| Professor Emeritus
Office: 267 Humphrey Center
Phone: 612-625-0128
E-mail: bolan001@umn.edu
Richard S. Bolan, professor of planning and public affairs, directs the master of planning program. Before joining the institute in 1985, he was a professor of social planning at Boston College and edited the Journal of the American Institute of Planners. Bolan works primarily in the theoretical issues of planned social change, with recent emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe.
He has co-written major planning documents in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria and written a major research report, Poland's Path to Sustainable Development: 1989-1993. He also has published works on planning theory and social and environmental planning. Bolan was on the staff of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University and was director of renewal planning for the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
He received a master of City Planning degree from MIT and a doctorate from New York University.
Courses taught for the Humphrey Institute
For syllabi for the current semester, view the University of Minnesota's Course Guide. For syllabi for public affairs classes for Fall 2007 or earlier, view the Humphrey Institute's course syllabi web page.
Syllabi includes current and previous academic years only. Syllabi are available in alternative formats. Please send requests to the Humphrey Institute Student Support Services.
Spring 2008
PA 5290-2 - Planning Decision Support Systems
Fall 2007
PA 5271-1 - GIS in Planning and Policy Analysis
Spring 2007
PA 5290-2 - Planning Decision Support Systems
Fall 2006
PA 5271-1 - GIS in Planning and Policy Analysis
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