ‘alabaster cities’ refers to a line from the verse of “America The Beautiful,” and the song’s
optimism is threaded throughout Short’s elegant narrative. The author is at once deeply appreciative of the
US and deeply critical of its failures to realize its potential…His analysis of emerging trends like
privatization, globalization polarization and place wars underscores the need to find alternative
representations- discursive, imaginary and material- of that crowning public achievement, the city as a
“fair, just and decent place to live for all its citizens.” Recommended.
Choice
a clearly organized and cleanly written account of major trends in the growth of American metropolitan
areas from the decades of post-1945 prosperity to the current post-industrial era. Short identifies four
general themes: economic globalization; the role of public policy; the segmentation of metropolitan regions
by class, race, and government authority; and the changing character of active citizenship. These are all on
target, with the last being the most original as the author develops it…The maps and charts are crisply done
and effectively used.
American Studies
Short’s account effectively illuminates the path of American metropolitan development since 1950. It is a
thoughtful volume by a geographer with a good grasp of the American city and its perceived problems. It
may not offer unchallengeable answers, but it raises significant questions and deserves the attention of
students of the contemporary American city.
Register of The Kentucky Historical Society
Global Metropolitan (2004)

John Rennie Short provides one of the best introductions to global cities. His discourse has contributed
significantly to our understanding of how our urban world is reshaping at the beginning of the twenty-first
century. In addition to familiar material on competition, migration and polarisation, Short also points to the
challenge of the mega-event and urban spectacle. What happens when a city re-invents itself as a global site
to attract top level sporting and cultural events? In what ways do the endless competitions and consultations
reinforce or weaken global status? The actual experience of hosting an event such as the summer Olympics
is not solely about the improvement of local infrastructure and major disruption, but also repositions and
connects a city into a global space of flows. Short has a particular concern with how the city is represented,
how the particularities of place can be replaced by a seemingly neutral set of global assets or contradicted
by the persistence of national or regional competitors for global city status
Urban Bulletin
Cities around the world are experiencing profound economic and social change as they seek to compete in a
globalizing world. Global Metropolitan seeks to explain such changes. It explores how the discourse of
globalizing has become a major narrative in the restructuring of cities around the world. It illustrates how a
similar range of globalizing practices including the hosting of mega-events, the siting of urban spectaculars,
the rewriting of the city, and its representation to a world of global flows. Moving beyond the debate
surrounding the measurement of world cities, John Rennie Short suggests a new paradigm for urban
studies; globalizing cities where the emphasis is on how cities are embarked on a global project to maintain
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economic competitiveness and cultural relevance. The book sets a new agenda for both globalization and
urban studies.
Frontlist
a clear summary of the issues and debates surrounding globalisation and its effects... (chapters ) add
breadth to and interst to the understanding of global cities.
Geography
The book successfully covers the existing literature on world cities research, makes the argument for
extending current debates by considering the globalization-urbanization connection through the lens of
globalizing cities conceptualization, and illustrates this approach using case studies. It is a comprehensive
and accessible text that is a welcome contribution to the world cities literature.
Making Space (2004)

a short book about a very large subject: the way in which between 1475 and 1600 the Europeans changed
the way they envisioned the world…The book is logically constructed and contains much of interest.
International History Review
The World Through Maps: A History of Cartography (2003)

one of the superlative science books of 2003
Discover
Brilliant guide to using maps…a superb resource to help us understand the maps we use.
Victoria Times
It is rare for a large-format picture book to exhibit depth of information and understanding in its text, but
this one does. Built around a fascinating and beautiful presentation of historical maps, broadly construed,
Short tells the history of cartography in short, easily digestible essays, each accompanied by several
illustrations. He also discusses the development of cartography, cartographic techniques, cartography in
different societies, and the deeper meaning of maps. His writing is straightforward, yet precise and
comprehensive. From beginning to end, the story is compelling.
Ars Hermeneutica
Expertly written in a stimulating style, full of illuminating asides… useful introduction to a large and
important subject.
Geomatica
Look past the sumptuous illustrations and you’ll find that Short, a distinguished American geography
professor, has delivered the goods and then some. With crystal-clear prose and not a jot of pretentiousness,
he covers more about maps and what they tell us about the societies that created them (charts by indigenous
peoples, maps as propaganda tools, cartography in the space age) than some volumes twice its size.
Globe and Mail
a handsomely illustrated introduction to the history of maps... elegantly reproduced maps that richly
supplement the authoritative text... Highly recommended for all public libraries.
Library Journal
The book’s chronological structure is simple yet elegant, drawing readers along as cartography develops in
different lands and different cultures…with examples plucked from countless periods.
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Publishers Weekly
A seductive investment…Almost every page here is voyage of discovery, and of wonder

Vancouver Georgia Strait
Provides a succinct and superb introduction….This is the type of book, which will whet readers’ appetites
and should inspire them to explore further … highly recommended without reservations for all academic
and public library reference collections
E-STREAMS
John Rennie Short makes it clear that, aside from being sources of geographical information, maps have
also been tools of propaganda, economics, politics and even religion…The book traces the history of
maps—from 40,000-year-old drawings on cave walls to computer and satellite projections—and looks at
the maps to divine their context, meanings and messages…Short’s text is accompanied by hundreds of
colour photographs and illustrations of maps, some of which are truly works of art. The book ends with two
intriguing chapters that discuss maps as propaganda tools, tools of surveillance, fakes and forgeries, and
cartographic controversies.
Toronto Globe and Mail
We therefore are deeply indebted to John Rennie Short, his publishers, and his producers for presenting an
anthology of maps that is accurate, apposite, and very pleasing...The World through Maps has much to
commend it. It is a book to be pored over.
Cartography and Geographic Information Society
Globalization and The Margins (2002)

The editors …raise an interesting and timely set of questions (they) bring together the contributions of nine
scholars on globalization...This is an interesting group of academics, some distinguished, some promising,
and-unlike the case in many other edited collections-their work focuses squarely on the subject. Most of the
individual pieces in this collection, therefore, are informative, timely and often thought-provoking.
Annals of Association of American Geographers
Representing The Republic (2001)

