B. L. Turner II is a geographer and human-environmental scientist who works on land change from prehistory to present, urban land system design, vulnerability and resilience, and sustainability. He works on deforestation, primarily in Mexico and Central America, and urban design in arid environments, especially the American Southwest.
Professor Turner has been involved in a number of international and national science programs examining global environmental change including those dealing with land systems of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, the International Human Dimensions Programme, DIVERSITAS, and the U.S. National Climate Assessment, and is a senior review editor for Climate Change and Land: An IPCC Special Report. He is also the associate editor of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences focused on sustainability.
He teaches courses society and environment, sustainability and land systems.
Human-environment relationships, land system science, sustainability, urban sustainability, tropical forests, ancient Maya
Summer 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 484 | Internship |
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 526 | Sustainability Science |
GCU 526 | Sustainability Science |
BIO 526 | Sustainability Science |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
Summer 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 484 | Internship |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 526 | Sustainability Science |
GCU 526 | Sustainability Science |
BIO 526 | Sustainability Science |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GPH 599 | Thesis |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 484 | Internship |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GCU 591 | Seminar |
GCU 599 | Thesis |
GPH 799 | Dissertation |
GCU 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 692 | Research |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
SOS 591 | Seminar |
GCU 591 | Seminar |
GPH 692 | Research |
GCU 692 | Research |
GCU 799 | Dissertation |
GPH 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 692 | Research |
GPH 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GPH 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 592 | Research |
GPH 692 | Research |
GPH 792 | Research |
2015 - Preston E. James Eminent Latin Americanist Career Award, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers
2009 - Sustainability Science Award, Ecological Society of America
2008 - Fellow, Massachusetts Academy of Science (inaugural class)
2002 - Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2001 - National Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
2001 - Robert Mc. Netting Award (for distinguished scholarship linking geography and anthropology), Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group, AAG
1998 - American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1996 - Centenary Medal (for outstanding contributions to research), Royal Scottish Geographical Society
1995 - Distinguished Research Honors, Association of American Geographers
1995 - National Academy of Sciences
1994 - Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA
1987 - Carl O. Sauer Distinguished Scholarship Award, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers
1981 - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship