William Garrison (geographer)
Encyclopedia
William Louis Garrison is an American geographer
and transportation analyst, currently a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley
. While at the University of Washington
in the 1950s, Garrison led the "quantitative revolution
" in geography, which applied computers and statistics to the study of spatial problems. As such, he was one of the founders of regional science
. Many of his students (dubbed the "space cadets") went on to become noted professors themselves, including: Brian Berry
, Ronald Boyce, Duane Marble, Richard Morrill, John Nystuen, William Bunge
, Michael Dacey, Arthur Getis, and Waldo Tobler. His transportation work focuses on innovation
, the deployment of modes and logistic curves, alternative vehicles and the future of the car
.
Geographer
A geographer is a scholar whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society.Although geographers are historically known as people who make maps, map making is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography...
and transportation analyst, currently a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. While at the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
in the 1950s, Garrison led the "quantitative revolution
Quantitative revolution
In the history of geography, the quantitative revolution [n] was one of the four major turning-points of modern geography -- the other three being environmental determinism, regional geography and critical geography)...
" in geography, which applied computers and statistics to the study of spatial problems. As such, he was one of the founders of regional science
Regional science
Regional science is a field of the social sciences concerned with analytical approaches to problems that are specifically urban, rural, or regional...
. Many of his students (dubbed the "space cadets") went on to become noted professors themselves, including: Brian Berry
Brian Berry
Brian Joe Lobley Berry is a British-American human geographer. He is Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas...
, Ronald Boyce, Duane Marble, Richard Morrill, John Nystuen, William Bunge
William Bunge
William Wheeler Bunge Jr. is an American geographer active mainly as a quantitative geographer and spatial theorist. He also became a radical geographer and anti-war activist in the USA and Canada.-Personal life:...
, Michael Dacey, Arthur Getis, and Waldo Tobler. His transportation work focuses on innovation
Innovation
Innovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society...
, the deployment of modes and logistic curves, alternative vehicles and the future of the car
Future of the car
Potential future car technologies include varied energy sources and materials, which are being developed in order to make automobiles more more energy efficient with and reduced regulated emissions...
.
Books by Garrison
- Studies of Highway Development and Geographic Change (with Brian Berry, Duane Marble, John Nystuen, and Richard Morrill) Greenwood Press, New York. (1959)
- Tomorrow's Transportation: Changing Cities, Economies, and Lives (with Jerry Ward) ISBN 1-58053-096-6 2000
- The Transportation Experience: Policy, Planning, and Deployment (with David Levinson) ISBN 0-19-517250-7 2005
Important Papers
- Berry, B.. and Garrison, W. L. 1958: "The functional bases of the central place hierarchy". Economic Geography 34, 145 – 54.