Booth, Richard S
Professorresearch
research and scholarship focus
- Land-Use and Environmental Law
- Critical Area Preservation
- Historic Preservation Law
- Environmental Politics
- Regional Land-Use Planning
domestic geographic focus
- New York State | state
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- City and Regional Planning (CRP) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- City and Regional Planning | graduate field
- Landscape Architecture | graduate field
- Public Affairs | graduate field
- Real Estate | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Program in Real Estate | academic program office
administrative responsibilities
- Director, Undergraduate Program in Urban and Regional Studies
teaching
teaching focus
- Environmental Politics
- Resource Management and Environmental Law
- Environmental Law
- Legal Aspects of Land Use Planning
teaches
- CRP 1106 - URS First-Year Seminar (M 01:25:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2009 class
- CRP 4900 - Student-Faculty Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- CRP 4920 - Undergraduate Honors Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- CRP 4930 - Undergraduate Honors Thesis Writing (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- CRP 4970 - Independent Study (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- CRP 6012 - Legal Aspects of Public Agency Decision-Making (MWF 09:05:AM-09:55:AM) | fall 2009 class
- CRP 7970 - Independent Study for Graduate Students (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- CRP 8910 - Masters Thesis in Regional Science (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- CRP 8920 - Masters Thesis, Project, or Research Paper (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- CRP 9920 - Doctoral Dissertation (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- CRP 4440 - Resource Management and Environment Law (MWF 11:15:AM-12:05:PM) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 4590 - Legal Aspects of Land Use Planning (MW 08:40:AM-09:55:AM) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 4900 - Student-Faculty Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 4920 - Undergraduate Honors Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 4930 - Undergraduate Honors Thesis Writing (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 4970 - Independent Study (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 5440 - Resource Management & Environmental Law (MWF 11:15:AM-12:05:PM) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 5590 - Legal Aspects of Land Use Planning (MW 08:40:AM-09:55:AM) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 6012 - Legal Aspects of Public Agency Decision-Making (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 7940 - Planning Internships (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 7970 - Independent Study for Graduate Students (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 8920 - Masters Thesis, Project, or Research Paper (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 9920 - Doctoral Dissertation (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 4440 - Resource Management and Environment Law (MWF 11:15:AM-12:05:PM) | spring 2009 class
- CRP 1106 - URS First-Year Seminar (M 01:25:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2008 class
- CRP 6012 - Legal Aspects of Public Agency Decision-Making (MWF 09:05:AM-09:55:AM) | fall 2008 class
service
current professional activities
- Member, Adirondack Park Agency
- Member, Tompkins County Legislature
background
educational background
- J.D., George Washington University Law School, 1972
- B.A., Amherst College, 1968
professional background
- Member, New York State Low-Level Radioactive Waste Siting Commission, 1991-1995
- Alderperson, City of Ithaca's Common Council, 1985-1995
- Chairperson, Budget and Administration Committee, Ithaca, NY
- Lawyer, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 1975-1977
- Assistant Counsel, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Senior Attorney, New York State Adirondack Park Agency.
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contact
email address
rsb6@cornell.edu