• On contract to the Environment Directorate of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris

EcoPlan Projects:

• Ecoplan delegate to the Environmentally Sustainable Transport Working Group of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the International Advisory Committee for the « Towards Sustainable Transport » conference held in Vancouver, Canada in March 1996.
• Assisted in development of The Commons Webset, as well as serving as WebMaster for the 1996 Sustainable Transport Conference in Vancouver
• Research associate in Sustainable Development Program.
• Coordination of special issue of Journal of World Transport Policy and Practice on the Information Society and Sustainable Development.

1995: Regional Government Of Montagne Du Haut Languedoc Heraultais, Hérault, France

• Co-author of preliminary study for comprehensive regional land use plan (Schéma Directeur) for four rural communes.
• Co-leader of multi-disciplinary team investigating relationships between economic development, agriculture, landscape preservation and tourism.
• Developed recommendations for future land use decisions and strategies to strengthen local development and rural eco-tourism initiatives.

1991-1994 Rails-To-Trails Conservancy, Washington, DC, USA

• Community Affairs Coordinator
• Managed technical assistance program charged with helping convert abandoned railway corridors into multi-use linear parks (rail-trails). Provided assistance through conferences, workshops and via telephone to citizen groups and local/ state governments on public participation strategies, planning issues, legal and procedural matters, trail marketing and trail management. Contributed to successful completion of over 100 rail-trail projects.
• Organized and managed first national conference bringing together railroad officials and rail-trail professionals in order to coordinate abandoned rail corridor preservation strategies. This conference successfully laid the groundwork for a closer working relationship between railroads and rail-trail proponents.
• Strengthened cooperation with National Park Service’s Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Program. Developed and carried out joint Rails-to-Trails Conservancy/National Park Service cooperative agreements for on-site training workshops and national conferences.
• Co-authored « Secrets of Successful Rail-Trails », a comprehensive guide to transforming abandoned rail corridors into multi-use trails.

Education

• Masters Degree In Integrated Land Use Planning Joint degree of the French National Agronomic Institute, Universities of Toulouse, Montpellier and UNESCO Program for Sustainable Development & Man and Biosphere Program, 1994-1995
• Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées: "Aménagement Intégré des Territoires"
• International program in integrated land-use planning emphasizing multi-disciplinary team management. Course-work in social sciences relating to local development initiatives, in natural sciences relating to ecosystem and resource management, and in technical fields relating to remote sensing techniques (aerial photography, Landsat, SPOT satellite imagery) and geographic information systems as resource management tools.
• BA. Anthropology, , Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 1985-1989 (Concentration in economics and grassroots development.)

Other:

• French-American dual national
• Bilingual french/english.
• Computer literate.
• Knowledge of image processing and geographic information system (G.I.S.) software.

He can be contacted directly as follows:

Philippe Lerouic Crist
25 bis rue de Noailles
Saint Germain en Laye, 78100, France
Telephone +3301 3451 4354
Fax +3301 3451 4354
ISDN/videoconferencing/groupwork: + 331 4441 6349 (1-4)
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