Sabina Deitrick is associate professor of urban affairs and planning at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and co-director of the urban and regional analysis program at the University Center for Social and Urban Research. She received her PhD in city and regional planning at the University of California at Berkeley in 1990.
Recent Publications
- When Fracking Comes to Town: Governance, Planning, and Economic Impacts of the US Shale Boom, co-editor with Ilia Murtazashvili, Cornell University Press, in press, 2020.
- “Environment and Resident Perception: Using Geographic Information Systems and Survey Methods,” with Scott Beach, Ellen Kinnee, and Meg Streiff, American Journal of Health Studies, 35/2 (2020).
- “Quality of Life and Demographic-Racial Dimensions of Differences in Most Livable Pittsburgh,” with Chris Briem, Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 14/4 (2020-2021).
- “Contrasting Different Geographies in Fair Market Rents: Implications for the Housing Choice Voucher Program in Pittsburgh, PA,” co-author with Mike Blackhurst (lead) and Chris Briem, Cityscape, 21, no. 3 (November 2019): 187-206.
- "Most Livable Pittsburgh,” Community Livability, 2nd edition, Fritz Wagner and Roger Caves, eds., Taylor and Francis/Routledge, 2020.
- Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, Rent Reform Policy and Family Self Sufficiency Evaluation and Alternative Small Area Fair Market Rent Program, co-PI with Michael Blackhurst, $40,476, 2017-2018.
- Pennsylvania Military Community Enhancement Commission, Comprehensive Economic Impact Analysis, $322,072, 2017 – 2018.
Research Interests
- Community development
- Post-industrial cities
- Pittsburgh quality of life
- Economic development
