besmith@eiu.edu

Betty Smith Associate Professor Urban Geography Latin American Studies Land Use Planning and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Ph.D. - Geography, 1994, State University of New York at Buffalo M.A. - Geography (Environmental Planning), 1987, California State University, Chico B.A. - Geography, 1971, University of California, Davis Awards 1999 Excellence in Research Contribution Award, Eastern Illinois University 1997 Excellence in Research Contribution Award, Eastern Illinois University 2004 and 2005 President, Midwest Association of Latin American Studies (MALAS) At Eastern since 1995 (217) 581-6340

Research Interests:

• Global south-north human migration patterns  (studies in Ecuador and Spain)
• Cultural evolution of traditional weavers in highland Ecuador
• Eco-tourism and sustainable development in the Andes Mountains and Amazon rainforest
• Population density analysis using 3D and geographic information systems (GIS)
• Local land use planning and development in Illinois and California
• Spatial data analysis of manufacturing work stoppages in the Great Lakes States

• Betty E. Smith 2006 "Urban Social Movements," In Barney Warf (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
•  - 2006 "Urban Ecology," In Barney Warf (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
•  - 2005 Book Review, "Transnational Peasants: Migrations, Networks, and Ethnicity in Andean Ecuador" by David Kyle, Johns Hopkins University Press (2000), 251 pages, Journal of Latin American Geography (Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press).
•  -  2004 "CLAG Carl O. Sauer Distinguished Scholar Award for 2002: Sally Horn," Journal of Latin American Geography, Volume 3, Number 1, pages 128-129 (Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press).
•  -  2003 (March), "Reflections of an Educator: Taking Urban Geography On-Line at Eastern Illinois University," Center for Academic Technology Support (CATS) Tech Update, Vol 2, p. 8 (Charleston, Illinois: Eastern Illinois University).
•  -  2002 (May) "Manufacturing Work Stoppage in East Central Illinois: The Case of Trailmobile, Inc.," Bulletin of the Illinois
  Geographical Society,  Volume 64, Number 1, pages 17-29 (Normal, Illinois: Illinois State University,).
  
•  -  2001 "Morfología urbana central de una ciudad sudamericana" (Abstract) in Seminario Internacional Nuevas Tendencias en América Latina en el Contexto de la Globalización, Pages 227-228, (Huatusco, Veracruz, Mexico: Universidad Autónomo Chapingo).
  
•  - 1998. Residential Land Development in Highland Ecuador, (Book Chapter) in Regional Development and Planning for the 21st Century: New Priorities, New Philosophies, Pages 169-186, Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing.
•   - 1997.  A Review of Monocentric Urban Density Analysis, Journal of Planning Literature, Vol. 12, No 2, Pages 115-135, (The Ohio State University).
• Betty E. Smith and Mario Andino 1996. An Integrative Approach to Tourism and Sustainable Development, International Third World Studies Journal and Review, Vol. 8, Pages 71-77, (University of Nebraska at Omaha).

• Cultural Geography - GEG 1100G
• World Regional Geography  - GEG 1200G
• Geography and Culture of Latin America - GEG 3065
• Urban Geography  - GEG 3775
• Land Use Planning  - GEG 3780
• Research in Geography - GEG 4430
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - GEG 4890
• Research in Ecuador - ESC/GEG 4996
• Field Studies in Geography and Earth Sciences in the Galapagos Islands, Andes Mountains and Tropical Rainforest of Ecuador - ESC/GEG 4998

I would like to share the following links to geographic information sites (GIS sites).  I especially like the Berkeley and UCSB sites:

• REGIS Home Page at UC Berkeley
• Latin American Studies They will meet at EIU in Fall 1999.
• GRASSLinks Interface at UC Berkeley
• Department of Geography, Ohio State University Home Page
• Canada's National Atlas Information Service
• Iowa's Department of Natural Resources Geographic Information System
• Geographical Survey Institute of Japan Home Page
• Federal Geographic Data Committee Home Page
• United States Geological Survey Home Page
• Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies at University of Arkansas