Lisa Benton-Short

Office Hours
Zoom: Tuesdays 10:00am - 11:00am
In-person: Tuesdays 4:00pm - 5:00pm
and by appointment

Lisa Benton-Short is an urban geographer with an interest in the dynamics of the urban environment from many angles, including: urban sustainability, planning and public space, monuments and memorials, urban national parks, globalization, and immigration.  She has authored twelve books, including:  The Presidio: from Army Post to National Park (1998), Cities and Nature (2013), The National Mall: No Ordinary Public Space (2016) and Urban Sustainability in the US: Cities Take Action (2019, with Melissa Keeley).  Her most recent book is Sustainability and Sustainable Development: an Introduction (2023). She is also the co-author on the third edition of Human Geography: a Short Introduction (2024). She is also working on a long term project that examines some of the newest national park units—such as  César Chavez National Monument, Stonewall and Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument and how they represent a more diverse American story.

Sustainability and Sustainable Development: an Introduction
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538135358/Sustainability-and-Sustainable-Development-An-Introduction

Human Geography: a Short Introduction, Third Edition
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/human-geography-9780197662809?c…;