Tom Paradise comes from a diverse background in geology,
physical and cultural geography, cartography/GIS, natural and technological
hazards, and architectural history. His unique combination of knowledge
and training has guided his work and teaching in resource management,
hazards, architectural deterioration, geomorphology, cartography and spatial
visualization. His expertise has been requested by agencies in Italy,
England, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Jordan, in addition to
UNESCO, USIA/USIS, and USAID.
Having studied and taught about the unique architecture
of Petra, Jordan since the 1980s, Dr. Paradise has published more than forty articles,
book chapters, and books. In the 1990s, he was awarded a three-year Senior
Scholar Fulbright grant to continue his research in Petra, in addition
to receiving two outstanding teaching awards at the Universities of Hawaii
and Arizona State. He works in the fields of architectural deterioration and weathering, cultural
and natural resource management, and computer cartography. In addition, he
has authored more than three atlases and is currently working on an Atlas of the Middle East and North Africa that will be available in English and Arabic.
Dr. Paradise is the current Associate Director of the King Fahd Center.
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Paradise, T.R. 2003. “Weathering of sandstone architecture in Petra, Jordan:
influences and rates” chapter in G.S.A. Special Edition on Weathering &
Architecture (editor, Alice Turkington), 25pp.
Pope, G.P., Meierding, T.C., Paradise, T.R., 2002. “Geomorphic Approach to
Weathering Studies in Cultural Resource Management (CRM)”, Geomorphology
47:211-225
Paradise, T.R. 2002. “Sandstone Weathering and Aspect in Petra, Jordan”, Zeitscrift für Geomorphologie 46:1-17.
Paradise, T.R. 2000. “Architectural Deterioration and Cultural Management
Issues in Petra, Jordan: a decade of research” UNESCO/ICOMOS International
Congress on Culture and Monuments in Venice, Italy. 19pp.
Paradise, T.R. 1998. "The Natural History and Landscape of Petra" chapter in Petra's Great Temple (editor Martha Joukowsky) Brown University Press:
Providence.
Paradise, T.R. 1998. "Limestone Variability and Weathering, Great Temple of
Amman" in Physical Geography 19:134-147.
Paradise, T.R. 1997. "Sandstone Weathering from Lichen Overgrowth, Red
Mountain, Arizona" Geografiska Annaler (Stockholm) 79(3):177-184.
Juvik, J.O., Juvik, S., Paradise, T.R. 1996. The Atlas of Hawaii, (chief
cartographer and editor), University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu 330pp.
Paradise, T.R. 1995. "Sandstone Weathering Thresholds in Petra, Jordan" in Physical Geography 16:205-222.
Paradise, T.R., Yin, Z.Y. 1993. "Granite Weathering Pit Characteristics and
Topography, Stone Mountain, Georgia", Physical Geography 14:68-81.
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