NICHOLAS C. ZAFERATOS, Ph.D., AICP 

  Associate Professor | Urban Planning and Sustainable Development 

  Department of Environmental Studies 

  Huxley College of the Environment  | Western Washington University 

Active Minds Changing Lives

plan-ning | the application of knowledge and foresight to action

Link to Major in Urban Planning and Sustainable Development

WWU Sustainability Award

Huxley's Urban Transition Studio is the recipient of the 2011 wwu Sustainability Award for Community Partnerships. Urban Transition Studio is a collaboration in sustainable development planning between Huxley's Planning Program and other University departments, the City of Bellingham Department of Planning and Community Department, Whatcom Transit Authority, and Sustainable Connections.

INTERNATIONAL awards

2009 GREEN GOOD DESIGN AWARD, the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies and the Chicago Athenaeum, Museum of Architecture and Design.

2007 Hellenic Tourism Association National Sustainable Development Award. Athens, Greece.

2006 6th Honorific Mediterranean Sustainable Community Development Award. MEDITERRANIA, Centre D'Iniciatives Ecologiques. Tarragona, Spain

Student Project award

Honor Award. Best Student Planning Project. Washington Chapter American Planning Association / Planning Association of Washington. "Lummi Island Rural Character Study." WWU.

Honor Award. Best Student Planning Project. Washington Chapter American Planning Association / Planning Association of Washington. "Brownfields Redevelopment: Old Town, Bellingham, WA." WWU.

Honor Award. Best Student Planning Project. Washington Chapter American Planning Association / Planning Association of Washington. "Swinomish Marina and Mixed Use Development." WWU.

Honor Award. Best Student Planning Project. Washington Chapter American Planning Association / Planning Association of Washington. "South Neighborhood Plan." WWU.

Ancient Town Planning

Minoan Civilization Palace Plan

 

Website Directory

 

Index to My Classes

ENVS 360 | Plan Graphics | F2012
ENVS 361 | Introduction to Planning | F2012
ENVS 474 | Sustainable Design Studio | SP 2013
ENVS 437 | Sustainable Ithaca, Greece | S2012
ENVS 472 | Planning Studio | W2013
ENVS 462 | Planning Theory | W2013
ENVS 463 | Native American Planning | SP 2013

Degree Programs

Major in Urban Planning and Sustainable Development
Minor in Sustainable Design

Resources

Planning Acronyms

Smart Code v.6.5 Form Based Zoning
Planning Internships

Planning Internet Resources
UNEP's Global Green Economy Initiative

Growth and Prosperity Report 2010

Steady State Economic Theory

Studio Publications

2013 Urban Transitions Studio: State Street Corridor Design

2013 Blueprint for a Living Village: Kioni, Ithaca, Greece
2012 Urban Transitions Studio: Downtown Corridor Edge Study

2010 Sustainable Design: Haiti Housing Relief Design Book I
2011 Sustainable Design: Haiti Housing Relief Design Book II
2010 Sustainable Ithaca:  Living Village
2010 Urban Transitions Studio: Cornwall Avenue / Adaptive Mall Reuse
2011 Urban Transitions Studio: Transit Oriented Communities

  Chapter 1: TOC Land Use Concept

  Chapter 2: Sustainable Design

  Chapter 3: Implementation

  Chapter 4: Environmental Assessment

 

WWU Sustainability
WWU Office of Sustainability | Elective Courses in Sustainability

Nicholas Zaferatos Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Teaching Philosophy Scholarship

Bellingham Waterfront Studies

Haiti Sustainable Housing

Sustainable Design Studio

2013 Summer Studies
Ionian Greek Islands

Sustainable Ithaca, Greece

2012 Syllabus

Curriculum Resources

Kioni Book: Village | Form

Look for Upcoming Information
on the 2013 Summer Ithaca program

Contact me via e-mail. e: nicholas.zaferatos@wwu.edu | t: 360.650.7660 | Office ESC 444 | MS 9085 | Huxley College of the Environment | Western Washington University | Bellingham, WA 98225.

last modified: 12/20/11