Short’s fascinating and generously illustrated book examines the changing face of maps as “social
constructions” in the new found land over three centuries. Signs of the state’s hegemony and technical
progress are carefully noted in the locations of towns and mills; the superiority of reason is hopefully
embodied in aggressively rectilinear subdivisions. Grandly inclusive maps provide a visual focus and
argument for post-Civil War healing.
The Guardian
This is a fascinating book about the mapping of the land that came to be called the United States of
America… Short adopts the maps as an instrument and vehicle to unfold a history of the cartographic
enterprise in the US, and in so doing contributes to an understanding of the history of this nation
Choice
All those trained to use maps before c. 1990- should read pages 9-12. For many, the ideas will be shocking
but, once absorbed, they are liberating. Read them to resolve contradictions in hidden assumptions about
maps…The ideas should help to protect all from the cartographic deceits perpetuated by the media…a
scholarly worked but readable exemplar of the key idea that by deconstructing them, maps can reveal much
about changing perceptions of the world. Not intended exclusively for specialists
Geography
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The implications of Short’s book go beyond the work, to the configuration of ideology itself at the heart of
Empire.
http://amsterdam.nettime.org
This is the first book-length effort to tell the story of the mapping of the United States through the lens of
the postmodern perspective...the first to focus on this topic with some success...I found his extended
vignettes of selected maps and cartographers helpful and interesting, often providing me with fresh
perspectives of familiar maps and mapmakers...this is an important work that students of the history of
American cartography will want to own.
Imago Mundi
The book presents examples of geographic representations connected to imperial claims, state formation
and developing national identity. It is a companion to the broader arguments developed in his earlier
Imagined Country and illustrates the new orthodoxy of histories of cartography. ..Short advocates a
fashionable deconstruction of mapping, but his analysis is refreshingly unpretentious and relies upon telling
a story, by focusing upon emblematic maps and key individuals...An attractive and engaging style...Short
has the confidence to come up with grand generalizations...The fresh perspective means deconstructing
well researched material, telling an appealing story.
Society of Cartographers
uses a subtle mixture of political, geographic and social evolution supported by cartographic developments
between the early 17th and 20th centuries. Those interested in understanding the history of the United States
land settlement, measurement and public distribution will find this book both useful and entertaining. I am
reminded of an axiom stating, “nothing can be properly managed unless it can be measured.” This book
does a fine job of explaining how this was done with America’s land.
California Map Society
The book offers a fresh perspective on North American history and geography…provides an intriguing
account of the mapping of America from its colonial origins to 1900…Having undertaken extensive
research in map collections, including working with rare archival materials, prominent geographer John
Rennie Short provides an account of how maps have both embodied and reflected power, conflict and
territorial expansion throughout American history. His richly illustrated text focuses on maps of colonial
claims, surveys of the American West and national atlases,
Wordtrade.com/science
Environmental Discourse and Practice-A Reader (2000)

I will certainly use these readings for some of my undergraduate and masters course in Environmental
Issues and commend the editors for bringing together a collection of readings.
Progress in Human Geography
This book makes an important contribution to a trend in human geography to consider human-environment
relationships-specifically environmentalism- more carefully than the conceptual divided between physical
and human geographies commonly facilitates...the book does indeed offer a thought-provoking body of
texts that will be useful to students of human-environment relations in many social science disciplines...a
thought-provoking and useful contribution to explorations of the human ideas about and behavior toward a
fragile and ever-changing environment.
Professional Geographer.
Alternative Geographies (2000)

Short writes in a clear and readable prose, describing and offering reflections on such topics as Ptolemy and
Humboldt, heart-shaped maps, feng shui and geomancy, and Australian Aboriginal beliefs...he constructs a
set of reflections which offer interesting and accessible reading.
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Globalization and The City (1999)

Cited in the summer 2000 issue of ‘Civilization’, ‘The Magazine of the Library of Congress’ as one of the
“20 Globalization Must Reads”.
It is well illustrated with good examples and engaging case studies, particularly those dealing with the
representation and commodification of cities in a global marketplace. There is a particularly interesting, if
brief, section on the role of the Olympics as a nexus for economic, cultural and political forces which
illustrate neatly the interrelationships of civic renewal/pride and economic success. The Australian chapter,
as with the Korean chapter, is a thickly descriptive presentation of some fascinating material...These
examples, the way Seoul has digested and reproduced a globalised form of American cultural, the way US
civic discourses embrace a particular form of entrepreneurialism or the way Sydney’s appearance has been
affected by the drift of Anglo-American to a Asian-American perspective represents the strength of the
book. The text at best provides further detailed examples for those with an understanding of the theories,
and offers well written narrative accounts of particular examples of the progression of globalisation in a
range of contexts.
Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design
The book deploys refreshingly unfamiliar material- stock market registrations, the tastes of Korean cinema
goers- to challenge the loose thinking that has accumulated around the notion of globalization. Teachers
and undergraduates will find it both topical and stimulating.
Geography
An extremely useful introductory piece which encompasses a wide range of detailed examples to illustrate
the many geographies of globalization and world cities
New Worlds, New Geographies (1998)

John Rennie Short’s New Worlds, New Geographies is a provocative and demanding work. It takes on
many of the great phenomena of the late twentieth century, including the collapse of the bipolar world,
transformations in urban space, and postmodernism’s assault on the academy. But, it is not the Big Ideas
that make this a demanding work, rather it is his intriguing stab at postmodern textual form. In some ways,
this book is among the most accessible to emerge from the growing corpus of postmodernist
geographies...Short is at his most challenging in his proposition that authorship and text are at the root of
reform. He argues that we must reject such academic conventions as the studious avoidance of the I and the
dessicated pursuit of objectivity. To his credit, he puts his money where his mouth is...a geographer’s
provocative attempt to make sense of postmodernism.
Journal of Historical Geography
Magpie book! Frustrating, lucid, chaotic, funny, personal, disconcerting, aggravating, and, perhaps above
all else memorable...The content and style of presentation mimic a shift from thinking in and about rational,
modern worlds to an engagement with self, roots and debts to others and on to grapple with a shaken faith
in modernism and emancipation…he incorporates personal experience and adopts an unusual textual
strategy, devices that do yield an engagingly written and potentially influential book. This is certainly no
conventional “autobiography”; neither is it a conventional nonfiction account of our new world order.
Instead, it is a disconcerting blend of academic analysis, personal reflection, and social positioning… a
fascinating example of storytelling in which the author has opened up his uncertainties about the social
place of geography and the place of the personal within the discipline
Annals of Association of American Geographers
recommended reading for those needing help to cope with the political changes and challenges of a
postmodern world and a new millennium
Midwest Book Review
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a self-described ‘reluctant post-modernist, doesn’t write the impenetrable, jargon-laded prose often
embraced by postmodern authors ... This volume combines autobiography initially with political
geography, then the sociology of academia, and finally an alphabetic introduction to postmodern ... the
most fun is to be had in the final section, where Short plays the role of postmodernist on postmodernism
Kirkus Review
Very good.
Today’s Books
Its importance lies in revealing the Zeitgeist in recent Western geography...this is a well-written book...the
author presents his views in a clear and readable way, not a fact to be overlooked considering the opaque
and blurred model of writing common among many postmodern scholars.
Political Geography
There is one thing all readers will agree upon; this is a very unusual book...continues in an accessible
writing style while broaching some very basic issues for contemporary academia. This is a human story of
dissolving certain ties and continuing fallibilities ...presents a wonderful illustration of the fragility of
human knowledges.
Applied Geography
It is a personal narrative rather than an academic treatment of the new world order, global capitalism and
personal identity in the 1990s. I found many of his statements perceptive and at times even funny. New
Worlds, New Geographies might be useful for those who want to explore how particular geographers have
sought to link their personal lives to their academic research.
Geography
The Urban Order (1996)

This is an excellent book and has relevance for all academic fields concerned with urban dynamics...The
work is comprehensive and draws on a diverse range of writings. Specific and specialist topics are brought
together in one understandable whole ... should have wide appeal within the academic world of urban
geography, social, economic and political studies as well as urban planning and architectural fields of
study.
Urban Forum
an enjoyable and provocative read

