Ivan J. Townshend, C.E.T., B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 
 Associate Professor 
 Department of Geography
 University of Lethbridge
 4401 University Drive
 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
, T1K 3M4


Office: University Hall C854
Tel: (403) 329-2226
Fax:(403) 329-2016
Email: towni0@uleth.ca


 

Publications/Reports

 

Manuscripts in Preparation (R = refereed)

o    (R) Kulig, J., Reimer, B, Townshend, I,  et al. (in preparation, 1st draft complete) Wildfire Experiences in Two Rural Canadian Communities: The McLure and Mallard Fires.    Potential submission to  Society and Natural Resources in Fall 2010.

o    Kulig, J., Reimer, B., Townshend, I., Edge, D., Lightfoot, N. (in preparation). Understanding Links between Wildfires and Community Resiliency: Lessons Learned for Disaster Preparation and Mitigation.  This is a technical report intended for policymakers, approx 28 pages.

 

 

Manuscripts Submitted / Under Review (R = refereed)

o    Kulig, J.,  Gullacher, A., Edge, D.S., Townshend, I.,, Reimer, B  Lightfoot, N.    Perceptions of Wildfire Experiences in Two Rural Canadian Communities:The McLure and Mallard Fires. Submitted to Society and Natural Resources.

o    (R) MacDonald, R.; Townshend, I. Byrne, J., and Boon, S.  (submitted.). “Identifying hydrometeorological response to climate change in a mountain watershed using multivariate cluster analysis”.  Hydrological Research

 

Manuscripts Accepted/In Press/ Forthcoming (R = refereed)

o    (R)  Reimer, W., Kulig, J.C.,., Edge, D.S., Lightfoot, N; Townshend, I (accepted/in press)  The Lost Creek Fire – An example of community governance under disaster conditions. Disasters

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Published (R = refereed)

Books

o    (R) Davies, W.K.D. and  Townshend, I.J.  (eds) (2002). Monitoring  Cities: International Perspectives. International Geographical Union, Urban Commission.

o    (R) Ramp, W., Kulig, J., Townshend, I.J., and McGowan, V. (Eds) (1999). Health in Rural Settings: Contexts for Action. Lethbridge: University of Lethbridge Press.
(individual chapters were refereed).

o    Kulig, J., Gullacher, A., Reimer, B., Townshend, I., Edge, D., Lightfoot, N., Neves-Greca, K., McKay, M., Hutton, D., Barnett, M., Clague, J. and Coghlan, A. (2008).  The Lost Creek Fire: Lessons Learned. Educational Booklet:

 

Book Chapters (R = refereed)

 

o    (R) Townshend, I Hungerford, L., MacLachlan, I, and Johnston, T. (2010). Urban vs. Rural Community:  Towards Community Experiential Convergence and Undifferentiated Rural Space, in  D. Winchell, D. Ramsey, R. Koster and G. Robinson (Eds) Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Change . Rural Development Institute, Brandon University, pp. 168-199. 

o    (R) Townshend, I, and Hungerford, L. (2010). Enhancing Rural Well-Being through ‘Experiencing’ Rural Community as Place.  K. Beesley (Ed), The Rural-Urban Fringe: Conflict and Controversy. Rural Development Institute, Brandon University, pp. 269-290.   

o    (R) MacLachlan, I. and Townshend, I. (2010) Regional Impacts of BSE in Alberta: Exploring Regional and Structural Dynamics of Alberta’s Cattle Herd Using a Shift-Share Model. in D. Winchell, D. Ramsey, R. Koster and G. Robinson (Eds) Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Change . Rural Development Institute, Brandon University, pp. 263-283. 

o    (R) Kulig, J.,  Gullacher, A., Reimer, B., Townshend, I., Edge, D.S., Lightfoot, N., McKay, M., Hutton, D., Barnett, M., Clague, J., & Coghlan, A.  (2010).  The McLure  Fire: Lessons Learned.  Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge.

o    (R) Kulig, J.,  Gullacher, A., Reimer, B., Townshend, I., Edge, D.S., Lightfoot, N., McKay, M., Hutton, D., Barnett, M., Clague, J., & Coghlan, A.  (2010).   The Mallard  Fire: Lessons Learned. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge.

