Carlos Licon
Landscape & Environmental Plan
Associate Professor | Graduate Program Director
Contact Information
Office Hours: T-Th 11:00 -12:30Office Location: FAV 256
Phone: (435) 797-3978
Email: carlos.licon@usu.edu
Educational Background
Biography
Ph.D. in Environmental Design and Planning and Master's degree in Environmental Planning from Arizona State University. Undergraduate degree in Architecture from ITESM Monterrey Mexico.
Teaching Interests
Bioregional and Environmental Planning Foundations of Sustainable Systems Land use planning for residential design and planning Regional Landscape Planning and Design Urban Design and Planning
Research Interests
Sustainable development models and measurements Bioclimate design Regional landscape planning Information visualization
Awards
Student Honor Award, 2014
Utah ASLA
Student Merit Award, 2014
Utah ASLA
Student Merit Award, 2011
Utah ASLA
Student Merit Award, 2009
Utah ASLA
Publications | Abstracts
- Oliver, M., Licon, C., Sleipness, O., Sustainable Development Possibilities in the Intermountain West: A County Level Assessment.. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
- Lavoie, C., Licon, C., (2012). (2012) (Abstract for ACSP2012) "Large urban systems in a remote location: An exercise in mapping". ACSP 2012 (Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning)
- Lavoie, C., Licon, C., (2012). (2012) (Abstract for CELA2012) "Large urban systems in a remote location: An exercise in mapping". CELA 2012 (Coucil of Educators in Landscape Architecture)
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
- Licon, C., San Martin, I., (2017). Sustainable Housing Development: The Hopi Way: Rural Housing and Economic Development. Routledge
- San Martin, I., Licon, C., Steiner, F., (1999). Evaluating the Visual and Cultural Landscape of the Valladolid Region: Regional Plan of Valladolid: Directrices de Ordenación Territorial. *
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Park, H., Licon, C., Sleipness, O., (2022). Teaching Sustainability in Planning and Design Education: A systematic Review of Pedagogical Approaches. Sustainability, 14:15, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159485
- Licon, C., Lavoie, C., (2017). Landscape Architecture studio in a large, complex, and remote location: The learning experience of StudioMX. Landscape Review
- Jackson-Smith, D., Stoker, P.A, Buchert, M., Endter-Wada, J.L, Licon, C., Bell, L., Bjerregaard, Z., Cannon, M., Li, S., (2016). Differentiating urban forms: a neighborhood typology for understanding urban water systems. Cities and the Environment, 9:1, Article 5.
- Warren-Kretzschmar, B., Licon, C., (2016). Using Geodesign as an Educational Environmental Planning Tool – a case study in Cache Valley, Utah. Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture / Wichmann1-2016, 222-232.
- Hale, R.L, Armstrong, A., Baker, M.A, Bedingfield, S., Betts, D., Buahin, C., Buchert, M., Crowl, T.A, Dupont, R.R, Ehleringer, J., Endter-Wada, J.L, Flint, C., Grant, J., Hinners, S., Horsburgh, J.S, Jackson-Smith, D., Jones, A.S, Licon, C., Null, S., Odame, A., Pataki, D.E, Rosenberg, D.E, Runburg, M., Stoker, P., Strong, C., (2015). iSAW: Integrating Structure, Actors, and Water to Study Socio-Hydro-Ecological Systems. Earth's Future/AGU , doi: 10.1002/2014EF000295
- Licon, C., Cluff, T., (2014). Sustainability Assessment of Utah Counties. The International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice, 9:2, 69-84.
- Licon, C., (2013). La Integración de Indicadores de Sustentabilidad a través de un Modelo Gráfico de Evaluación [Integrating Sustainability Indicators through a Graphic Assessment Model}. Cuadernos de Arquitectura y Nuevo Urbanismo [Journal of Architecture and New Urbanism], 7:11&12, 7-17.
- Licon, C., Balarezo, T., (2009). Municipal Sustainable Development Possibilities Along the US-Mexico Border: An Interdisciplinary Evaluation Effort. International Journal of Sustainability, Technology, and Humanism, 2009:4, 97-113.
Professional Journal
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Technical Reports
AES Reports
Research Reports
Other Reports
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
Other
- Licon, C., San Martin, I., Sustainable Housing Development the Hopi Way: Lessons from the Moenkopi Village: Rural Housing and Economic Development. National Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Center
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Teaching
Extension
Creative Works | Exhibitions
Creative Works | Other
- Environmental Goals for Chihuahua, LAEP - Consultation, - 2008
- Assessing Sustainable Development for the US-Mexico Border, LAEP - Consultation, - 2008
- House design for the Licón Family, LAEP - Commission, - 2008
- Defining Sustainable Planning for the Tri-centennial Anniversary of Chihuahua, LAEP - Consultation, - 2008
- Arquine Design Competition entry - A pedestrian international crossing station, LAEP - Commission, - 2005
- Arquine Design Competition entry - A pedestrian international crossing station, LAEP - Commission, - 2005
- Statistical summary of North Phoenix hillside vegetation study, LAEP - Work in regional publication, - 2001
- Environmental planning research project for the Hopi Tribe in Moencopi, LAEP - Consultation, - 2001
- Planning alternatives and ecological restoration, LAEP - Consultation, - 1999
- Planning guidelines for Valladolid and surroundings, LAEP - Consultation, - 1996
- House design for the Méndez Family Built in 1996, LAEP - Commission, - 1994
- Country studio-house design for Mario Andujo Adobe house, LAEP - Commission, - 1991
- Independent practice, Interior Design - Commission, - 1989