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Gary Austin

Gary Austin

Professor

Office

AA 211

Phone

208-885-7448

Mailing Address

Landscape Architecture Program
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2481
Moscow, Idaho 83844-2481


Gary Austin has experience in public and private landscape architecture practice.  He is the author of several peered reviewed journal articles, as well as two recent books: Constructed Wetlands for Sustainable Development (with Kongjian Yu, 2016), and Green Infrastructure for Landscape Planning: Integrating Natural and Human Systems (2014).

  • Master of Landscape Architecture, California State University, 1982
  • Bachelor of Arts in History, California State University

  • Design and construction of constructed wetlands for municipal, agricultural and industrial wastewater, stormwater treatment and for habitat and recreation
  • Green infrastructure for the integration of stormwater, recreation, habitat, recreation and utilities
  • Urban biological diversity
  • Low Impact Development

Gary Austin, has experience in public and private landscape architecture practice and is a licensed landscape architect in the state of Washington. He is the author (and co-author) of several peered reviewed journal articles including the Landscape Journal and two recent books: Constructed Wetlands for Sustainable Development (with Kongjian Yu, 2016). and Green Infrastructure for Landscape PlanningIntegrating Natural and Human Systems (2014). Austin received his MLA degree from the California State University, Pomona. Through his scholarship and teaching he contributes extensively to the body of knowledge in green infrastructure and low impact design as components of landscape architectural process. Professor Austin has also contributed significantly to the development and delivery of the University of Idaho Landscape Architecture Study Abroad Program in Cremolino, Italy for over 13 years.

Books

  • 2016, Austin, G.; Yu, K.  Constructed Wetlands for Sustainable Development. Routledge (Taylor and Francis) Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-1138908994.
  • 2014, Austin, G.  Green Infrastructure for Landscape Planning: Integrating Natural and Human Systems. Routledge (Taylor and Francis) Publishers. ISBN-10: 0415843537.

Journal Articles
  • 2013,Austin, G. . "Multifunctional Wastewater Treatment Landscapes", Landscape Journal, Volume 32, Issue 1. University of Wisconsin Press.
  • 2013, Austin, G. “Case Study and Sustainability Assessment of BO01, Malmo, Sweden”. Journal of Green Building.
  • 2012, Laninga, T; Austin, G; McClure, W. “University/Community Engagement in Small Western Towns:  Preserving Rural Character and Enhancing Community Sustainability through Service-Learning Partnerships” in Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 5 (1).
  • 2012, Austin, G. “Multi-Functional Ecological Corridors in Urban Development” Spaces and Flows Journal, 2 (1).
  • 2012, Austin, G. “Design and Performance of Bio-retention Beds for Removal of Stormwater Contaminants,” Journal of Green Building 7 (1).
  • 2012, Austin, G. “Embedded Values In Landscape Infrastructure” Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Conference.
  • 2011, Austin, G. “Food Security Adaptation Plans: Climate Change and Rural Communities” in Rural Connections Journal. June 2011.
  • 2011, Austin, G. “Advances in Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater and Stormwater Treatment”. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference Proceedings. Paper in review.

Professor Austin is currently working on:

  • A book chapter on Agriculture and Ecology for a handbook on Landscape and Food (Routledge).
  • A book on low impact development, with several co-authors
  • A series of Extension bulletins and a book chapter on cold-climate greenhouses and production methods.
  • A book proposal on urban biological diversity
  • A book proposal on community agriculture

  • Cascade, Idaho. Planning and design projects, construction documentation and comprehensive plan update. 2016, 2008, 2009. In association with faculty in architecture and bio-regional planning.
  • Priest River, Idaho. Planning and design projects, construction documentation and comprehensive plan update. 2008, 2009. In association with faculty in architecture and bio-regional planning.  
  • Planning and physical design for more than a dozen other Idaho, Washington and Montana towns between 1998 and 2007

Locations

Landscape Architecture Program

Physical Address:
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2481
Moscow, Idaho 83844-2481
Email: larch@uidaho.edu

Phone: 208-364-4571

Fax: 208-885-9429

Email: larch@uidaho.edu

Urban Design Center

Physical Address:
Urban Design Center
University of Idaho
322 E Front Street, Suite 390
Boise, ID 83702
Email: larch@uidaho.edu

Phone: 208-364-4571