o     (R) Townshend, I and Walker, R. (2010).  Life Course and Lifestyle Changes: Urban Change through the Lens of Demography. In Bunting, T., Filion, P. and Walker, R. (Eds). Canadian Cities in Transition, 4th ed. Oxford University Press, Chapter 8. (pp.131-149). 

o    (R) Kulig, J., Gullacher, A., Reimer, B., Townshend, I., Edge, D., Lightfoot, N., Neves-Greca, K., McKay, M., Hutton, D., Barnett, M., Clague, J. and Coghlan, A. (2008).  The Lost Creek Fire: Lessons Learned.  Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge. [Educational booklet]

o    (R) Davies, W.K.D. and Townshend, I.J.  (2005) “Calgary Communities: From Development to Social Character” in Chinook Country Historical Society (ed), Remembering Chinook Country: Told and Untold Stories of Our Past.   Calgary: Detselig Books, pp.333-349. (Alberta Centennial Project).

o    (R) Townshend, I.J. and Aldridge, A. (2004). “Situating Voluntary Sector Housing Initiatives within the Social Structure of Canada’s Neighbourhoods: A Habitat for Humanity  Case Study”. In M. Pacione (ed) Changing Cities: International Perspectives. IGU Urban Commission and Strathclyde University Publishing, pp. 51-61.

o    (R) Davies, W.K.D. and Townshend, I.J. (2002) “Introduction”. In Davies, W.K.D and Townshend, I.J (eds) Monitoring Cities: International Perspectives.  International Geographical Union,
Urban Commission, pp. 1-11.

o    (R) Townshend, I.J. (2002) "Monitoring Community Dimensions: City-Wide Characteristics and Differentiation by Social Region". In Davies, W.K.D and Townshend, I.J (eds) Monitoring Cities: International Perspective.  International Geographical Union, Urban Commission, pp.435-459

o    Townshend, I.J. (2000). “Fort McMurray”. Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia.

o    Townshend, I.J. (1999). Introduction to Section II, “Health Issues and Economic Considerations”. In W. Ramp et al. (eds), Health in Rural Settings: Contexts for Action. University of Lethbridge Press, pp.61-63.

o    Davies, W.K.D., Chan, J. and Townshend, I.J. (1999). “How Do Communities Differ? Empirical Evidence for Behavioural and Cognitive-Affective Dimensions of Community.”   in Aguilar, A.  and Escamilla, I. (Eds), Problems of Megacities: Social Inequalities, Environmental Risk and Urban Governance. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Institute of Geography, pp.529-542.

 

Refereed Papers

o    (R) Kulig, JReimer, W., Townshend, I., , Edge, D., and Lightfooft, N. (2011).  Rural Communities Facing Disasters: What Have We Learned?.  Municipal World, May 2011, pp. 23-25.

o    (R) Kulig, J, Edge, D., Reimer, W., Townshend, I., and Lightfooft, N. (2009) Levels of Risk: Perspectives from the Lost Creek Fire. Australian Journal of Emergency Management,  24(2): 33-39.

o    (R) Carolyn McTighe , J. Kulig, W., Reimer, I., Townshend, D., Edge, K. Neves-Graca, N. Lightfoot, M., Barnett, J. Clague., A. Coghlan, M. McKay. D. & Hutton (2008) From Surviving to Thriving – The Resiliency of Rural Communities in the Face of Adversity. Rural Routes, March 2008, pp. 20-21.

o    (R) Townshend, I.J. (2006) "From public neighbourhoods to multi-tier private neighbourhoods: the evolving ecology of neighbourhood privatization in Calgary" GeoJournal 66(1-2):103-120.

o    (R) O'Donoghue, D. and Townshend, I.J. (2005). Diversification, Specialisation, Convergence and Divergence of Sectoral Employment Structures in the British Urban System 1991-2001.  Regional Studies, 39(5): 585-601.

