Published Research Projects & Reports:
2006 Three entries for the Encyclopedia for Human Geography. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Edited by Barney Warf, “growth poles,” pp. 202-203; “newly industrializing countries (NICs),”pp. 336-337, and “cartels,” pp. 26-27
In press. Eleven (11) entries for The City and Urban Life. New York: Sharpe Publishers. Edited by Jan Rogozinski; J.L. Scarpaci, Regional Editor for South, Central and Middle America.
2004 Scarpaci, J.L. “Changing Public Spaces in the Spanish American Plaza & Barrio: Commodifying and Conviviality as Simultaneous Processes.” In P. Ward and G. A. Jones, Editors, “The End of Public Space in the Latin American City?”, The University of Texas at Austin, College of Liberal Arts, The Mexican Center of LLILAS and the Andrew W. Mellon Doctoral Fellowship Program In Latin American Sociology, Conference Proceedings of a Research Workshop, March 4-5, 2004, pp. 22-23 (www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/llilas/mexican/publications/noformat/mexican/PDF/confmemoria/endofpubspace.pdf)
2004. Scarpaci, J.L. Round-Table Discussion: Research Priorities & Future Directions: The End of Public Space? Notes taken by Joseph L. Scarpaci. P. Ward and G. A. Jones, Editors, “The End of Public Space in the Latin American City?” The University of Texas at Austin, College of Liberal Arts, The Mexican Center of LLILAS and the Andrew W. Mellon Doctoral Fellowship Program In Latin American Sociology, Conference Proceedings of a Research Workshop, March 4-5, 2004, pp. 45-49 (www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/llilas/mexican/ publications /noformat/mexican/PDF/confmemoria/endofpubspace.pdf)
2001 Annotated bibliography on urban planning and architecture under “Havana,” for the Infography Project at http://www.infography.com
2000 Scarpaci, J.L. Heritage, Property Taxes, and Revitalization: Land Valuation in Historic Cartagena de Indias. Prepared for the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, Inc., July, 2000, 7,000 words.
Note: This Lincoln work noted above has been plagiarized at various times and was/is located at the following sites:
Ramírez, Ricardo: "<http://www.saber.ula.ve/cgi-win/be_alex.exe?Acceso=T016300001189/2&Nombrebd=saber>Alternativas de desarrollo del capital inmobiliario en dos distritos históricos de Sudamérica " en Revista Geográfica Venezolana, número 43 (2), Instituto de Geografía y Conservación de Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, 2002: 177-195. [ISSN 1012-1617]
Agel, Stuart Michel y Ramírez Suárez, Ricardo: "<http://www.dge.uem.br//geonotas/vol7-2/stuart.shtml>Alternatives of development of Real-Estate Capital in two South American Historic Districts " en Revista GeoNotas, volume 7, número 2, Departamento de Geografia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, abr- jun 2003. [ISSN 1415-0646]
2000 Scarpaci, J.L. Tourism planning in Trinidad. CubaNews, July, Washington, D.C.: Target Research Group, p. 8.
1999 Scarpaci, J.L. and Violetta, B. Havana construction boom in old city. CubaNews, December, Washington, D.C.: Target Research Group, p. 4.
1999 Scarpaci, J.L. RE\MAX Trademark and Cuban Real-estate Fiasco, CubaNews, June, Washington, D.C.: Target Research Group, p. 9.1999 Scarpaci, J.L. Foreign investment diversifies by region and sector, CubaNews, March, Washington, D.C.: Target Research Group, p. 6.1999 Scarpaci, J.L. Entrepreneurs find niche amid Cuban socialism. With Philip Peters, CubaNews, February, 1999, Washington, D.C.: Target Research Group, p. 5.
1998 Peters, P. and Scarpaci, J.L. Five Years of Small-scale capitalism in Cuba. Alexis deToqueville Institute, Arlington, VA, Alexis deToqueville Institute Policy Paper, 16 pp.
1998 Scapraci, J.L. Alternative Sources of Real-estate Capital in Latin American Cities. Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, Research Monograph, 28 pp.
1996 Scarpaci, J.L. Industrial Analysis: Miramar's (Havana) Real estate market. CubaNews, December, p. 9. Miami: The Miami Publishing Company.
1995 Scarpaci, J. and Hall, A. Z. Cycling in Havana: ‘Green’ transportation by policy default. Sustainable Transport (Institute for Transportation Policy and Sustainable Development (Summer), pp. 4-6. Reproduced at CultureChange (http://www.culturechange.org/bicycling.htm)
1993 HFS Small Applied Research Paper No. 4, Health Insurance In Practice: Fifteen Case Studies From Developing Countries Submitted to: The Health Services Division Office of Health Bureau of Research and Development Agency for International Development, Editors: Gerard M. La Forgia and Charles C. Griffin The Urban Institute Contributors: Nuria Homedes Patrice Korjenek, Joseph Scarpaci, Consultants, The Urban Institute, and Taryn Vian Management Sciences for Health, March 1993, Health Financing and Sustainability (HFS) Project, Abt Associates Inc., Prime Contractor, 4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 600, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 U.S.A., Management Sciences for Health, Subcontractor, The Urban Institute, Subcontractor, AID Contract No. DPE-5974-Z-00-9026-00
1992 Scarpaci, J.L. Patterns of Development on the Metropolitan Fringe: A Peri-Urban Survey of Santiago, Chile. Working Paper 92-1, Center for Urban & Regional Studies, VPI&SU, 12 pp.
1991 Browder, J., Bohland, J. and Scarpaci, J. Patterns of Development on the Metropolitan Fringe: A Peri-Urban Survey of Bangkok, Jakarta, and Santiago, Working Paper. 91-7, Center for Urban & Regional Studies, VPI&SU, 87 pp.
1987 Laureda, J. Rivera, W., Parker, K. and Scarpaci, J.L. Final Report on a Human Rights Fact-finding Mission to Chile, October 21-2. November, 1987. Chile Center for Education and Development (In collaboration with the New York and Pennsylvania Hispanic Bar Associations), New York, NY, February, 1988, 26 pp. (Presented to the United Nations' High Commission on Refugees, 2/88).
1985 Scarpaci, J.L. and Fradd, S.H. Latins at the university: Implications for higher education. Report to the Governor: Annual Report from Commission on Hispanic Affairs. Tallahassee, FL: Office of the Governor, 27-40.