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Debnath Mookherjee
Professor
Huxley College of the Environment
Western Washington University
Phone: (360) 650-2895
Fax: (360) 650-7702
debnath.mookherjee@wwu.edu
Debnath Mookherjee is a Professor of Geography in the Department of Environmental Studies: Policy, Planning, Education and Geography. He received B.Sc (with Distinction) and M.Sc degrees in geography in India at the University of Calcutta, and a Ph.D. at the University of Florida. Deb has authored and/or co-authored numerous articles in professional journals, proceedings, and books that reflect his interests in the fields of urbanization process and urban forms, comparative urbanization, and regional development planning.
Teaching and Research
Deb’s teaching and research interests focus on understanding the diversities of spatial phenomena in the context of urbanization and regionalization processes. He examines the physical, socioeconomic, and cultural issues – such as resource use conflicts, food security, and urban sprawl—that arise as communities transition from rural to urban.
Current Course Offerings
| Fall | EGEO 314 – Urbanization Processes and Patterns |
| EGEO 323 – South Asia | |
| Winter | EGEO 424 – Urban Environment |
| EGEO 209* – World Affairs | |
| EGEO 535 – Environmental Problems & Regional Development | |
| Spring | EGEO 310 – Developing World |
| EGEO 503 – Research Problem |
*Also included in the GUR program
Recent Publications
Mookherjee, Debnath and H.S.Geyer (2010). “Urban Growth in the National Capital Region of India: Testing the Differential Urbanization Model,” TESG: Journal of Economic and Social Geography. (Available Online)
Mookherjee, Debnath, Thomas J. Simon and Kenneth Strickler (2007). “Urban Environmental Quality of Life and Residential Perception in an American City.” In Reflections on City, Society and Planning. Eds. B. Thakur, G. Pomeroy, C. Susak and S. Thakur. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, p. 59-69.
Mookherjee, Debnath, Eugene Hoerauf, Stefan Freeland and Michael McAwley (2006). “Urban Growth and Metropolitan Sprawl in a Small Metropolitan Area.” Focus on Geography, 49:29-36.
Mookherjee, Debnath (2006). “Does the Megacity Influence Regional Spatial Change? A Study of the Delhi Megacity within the National Capital Region of India, 1991-2001” in R.C.L. Gonzalez (Ed.) Urban Changes in Different Scales: Systems and Structures. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela: Satiago de Compostela, Spain, p.463 – 470.
Mathur, O.P. and Debnath Mookherjee (2006). “Central Asia – India, the Center of an Emerging Region?” in H.S. Geyer (Ed.) Global Regionalization: Core-Periphery Trends. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, U.K., p. 269-292.
Forthcoming in 2010
Debnath Mookherjee and George Pomeroy. “Urbanization,” in Encyclopedia of Geography, Ed. by Barney Warf. Sage Publications: Beverly Hills, CA and London. (Forthcoming)
Debnath Mookherjee. “Perspectives on Allen G. Noble’s Contribution to Cultural Geography in South Asia,” in Facets of Social Geography: International and Indian Perspectives. Eds. A.Dutt et. al. Delhi: Cambridge University Press. (In Press)
B. Graizbord, Debnath Mookherjee, and H.S. Geyer. “Urban Hierarchical Structure and Development: Perspectives on Urbanization in India,” in Handbook of Urban Policy Implications. Ed. by H.S. Geyer. Cheltenham, UK; Edward Elgar Publishing. (Forthcoming)