Geography
An ambitious overview ... The strength of this text are its breadth of coverage, the author’s continuing and
lively engagement with his subject and his genuine attempt to cross paradigms ... the writing is clear and
straightforward, well worth reading ... I shall certainly put it on my reading list
Urban Policy and Change
The work is finely balanced in the consideration of theoretical and empirical considerations ... Short has
drawn upon wide-ranging case studies and he provides a clearly set of evaluations of major developments
in contemporary urban studies ... An exceptionally well-crafted text.
Geographical Journal
a highly personal, at times iconoclastic readings of the contemporary city ... I found this approach both
refreshing and honest ... I suspect many others will appreciate his ambitious attempt to integrate current
concerns with the perennial themes of urban studies ... a valuable addition to the relative scarce array of
texts which deal directly with questions of post-modern urbanism.
Growth and Change
John Short’s knowledge of the urban terrain, his ability to write clearly, to illustrate the book wonderfully,
and generally to make the text accessible.
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Environment and Planning
An Introduction to Political Geography (1993)

the second edition of Short’s books is a most welcome addition to the literature ... the most engaging
feature of the author’s care and imagination in making the materials accessible through judicious
summaries, clear diagrams and carefully annotated bibliographies.
Geography
The efforts of a renewed approach, and the modernity of Short’s book constitute an appreciable
contribution in political geography.
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
This text is a masterful combination of classic and cutting-edge political geography from around the globe.
It should have wide appeal.
Michael Brown, University of Washington, USA
This innovative book is an excellent introduction to contemporary political geography. Its threefold
structure provides valuable routes into material covering both current theoretical debates and illuminating
case studies. It is up-to-date in every sense and enables students to appreciate the discipline's approaches
through accessible exemplars.
Ron Johnston, University of Bristol, UK
a critical, versatile alternative to traditional state-centric narratives in political geography and will be a
valuable resource not only for political geographers but also for students in such fields as political science
and sociology.
Professor Anssi Paasi, University of Oulu
Imagined Country (1991)

a rare achievement
Times Higher Education Supplement
a bold and adventurous attempt by a thoughtful and widely read author.

Environment and Planning
clear in purpose, generous in language and territory, and enormously stimulating.

Area
this is fascinating stuff: clearly written, beautifully produced in paperback (with copious illustration);
designed to be dipped into according to interests and a sheer substantive range which means that there are
indeed a vast array of vignettes for the reader to become interested in.
Journal of Historical Geography
The Humane City (1989)

I recommend this book as a very readable, well- illustrated and optimistic account of how to make public
involvement in cities more than empty rhetoric.
Australian Geographical Studies
this book combines virtues of a good heart with those of a clear and well informed mind. It is well worth
reading for its scope and interest of content, and its clarity, honesty and economy of style.
Australian Urban Studies
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There are wise words here about passenger transport, sensible housing and close citizen involvement in
schools and health provision...a harbinger of new visions for the 1990s and beyond.
Town and Country Planning
Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action (1986)

Readily comprehensible…This book is very relevant, it is presented in a lively fashion….an invaluable
source book and a real contribution to our understanding of these complex issues.
Urban Studies
An Introduction to Urban Geography (1984)

This is a concise, well-presented and extremely readable text which draws on literature beyond the
narrower geographical perspective... The book deserves to be read by students of the environment.
Times Higher Education Supplement
RESEARCH AWARDS
2009 Travel and Research Grant. $60,000, Korea Foundation
2008 NSF Conference Travel Grant. $1,600, National Science Foundation.
2006 Water in The Urban Environment. $2.9 million. National Science Foundation. Member of
interdisciplinary group that received the award under the NSF’s IGERT (Integrative
Graduate Education and Research Training) Initiative.
2004 Environmental Impacts of Urban Development. $974,000, Environmental Protection

Agency.
2004 The Urban Environmental Effects of Hosting The Summer Games. $18,500, The National
Geographic Society.
2000 Appleby-Mosher Award. $1,500, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
1996 Appleby-Mosher Award $1,500, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
1982 Residential Development in Central Berkshire $90,000 (equivalent). PI, Social Science
Research Council, London.
1983 Linked Studentship Award Social Science Research Council, London.
1982- Linked Studentship Award Social Science Research Council, London.
1976-1978 Housing Policy and The Inner City $75,000 (equivalent) Co PI. Social Science Research
Council, London.
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Society and Space (1983-1987)
Sustainable Urban and Rural Development (2018-present)
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TEACHING
Undergraduate classes
Environmental Ideas in The US
Globalization
The City
The City and Cinema
Urban US
The Map as Text
Graduate classes
Stress Testing the US
Advanced Seminar in Urban Studies
Public Policy Issues
City and Nature
Urban Theory
Selected Themes in History of Cartography
Recent Ph.D Graduate Dissertations

2016 Korossy, L. Interjurisdictional Conflict and Cooperation Between Transit Authorities.
2012 Martinez, L. The Asian-Hispanic Achievement Gap in Elementary School.
2011 Miles, D. Three Essays in Water Quality and Urban Development.
2008 Zimmerman, T. Anti-predatory Lending Legislation: A Multi-State Study of Impacts
2007 Hanlon, B. The Decline of Older Inner Suburbs.
2006 Kelley, N. Trends in Development, Zoning Density and Demand for Transferable
Development Rights
2006 Vicino, T. Suburban Crossroads: An Analysis of Socio-Economic Change in

Baltimore’s First Tier Suburbs.
2005 Steele, C. Space, Place, and Memory: The Transformation of a Baltimore

Neighborhood in The Wake of Tragedy.
PRESENTATIONS
Conference presentations and invited lectures at universities around the world, including: Amsterdam,
Auckland, Barcelona, Berkeley, Bristol, Cambridge, Groningen, Hong Kong, Liverpool, London (Kings
and University College), Manchester, Melbourne, Oxford, Oulou (Finland), Seoul, Shanghai, Southampton,
Sydney, UCLA, University of Western Australia and Yale University. A sample of invited lectures and
conference presentations since 1993:
2018 Urban resurgence and the making of inequality in global cities. Invited Lecture. Chinese
University of Hong Kong, 24 January.
2018 Urban resurgence and the making of inequality in global cities. Invited Lecture.
University of Hong Kong, 22 January
37
2017 Citizenship by investment. Invited Conference Presentation. Cross-border Planning for

Private Clients. Dubai UAE, 18 May.
2016 Maritime Disputes in East Asia. Invited Lecture. Korea Hydrography and Research
Association. Seoul, South Korea, 15 November.
2016 The Revalorization of Time and Space in The City. Invited Public Lecture. Universidad
ICESI, Cali, Colombia, 1 November.
2016 Cartographic Encounters. Invited Lecture. National Endowment for The Humanities
Summer Seminar. On Native Grounds: Studies of Native America Histories and The
Land. Kluge Center, Library of Congress, Washington DC, 9 July.
2016 New Opportunities for The Historical Atlas. Invited Conference Presentation.
International Seminar on Making of Historical Atlas. Northeast History Foundation,
Seoul, South Korea, 19 May.
2016 Urban Resurgence and The Rise of Suburban Poverty. Invited Lecture. Jiangxi Normal
University. Nanchang, 16 May.
2016 Urban Resurgence and The Rise of Suburban Poverty. Invited Lecture. East China
Normal University. Shanghai, 11 May.
2016 Urban Resurgence and The Rise of Suburban Poverty. Invited Lecture. Shanghai
Normal University. Shanghai, 10 May.
2016 Hosting The Olympic Games: Time For A Permanent Home? Conference Presentation.
Annual Conference of Association of American Geographers. San Francisco, 30 March.
2016 The National Atlas. Invited Public Lecture. Washington Map Society, Library of
Congress, Washington DC, 19 February.
2015 Urban Resurgence and Suburban Decline. Invited Lecture. City University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong, 2 December.
2015 Cities and Climate Change. Invited Public Lecture. Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia,
17 September.
2015 Urban Resurgence and Suburban Decline. Invited Public Lecture. Universidad ICESI,
Cali, Colombia, 15 September.
2015 Doing Human Geography. Invited Lecture. Sitka High School, Alaska, 1 September.
2015 Cartographic Encounters. Invited Lecture. National Endowment for The Humanities
Summer Seminar. On Native Grounds: Studies of Native America Histories and The
Land. Kluge Center, Library of Congress, Washington DC, 22 June.
2015 New Urban Realities: Resurgent Cities, Changing Suburbs. Conference Presentation
(with Bernadette Hanlon). Annual Conference of Association of American Geographers.
Chicago, 4 April.
2015 The New Imperative: Green Cities for an Urban World. Invited Keynote Address A
Forum of Communities for Urban Sustainability. French Embassy, Washington, DC, 6
March.
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2014 Big City, Small World: What Do we Know After Three Decades of Global Cities
Research? Invited Keynote Address at The City Region Perspective in a Globalized
World Conference. Aarhus University, Denmark, 20 November.
2014 Land Use Planning: Three Models. Invited Public Lecture. Universidad ICESI, Cali,
Colombia, 17 October.
2014 The Third Urban Revolution. Invited Public Lecture. Universidad ICESI, Cali,
Colombia, 15 October.
2014 Cartographic Encounters. Invited Public Lecture. National Heritage Museum.

