William Garrison
Civil engineer, Project participant
1924 –
Who is William Garrison?
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 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.
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- Born
- 1924
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Washington
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on July 23, 2013
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