Liberal Arts and Sciences
Wiig Lab
Led by Alan Wiig · Geography
What we study
Dr. Alan Wiig studies smart city infrastructure, trade corridors, and urban revitalization. He uses fieldwork, interviews, and policy analysis to explore how global economic forces shape cities.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Surveys & interviews
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Planning with and for coastal flooding
Compares how three U.S. cities plan for coastal flooding, using interviews, fieldwork and policy analysis of climate adaptation strategies.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Bluetech in Baltimore: Co-creating smart city innovations with local youth
2026 · Applied Geography
- Why Ports Matter to Cities: Understanding the Importance of Logistics‐Led Urbanism
2026 · Geography Compass
Explains how ports shape cities by linking global trade to local economies and supply chains.
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- Urban pulse: land reclamation as climate urbanism
2026 · Urban Geography
Argues that land reclamation in coastal cities reflects climate adaptation through financial and geopolitical strategies.
- Arriving at Airport City Manchester: “Exporting” and “Importing” the Enterprise Zone, Entrepreneurial Governance, and the Geopolitics of Economic Development
2025 · Annals of the American Association of Geographers
Analyzes how Airport City Manchester promotes economic growth.
- Miami in the Anthropocene: Rising Seas and Urban Resilience
2025 · Community Development Journal
Describes Miami's struggles with climate change and urban resilience.
Plain-language summaries are AI-written and reviewed by us; check the paper for details.
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