Carol Atkinson-Palombo

Director, Environmental Studies Program

Associate Professor, Geography


Primary Research Theme

Built Environment

Secondary Research Themes

Social-Ecological Systems

Selected Urban-Related Publications

Luckey, K+H52:H62.S., et al., Residential preferences, transit accessibility and social equity: insights from the Denver region. Journal of Urbanism, 2018. 11(2): p. 149-174.

Zhang, J.*, et al., How similar is China’s traffic safety pattern to industrialized countries in their early stage of motorization? An analysis of death registration data for large and small/medium cities. Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, 2017. 9: p. 83-102.

Hoen, B. and C. Atkinson-Palombo, Wind turbines, amenities and disamenities : A study of home value impacts in densely populated Massachusetts. Journal of Real Estate Research, 2017. 38(4): p.473-504.

Ahangari, H.*, C. Atkinson-Palombo, and N.W. Garrick, Automobile-dependency as a barrier to vision zero, evidence from the states in the USA. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2017. 107: p. 77-

McCahill, C.T.*, et al., Effects of parking provision on automobile use in cities: Inferring causality, in Transportation Research Record. 2016. p. 159-165.

Ahangari, H.*, N.W. Garrick, and C. Atkinson-Palombo, Relationship between human capital and transportation sustainability for the United States and selected European countries, in Transportation Research Record. 2016. p. 92-101.

Fleischmann, C., et al., Coupling community preferences with hydrologic evaluation of low impact development implementation in an urban watershed. Journal of Suburban Sustainability, 2016. 3 (1), p. 1-28.

Ahangari, H.*, C. Atkinson-Palombo, and N.W. Garrick, Progress towards zero, an international comparison: Improvements in traffic fatality from 1990 to 2010 for different age groups in the USA and 15 of its peers. Journal of Safety Research, 2016. 57: p. 61-70.

Garceau, T.J.*, C. Atkinson-Palombo, and N. Garrick, Peak car travel in the United States twodecade-long phenomenon at the state level, in Transportation Research Record. 2015. p. 36-44.

Ahangari, H.*, C. Atkinson-Palombo, and N.W. Garrick, Assessing the Determinants of Changes in Traffic Fatalities in Developed Countries, in Transportation Research Record. 2015. p. 63-71.

Atkinson-Palombo, C., L. Varone*, and N.W. Garrick, Understanding the Surprising and Oversized Use of Ridesourcing Services in Poor Neighborhoods in New York City, Transportation Research Record, 1-10, 2019. DOI: 10.1177/0361198119835809

Graziano, M*., M. Fiaschetti, and C. Atkinson-Palombo, Peer effects in the adoption of solar energy technologies in the United States: An urban case study. Energy Research and Social Science, 2019. 48: p. 75-84.