Richard Smardon
Professor
(On Sabbatical Leave Until January 2009)
Office: 211B Marshall Hall
Phone: (315) 470-6576
Fax: (315) 470-6915
Email: rsmardon@esf.edu
Education:
- Ph.D., Environmental Planning, University of California at Berkeley, 1982
- M.L.A., Landscape Architecture, University of Massachusetts, 1973
- B.S., Environmental Design, cum laude, University of Massachusetts, 1970
Research interests:
- Wetland assessment and management
- Landscape management policy
- Public participation and decision-making
- Sustainable development, eco-tourism, biosphere reserve management
- Energy sustainability planning and implementation
Selected Publications:
| Smardon, R. C. Sustaining the World's Wetlands: Setting Policy and Resolving Conflicts. NY: Springer-Verlag (forthcoming). |
| Smardon, R. C., and B. B. Faust (eds.). 2006. Special issue, "International Policy in the Biosphere Reserves in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula," Landscape and Urban Planning 74. |
| Smardon, R. C., and B. B. Faust. 2006. "Introduction: International Policy in the Biosphere Reserves in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula," Landscape and Urban Planning 74: 160-192. |
| Smardon, R. C. 2006. "Heritage values and functions of wetlands in Southern Mexico," Landscape and Urban Planning 74: 296-312. |
| Loftus, K. K., R. C. Smardon, and B. A. Potter. 2004. "Strategies for the Stewardship and Conservation of Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands," Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 7 (2): 305-330. |
| Smardon, R. C. 2003. "The Role of Nongovernment Organizations for Sustaining Wetland Heritage Values." Pp. 795-815 in Regards Croisés sur le Patrimoine à l’aube du XXIe Siècle [Varied Perspectives on Heritage at the Beginning of the 21st Century], ed. M. Gravari-Barbas. Presses Universitaires de la Sorbonne, Paris. |
 Faust, B. B., and R. C. Smardon. 2001. Special issue, "Environmental Knowledge, Rights, and Ethics: Co-managing with Communities," Environmental Science and Policy 4 (4/5). |
 Nordenstam, B. J., and R. C. Smardon, eds. 1998. Special issue, "Adirondacks and Beyond: Understanding Air Quality and Ecosystem Relationships," Environmental Science and Policy 1 (3). |
Courses:
- EST 635 - Public Participation and Decision-Making (Spring)
- EST 625 - Wetland Management Policy (Fall, odd years)
- ENS 797 - Environmental Science Seminar
- EST 696 - Energy Auditing (w/ Allan Drew)
Graduate Student Advising:
Since I have been at SUNY-ESF (1979), I have advised approximately 70 graduate students and about 45 have been partially funded. I have sponsored eight visiting scholars - three from the Polytechnic City University of Madrid; one from the Polytechnic in Greece; one from Mumbai, India; and three from CINVESTAV, Merida, Mexico, through the Randolph G. Pack Environmental Institute.
Current advisees include:
Kevin Bliss, GPES, Ph.D., major professor; Heather Bradley, MPS, major professor; Sarah Darkwa, GPES, Ph.D., co-major professor; Lauren Johnson, GPES, Ph.D., major professor; Nidhi Pasi, GPES, Ph.D., major professor; Fred Owusu-Ansah, GPES, Ph.D., major professor; Erin Page, GPES MS. Co-major professor; Seon-Hyun Park, GPES, Ph.D. co-major professor; Eric Ripley, GPES, MPS, major Professor; Amanda Stella GPES MPS, major Professor; and Guihan Wu, GPES, Ph.D., major professor.