Background
Adams, John Stephen was born on September 7, 1938 in Minneapolis. Son of Edward Francis and Ellen Cecilia (Cullen) Adams.
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Housing America in the 1980s (Population of the United States in the 1980s : a Census Monograph Series) by John S. Adams (1988-05-16)
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Minneapolis-St. Paul: People, Place, and Public Life by John S. Adams (1993-09-03)
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Minneapolis St. Paul: People, Place, and Public Life
("Minneapolis - St. Paul" is an original and fresh examina...)
"Minneapolis - St. Paul" is an original and fresh examination of the physical, economic, and social environment that sets the Twin Cities apart from other US cities of their size. Adams and Vandrasek characterize the Twin Cities as an outstanding place to live, work, play, and participate in an active civic life. The entrepreneurial drive and civic involvement of its early settlers and labourers were instrumental in the development of the area's abundant resources. Lakes, extensive parklands, natural preserves, and the urban forest play a large role in drawing people to the Twin Cities and keeping them. The outstanding legacy of open space in the metro region is no accident; it is a product of the long-term vision of some of its earliest leaders. Enhanced with maps, photographs, and graphs, this book offers one of the most comprehensive, up-to-date books available on the metro area and its unique social, economic, political, and physical environment. Useful for both present and prospective residents of the Twin Cities, as well as real-estate brokers and developers, local government officials, city planners, public relations representatives, students of urban geography and sociology, and land-use planners, "Minneapolis - St. Paul" offers an impressive and entertaining compilation of information about the economic foundations of the area, development patterns and their origins, postwar housing expansion and its repercussions in the central cities, public and private renewal of the central cities, and land-use conflicts in the suburbs and beyond.
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Spatial Organization: The Geographer's View of the World
(Spatial analysis or spatial statistics includes any of th...)
Spatial analysis or spatial statistics includes any of the formal techniques which study entities using their topological, geometric, or geographic properties. Spatial analysis includes a variety of techniques, many still in their early development, using different analytic approaches and applied in fields as diverse as astronomy, with its studies of the placement of galaxies in the cosmos, to chip fabrication engineering, with its use of "place and route" algorithms to build complex wiring structures. In a more restricted sense, spatial analysis is the technique applied to structures at the human scale, most notably in the analysis of geographic data.
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John Stephen Adams
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Bachelor, U. St. Thomas, 1960; Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1966.
Career
Research assistant, research fellow, Upper Midwest Economics Study, Minneapolis, 1960-1964;
teaching assistant department geography, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1964-1966;
associate professor, then professor geography, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1970;
now professor geography, planning public affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
director School Public Affairs and H.H. Humphrey Institute Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1976-1979;
department chairman geography, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1981-1984, 1992-1993;
assistant professor geography, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1966-1970. Research assistant N. Star Research and Development, Inc., Minneapolis, 1964. Fulbright professor geografic Economics U. Vienna, Austria, 1975-1976.
Visiting professor geography U. Washington, Seattle, 1979. Visiting professor geography and environmental engineering United States.Mil. Academy, West Point, New York, 1990-1991.
Visiting professor geography and earth science Marie Curie-Sklodowska U., Lublin, Poland, 1997. Member of national advising committee H.H. Humphrey N.-S. Fellowship Program, Institute International Education, New York City, 1979-1981, coordinator at University of Minnesota, 1981-1987, 89-90. Economics geographer in residence Bank of America, San Francisco, 1980-1981.
Member Executive Committee National Committee Research on 1980 census Social Science Research Council, New York City, 1981-1988. Board directors Consortium of Social Science Assns., Washington, 1983-1985, Kattner FVD District Energy Inc. Member geography panel Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Washington, 1983-1985, chair, 1986, member Soviet-Eastern European panel, 1990-1993.
Member geography division advising committee United States Bureau Census, Washington, 1985. Bush sabbatical fellow, 1987-1988, Fulbright professor geography Moscow State University, 1988.
Achievements
Works
book
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Spatial Organization: The Geographer's View of the World
(Spatial analysis or spatial statistics includes any of th...)
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Minneapolis St. Paul: People, Place, and Public Life
("Minneapolis - St. Paul" is an original and fresh examina...)
- THE MEANING OF HOUSING IN AMERICA
- Housing America in the 1980s (Population of the United States in the 1980s : a Census Monograph Series) by John S. Adams (1988-05-16)
- Minneapolis-St. Paul: People, Place, and Public Life by John S. Adams (1993-09-03)
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Spatial Organization: The Geographer's View of the World
Membership
Board of directors Newman Center, Minneapolis, 1983-1988, Citizens League, Minneapolis, 1985-1988, 94-. Member Association American Geographers (national secretary 1975-1978, vice president 1981-1982, president 1982-1983, honors award 1988, editorial board Annals), National Council Geography Education, Minneapolis Committee Foreign Rels.
Interests
Connections
Married Judith Estelle Nielsen, September 1, 1962. Children: John D., Ellen Anastasia, Martin Francis, David Joseph Cullen.
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Political Party
Democrat