o    (R) Lapp, S., Byrne, J., Townshend, I., Kienzle, S. (2005) “Climate warming Impacts on Snowpack Accumulation in an Alpine Watershed”.  International Journal of Climatology 25(4): 521-536.

o    (R) Gannon, V.P.J., T.A. Graham, S. Read, K. Ziebell, A. Muckle, J. Mori, J. Thomas, B. Selinger, I. Townshend and J. Byrne. (2004). "Bacterial pathogens in rural water supplies in southern Alberta, Canada".  Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health (Part A), 67 (20-22): 1643 - 1653 .

o    (R) Townshend, I.J , MacLachlan, I.R., and O’Donoghue, D. (2004) “Integrated Dis-Integration:  Employment Structure of First Nations Communities on the Prairies in Relation to their Local Regions". Canadian Journal of Native Studies 24 (1):91-127.

o    (R) MacLachlan, I. and Townshend, I.J. (2004) "Stockyard Districts as Industrial Clusters in Two Western Canadian Cities". Western Geography Vol 13 /14: 44-68.

o    (R) Gannon, V., Graham, T., Read, S., Ziebell, K., Muckle, A., Mori, J., Thomas, J., Selinger, B., Townshend, I., Byrne, J (2003). “Bacterial pathogens in Rural Water Supplies in Southern Alberta”. In Hrudey, S. (Ed), Drinking Water Safety: A Total Quality Management Approach (Proceedings, International Conference on Water and Health). University of Waterloo, Institute of Risk Research, pp.289-300

o    (R) Johnson, J.Y.M., Thomas, J.E., Graham, T.A., Townshend, I.J., Byrne, J., Selinger, B. and Gannon, V.P.J. (2003). "Prevalence of  Eschericia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp in Surface Waters of Southern Alberta and its Relation to Manure Sources". Canadian Journal of Microbology, 49: 326-335.

o    (R) Hyland, R.; Byrne, J.; Selinger, B.; Graham, T.; Thomas, J.; Townshend, I.; and Gannon, V. (2003) "Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Faecal Indicator Bacteria in Southern,  Alberta, Canada". Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 38(1): 15-32.

o    (R) Lapp, S.; Byrne, J.; Kienzle, S.; and Townshend, I.J. (2002). "Linking Global Circulation Model Synoptics and Precipitation for Western North America".  International Journal of Climatolog, Vol 22: 1807-1817.

o    (R) Townshend, I.J. and Walker, R. (2002) "The Structure of Income Segregation in Canadian Metropolitan Areas". Canadian Journal of Regional Science. XXV(1): 21-48.
(note: Walker is a former U of L undergrad student and research assistant, now PhD candidate at Queens).

o    (R) Townshend, I.J. (2002). "Age Segregated and Retirement Communities in the Third Age: The Differential Contribution of Place-Community to Self-Actualization".  Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 29(3): 371-396.

o    (R) Townshend, I.J. (2001). "The Contribution of Social and Experiential Community Structures to the Intra-Urban Ecology of Well-Being". Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 10(2): 175-215. special issue on urban quality of life.

o    (R) Byrne, J.M., Berg, A.A. and Townshend, I.J. (1999). "Linking Observed and GCM Upper Air Circulation Patterns to Current and Future Snow Runoff for the Rocky Mountains". Water Resources Research, 35(12):3793-3802.

o    (R) Townshend, I.J. and Davies, W.K.D. (1999). “The Derivation of Shopper Typologies in Business Revitalization Zones”. Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences, Vol 22,pp.132-145.

o    (R) Townshend, I.J. and Davies, W.K.D. (1999) "Identifying the Elements of Community Character: A Case Study of Community Dimensionality in Old Age Residential Areas". Research in Community Sociology, Volume 9: 219-251.

o    (R) Davies, W.K.D, Townshend, I.J. and Ng, L. (1998)  The Survival of Commercial Hierarchies: Rural Service Centres in Western Victoria, Australia”, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (T.E.S.G),  89(3): 264-278.

o    (R) Davies, W.K.D. and Townshend, I.J. (1994). "How Do Community Associations Vary? - The Structure of Community Associations in Calgary, Alberta". Urban Studies, Vol 31 (10): 1739-1761.