Lexington MA, 4 October.
2014 Poverty and Service Delivery in Suburban America. Invited Discussant. US Department
of Health and Human Services. Washington DC, 14 January.
2013 Naming The East Sea: Before and After The Cairo Declaration. Invited Conference
Presentation. Historical Reconciliation and Prosperity in Northeast Asia: 70 Years Since
The Cairo Declaration. George Washington University, DC, 2 December.
2013 Expressions Cartographiques de Differends Territoriaux en Asia du Nord-Est. Invited

Conference Presentation. Seminaire International Coreano-Francophone. Paris, 7
November.
2013 City, Nature and Power. Conference Presentation. Annual Conference of Association of
American Geographers. Los Angeles, 11 April.
2013 The Restless Urban Landscape. Invited Lecture. Michigan State University, East
Lansing MI, 29 March.
2012 Cities in Civilization. Invited Public Lecture. Symposium on The Work of Sir Peter
Hall. Bartlett School. University of London, 25 June.
2012 The Still Restless Urban Landscape. Invited Public Lecture. Knowlton School of
Architecture, Ohio State University, 23 May.
2011 The Evidence of Maps: Depictions of East Sea/Sea of Japan. Invited Lecture.
International Seminar on Reconciliation Beyond Discord in Maritime Issues in Northeast
Asia. Seoul, South Korea, 16 November.
2011 The Incredible Rise of the Desert Art Movement. Invited Public Lecture. Dowd
Gallery, State University of New York, Cortland, 27 October.
2011 Cartographic Representation of Korea. Conference Presentation. Annual Conference of

Association of American Geographers. Seattle, WA. 15 April.
2011 The Spatial Turn: Three Lectures. Invited Lecture Series. Central European University.
Budapest, Hungary. 31 January, 4 February, 7 February.
2010 Cartographic Encounters on the American Frontier. Invited Keynote Address.

Cartography and Empire: A Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the William Clark
Map. Lamar Center and Beinecke Library, Yale University. 12 November.
2010 Colonial/postcolonial Namings and the East Sea/Sea of Japan. Invited Conference
Presentation. The 16th International Seminar on Sea Names. The Hague, Netherlands. 21
August.
39
2010 Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Spaces of the Baltimore-Washington Metro Region.
Conference Presentation. Annual Conference of Association of American Geographers.
Washington DC. 15 April.
2010 Postcolonial Namings in The Aftermath of the Second World War (with Ki-suk Lee)
Conference Presentation. Annual Conference of Association of American Geographers.
Washington DC. 15 April.
2010 Cartographic Encounters on the 19th Century US Western Frontier. Invited Public
Lecture. Empires of Science in The Long Nineteenth Century Conference. Huntington
Library, San Marino CA. 9 April.
2009 Suburban Gothic. Invited Lecture. Autonomous University of Barcelona. Barcelona,

Spain. 19 November.
2009 Bauhaus Revisited. Invited Lecture. Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany. 5

November.
2009 The Suburban Gothic in The US. Invited Lecture. Seoul National University, Seoul,
South Korea. 26 October.
2009 Creating The Humane City. Invited Keynote Address. Incheon International
Conference for Urban Humanities. Incheon, South Korea 21 October.
2009 New Metropolitan Realities: Implications for the US and Global Regions (with
Bernadette Hanlon and Thomas Vicino) Conference Presentation. City Futures’09.
Madrid, Spain. 6 June.
2008 Suburban Gothic: The Crisis in US Suburbs. The Edward Wilkommen Public Lecture.
American Geographical Society Library/University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Milwaukee. 30 October.
2008 Cartographic Encounters: Indigenous People and The Mapping of North America.
Invited Public Lecture. The Map Society of Wisconsin. Milwaukee. 28 October.
2008 Suburban Gothic in The US. Invited Lecture. University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia. 13 October.
2008 Going for Gold; Globalization, The Summer Games and Urban Makeovers. Invited
Public Lecture. University of Adelaide/Flinders University/University of South
Australia. Adelaide, Australia. 3 October.
2008 New Suburban Realities: Immigration and US Suburbia. Invited Lecture. Flinders
University. Adelaide, Australia. 9 October.
2008 Going for Gold: Globalization, The Summer Games and Urban Makeovers. Invited
Lecture. Griffith University. Gold Coast, Australia. 3 October.
2008 Going for Gold: Globalization, The Summer Games and Urban Makeovers. Invited
Lecture. Griffith University. Brisbane, Australia. 1 October.
2008 Megalopolis 50 Years On. Invited Lecture. University of Queensland, Brisbane,

Australia. 30 September,
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2008 The Geopolitics of Naming Seas. Invited Conference Presentation. The 14th
International Seminar on Sea Names. Tunis, Tunisia. August 7 th.
2008 New Suburban Realities: Immigration and US Suburbia. Conference Presentation. A

Suburban World: Global Decentralization and The New Metropolis Conference. Virginia
Tech Metropolitan Institute. Reston, Virginia. 8 April.
2007 The Urban Impacts of Hosting The Olympics Games. Invited Lecture. Department of
Geography, East China Normal University. Shanghai, China. 4 December
2007 Megalopolis: Trends and Prospects. Invited Conference Presentation. International

Symposium on Regional Development of the Yangtze River Delta. Shanghai, China. 1
December.
2007 Cartographic Encounters. Conference Presentation. Geography and Humanities

Symposium. University of Virginia. Charlottesville. 23 June.
2007 Suburban Gothic: The Problems of The Inner Suburbs in Metro US. Conference
Presentation. Urban Affairs Association 37th Annual Meeting. Seattle. 27 April.
2006 Cartographic Encounters in The New World. The Philip Lee Phillips Society Lecture.
Library of Congress, Washington DC. 26 October.
2006 The Social Deconstruction of A Natural Disaster: The Case of Hurricane Katrina and
The City of New Orleans. Conference Presentation. International Geographical Union
Meeting. Brisbane, Australia. 7 July.
2006 Going for Gold: The Urban Impacts of The Summer Olympic Games. Conference
Presentation. Urban Affairs Association 36th Annual Meeting. Montreal. 21 April.
2006 Cartographic Encounters in The New World. Invited Lecture. Medieval and
Renaissance Colloquium, Department of English. University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
10 April.
2006 Reimagining Global City Research. Invited Lecture. School of Media and Public
Affairs. George Washington University, Washington DC 13 February.
2006 Global Cities, Immigration and Cultural Globalization. Invited Keynote Address.
Global Cities as Immigrant Gateways Workshop. George Washington University,
Washington DC 12 January.
2005 Black holes, globalizing cities and cultural connections. Invited Lecture. School of
Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. 22 Sept.
2005 Global City Status and The Olympic Games. Conference Presentation. 5th International
Conference on Sport and Culture. Athens, Greece. 30 May.
2005 Reimagining Global City Research. Invited Keynote Lecture. University of Utrecht,
The Netherlands. 24 May.
2005 Megalopolis Revisited. Invited Lecture. University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, The

