Dave Marcouiller
Professor - Urban and Regional Planning
Office: 101 Music Hall
Office Hours: By appointment only
Phone: (608) 262-2998
Email: dwmarcou@wisc.edu
Research and Outreach Expertise: Rural development and integrative tourism planning.
For the 2008/2009 academic year, I was on sabbatical leave in Norway and France studying rural tourism issues.
My work deals with issues of resource-dependency and the unique planning needs of remote rural regions. Current areas of research include amenity-based rural development, land use compatibility & conflict, integrative tourism planning, and outdoor recreation. My extension programs address developmental issues associated with amenity migration, the compatibility of alternative natural resource uses, forestry and wood products, outdoor recreation planning, water economics, and tourism analysis. I teach a variety of graduate courses including regional economic problem analysis, integrative tourism planning, and, upon occasion, our planning workshop.
I have a joint, integrated appointment as a State Extension Specialist with the University of Wisconsin - Cooperative Extension providing technical assistance to an array of local clients throughout the Lake States. In particular, I work closely with the network of community resource development educators on the variety of issues listed above. In addition, I am a faculty member of the UW-Madison Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies and an affiliate of the Department of Forest Ecology and Management.
Formally trained in agricultural economics (Ph.D.), forest policy (M.S.),and resource management (B.S.), my analytical work focuses on the linkages between natural resources and rural economic development with a particular interest in the mechanisms behind income generation and distribution to rural households. In addition to planning, I interact professionally in related fields of regional science, resource economics, community development, natural resource management, and tourism/recreation/leisure science.