Hugh Millward

Professor Emeritus
Faculty of Arts
Geography and Environmental Studies

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Faculty Member Information

Office Location: 313
Office Building: Burke
Telephone: (902)420-5739
E-Mail: hugh.millward@smu.ca

Education

Ph.D., Geography, University of Western Ontario, 1975
M.A., Geography, University of Western Ontario, 1972
B.A., Modern Studies (Hons.), Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University), 1970

Membership

2015 - Present, International Society for Digital Earth
2015 - Present, Canadian Association of Geographers, & CAG Rural Geography Study Group
2015 - Present, Royal Canadian Geographical Society
2015 - Present, National Geographic Society

Honours

Stuart Semple Award for Contributions to Geographic Education Atlantic Canada Division, Canadian Association of Geographers - 2016
Award for Service to the Profession of Geography Canadian Association of Geographers - 2012
Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society Royal Canadian Geographical Society - 2009
President’s Award for Excellence in Research Saint Mary’s University - 2007
Graduate Fellowship in Urban and Regional Affairs Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation - 1975
J. Gordon McIntosh Scholarship in Geography (outstanding Master's thesis) University of Western Ontario - 1972

Scholarly Contributions

Book Reviews

Millward Hugh. (2009)"The Limits of Boundaries: Why City-Regions Cannot be Self-Governing", The Limits of Boundaries: Why City-Regions Cannot be Self-Governing (Andrew Sancton), Canadian Public Policy 3:35, 385-7
Millward Hugh. (1993)"Canadian Cities in Transition, 1st ed.", Canadian Cities in Transition, 1st ed. (Trudi Bunting and Pierre Filion), The Canadian Geographer 37, 90-91
Millward Hugh. (1987)"Gentrification of the City", Gentrification of the City (Neil Smith and Peter Williams), Plan Canada 27, 249-250
Millward Hugh. (1987)"Beyond the Neighborhood Unit: Residential Environments and Public Policy", Beyond the Neighborhood Unit: Residential Environments and Public Policy (Tridib Banerjee and William Baer), Environments 3:18, 131-133

Book

Millward Hugh, Beesley Kenneth, Ilbery Brian, Harrington Lisa. "Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability in the New Countryside" (Spring - 2000)

Book Chapters

Millward Hugh. (2010). "Rural-urban Contrasts in Time Use and Travel Behaviour: Evidence from the 2005 Canadian Time-Survey (ch. 15)", Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Change, 284-297
Millward Hugh. (2010). "Exurban Housing Development in the Halifax Commuter Belt: Processes, Patterns, and Policies (ch. 25)", The Rural-Urban Fringe in Canada: Conflict and Controversy, 363-374
Millward Hugh. (2006). "Metropolitan Form and the Environment (ch.21)", Canadian Cities in Transition, 3rd ed., 363-378
Millward Hugh, Harrington Lisa, Ilbery Brian, Beesley Kenneth. (2003). "Milieux, Viewpoints, and Processes of Change in the New Countryside (ch.1)", The New Countryside: Geographic Perspectives on Rural Change , 9-23
Millward Hugh. (2003). "Regional and Local Factors affecting Exurban Development in the Eastern Shore Commuter Zone of Halifax, Nova Scotia (ch. 30)", The New Countryside: Geographic Perspectives on Rural Change, 455-76
Millward Hugh. (2002). "Delineation of Built-up Areas by Building Proximity: an Exploratory Analysis", Land Use/Land Cover Changes in the Period of Globalization, 180-7
Millward Hugh. (2000). "Country Residential Development as Indicated by Building Counts: A Case Study for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada", Land Use Changes in Comparative Perspective, ed. Yukio Himiyama et al., 63-79
Beesley Kenneth, Millward Hugh, Harrington Lisa, Ilbery Brian. (2000). "Introduction: Environmental and Economic Forces Affecting Rural Producers (and What's Happening in the Annapolis Valley?) (ch.1)", Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability in the New Countryside (Truro: Nova Scotia Agricultural College), 7-14

