Alec Foster

Research Fellow

Status:

Former

Education

Ph.D. Geography and Urban Studies, Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems, Temple University, 2016
M.A. Geography, University of South Florida, 2010
B.A. Environmental Studies/Economics, New College of Florida, 2002

Links

Illinois State University faculty profile

Research Interests

Urban Political Ecology, Urban Forests and Urban Greenspaces, Affective Ecologies, Environmental Justice, Urban Theory, and Volunteered Geographic Information

Post-Docs & Associates

Alec Foster

Research Fellow

A 40-year review of food–energy–water nexus literature and its application to the urban scale

Detroit’s lines of desire: Footpaths and vacant land in the Motor City

McIntire-Stennis 2016

SRN: Integrated Urban Infrastructure Solutions for Environmentally Sustainable, Healthy and Livable Cities

McIntire-Stennis 2015

Detroit’s unofficial footpaths could be important to redevelopment

Visible from outer space, Detroit's unofficial pathways could play important role in land redevelopment

Detroit's unofficial footpaths could play important role in land development, researchers say