 

Published Reviews

o    Townshend, I.J. (1998) Book review of Sharing the City: Community Participation in Urban Management, by John Abbott (Earthscan 1996). Urban Studies, vol. 34(1):.

o    George Ryga award adjudication and review of Leilah Nadir (2007) The Orange Trees of Baghdad. comments at:  http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=9234

 

Consultancy and Other Research / Professional Reports

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o    Kulig, J., Reimer, W., Townshend, I. Edge, D., Lightfoot, N. (2011). Understanding Links between Wildfires and Community Resiliency: Lessons Learned for Disaster Preparation and Mitigation.  Lethbridge: University of Lethbridge.

o    Kulig, J., Reimer, W., Townshend, I. Edge, D., Lightfoot, N., Kimmel, A. (2010). Report of the Household Survey: Coaldale, AB. Lethbridge, Alberta, University of Lethbridge.

o    Kulig, J., Reimer, W., Townshend, I. Edge, D., Lightfoot, N., Kimmel, A. (2010). Report of the Household Survey: Barriere BC.  Lethbridge, Alberta, University of Lethbridge.

o    Kulig, J., Reimer, W., Townshend, I. Edge, D., Lightfoot, N., Kimmel, A. (2010). Report of the Household Survey: La Ronge SK.  Lethbridge, Alberta, University of Lethbridge.

o    Kulig, J.C., Gullacher, A., Reimer, B., Townshend, I., Edge, D.S., Lightfoot, N., Neves-Graca, K., McKay, M., Hutton, D., Barnett, M., Clague, J., & Coghlan, A. (2008). Lost creek fire: lessons learned.  Report to Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

o    Kulig, J., Reimer, W., Townshend, I., Edge, D. Neves-Graca, K., Lightfoot, N. (2007). Understanding Resiliency and Risk: A Final Report of the Lost Creek Fire Pilot Case Study.  Institute of Catastrophic Loss Reduction. 100pp.

o    Townshend, I. (2007). City of Lethbridge Neighbourhood Matters Survey. Data Analysis and Summary, 284 pages.

o    Mori, J., Thomas, J., Gannon, V., Graham, T., Selinger, B., Townshend, I., and Byrne, J. (2001). "Assessment of Water Quality in Irrigation Waters from the Oldman River Basin. Health Canada/ University of Lethbridge, Project # 99M565X (July 2001).

o    Mori, J., Graham, T., Arvidsen, V., Gannon, V., Thomas, J., Selinger, L., Byrne, J. and Townshend, I. (2000). “Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in Water of Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District.

o    Mori, J., Gannon, V., Graham, T., Thomas, J. Townshend, I., Byrne, J. and Selinger, L. (2000). “The Occurrence of Enteric Bacteria and Indicator Organisms in Surface Water within the Oldman River Basin.

o    Johnston, T. and Townshend, I.J. (1999). “Municipal District of Pincher Creek Multi-Lot Country Residential Subdivision Study: Report I: Analysis of Questionnaire Survey Data”.

o    Davies, W.K.D. and Townshend, I.J. (1997). Shopper Types in Inner City Shopping Centres: Profiles in Calgary 1996. City of Calgary Planning and Building Department, Commercial Area Report No.3, January 1997., pp1-78.

o    Townshend, I.J. and McNicol, B. (1996). “Banff Tourism Industry Survey: Data Analysis and Highlight Report”. Unpublished report/analysis for the Banff Bow Valley Study Task Force, Barbara McNicol Consulting.

o    McNicol, B. and Townshend, I.J. (1996). “The North American Tour Association Survey: Data Analysis and Highlight Report”. Unpublished report/analysis for the Banff Bow Valley Study Task Force, Barbara McNicol Consulting.

o    Davies, W.K.D. and Townshend, I.J. (1994). Shopper Types in Calgary's Business Revitalization Zones. City of Calgary Planning and Building Department, December 1994, pp.1-50.

 

Other Creative Work.

o    Konstantinidis, S. and Townshend, I. 1999. SEGCALC. –a program for simultaneous computation of multiple indices of segregation. In the public domain. See links on this site.