Debnath Mookherjee

Background Information

Debnath Mookherjee is a Professor at the Center for Geography and Environmental Social Sciences at Western Washington University. Dr. Mookherjee received his doctorate in geography from the University of Florida. He received a B.Sc and M.Sc, also in geography, from the University of Calcutta.

He teaches courses in systematic and regional fields of geography including urban and economic geography, regional development, spatial analysis of environmental problems, the developing world and Asian geography. Professional activities include research publications and presentations at national and international professional associations and organizations. Current research interests include comparative urbanization, regional development and growth management.

Selected Publications

Mookherjee, D. 1996. "Urban Social Structure of a Small American Metropolitan City: 1980-1990," Contemporary City Structuring: International Geographical Insights (ed. R.J. Davies), Capetown: Society of South African Geographers, pp. 148-157.

Mookherjee, D. and R.C. Tiwari. 1996. "Perspectives on the Asian Urbanization Process: The Indian Pattern." Proceedings, Fourth Asian Urbanization Conference (eds. L.-H.N. Chiang, J.F. Williams and H.L. Bednarek), E. Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, pp. 307-318.

Mookherjee, D. and G.M. Pomeroy. 1995. "Perspectives on the Urban Fringe and Growth Boundary of a Small Metropolitan City." Festschviff for V.Milicic (eds. R. Weiss and T. Schlotterback), Bellingham: Western Washington University, pp. 99-106.

Mookherjee, D. 1994. "The Urban System and Emerging Structure: An Application of Gibbs' Measure to the Case of India," Managing and Marketing of Urban Development and Urban Life (Proceedings of the JLU Commission, 1994). (ed. G.O. Braun), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, pp. 115-123.