Selected Publications & Presentations

  • J. Poracsky and H. Chang. 2007. “Cartography and the Teaching of Quantitative Methods.” Annual Meeting of the North American Cartographic Information Society, St. Louis, MO.
  • J. Poracsky, P. Paul, W. Larimer and D. Banis. 2006. "South Park Blocks: Portland’s Cultural, Historical and Educational Center.” Portland, OR, CSAR, PSU Geography Department. Map: 27 x 27 inches, 1 inch = 125 feet.
  • J. Poracsky. 2006. “A Visualization Approach to Teaching Quantitative Methods,”Annual Meeting of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Eugene, OR.
  • J. Poracsky and D. Banis. 2005. Street Trees in the Urban Forest Canopy: Portland, Oregon. Final Project Report, Prepared for Oregon Department of Forestry - Urban and Community Forestry Program and USDA Forest Service; 30 pp. plus Appendices.
  • J. Poracsky and M. Lackner. 2004. Urban Forest Canopy Cover in Portland, Oregon: 1972 - 2002. Final Project Report, Prepared for Portland General Electric and City of Portland Urban Forestry Commission; 32 pp. plus Appendices.
  • J. Poracsky and M. Lackner. 2004. “Sheltering the Metroscape: Assessing the Urban Forest,” Metroscape, Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies, Winter: 13-19.
  • J. Poracsky and M. Lackner. 2003. "Urban Forest Canopy Collaboration in Portland, Oregon." Proceedings, Public Participation GIS Conference, URISA, Portland, OR, July 20-22, 2003, 473-81.
  • J. Poracsky. 2000.  "The Emerald Compass" and "The South Park Blocks," in Michael C. Houck and M. J. Cody, eds., Wild in the City:  A Guide to Portland's Natural Areas, Oregon Historical Society Press, Portland, OR.  pp. 13-16, 93-96.
  • J. Poracsky. 1999.  "Multi-Scale Inventory of Portland, Oregon's Urban Forest," in Building Cities of Green, Proceedings of American Forests 1999 National Urban Forest Conference, Seattle, WA, August 31-September 3, 1999, pp. 164-167.
  • J. Poracsky, J. Gillen, D. Saulter and K. Wilson.  1999.  "Youth-Based Tree Inventory and GIS Analysis for Urban Ecosystem Education."  8th Cary Conference, Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY.
  • J. Poracsky and M. Scott. 1999.  "Industrial Area Street Trees in Portland, Oregon."  Journal of Arboriculture 25(1):9-16. 
  • (Cooperative project with students from Metropolitan Learning Center, Portland Parks and Recreation, Portland General Electric, and P. Reynolds.)  1996.  "Trees of Couch Park: A Map and Brief Description of the History of One of Portland's Most Unique Urban Parks." 
  • J. Poracsky and L. Waggoner. 1995.  "Street Trees in a Residential Portland Neighborhood."  Oregon Academy of Science, 53rd Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. 
  • J. Poracsky and M. Houck. 1994.  "The Metropolitan Portland Urban Natural Resource Program," in R. H. Platt, R. A. Rowntree and P. C. Muick, eds., The Ecological City:  Preserving and Restoring Urban Biodiversity, The University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA.  pp. 251-67. 
  • J. Poracsky.  1991. "The Portland-Vancouver Natural Areas Inventory: Photo Interpretation and Mapping," in Wildlife Conservation in Metropolitan Environments, National Institute for Urban Wildlife, Columbia, MD, 231-235.
This page last updated October 19, 2007.