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Matthew Toro is the director of maps, imagery, and geospatial services at ASU Library. He leads projects and programming at the Map and Geospatial Hub, ASU's library-based center for GIS, remote sensing, cartography, and the related technologies needed to transform geospatial data into powerful, value-added information.
An applied geographer, he's produced insights on subjects as diverse as land conflicts in agarian landscapes of southern Laos to the impacts of the built environment on community health in greater Miami. He's the founder and editor of Miami Geographic, an urban geography data visualization (mapping) blog about the Miami metro region.
Master of Arts, Geography -- University of Miami
Bachelor of Arts, Geography and International Relations -- Florida International University
The ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub advances the use of geographic information by expanding access to and support for geospatial technologies and cartographic researces across ASU and beyond.
Through the Map and Geospatial Hub, Matt's currently engaged in two major initiatives:
Toro, M. (2019; in press). Rescaling Geography: Grand Canyon Exploratory and Topographic Mapping, 1777-1978. Journal of Arizona History.
Perrino, T.; Lombard, J.; Rundek, T.; Wang, K.; Dong, C.; Gutierrez, C.M.; Toro, M.; Byrne, M.; Nardi, M.I.; Kardys, J.; Szpocznik, J.; Brown, S. C. (2019). Neighborhood Greenness and Depression among Older Adults. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 215(2). pp. 476-480.
Brown, S. C.; Perrino, T.; Lombard, J.; Wang, K.; Toro, M.; Rundek, T.; Gutierrez, C.M.; Dong, C.; Plater-Zyberk, E.; Nardi, M.I.; Kardys, J.; Szpocznik, J. (2018). Health Disparities in the Relationship of Neighborhood Greenness to Mental Health Outcomes in 249,405 US Medicare Beneficiaries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(3).
Brown, S. C.; Lombard, J.; Wang, K.; Byrne, M.; Toro, M.; Plater-Zyberk, E., Feaster, D. J.; Kardys, J.; Nardi, M., Perez-Gomez; G., Pantin, H.; & Szapocznik, J. (2016). Neighborhood greenness and chronic health conditions in Medicare beneficiaries. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 51(1). pp. 78-89.
Brown, S.C.; Lombard, J.; Toro, M.; Huang, S.; Perrino, T.; Perez-Gomez, G.; Plater-Zyberk, E.; Pantin, H.; Kumar, N.; Wang, K.; Szapocznik, J. (2014). Walking and Proximity to the Urban Growth Boundary and Central Business District. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 47(4). pp. 481-486.
Brown, S. C.; Pantin, H.; Lombard, J.; Toro, M.; Huang, S.; Plater-Zyberk, E.; Perrino, T.; Perez-Gomez, G.; Barrera-Allen, L.; & Szapocznik, J. (2013). Walk Score®: Associations with Purposive Walking in Recent Cuban Immigrants to the US. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 45(2). pp. 202-206.
Delang, C.O.; Toro, M.; Charlet-Phommachanh, M. (2013). Coffee, Mines, and Dams: Conflicts Over Land in the Bolaven Plateau, Southern Lao PDR. The Geographical Journal. 179(2). pp. 150-164.
Toro, M. (2012). Coffee Markets, Smallholder Credit, and Landscape Change in the Bolaven Plateau Region, Laos. (Master’s Thesis). University of Miami Open Access Theses. Paper 333.
Delang, C.O.; Toro, M. (2011). Hydropower-induced displacement and resettlement in the Lao PDR. South East Asia Research. 19(3). pp. 567-594.
ASU Institute for Humanities Research (IHR) Spring 2018 Seed Grant. Mapping Grand Canyon: A Critical Cartographic History.