Netherlands. 23 May.
2005 Megalopolis Revisited. Invited Lecture. Johns Hopkins University. Department of

Geography and Environmental Engineering. Baltimore. 26 April.
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2005 Megalopolis Revisited: Neighborhoods in A Global City Region. Conference

Presentation. Urban Affairs Association 35th Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City. 14 April.
2005 Flanerie and The Global City. Conference Presentation. College Art Association
Annual Conference. Atlanta. 17 February.
2004 Race and Ethnicity in Megalopolis, 1960-2000. Conference Presentation. Conference

on Race, Ethnicity and Place. Howard University, Washington DC. 17 September.
2004 Megalopolis, 1950-2000. Conference Presentation International Geographic Union

Meeting. Glasgow, Scotland. 18 August.
2004 Megalopolis Revisited. Invited Lecture. Department of Planning. University of New

South Wales, Sydney. 22 June.
2004 Maps, Cartograms and National Fictions. Invited Lecture. Mapping The News.
Association of American Geographers meeting at National Press Club, Washington DC.
14 May.
2004 Cartographic Encounters in The American West. Invited Lecture. The Mattson-New
York Times Annual Lecture. Osher Map Library, University of Southern Maine,
Portland, ME. 29 April.
2004 Civic Engagement and Urban USA. Invited Lecture. State University of New York,
Cortland, NY. 25 March.
2004 The Cosmopolitan City. Conference Presentation. Association of American

Geographers Annual Meeting. Philadelphia. 15 March.
2003 National Fictions and Urban Realities. Invited Lecture. George Washington University
Conference on ‘The Geography in International Affairs’. 24 October.
2003 Globalizing Cities. Conference Presentation. Association of American Geographers

Annual Meeting. New Orleans. 7 March.
2002 Globalization and The Margins. Invited Lecture. Pontifical Catholic University of
Puerto Rico. 31 October.
2002 Going for Gold: The Global: The Local and The Olympic Games. Invited Lecture.
SUNY Binghampton. 3 October.
2002 Globalization and The City. Invited Lecture. University of Maryland, College Park. 12
September.
2002 Globalization and The City. Invited Lecture. Cambridge University, UK. 25 April.
2002 Cartographic Encounters in The American West. Invited Lecture. Maps and Society
Lecture Series: Warburg Institute, London University, Spain. 18 April.
2002 World Cities and Globalization. Invited Lecture. George Washington University, 26
March.
2002 Rethinking Globalization. Conference Presentation. Association of American

Geographers Annual Conference. Los Angeles. 22 March.
2002 Alternative Geographies. Invited Lecture. Barcelona University, Spain. 8 March.

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2002 Globalization and The City. Invited Lecture. Bristol University, UK. 5 March.
2002 Globalization and The City. Invited Lecture. Southampton University, UK. 20 February.
2002 Globalization and The City. Invited Lecture. Durham University, UK. 14 February.
2002 Globalization and The City. Invited Lecture. King’s College, London University, UK.
12 February.
2002 Globalization and The City. Invited Lecture. Oxford University, UK. 5 February.
2002 Economic Globalization and The City. Invited Lecture. The 4th Annual Globalization
and World City (GAWC) Lecture. Loughborough University, UK, 14 January.
2001 Civic Disengagement and Metropolitan Fragmentation. Invited Lecture broadcast via
satellite to over 280 campuses around the USA to honors students in the national
collegiate honors council including members of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Theta Kappa as
well as high school honor students. 6 November.
2001 Teaching about the There and Then from the Here and Now. Invited Lecture Tolley
Lecture Series on Teaching, Syracuse University, 17 October.
2001 Doing Research. Convocation Address to Maxwell School Graduate Student Class,
Syracuse University, 23 August.
2001 Globalization and The City: Deepening The Theory. Conference Presentation.
Association of American Geographers Annual Conference. New York. 3 March.
2001 The Livable Urban Community. Invited Keynote Lecture to Phi Theta Kappa Faculty
Scholar Conference. Center for Excellence, Mississippi Educational and Research Center,
Jackson, Mississippi. 4 February.
2000 Citizenship in the American Polity. Invited Participant. Aspen Institute Faculty
Seminar. 22-28 July.
2000 Surviving The Punishment: Advice to Authors. Invited Keynote Speaker. Department of
Town Planning University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 13 June.
2000 Globalization and The City: Deepening The Theory. Invited Lecture. Department of
Geography, Auckland University, New Zealand. 8 June.
2000 Impact of Federal Policies on Housing and Neighborhoods. Invited Lecture Onondaga
Citizens League, Syracuse. 18 May.
1999 Globalization and The Margins. Conference Presentation. Association of Third World
Studies, Costa Rica. 19 November.
1999 Civic Engagement and Metropolitan America. Invited Symposium Presentation The
Maxwell School Citizenship Symposium. Syracuse University. 22 October.
1999 New York as a Geographic Entity. Invited Keynote Address. The Encyclopedia of New
York Planning Conference, Syracuse. 21 May.
1999 The Civic Tradition and The Reuniting of America. Invited Symposium Presentation.
The Maxwell School Citizenship Symposium. Syracuse University. 23 April.
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1999 Urban Representations. Invited Discussant. Association of American Geographers

Annual Conference, session on Urban Politics and Urban Representations. Honolulu, 19
March.
1999 Its A Heart-Shaped World. Conference Presentation. Association of American

Geographers Annual Conference. Honolulu, 20 March.
1998 World Cities Research. Invited Lecture. Department of Geography University of

Auckland, New Zealand, 11 June.
1998 World Cities and Global Urbanization. Invited Lecture. Department of Geography,
Colgate University, 25 February.
1997 The Dirty Little Secret of World Cities Research. Invited Lecture. Department of Town
Planning University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 17 June.
1997 A New Mode of Thinking: Creating a National Geography in the Early Republic. Invited
Lecture Surveying The Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1900. A
Conference of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia. 14 March.
1997 Representing The Republic. Invited Lecture. Newberry Library, Chicago. Thursday 16
January.
1996 Urban America. Invited Lecture. Barnes and Noble Geography Awareness Week
Lecture. Syracuse. 19 November.
1996 World Cities. Distinguished Guest Lecture. The Geographical Society of Finland
Annual Meeting. Oulu University, Finland. 11 October.
1996 Alternative Geographies. Invited Lecture. Department of Religion, Syracuse University

Centennial Celebration. 20 April.
1996 The Geography of Paranoia: Militias and the New World Order. Conference
Presentation (with G. Garneau) Annual meeting of the Association of American
Geographers. Charlotte, North Carolina, 12 April.
1996 Restructuring The Global Urban Hierarchy. Invited Lecture. Department of Geography.
Miami University. Miami, Florida, 28 February.
1996 Deconstructing The Reconstructions: place imagery, urban image renewal and the new
urban order. Invited Lecture. Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference,
Glasgow, 4 January.
1995 Trade and Environment. Conference Presentation. Department of Geography, Delhi

University, India. 2 December.
1995 Redrawing the Map: New Worlds, New Geographies. Invited Guest Speaker. Barnes
and Noble Geography Awareness Week Lecture. Syracuse. 14 November.
1995 The Nation-state and The Global Environmental Community. Conference Presentation.
Department of Geography, Moscow State University. IGU Conference on Global Change
and Geography, 19 August.
1994 Urban Alchemy. Invited Keynote Speaker. Symposium on Cities, University of

Syracuse, School of Architecture. 28 October.
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1994 Masculinities, Space and Place. Department of Geography. Invited Lecture. University
of Southampton, UK. 28 June.
1994 The New Human Geography. Department of Geography, Invited Lecture. University of
Liverpool, UK. 24 June.
1994 Masculinities and Space. Association of American Geographers. Conference

Presentation. San Francisco. 18 April.
1993 The Nation-state and The New World Order. Japan. Conference Presentation.
International Geographic Union. Tokyo. 2 September.
1993 The New Urban Order. Department of Geography. Invited Lecture. Seoul National
University, South Korea. 24 August.
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PUBLIC OUTREACH
Radio Interviews/Broadcasts
Interviewed by CBC, Public Radio, Radio Sputnik, Radio New Zealand, and Sea Change Radio.
China, Vietnam and The US. Radio Sputnik (3-5-18)

https://soundcloud.com/radiosputnik/the-us-carrier-docked-in-danang-is-a-way-of-
vietnam-showing-china-that-it-has-allies-expert
Possible solution to traffic congestion. Top of Mind with Julie Rose, BYU Radio (2-28-18)
http://www.byuradio.org/episode/f1d9ed67-5ce1-4d2f-8450-6a1c64bc45c1/top-of-mind-
with-julie-rose-gun-violence-and-our-kids-military-veterans-and-substance-abuse-myths-
and-realities-of-porn-addiction
China and The USA. Radio Sputnik (1-23-18)

https://soundcloud.com/radiosputnik/many-chinese-are-thinking-that-maybe-north-korea-
has-china-under-its-control-expert
Public Transportation Inside Higher Ed (8 May, 2017)

https://www.insidehighered.com/audio/2017/05/08/public-transportation
South China Seas, China and The USA Under Trump. Radio Sputnik (Moscow) (March 2017)
https://soundcloud.com/radiosputnik/south-china-sea-dispute-can-figure-into-broader-
bilateral-talks-and-access-to-markets-john-short
Asia Pacific Geopolitics. Radio Sputnik (Moscow)

https://soundcloud.com/radiosputnik/apec2016-collapse-of-the-tpp-definitely-leaves-
door-open-for-china-dr-john-short
Election 2016. The Attitude

http://www.wnhnfm.org/attitude-arnie-arnesen-november-9-2016/
Should the Olympic Games have a permanent venue? The Current (CBC Radio, Canada)
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-august-17-2016-1.3724261/should-
the-olympic-games-have-a-permanent-venue-1.3724289
Full transcript of above interview

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-august-17-2016-1.3724261/august-17-
2016-full-episode-transcript-1.3725363
USA-China relations in South China Sea. Radio Sputnik (Moscow)

https://soundcloud.com/radiosputnik/its-in-interests-of-both-beijing-and-manila-to-find-
agreement-on-south-china-sea-john-short
TIF’s: The Primer WYPR (Baltimore)

http://news.wypr.org/post/tifs-primer#stream/0
Grow The Economy. Matt Townsend Show (Salt Lake City)

http://www.byuradio.org/episode/99a97972-74c6-42ea-8d17
13ffa1c65342/the-matt-townsend-show-grow-the-economy-career-choice
talking-to-children
Leaving The Station Sea Change Radio (San Francisco)

http://3blmedia.com/News/Leaving-Station-John-Rennie-Short-Public-Transit
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The South China Seas Dispute. Radio Sputnik (Moscow)

https://soundcloud.com/radiosputnik/southchinasea-china-wants-to-offset-negative-
outcomes-for-its-reputation-john-short
Western Wildfires. Inside Higher Ed

https://www.insidehighered.com/audio/2015/10/13/western-
wildfires#.Vh1Zg7YlDrc.twitter
http://academicminute.org/2015/10/john-rennie-short-university-of-maryland-baltimore-
county-western-wildfires/
Permanent Site for Olympics Tom Dennis Show (Canada)

https://soundcloud.com/timdenis/july-3115-john-rennie-short-maryland-professor-on-
hosting-olympics-in-the-same-place-every-time
Stress Testing The USA. The Writers Voice

http://www.writersvoice.net/2014/04/john-rennie-short-stress-testing-the-usa-john-
michael-greer-green-wizardry/
Summer Olympics in One Site. Radio New Zealand

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/thiswayup/audio/2575690/island-
olympics
Print Interviews
A more equitable and just globalization. Chinese Social Sciences Today (June 2017)
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-
CN&u=http://dz.china.com.cn/zgzk/2017-06-09/43810.html&prev=search
Legitimation Crisis in the USA. Chinese Social Sciences Today

http://www.cssn.cn/bk/bkpd_qkyw/bkpd_bjtj/201611/t20161104_3264141.shtml
City Challenges. WalletHub.Com

https://wallethub.com/edu/fastest-growing-cities/7010/#john-rennie-short
Cities and Climate Change. Cityscope

http://www.citiscope.org/story/2015/worlds-cities-sweet-spot-climate-change
Challenging the system: an interview with John Rennie Short. World Future Review
http://wfr.sagepub.com/content/6/1/55.extract
Why can’t we hold the Olympics in the same place every time. The Atlantic CityLab
http://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/09/two-words-olympics-island/6797/
Interviewed/Cited in Media
Including Atlantic Monthly, Below The River, Business Insider, Christian Science Monitor, CityMetric, Die
Zeit, Engineering and Technology, ESPN, Forbes, Global Citizen, International Business Times, Latest
Nigerian News, MSN News, National Chamber Review, New York Observer, New York Times, Planetizen,
RT Deutsch, Social Dashboard, St Augustine Record.
Getting the politics of cordon tolling right. Planetitzen (18 April, 2018)
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2018/04/98313-getting-politics-cordon-tolling-right
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The Olympics have a host-city problem CBC (November 23, 2017)

