MIT World Speakers

William Fulton

William Fulton is a journalist, urban planner, researcher, pundit, and best-selling author. He is president of Solimar Research Group, Inc., a public policy research firm currently engaged in projects with the Brookings Institution, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and the Southern California Studies Center at the University of Southern California. Fulton was one of the principal authors of Sprawl Hits The Wall, a report on the future of Los Angeles released in March 2001 by USC. He is economic development columnist for Governing magazine, founding editor of California Planning & Development Report, and a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times. His book The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles, was recently released in paperback by Johns Hopkins University Press. His second book The Regional City: Planning For The End of Sprawl, co-authored with Peter Calthorpe, was published in 2001 by Island Press. Fulton holds a BA in Mass Communications from St. Bonaventure University, an MA in Journalism and Public Affairs from The American University, and an MA in Urban Planning from UCLA.