Journal Articles

Hafezi Mohammed, Daisy Naznin, Liu Lei, Millward Hugh. "Understanding and Modeling the Activity-Travel Behavior of University Commuters at a Large Canadian University,", Journal of Urban Planning and Development 144:2 (Spring - 2018), 1-10
Daisy Naznin, Millward Hugh, Liu Lei. "Trip chaining and tour mode choice of non-workers grouped by daily activity patterns", Journal of Transport Geography 69 (Spring - 2018), 150-162
Hafezi Hesam, Daisy Naznin, Liu Lei, Millward Hugh. "Daily activity and travel sequences of students, faculty and staff at a large Canadian university", Transport Planning and Technology 41:5 (Spring - 2018), 536-556
Millward Hugh, Neatt Kevin, Spinney Jamie. "Neighborhood Walking Densities: A Multivariate Analysis in Halifax, Canada ", Journal of Transport Geography 61 (Spring - 2017), 9-16
Millward Hugh, Mohammed Hafezi, Liu Lei. "Identification of representative time-use activity patterns using fuzzy C-Means clustering", Transportation Research Record, 2668 (Spring - 2017), 38-50
Millward Hugh, Hafezi Mohammed, Liu Lei. "A Time-use Activity-pattern Recognition Model for Activity-based Travel Demand Modeling ", Transportation online (Fall - 2017), 1-26
Millward Hugh, Spinney Jamie, Scott Darren. "Durations and Domains of Daily Aerobic Activity: Evidence from the 2010 Canadian Time-Use Survey", Journal of Physical Activity and Health 11:5 (Spring - 2014), 895-902
Spinney Jamie, Millward Hugh. "Active Living among Older Canadians: A Time-Use Perspective over Three Decades", Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 22 (Spring - 2014), 103-113
Millward Hugh, Spinney Jamie. "Urban-Rural Variation in Satisfaction with Life: Demographic, Health, and Geographic Predictors in Halifax, Canada", Applied Research in Quality of Life 8 :3 (Spring - 2013), 279-297
Millward Hugh, Spinney Jamie, Scott Darren. "Active-Transport Walking Behavior: Destinations, Durations, Distances", Journal of Transport Geography 28 (Spring - 2013), 101-110
Spinney Jamie, Millward Hugh. "Investigating Travel Thresholds for Sports and Recreation Activities", Environment and Planning B: Planning & Design 40:3 (Spring - 2013), 474-488
Millward Hugh. "Satisfaction with Life along the Rural-urban Continuum: Key Indicators in the Halifax Region of Canada", Journal of Rural and Community Development 8:3 (Spring - 2013), 263-278
Wilson J, Spinney Jamie, Millward Hugh, Scott D, Hayden A, Tyedmers P. "Blame the Exurbs, not the Suburbs: Exploring the Distribution of Greenhouse Gas Emissions within a City Region", Energy Policy 62 (Spring - 2013), 1329-1335
Spinney Jamie, Millward Hugh, Scott Darren. "Walking for Transport versus Recreation: A Comparison of Participants, Timing, and Locations", Journal of Physical Activity and Health 9:2 (Spring - 2012), 153-162
Millward Hugh, Spinney Jamie. "Time Use, Travel Behavior, and the Rural-Urban Continuum: Results from the Halifax STAR Project", Journal of Transport Geography 19 (Spring - 2011), 51-58
Spinney Jamie, Millward Hugh, Scott Darren. "Measuring Active Living in Canada: a Time-Use Perspective", Social Science Research 40 (Spring - 2011), 685-694
Millward Hugh, Spinney Jamie. "'Active Living' Related to the Rural-Urban Continuum: a Time-Use Perspective", Journal of Rural Health 27 (Spring - 2011), 141-150
Spinney Jamie, Millward Hugh. "School Travel Mode Choice and Characteristics of the Children, School and Neighborhood", Children, Youth and Environments 21:2 (Spring - 2011), 57-76