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/olympics-host-city-problem-1.4414207
Can Cities Withstand More Storms Global Citizen (September 15, 2017)
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/how-cities-adapting-to-climate-change-
nrdc/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
LA and Paris Reveals Crisis. Xinhua Net (September 14, 2017)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/15/c_136611685.htm
Can LA Handle Scandal-ridden IOC Orange Country Register (September 12, 2017)
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/09/12/by-agreeing-to-host-2028-olympics-l-a-
organizing-committee-will-be-doing-business-with-a-scandal-ridden-ioc/
LA Apocalypse USA. RT Deutsch (September 1, 2017)
https://deutsch.rt.com/nordamerika/56666-apocalypse-usa-hurrikan-uber-texas/
The crumbling infrastructure of the USA. AlInfo (July 17, 2017)
http://allinfo.space/2017/07/17/the-crumbling-infrastructure-of-the-usa/
http://www.mobilize.org.br/noticias/10482/transportes-e-toda-infraestrutura-dos-eua-sob-
risco-de-colapso.html?print=s
http://www.t13.cl/noticia/mundo/la-infraestructura-estados-unidos-esta-deteriorada-y-
olvido
https://hrvatska-danas.com/2017/07/19/zalosno-dotrajala-infrastruktura-sad-a-izgleda-da-
se-mora-dogoditi-neka-katastrofa/
https://www.americaeconomia.com/negocios-industrias/la-infraestructura-de-eeuu-se-
halla-en-crisis
http://www.portaldeangola.com/2017/07/infraestrutura-dos-eua-sob-risco-de-colapso/
http://www.correiodobrasil.com.br/infraestrutura-dos-eua-sob-risco-de-colapso/
http://oiguassu.com/infraestrutura-dos-eua-sob-risco-de-colapso/
http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/infraestrutura-dos-eua-sob-risco-de-colapso.ghtml
http://www.dw.com/tr/abdnin-altyapısı-çürüyor/a-39730169
http://www.dw.com/hr/žalosno-dotrajala-infrastruktura-sad-a/a-39718985
http://www.dw.com/de/die-marode-infrastruktur-der-usa/a-39686642
http://www.dw.com/es/la-infraestructura-de-ee-uu-deteriorada-y-en-el-olvido/a-
39725753
http://www.mepanews.com/ekonomi/7494-abd-altyapi-krizi-geciriyor.html
http://www.news2023.com/haber/363278-abdnin-altyapisi-curuyor
Brief history of maps. Smithsonian Magazine (June 26, 2017)
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/brief-history-maps-180963685/
Infrastructure in the USA, Die Zeit (June 21, 2017)
http://www.zeit.de/2017/26/us-infrastruktur-donald-trump-finanzierung
Why does the US hate public transportation (May 4, 2017)
https://www.fastcompany.com/3059031/why-does-the-us-hate-public-transportation
International Olympics Catastrophe. Brown Political Review (May 11, 2017)
http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/2017/05/international-olympics-catastrophe-
olympics-need-permanent-home/
French Presidential elections. Christian Science Monitor (May 9, 2017)
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2017/0508/Why-Le-Pen-and-populists-see-
Sunday-loss-as-another-step-forward?cmpid=gigya-tw
https://goo.gl/N9CSwShttps://goo.gl/N9CSwS
Why cities may be the key to stopping climate change. Global Citizen (April 25, 2017)
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/why-cities-may-be-able-to-stop-climate-change/
Challenges for US Cities. French-American Foundation (2016)
http://files.constantcontact.com/c2e836ea001/cf62b3c1-dec4-4e00-9749-
ab0c189fde05.pdf
What could the rise of economic nationalism portend for the US? Christian Science Monitor (2016)
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/1201/What-could-the-rise-of-economic-
nationalism-portend-for-the-US
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London’s north-south divide. Below The River

http://belowtheriver.co.uk/londons-north-south-divide/
Legitimation Crisis in the USA. Chinese Social Sciences Today, China
http://www.cssn.cn/bk/bkpd_qkyw/bkpd_bjtj/201611/t20161104_3264141.shtml
Clinton and Trump: what will the next President do for cities? CityMetric.(October 25, 2016)
http://www.citymetric.com/politics/clinton-vs-trump-what-will-next-president-do-cities-
housing-and-infrastructure-2548
Trump and Clinton pledge billions to fix US infrastructure. Engineering and Technology
https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2016/10/trump-and-clinton-pledge-billions-to-fix-
us-infrastructure/
The secret to a successful suburb. Cleveland.com
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/07/the_secret_to_a_successful_sub.html
America’s crumbling infrastructure. National Chamber Review
http://www.chamberreview.org/5.2_crumbling_infostructure.html
The Olympics need reform. Forbes.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewbrennan/2016/08/31/the-olympics-just-like-fifa-and-
its-lauded-world-cup-is-a-money-racket-and-needs-reform/#38123eec1804
The time has come for the Olympic Games to be held in the same venue every four years. CityAm (London,
UK)
http://www.cityam.com/247763/time-has-come-olympic-games-held-same-venue-every-
four
Should the Olympic Games have a permanent venue? First Financial News
http://firstfinancialnews.com/should-the-olympic-games-have-a-permanent-venue/
London to Rio and now back to Greece. The Isthmus (Australia)
http://www.theisthmus.com.au/2016/08/from-london-to-rio-and-now-back-to-greece/
Hanno ancora senso le Olimpiai? The Bottom Up (Italy)
https://thebottomup.it/2016/08/05/hanno-ancora-senso-le-olimpiadi/
Por qué no podemos celebrar los Juegos Olímpicos en el mismo lugar todos los años? CityLab Latino
http://www.univision.com/noticias/citylab-vida-urbana/por-que-no-podemos-celebrar-
los-juegos-olimpicos-en-el-mismo-lugar-todos-los-anos
Five islands that could be purchased to hold the Olympics permanently. BalleCourbe (Canada)
http://www.ballecourbe.ca/cinq-iles-quon-pourrait-acheter-pour-y-tenir-les-olympiques-
en-permanence
The Rio Olympics look like being a train wreck. Business Insider (UAE)
http://inbusiness.ae/2016/08/07/the-rio-olympics-look-like-it-will-be-a-trainwreck-theres-
a-better-way/
One simple solution to save the Olympics. News.com.au (Australia)
http://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/one-simple-solution-to-save-the-
olympics/news-story/edc27cd6a1ddaca4fd4cc3aa83c6e8ed
What if the Olympics stayed put. The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/08/rio-olympics-permanent-
host/494264/
The Olympics should be in Vancouver. Slate
http://www.slate.com/blogs/five_ring_circus/2016/08/05/the_olymics_should_be_in_van
couver_summer_and_winter_forever.html
Olympics is Political. Otiempo (Brazil)
http://www.otempo.com.br/blogs/carta-e-cronica-19.120/ao-contrário-do-que-o-coi-
sustenta-esporte-também-é-política-19.819155
Making a permanent home for Olympics Mother Nature Network
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/making-case-permanent-olympics-home
South China Seas. Datviet (Vietnam)
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=vi&u=http://baodatviet.vn/chinh-tri-xa-
hoi/tinh-hinh-bien-dong-van-de-bien-dong/trung-quoc-yeu-the-ve-bien-dong-
3309519/%3Fpaged%3D2&prev=search
Olympic Games. You Magazine (Greece)
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https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=el&u=http://www.youmagazine.gr/2016/
07/lagarde-let-the-olympic-games-come-home-to-athens-3355/&prev=search
South China Seas. Publico (Portugal)
https://www.publico.pt/mundo/noticia/a-asia-mergulhou-de-cabeca-num-mar-traicoeiro-
1734657
Olympic Games. Quora
https://www.quora.com/Why-not-place-the-Olympics-in-Athens-or-some-other-city-and-
leave-it-there
Why some inner-ring suburbs succeed. Cleveland.com
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/07/the_secret_to_a_successful_sub.html
#0
China and Maritime Claims. RFI (Spanish Language version of French News Service)
http://es.rfi.fr/asia-pacifico/20160712-hasta-donde-china-y-sus-vecinos-estan-dispuestos-
llevar-su-disputa-maritima
Transport as a sustainable development goal. United Nations in Russian Federation
http://www.unrussia.ru/en/taxonomy/term/4/2015-07-20
Permanent Olympic site. News.com.au (Australia)
http://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/one-simple-solution-to-save-the-
olympics/news-story/edc27cd6a1ddaca4fd4cc3aa83c6e8ed
Olympic Games. ESPN Magazine
http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/14855123/backlash-olympics-ioc-demands-much-
more-rio-woes
Lectures cited in New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/business/wanted-cruise-lecturers-who-mingle-and-
take-good-selfies.html?_r=0
Permanent Olympic site. International Business News
http://www.ibtimes.com/permanent-olympic-site-would-address-growing-costs-host-
issues-advocates-say-2040806
Cities and climate change. Efe (Spanish outlet that published article in in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Spain
http://www.efe.com/efe/espana/sociedad/las-migraciones-por-el-cambio-climatico-ya-
comenzaron-advierte-un-experto/10004-2713439
The Olympics are broken. Gizmodo.
http://gizmodo.com/the-olympics-are-broken-and-boston-cant-fix-them-1679004743
Superrich New York Observer
http://observer.com/2014/12/gilded-age-2-0-new-yorks-richest-ceos-artists-and-pro-
athletes/
Permanent venue for Olympics. Digital Journal.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/357943
Why can’t we just host the Games in the same place. Neatorama
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/09/06/Why-Cant-We-Just-Host-the-Olympics-in-the-
Same-Place-Every-Year/
Why the Olympics is bad business. Ethical Nag
https://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/14/olympics/#
Op –eds
The IOC is the biggest winner. NBC (February 23, 2018)
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/video/the-ioc-is-the-olympics-biggest-winner-
1168607299833
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5iKfT-W69M
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/the-biggest-winner-at-the-olympics-is-the-
ioc/vp-BBJuXab
The new infrastructure math Market Watch (December 7, 2017)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-40-toll-for-a-10-mile-trip-this-is-the-new-
infrastructure-math-2017-12-07
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What to do about Trump Fatigue Syndrome. Hippo Reads. (July 20, 2017)
http://hipporeads.com/what-to-do-about-trump-fatigue-syndrome/
Living the urban moment. Elgar Blog
https://elgar.blog/2017/03/29/living-the-urban-moment/
Our crumbling infrastructure is hurting US Competitiveness. Market Watch
The transition to a sustainable economy by 2030. Masdar Initiative
http://www.masdar.ae/en/intiatives/detail/john-rennie-short-the-transition-to-a-
sustainable-economy-by-2030
We should host the Olympics in the same place everytime The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/07/28/we-should-host-the-
olympics-in-the-same-place-every-time/
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Paris and Los Angeles bid to host Games expose deeper crisis at Olympic Games (Sept 13, 2017)
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Globalization and Its Discontents (Nov 28, 2016)

