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Susan I. Stewart
Title: Research Social Scientist
Unit: People and Their Environments: Social Science Supporting Natural Resource Management and Policy
Previous Unit: Natural Environments for Urban Populations
Address: Northern Research Station
1033 University Place, Suite 360
Evanston, IL 60201-3172
Phone: 847-866-9311; ext. 13
E-mail: Contact Susan I. Stewart
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, 1994, Michigan State University, (Park and Recreation Resources with a specialization in Resource Economics)
- Master of Science, 1990, Michigan State University, (Park and Recreation Resources)
- Bachelor of Arts, 1984, Michigan State University, (Multi-disciplinary Social Science)
Civic & Professional Affiliations
International Association of Society & Resource Management, National Recreation & Parks Association
Current Research
My current research focuses on the role of housing in landscape change. We have developed methods to determine historic housing location at the sub-county scale and have created spatially explicit longitudinal data in a GIS, and we use these with land cover data to map the wildland urban interface; with FIA data, to investigate the influence of housing density on forest productivity; and with other ecological data (birds, invasive plants) to understand housing's impacts. Amenity migration and other demographic factors drive housing development, and we investigate their affects on settlement patterns and resource impacts in the United States.
Why is This Important
Landscape change in the 20th Century witnessed a shift from production-related human impacts (farms, transportation, and factories) to major residential impacts. Documenting this trend and understanding the factors that underlie it are essential to finding new ways of mitigating its impacts.
Future Research
I am interested in using the housing density data in further integrated research, and in demographic change. Seasonal homes are interwoven with both housing density and migration issues and continue to interest me as well.
Featured Publications
- Gavier, Gregorio; Stewart, Susan; Huebner, Cynthia D.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2009. Is housing a factor of invasive plants distribution at coarse and fine scales?
- Stewart, Susan I.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Hammer, Roger B. 2006. The wildland-urban interface in the United States
- Radeloff, V.C.; Hammer, R.B.; Stewart, S.I.; Fried, J.S.; Holcomb, S.S.; McKeefry, J.F. 2005. The wildland-urban interface in the United States
- Hammer, Roger B.; Stewart, Susan I.; Winkler, Richelle L.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Voss, Paul R. 2004. Characterizing dynamic spatial and temporal residential density patterns from 1940-1990 across the North Central United States
- Potts, Robert; Gustafson, Eric; Stewart, Susan I.; Thompson, Frank R.; Bergen, Kathleen; Brown, Daniel G.; Hammer, Roger; Radeloff, Volker; Bengston, David; Sauer, John; Sturtevant, Brian. 2004. The Changing Midwest Assessment: land cover, natural resources, and people
Additional Online Publications
- Gobster, Paul H.; Stewart, Susan I.; Bengston, David N. 2004. The social aspects of landscape change: protecting open space under the pressure of development
- Stewart, Susan I.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Hammer, Roger. 2003. The Wildland-Urban Interface in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
- Vogt, Christine A.; Stewart, Susan I. 2001. Response problems in a vacation panel study
- Stewart, Susan I.; Vogt, Christine A. 1999. A case-based approach to understanding vacation planning
- Dwyer, John F.; Stewart, Susan I. 1999. Changing demographics affecting sprawl
- Vogt, Christine A.; Stewart, Susan I. 1998. Affective and cognitive effects of information use over the course of a vacation
- Stynes, Daniel J.; Zheng, JiaJia; Stewart, Susan I. 1997. Seasonal homes and natural resources: patterns of use and impact in Michigan.
- Stewart, Susan I.; Vogt, Christine A. 1996. Multi-destination trip patterns
- Stewart, Susan I.; Stynes, Daniel J. 1995. Understanding seasonal home use: a recommended research agenda
Last Modified: 11/19/2008