Nels Nelson
I'm an urban planner and designer living in the Boston area with my parter and our kids. These days I'm focused on cities at Stantec Urban Places.
Articles
- So, you’ve committed to becoming a net zero community. How do you get there? (Stantec, 2022)
- Barefoot Planning [PDF] (Charter Cities Institute, 2021)
- Heat resilience in cities [Apple Podcasts] (Stantec, 2021)
- How smart cities can become resilient to extreme heat (Stantec, 2021)
- Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic: Improving urban social equity and wellness (Stantec, 2021)
- Webinar Moderator: Global Panel on COVID-19 Responses in Vulnerable Urban Contexts [YouTube] (Stantec, 2020)
- A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19: Pandemic prevention (Stantec, 2020)
- Walking—our oldest mode of transportation—can inform the future of urban mobility (Stantec, 2020)
- Piecing together resilient cities (UNDP, 2018)
- Like People, Diseases Travel Fast These Days (CityLab, 2018)
- What if your neighborhood could make you healthier? (Stantec, 2018)
- Designing the World’s First WELL Community [PRESENTATION VIDEO] (Livable Cities, 2018)
- Boston's Guide to Placemaking for Mobility: Reclaiming streets for the people (Stantec, 2017)
- How good urban design can make city residents healthier (Stantec, 2016)
- Climate change, communities, and storytelling (Stantec, 2016)
- Cyclifiers: an investigation into actors that enable intra-urban metabolism [PDF] (Cyclifier.org, 2015)
- Decentralized utility provision management: Models for community-led infrastructure services (SASBE, 2012)
Notes
Living
- 2021-present: Somerville, Massachusetts (urban planner)
- 2019-2021: Amsterdam, the Netherlands (urban planner)
- 2013-2019: Somerville, Massachusetts (urban planner)
- 2011-2013: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Fulbright Fellow and consultant)
- 2009-2011: Rotterdam, the Netherlands (urban planner)
- 2008-2009: Wageningen, the Netherlands (student)
- 2007: Kodiak and Sitka, Alaska (salmon fisherman)
- 2007: Lewiston, Maine (student)
- 2008: Mae Sot, Thailand (human rights activist)
- 2006: Jackson, Wyoming (lift attendant)
- 2005: Sydney, Australia (student)
- 2003-2005: Lewiston, Maine (student, odd jobs)
- 2003: Astoria, New York (construction laborer)
- 1984-2003: Andover, Massachusetts
Education
- 2017: Harvard GSD: Future Cities Executive Education Certificate
- 2008-2010: Wageningen University and Reserach Center, Masters of Science, Urban Environmental Management, MSc thesis supervised by TU Delft
- 2003-2007: Bates College, Bachelor of Arts, major Art and Visual Culture, minor Economics
- 1999-2003: Andover High School
Certifications
- Envision Sustainability Professional, Institute For Sustainable Infrastructure (ENV SP #18561)
- LEED AP Neighborhood Development, USGBC (10907307-AP-ND)
- Municipal Vulnerability Program Workshop Provider, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Awards
- 2017 Charter Award, Congress for the New Urbanism
- 2015 Forward Fund Grant, City of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 2016 Urban Engagement and Sustainability Grant, US State Department
- 2011 Fulbright Fellow, US State Department, Ethiopia, Africa
Last modified by Nels: 2022-07-06