Spinney Jamie, Millward Hugh. "Weather Impacts on Leisure Activities in Halifax, Nova Scotia", International Journal of Biometeorology 55 (Spring - 2011), 133-145
Spinney Jamie, Millward Hugh. "Time and Money: a New Look at Poverty and the Barriers to Physical Activity in Canada", Social Indicators Research 99 (Spring - 2010), 341-356
Spinney Jamie, Kanaroglou Pavlos, Millward Hugh. "Improving Access to Land Price Data: A Spatial Decision Support System for Cleansing Land Registry Data", Canadian Journal of Regional Science 33 :2 (Spring - 2010), 57-72
Millward Hugh. "Population Density", Encyclopedia of Geography (Thousand Oaks, Cal.: Sage) 5 (Spring - 2010), 2238-2240
Millward Hugh, Spinney Jamie. "Time Use and Rurality - Canada 2005", International Journal of Time Use Research 6 (Spring - 2009), 109-129
Millward Hugh, Bunting Trudi. "Patterning in Urban Population Densities: a Spatiotemporal Model compared with Toronto 1971-2001", Environment and Planning A 40 (Spring - 2008), 283-302
Millward Hugh. "Evolution of Population Densities: Five Canadian Cities, 1971-2001", Urban Geography 29 (Spring - 2008), 616-638
French Austin, Millward Hugh. "The 2006 Halifax Regional Plan: Process and Overview", Plan Canada 47:1 (Spring - 2007), 40-43
Millward Hugh, French Austin. "Balancing Development and Environmental Protection in a Rural Commuter Belt: the 2006 Halifax Regional Plan", Journal of Rural and Community Development 2 (Spring - 2007), 1-16
Millward Hugh. "Metropolis in the Wilderness: Regional Land Planning for Halifax, Canada", Progress in Sustainable Rural Development (Armidale, NSW: University of New England, Division of Geography and Planning) (Spring - 2007), 204-209
Millward Hugh, Xue Guang. "Local Urban Form Measures Related to Land-use and Development Period: a Case-study for Halifax, Nova Scotia", Canadian Journal of Urban Research 16:2 (Spring - 2007), 53-72
Millward Hugh. "Urban Containment Strategies: a Case-study Appraisal of Plans and Policies in Japanese, British, and Canadian Cities", Land Use Policy 23 (Spring - 2006), 473-485
Millward Hugh. "Rural Population Change in Nova Scotia, 1991-2001: Bivariate and Multivariate Analysis of Key Drivers", The Canadian Geographer 49 (Spring - 2005), 180-197
Millward Hugh. "Control versus Encouragement of Peri-urban Development: Lessons from Japan, Britain, and Canada", Land Use and Rural Sustainability (Aberdeen: IGU Commission on Sustainability of Rural Systems) Alexander Mather (Spring - 2005), 96-101
Millward Hugh. "A Vector-GIS Extension for Generalization of Binary Polygon Patterns", Cartographica 39:4 (Spring - 2004), 55-64
Millward Hugh. "Peri-urban Residential Development in the Halifax Region, 1960-2000: Magnets, Constraints, and Planning Policies", Canadian Geographer 46 (Spring - 2002), 33-47
Millward Hugh. "The Spread of Commuter Development in the Eastern Shore Zone of Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1920-1988", Urban History Review 29 (Spring - 2000), 21-32
Millward Hugh. "Countryside Recreational Access in West Europe and Anglo-America: A Comparison of Supply", The Great Lakes Geographer 7 (Spring - 2000), 38-52
Millward Hugh, Bunting Trudi. "A Tale of Two CBDs II: The Internal Retail Dynamics of Downtown Halifax nd Downtown Kitchener", Canadian Journal of Urban Research 8 (Spring - 1999), 1-27
Bunting Trudi, Millward Hugh. "A Tale of Two CBDs I: The Decline and Revival (?) of Downtown Retailing in Halifax and Kitchener", Canadian Journal of Urban Research 7 (Spring - 1998), 139-166

