Jim Glassman

Assistant Professor Geography
University of British Columbia
217 – 1984 West Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Canada
Phone: (604)822-1892
Fax: (604(822)6150
E-Mail: glassman@geog.ubc.ca

Areas of Specialization

Development Geography, Third World Urbanization, Economic Geography, Political Economy, Political Geography; Southeast Asia, Pacific Rim

Current Research

“Decentralization or Regionalization in Southern Thailand and the Greater Mekong Sub-Region,” funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Courses Currently Taught

Geography 121 “Geography, Modernity, and Globalization (1)”

Geography 352 “Urbanization in the Global South”

Geography 380 “Introduction to the Human Geography of Asia”

Geography 484 “Geography of Southeast Asia”