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The Legitimation Crisis in the USA (Oct 21, 2016)

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Rocky Road to Rio (Aug 4, 2016)

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9122516.php
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9122516.phpRocky road to Rio.
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explained/
Why America’s Public Transportation is Crumbling (April 1, 2016)

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The City is Being Turned Inside Out (Oct 30, 2015)

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city-centre-renaissance-1640
The West is On Fire, And The US Taxpayer is Subsidizing It (Sept 23, 2015)
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47900
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The Other Immigrants: How The Super-rich Skirt Quotas and Closed Borders (Sept 9, 2015)
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and-closed-borders-john-rennie-short#When:23:35:58Z
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quotas-and-closed-borders/
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rich-skirt-quotas-and-closed-borders
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The Environmental Impacts of Hosting The Olympics (Aug 3, 2015)

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impact-of-the-olympics-45530
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Why Cities are a Rare Good News Story in Climate Change (July 23, 2015)
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45016
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problems-1265
The Value of Unplugging in The Age of Distraction (July 7, 2015)

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entenda-o-valor-de-se-desconectar.html
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There Are Many More Baltimores (May 15, 2015)

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cities-41734
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hollowed-out-cities/
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legacy-of-hollowed-out-cities-kt/
Baltimore Riots (April 28, 2015)

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the-time-between-40926
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fire-last-time-and-time-between
How Green Is Your City? (March 13, 2015)

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World Economic Forum
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of-our-cities-to-climate-change/?utm_expid=21082672-
11.b4WAd2xRR0ybC6ydhoAj9w.0
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are-climate-change-747 Extreme weather and city vulnerability
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Flaws
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1969-1973 University of Aberdeen. Awarded M.A. in Geography in 1973.

1978-1990 Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Reading, UK.

1976-1978 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Bristol, UK.

2014 Cartographic Encounters. Invited Public Lecture. National Heritage Museum,

2010 Cartographic Encounters on the American Frontier. Invited Keynote Address:

2002 The Leverhulme Visiting Professorship to UK, Loughborough University.

2000 Appleby-Mosher Faculty Research Award, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.

1999 Dibner Library Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Smithsonian, Washington

1996 Andrew Mellon Resident Research Fellowship, American Philosophical Society,

1996 Appleby-Mosher Faculty Research Award, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.

1995 Resident Research Fellowship, New York State Library, Albany.

1990 Erasmus Visiting Professor, Groningen University, The Netherlands.

1976-1978 Social Science Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship.

1973-1976 Social Science Research Council Doctoral Award.

2017 Alternative Geographies (reissue of 2000 edition). Routledge

2017 A Research Agenda for Cities (editor) Edward Elgar.

2015 Human Geography: A Short Introduction. Oxford University Press.

2012 Globalization, Modernity and The City. Routledge

2006 Alabaster Cities: Urban US Since 1950. Syracuse University Press.

2004 Global Metropolitan. Routledge. (Translated into Persian).

2003 The World Through Maps. Firefly (Translated into Japanese).

2002 Globalization and The Margins. Palgrave (Co-edited with R. Grant).

2002 Encyclopedia of World Geography. Marshall Cavendish (Advisory Editor on Cities).

2001 Representing The Republic. Reaktion/University of Chicago Press.

2000 Alternative Geographies. Prentice Hall.

1999 Environmental Discourses and Practice. Blackwell (Co-authored with L. M. Benton).

1998 New Worlds, New Geographies. Syracuse University Press.

1991 Imagined Country: Society, Culture and Environment. Routledge.

1989 The Humane City. Blackwell (Translated into Korean, 2000).

1986 Housebuilding, Planning and Community Action. Routledge (Co-authored with S.

1985 Developing Contemporary Marxism. Macmillan (Co-edited with Z. Baranski).

1984 The Urban Arena. Macmillan.

1984 An Introduction to Urban Geography. Routledge.

1982 Housing in Britain. Methuen.

1982 An Introduction to Political Geography. Routledge.

1980 Housing and Residential Structure. Routledge.

1980 Urban Data Sources. Butterworths

Shantz, J. (2012) Green Syndicalism: An Alternative Red/Green Vision.

Cieraad, I. (ed.) (1999) At Home.

Invited Essays in Edited Books

2017 Global Cities. The Wiley-AAG International Encyclopedia of Geography.

2016 The Politics of De-legitimacy. US Election Analysis 2016.

2012 Mega-events: Urban Spectaculars and Globalization. International Handbook of

2002 United States. New Book of Knowledge. Grolier.

2001 Alternative Geographies: from Cosmography to Geography. Sacred Landscapes and

1999 Foreword. At Home (ed.) I. Cieraad. Syracuse University Press.

1985 Geopolitics. Changing Britain: Changing World. Open University Press.

Articles in Refereed Journals

2016 The modern national atlas. The Portolan Winter: 7-18.

2015 La inseguridad el descontento de la poblacion en Cali. CaliBrando 15: 20-24

2003 Globalization. Past Place 12: 7-8.

2001 Civic engagement and the American city. City 5: 271-80.

2001 New York, September 11. City 5: 390-391.

1993 The reconstruction of the image of a postindustrial city. Annals of Association of

1990 Pressure along the M4 growth corridor. Geography Review 3: 18-20.

1988 Urbanization in Australia. Geography Review 2: 7-11.

1985 Political geography. Progress in Human Geography 9:115-118.

1984 Committee rules OK? An examination of planning committee action on officer