Kent Butler
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Kent Butler Kent S. Butler was an American urban
and environmental planner
, and Associate Dean of the Community
and Regional
Planning program at the University of Texas at Austin
School of Architecture
until May 2011. Between 1973 and 1977, he studied and obtained his Bachelor's, Masters, and Doctorate degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Butler is known for articles on development planning and co-authored the popular educational reference Planning and Urban Design Standards: Student Edition. Butler helped create the Barton Springs
-Edwards Aquifer
groundwater management district, and the plan for the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve. This preserve complements a federal wildlife refuge of the same name
and is planned to become one of the largest urban preserves in the United States.
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....
and environmental planner
Environmental planning
Environmental Planning is the process of facilitating decision making to carry out development with due consideration given to the natural environmental, social, political, economic and governance factors and provides a holistic frame work to achieve sustainable outcomes.-Elements of environmental...
, and Associate Dean of the Community
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....
and Regional
Regional planning
Regional planning deals with the efficient placement of land use activities, infrastructure, and settlement growth across a larger area of land than an individual city or town. The related field of urban planning deals with the specific issues of city planning...
Planning program at the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
School of Architecture
University of Texas School of Architecture
The University of Texas School of Architecture to is a college within The University of Texas at Austin and has its major facilities located on the main campus in Austin, Texas...
until May 2011. Between 1973 and 1977, he studied and obtained his Bachelor's, Masters, and Doctorate degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Butler is known for articles on development planning and co-authored the popular educational reference Planning and Urban Design Standards: Student Edition. Butler helped create the Barton Springs
Barton Springs
Barton Springs is a set of four natural water springs located on the grounds of Zilker Park in Austin, Texas resulting from water flowing through the Edwards Aquifer. The largest spring, Main Barton Spring supplies water to Barton Springs Pool, a popular recreational destination in Austin...
-Edwards Aquifer
Edwards Aquifer
The Edwards Aquifer is one of the most prolific artesian aquifers in the world. Located on the eastern edge of Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas, it discharges about of water a year and directly serves about two million people...
groundwater management district, and the plan for the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve. This preserve complements a federal wildlife refuge of the same name
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
Balcones Canyonlands is a National Wildlife Refuge located in the Texas Hill Country to the northwest of Austin, Texas. The Refuge was formed in 1992 to conserve habitat for two endangered songbirds including the Golden-cheeked Warbler and the Black-capped Vireo and to preserve Texas Hill Country...
and is planned to become one of the largest urban preserves in the United States.