Presentation

Neatt Kevin, Millward Hugh. "Are the most walked-in neighbourhoods of Halifax truly walkable?", Atlantic Division, Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2014)
Millward Hugh, Spinney Jamie. "Satisfaction with life in Halifax: variations and predictors at individual, zonal, and census-tract scales", Atlantic Division, Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2013)
Millward Hugh. "Walking for Transport in the Halifax Region", Halifax Regional Trails Association (Winter - 2013)
Millward Hugh. "Predictors of satisfaction with life: urban-rural variations in Halifax, Nova Scotia", Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2012)
Millward Hugh. "Walking for Active Transport: Destinations, Durations, and Distances from the Halifax STAR Survey", Association of American Geographers (Spring - 2011)
Millward Hugh. "Satisfaction with Life along the Rural-Urban Continuum: Key Indicators in the Halifax Region of Canada", The 7th Quadrennial Conference of British, Canadian, and American Rural Geographers (Summer - 2011)
Millward Hugh. "Back to the Future: Can we Apply Futurist Techniques to Long-Range Planning for Halifax?", Imagine: Your World, Your City in 100 Years, Planning Conference (Spring - 2011)
Millward Hugh, Spinney Jamie. "Subjective quality of life within the Halifax region: demography, health, and geography", Atlantic Division, Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2011)
Spinney Jamie, Millward Hugh. "Weather impacts on leisure activities in Halifax, Nova Scotia", Atlantic Division, Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2011)
Millward Hugh, Spinney Jamie. "Variations in 'Active Living' along the Rural-Urban Continuum: Evidence from Halifax, Canada", International Association of Time Use Research, Sciences Po (Summer - 2010)
Millward Hugh. "Natural Systems of Halifax Regional Municality, Related to Development and Planning", The Ecology Action Centre’s Conversations on Environment in HRM, Workshop no. 2 (Spring - 2010)
Millward Hugh, Spinney Jamie. "A Time-use Perspective on Physical Activity along the Rural-Urban Continuum: Evidence from the Halifax Region", Annual Meeting, Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2010)
Millward Hugh. "Walking for Transport: Destinations, Durations, and Distances from the Halifax STAR Project", Annual Meeting, Atlantic Division, Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2010)
Millward Hugh. "Halifax Space-Time Activity Research: Data and Opportunities", Halifax Regional Municipality, Community Development Dept. Worskshop (Summer - 2010)
Millward Hugh. "Time Use and Travel Behaviour along the Rural-urban Continuum: Results from the Halifax STAR Project", Annual Meeting, Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2009)
Millward Hugh. "The Travel Behavior of Resource versus Non-resource Workers, related to 'Urban' and 'Rural' Home Locations", Annual Meeting, Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2008)
Millward Hugh. "Growth Management Strategies in the 2006 Halifax Regional Plan", Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2007)
Millward Hugh. "Rural-urban Contrasts in Space-time Activity Patterns: Evidence from the 2005 Canadian Time-use Survey", The 6th Quadrennial Conference of British, Canadian, and American Rural Geographers (Summer - 2007)
Millward Hugh. "Travel by Activity and Mode in the Halifax Region: Preliminary Results from the STAR Project", The 19th Annual Meeting, Atlantic Division , Canadian Association of Geographers (Fall - 2007)
Millward Hugh. "Rural-urban Contrasts in Activities and Travel Behavior: Preliminary Results from the Halifax STAR Project", Annual Meeting, International Association of Time Use Research (Fall - 2007)
Millward Hugh. "Pattern evolution in population densities: five Canadian cities compared to a generic model, 1971-2001", Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2006)
Millward Hugh. "Metropolis in the wilderness: regional land use planning for Halifax, Canada, 1960-2006", Joint Commissions Conference on Sustainable Local Development, International Geographical Union (Summer - 2006)
Millward Hugh. "Rural Population Change in Nova Scotia 1991-2001: Regression and Multiple Regression of Key Drivers", Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2005)
Millward Hugh. "Control versus Encouragement of Peri-urban Development: Lessons from Japan, Britain and Canada", IGU Conference on Land Use and Rural Sustainability (Summer - 2005)
Millward Hugh. "Strategies for Metropolitan Containment: a Model Compared to 6 Case Studies", Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2005)
Yule Ian, Millward Hugh, Bunting Trudi. "Spatial Autocorrelation in Urban Population Densities: a Model of Spatial and Temporal Progressions", Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2005)
Millward Hugh. "The History and Accomplishments of the Department of Geography at ¶¶ÒõÊÓƵ", Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2005)
Millward Hugh, Daoust Tyson. "Spatial patterning in urban population densities: the case of Toronto 1971-2001", Atlantic Division, Canadian Association of Geographers (Fall - 2005)
Millward Hugh. "Built-up Areas by Building Proximity Levels: Examples from Japan and Britain", Atlantic Division, Canadian Association of Geographers (Summer - 2003)
Millward Hugh. "Rural Population Decline in Nova Scotia: Causes and Consequences", Workshop on Change in Rural Canada, Association of Canadian University Planning Programmes (Summer - 2003)
Millward Hugh. "Population Change in Rural Nova Scotia: Resource-dependency, Isolation, and Urban Labour Markets", 5th British-American-Canadian Rural Geography Conference (Summer - 2003)
Millward Hugh, Murai Nobuko. "Relationships between Building Density, Building Proximity, and Building Coverage: the Case of Halifax, Canada", Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union (Summer - 2002)
Millward Hugh. "Current Patterns of Population Change in Nova Scotia: an Appraisal", Atlantic Division, Canadian Association of Geographers (Summer - 2002)
Millward Hugh. "Population Dynamics in Nova Scotia: the Depopulation Issue", Nova Scotia Voluntary Planning, AGM (Fall - 2002)
Millward Hugh, McCalla R. "The Employment of ¶¶ÒõÊÓƵ Geography Graduates: A Comparison of 1989 and 1999 Surveys", Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2001)
Millward Hugh. "Delineation of Built-up Areas by Building Proximity: An Exploratory Analysis", International Geographical Union, Land Use and Land Cover Change Study Group (Summer - 2001)
Millward Hugh. "Peri-Urban Residential Development in the Halifax Region, 1960-2000: Magnets, Constraints, and Policies", Atlantic Division, Canadian Association of Geographers (Fall - 2000)
Millward Hugh. "Minimum Area and Minimum Width Routines for Polygon Generalization", Canadian Association of Geographers (Spring - 2000)

