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About the Author

Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Ph.D, AICP, is a professor of urban planning with extensive experience in using GIS concepts and tools to facilitate community-based planning and policymaking. She currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at San José State University. She was the first urban planner to serve as the President of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, UCGIS from 2012 to 2014 and currently serves as the President of the Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP). She served as a member of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) from 2016 to 2018 representing academia. The NGAC is a federal committee that provides advice and recommendations on national geospatial policy and management issues. Laxmi previously authored GIS and Public Participation (2010).