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James Rubenstein

Professor
Department of Geography
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056
211 Shideler (513) 529-5025
102 Boyd (513) 529-5254
rubensjm@muohio.edu

Courses Regularly Taught

Advising

I am Chief Academic Advisor for these two programs

Urban & Regional Planning

An interdisciplinary major administered through the Geography Department. Urban & regional planners help to solve the physical, economic, and social problems of communities.

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Miami's Urban & Regional Planning major

The Planning profession

Environmental Programs

Two interdisciplinary co-majors. Environmental Science combines life and earth science. Environmental Principles & Practice combines social and scientific perspectives.

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Environmental Science Co-major

Environmental Principles & Practice Co-major

Scholarship

Publications

Books

2005     The Cultural Landscape 8^th ed., Upper Saddle Lake, NJ: Prentice Hall. 7^th ed. update 2003, 7^th ed. 2002, 6^th ed. 1999, 5^th ed. 1996, 4^th ed. 1994, 3^rd ed. 1992, 2^nd ed. 1989; 1^st ed. 1981.

2001     Making and Selling Cars: Innovation and Change in the U.S. Automotive Industry. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

1995     An Introduction to Geography: People, Places, and Environment. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall (coauthor with William H. Renwick).

1992     The Changing U.S. Auto Industry: A Geographical Analysis. London: Routledge.

1978     The French New Towns. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Articles and chapters in books

2006     “The U.S. Auto Supplier Industry in Transition - The New Geography of Auto Production,” Chicago Fed Letter 229b, pp. 1-4, with Thomas Klier.

2006     “The U.S. Auto Supplier Industry in Transition,” Chicago Fed Letter 226, pp. 1-4, with Thomas Klier.

2006     “Competition and Trade in the U.S. Auto Parts Sector,” Chicago Fed Letter 222, pp. 1-4, with Thomas Klier.

2004     “Motor Vehicles on the American Landscape.” In S. D. Brunn, S. L. Cutter, and J. W. Harrington, eds. Geography and Technology. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 267-283.

2003     “Transportation and Travel,” In Stanley I. Kutler, ed. Dictionary of American History. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, vol. 8, pp. 185-92.

2003     “Roads.” In Stanley I. Kutler, ed. Dictionary of American History. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, vol. 7, pp. 175-80.

2002     “Urban Geography.” In Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, eds. Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures. Vol 1. Danbury, CT: Grolier, pp. 19-26.

2002     “London.” In Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, eds. Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures. Vol 3. Danbury, CT: Grolier, pp. 64-72.

2001     “Luxembourg.” In Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, eds. Countries and Their Cultures. New York: Macmillan, pp. 1316-1323.

1996     “The Evolving Geography of Production--Is Manufacturing Activity Moving out of the Midwest? Evidence from the Auto Industry.” In Thomas H. Klier (ed.), Assessing the Midwest Economy: Looking Back for the Future. Chicago: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago SP-3 (pp. 1-19).

1994     “National Content of Motor Vehicles,” Geographical Review 84(2), pp. 186-200.

1992     “Planning After the Fall of Communism in the Czech Republic,” Focus 42(4), pp. 1-6 (with B. L. Unger).

1992     “What Is an ‘American’ Car? Global Interdependency in the Automotive Industry,” in Tom Martinson and Susan Brooker-Gross (eds.), Revisiting the Americas: Teaching and Learning the Geography of the Western Hemisphere. Indiana, PA: NCGE (pp. 65-70).

1992     “America’s ‘Just-in-Time’ Highways: I-65 and I-75,” in Donald G. Janelle (ed.), Geographical Snapshots of North America. New York and London: The Guilford Press (pp. 432-435).

1991     “The Impact of Japanese Investment in the United States,” in C.M. Law (ed.), Restructuring the Global Automobile Industry. London: Routledge (pp. 114-142).

1991     “Advocating Affordable Housing in New Hampshire: The Amicus Curiae Brief of the American Planning Association in Wayne Britton v. Town of Chester,” Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law 40, pp. 3-48 (one of eight authors).

1990     “Japanese Motor Vehicle Producers in the USA: Where and Why,” Focus 40(2), pp. 7-11.

1988     “Relocation of Families for Public Improvement Projects: Lessons from Baltimore,” Journal of the American Planning Association 44(1), pp. 185-97.

1988     “Changing Distribution of American Motor-Vehicle-Parts Suppliers,” Geographical Review 78(3), pp. 288-98.

1988     “The Changing Distribution of U.S. Automobile Assembly Plants,” Focus 38(3), pp. 12-17.

1988     “The Changing Distribution of U.S. Motor Vehicle Parts Suppliers,” Focus 38(4), pp. 10-14.

1988     “Changes in Ohio’s Motor Vehicle Parts Supplier Industry,” Ohio Geographers 16, pp. 42-56.

1987     “Leisure Participation and Satisfaction in Two European Communities,” Journal of Cross-cultural Gerontology 2(1), pp. 17-36.

1987     “Outdoor Recreation in Two European Communities,” The International Journal of Aging and Human Development 25(2), pp. 131-48.

1986     “Changing Distribution of the American Automobile Industry,” Geographical Review 76(3), pp. 288-300.

1979     “Housing the Elderly in Europe,” East Lakes Geographer 14, pp. 50-59.

1978     “The Impact of Relocation Activities on Baltimore,” Journal of Housing 35(10), pp. 534-38 (first author, with R. Ferguson).

1978     “French New-Town Policy,” in Gideon Golany (ed.), International Urban Growth Policies: New-Town Contributions. New York: John Wiley (pp. 75-103). 

I paint scenes of the woods, the sea, and other landscapes, mostly on wood planks, boards, scrap, and driftwood. I use acrylic paint and often incorporate seashells or cutouts of houses, boats, and cars. My work is shown at The Loft Shop near Deep Creek Lake, Maryland.