Brian Page

Dr. Brian Page
Ph.D. • Professor Emeritus • Research Professor
Department of Geography & Environmental Sciences
Brian.Page@ucdenver.edu

Mailing Address:
Dept. of Geography & Environmental Sciences
Campus Box 172
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364

Physical Location:
Auraria Campus
North Classroom Building
Room 3014-B

Fields of Interest:

Historical and environmental geography, urban geography, gentrification, globalization and uneven development, geospatial science and the humanities

Biography

Brian Page, Ph.D., is a Research Professor and a cornerstone of the department's history. Throughout his distinguished tenure, including many years of leadership as Department Chair, Dr. Page has been instrumental in shaping the academic landscape of our community and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. A favorite among alumni, his courses, such as Environment and Society in the American Past and Urban Geography, are remembered by many for their depth, insight, and lasting impact on their professional perspectives.

Beyond his administrative and teaching legacy, Dr. Page is an historical geographer who explores the social and environmental dynamics of urbanization across North America and Asia. His current research focuses on the ‘remnant foreign landscapes’ of China, examining how Western architectural imprints in places like the Kuling summer retreat and Beijing’s Legation District continue to shape modern urban identity. His work also extends to Singapore, where he investigates the intersections of globalization, environmental change, and urban development in hawker culture. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Geography from UC Berkeley and a B.A. from UC Santa Cruz.

Education

PhD, Geography | University of California Berkeley | 1993
MA, Geography | University of California Berkeley | 1988
BA Environmental Studies and BA Community Studies | University of California Santa Cruz | 1984

Wee, B., Page, B., & DePierre, A. (2025). Tensions with Intangible Cultural Heritage in Urban Foodways: Cooking, Eating and Sharing Hawker Food in Singapore. Sociétés & représentations, 60, 157-179. https://doi.org/10.4000/15dhd 

Page, B., Wee, B., Chen, Y.-C., & Schmit, A. (2021). Sustainability along the Yangtze: A Study Abroad Collaboration between Geography and Environmental Science. Geography teacher (Erie, Pa.), 18(3-4), 150-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/19338341.2021.1931921 

Page, B., & Ross, E. (2017). Legacies of a Contested Campus: Urban Renewal, Community Resistance, and the Origins of Gentrification in Denver. Urban Geography, 38(9), 1293-1328. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2016.1228420 

Page, B. (2017). Beijing, Then and Now. London: Pavilion.

Page, B., & Ross, E. (2015). Envisioning the Urban Past: GIS Reconstruction of a Lost Denver District. Frontiers in Digital Humanities, 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdigh.2015.00003 

Page, B. (2007). Beijing Then and Now. Thunder Bay Press. https://books.google.com/books?id=aVV0AAAAMAAJ 

Page, B. (2003). Reviews. Journal of Historical Geography, 29(1), 147-149. https://doi.org/10.1006/jhge.2002.0519 

Page, B. (2003). Labor and the Landscape of American Gothic. Labor history, 44(1), 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656032000057149 

Chambers, F., Page, B., & Zaidins, C. (2003). Atmosphere, Weather, and Baseball: How Much Farther Do Baseballs Really Fly at Denver's Coors Field? The Professional geographer, 55(4), 491-504. https://doi.org/10.1111/0033-0124.5504007 

Page, B. (2000). ‘Agriculture’. In: Sheppard, E. and Barnes, T. (eds.) The Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography. (pp. 422-447) Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.

Page, B. (1998). Charting the middle ground: history, geography and city-hinterland relations in the Great West. Ecumene (Sevenoaks, England), 5(1), 81-104. https://doi.org/10.1177/096746089800500106

GEOG 6300: Foundations in Human-Environment Interaction
GEOG 4640/5640: Urban Geography
GEOG 4350/5350: Environment and Society in the American Past
GEOG 4995/ENVS 5995/SUST 4960: Sustainability Along the Yangtze: Globalization, Environment, and Society in China
GEOG 3411: Globalization and Regional Development
GEOG 1302: Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG 1102: World Regional Geography