Associate Professor of Geography & Planning,
Director of the Urban Affairs Center

Office: UH 4420C
Ph: 419.530.3593
fax:419.530.3548
nreid@utnet.utoledo.edu


RESEARCH INTERESTS: Industrial location

Local economic development

The greenhouse nursery industry

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Arizona State University, Geography, 1991.
M.A., Miami University, Geography, 1987.
M.A. The University of Glasgow, Geography, 1985.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Enterprising Worlds: A Geographic Perspective on Economics, Environments, and Ethics , (2006). Springer: Dordrecht (co-edited with J.D. Gatell), 272pp (in press)

Economics, environments, and ethics. (2006). In J.D. Gatrell and N. Reid (eds.), Enterprising Worlds: A Geographic Perspective on Economics, Environments, and Ethics , Springer: Dordrecht (with Michael C. Carroll), 1-4, (in press)

Collaborating to compete: The case of the northwest Ohio greenhouse industry. (2006). In J.D. Gatrell and N. Reid (eds.), Enterprising Worlds: A Geographic Perspective on Economics, Environments, and Ethics , Springer: Dordrecht (with Michael C. Carroll), 41-56, (in press)

Specialized agriculture: Local markets & global competitors in Ohio's greenhouse industry. (2006). In J.D. Gatrell and N. Reid (eds.), Enterprising Worlds: A Geographic Perspective on Economics, Environments, and Ethics , Springer: Dordrecht (with E. LaFary, J.D. Gatrell, and P.S. Lindquist), 57-70 (in press)

Using cluster-based Economic development to enhance the economic competitiveness of northwest Ohio's greenhouse nursery industry. (2005) . Papers and Proceedings of Applied Geography Conferences , 28:309-319 (with Michael C. Carroll)

Placing economic development narratives into emerging economic spaces: Project Jeep, 1996-1997. (2005). In J.W. Harrington and Richard LeHeron. New Economic Spaces: New Economic Geographies , Aldershot: Ashgate, 108-118 (2 nd author, with Jay D. Gatrell)

RECENT RESEARCH GRANTS

Greenhouse Nurseries Ohio Project. (2005). United States Department of Agriculture . (with Michael Carroll, Jay Gatrell, Peter Lindquist, Claudio Pasian, Philip Page, Joseph Perlaky, Bruce Smith, Thomas Steiger, F. William Ravlin). CSREES 2005-02216. $679,671 (UT portion of grant is $375,543)

The Economic Competitiveness of Ohio's Greenhouse Nursery Industry. (2004). United States Department of Agriculture . (with Brian Ceh, Michael Carroll, Jay Gatrell, Michelle Grigore, Karen Johnson-Webb, Peter Lindquist, Peter Konjoinan, Claudio Pasian, F. William Ravlin). CSREES 2004-06222. $667,153 (UT portion of grant is $326,729)

Northwest Ohio's Greenhouse Nursery Industry. (2003). United States Department of Agriculture . (with Michael Carroll, Michelle Grigore, Mark Kassof, David Kraybill, Peter Lindquist, Claudio Pasian, F. William Ravlin). CSREES 2003-06230. $139,307 (UT portion of grant is $49,076)

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Social capital and cluster-based economic development. (2006). International Geographical Union's Regional Conference , Brisbane, Australia (with Michael C. Carroll)

Building social capital through branding: The case of the northwest Ohio greenhouse industry. (2006). International Geographical Union's Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Space Conference , Auckland, New Zealand (with Michael C. Carroll)

Enhancing the economic competitiveness of the northwest Ohio greenhouse industry using a cluster-based approach. (2006) Association of American Geographers Conference , Chicago, IL (with Michael C. Carroll)

Maumee Valley Growers - Cooperating to better compete. (2006). Metropolitan Detroit Flower Growers Association Annual Conference , Carleton, MI (with Joe Perlaky)

Industrial clusters and accelerated radical innovation. (2005). Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology . Portland, Oregon (with Michael C. Carroll)

Canadian penetration of the U.S. floriculture market. (2005). International Geographical Union's Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Space Conference . Toledo, Ohio (with Peter S. Lindquist)

Global production systems, foreign direct investment, and growth coalitions: Leveraging FDI in Toledo, Ohio to embed established industries in place. (2005). Association of American Geographers Conference , Denver, Colorado (with Jay D. Gatrell)

Competing successfully in a global marketplace. (2005). Toledo Area Flower and Vegetable Growers Association Winter Conference , Monclova, Ohio (with Michael C. Carroll)

LINKS

Maumee Valley Growers Cluster Project

Maumee Valley Growers Consumer Website

Department of Geography and Planning

The Urban Affairs Center

Center for Regional Development

The University of Toledo