{"id":2,"name":"Tim Beatley","url":"","description":"<strong>Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities\r\nUniversity of Virginia School of Architecture\r\nCharlottesville, VA  USA<\/strong>\r\n\r\nTim Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for the last twenty-five years. Much of Beatley\u2019s work focuses on creative strategies by which cities and towns can fundamentally reduce their ecological footprints, while at the same time becoming more livable and equitable places. He is the author or co-author of more than fifteen books, including Green Urbanism, Native to Nowhere, Ethical Land Use, and his most recent book, Biophilic Cities. He holds a PhD in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/author\/timbeatley\/","slug":"timbeatley","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-beatley-tree-picture-netherlands-24x24.jpg","48":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-beatley-tree-picture-netherlands-48x48.jpg","96":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-beatley-tree-picture-netherlands-96x96.jpg"},"meta":[],"simple_local_avatar":{"media_id":59470,"full":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-beatley-tree-picture-netherlands.jpg","blog_id":1,"192":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-beatley-tree-picture-netherlands-192x192.jpg","96":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-beatley-tree-picture-netherlands-96x96.jpg","64":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-beatley-tree-picture-netherlands-64x64.jpg","32":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-beatley-tree-picture-netherlands-32x32.jpg","24":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-beatley-tree-picture-netherlands-24x24.jpg","48":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-beatley-tree-picture-netherlands-48x48.jpg","250":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-beatley-tree-picture-netherlands-250x250.jpg","125":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/cropped-beatley-tree-picture-netherlands-125x125.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}