John S. Adams
Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography
Co-Director, University Metropolitan Consortium
Office: 330 Humphrey Center
Phone: 612-625-0571
E-mail: adams004@umn.edu
Home page
Geography Department page
Research projects
Adams' CTS research projects
John Adams' work investigates how large metropolitan areas evolve economically, socially, and physically, including the forces that shape them and consequences for people within them. He has studied metropolitan areas in the United States, Canada, and the former Soviet Union. Adams served for many years as a core faculty member of the Master of Urban and Regional Planning program at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and was a lead researcher in the CTS-coordinated Transportation and Regional Growth Study, where he co-authored six major research reports. He is a frequent collaborator with Barbara VanDrasek.
Before joining the University of Minnesota in 1970, Adams received bachelor's and master's degrees in economics from the University of St. Thomas and the University of Minnesota, respectively, and earned a Ph.D. in urban economic geography from the University of Minnesota in 1966. He has written, edited, or co-authored over 100 books, articles, and reports on topics including regional economic development, intra-urban migration, and urban transportation systems.