Conference Proceedings

Hafezi Hesam, Millward Hugh, Liu Lei. "Activity-based travel demand modeling: progress and possibilities", International Conference on Transportation and Development (2018 - 2018)
Daisy Naznin, Hafezi Hesam, Liu Lei, Millward Hugh. "Housing location and commuting mode choices of university students and employees: An application of bivariate Probit models", International Conference on Transportation and Development 2018 (2018 - 2018)
Daisy Naznin, Millward Hugh, Liu Lei. "Individuals’ activity-travel behavior in travel demand models: a review of recent progress", 18th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (2018 - 2018)
Millward Hugh, Werle Dirk, van Proosdij Danika. "9th Symposium of the International Society for Digital Earth, 2015 ", IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 34(1) (2016 - 2016)
Neatt Kevin, Millward Hugh, Spinney Jamie. "Aggregation and spatial analysis of walking activity in an urban area: results from the Halifax space-time activity survey. ", IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 34(1) (2016 - 2016)
Millward Hugh, Spinney Jamie. "A Time-use Perspective on Physical Activity along the Rural-Urban Continuum: Evidence from the Halifax Region", Proceedings of the Prairie Summit (Regina: Dept. of Geography, University of Regina, 2010) (2010 - 2010)
Millward Hugh. "Factors Affecting Growth in Rural Commuter Housing: A Case Study East of Halifax, Nova Scotia", Proceedings, New England--St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society (2000 - 2000)

Editorial Work

Millward Hugh, Morrison James. (Ed.) (1997) Japan at Century's End: Changes, Challenges, Choices. Halifax, NS: Fernwood
Millward Hugh, Morrison James. (Ed.) (1997) Japan at Century's End: Changes, Challenges, Choices. Halifax, NS: Fernwood

Other Publications

Millward Hugh, Hafezi Mohammed, Daisy Naznin, Liu Lei. "Commuting to Campus: Findings from the Dalhousie EnACT Travel Survey. 53 pp"
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18077.61925 (Spring - 2018)
Millward Hugh, McCalla R. "The Employment of ¶¶ÒõÊÓƵ Geography Graduates: A Comparison of Surveys in 1989, 1999, and 2010"
Occasional Papers in Geography (Fall - 2011)
Millward Hugh, Conrad Cathy. "The Geographer's Art"
You are Here: Peter Dykhuis (Halifax: ¶¶ÒõÊÓƵ Art Gallery, Exhibition Catalogue, 2007) (Spring - 2007)

Service: Institutional Committees

Member, Senate Academic Appeals Committee, 2012/03 - None (Member)
Member, Board of Directors, Gorsebrook Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies, 2011/03 - None (Member)
Member, Faculty of Arts Executive Committee, 2010/01 - 2010/01 (Member)
Member, Executive Committee, 2008/03 - None (124)
Geography Department Representative, Asian Studies Committee, 1993/03 - None (Geography Department Representative)
Geography Department Representative, Atlantic Canada Studies Committee, 1982/03 - None (Geography Department Representative)

Service: Professional or Disciplinary

Visiting Member, Executive Committee, International Society for Digital Earth 2013/03 - Present
Chairperson, Local Organizing Committee for "Digital Earth 2015" (the 9th Symposium of the International Society for Digital Earth), Halifax Regional Municipality 2013/01 - Present
Chairperson, Halifax Bid Committee for the 9th Symposium of the International Society for Digital Earth, Halifax Regional Municipality 2012/03 - 2013/01
Invited Panelist, Concluding Panel Discussion, ''Imagine: Your World, Your City in 100 Years,'' Planning Conference, 2010/02 - 2010/02
Chairperson, Capital Funding Committee, Halifax Regional Trails Association 2008/03 - 2010/03
Member, Board of Directors, Halifax Regional Trails Association 2006/02 - 2010/03
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Rural and Community Development 2004/03 - Present
Member, Awards Committee, Royal Canadian Geographical Society 1998/03 - 2009/03