Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities and Chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning at the University of Virginia School of Architecture, where he has taught for over thirty years.
He received his PhD in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities on sustainable urban planning and is widely credited with coining the term “green urbanism”. 

He is the author or co-author of more than fifteen books, including Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning (2010), Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities, Blue Urbanism: Connecting Oceans and Cities, and Resilient Cities. His book Ethical Land Use was declared by the American Planning Association to be one of the 100 Essential Books in Planning.
He founded and directs the Biophilic Cities Project at the University of Virginia, a global network exploring how cities integrate nature. He is also co-founder of UVA’s Center for Design and Health. His research focuses on environmental planning, coastal and natural hazards planning, environmental ethics, and biodiversity conservation in urban contexts.