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[ 0 => '{{subst:AfC submission/draftnew}}<!-- Important, do not remove this line before article has been created. -->', 1 => '', 2 => '', 3 => ''''Julius Gyula Fábos''' was born April 15, 1932 in Marcali Hungary.  He grew up in an extended family of proud farmers who instilled in him a strong agrarian work ethic, values of land stewardship and prudent resource use, and loyalty to family, colleagues and friends.  These values served him well as a young man enjoying a “demanding but beautiful way of life”.   After 1949, successful farming families as his were labeled “Kuláks” and treated as enemies of society.  Julius and his family lost their farm, were arrested, tortured and jailed.  At age 24, soon after the Hungarian revolution in 1956, Julius boldly escaped from Hungary to begin a new life in America<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gy.|first=Fabos, Julius|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/694601423|title=Son of a Kulák : how a Hungarian farm boy survived World War II and escaped Stalinist oppression for a new life in America|date=2010|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=1-4502-6851-X|oclc=694601423}}</ref>.', 4 => '', 5 => '== Landscape Planning Scholar ==', 6 => 'Early in his tenure at UMass, Fábos found his scholarly niche in articulating theory and developing parametric methods for landscape planning - building on the pioneering work of Ian McHarg.  Through his highly collaborative research program with physical and social scientists and economists at UMass, he learned the importance of research for advancing landscape architecture from a professional field to a respected academic discipline.  Fábos contributed to the Army Corps of Engineers’ “North Atlantic Regional Resource Planning Survey” where his emerging ideas were applied on a regional scale.  On his first sabbatical, he entered the Ph.D. program in Natural Resources at the University of Michigan. Back at UMass, in collaboration with Ervin H. Zube, Fábos integrated his Ph.D. research with landscape planning and seminal landscape assessment research<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gy.|first=Zube, Ervin H. Brush, Robert O. Fabos, Julius|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/635996697|title=Landscape assessment : values, perceptions and resources|date=1975|publisher=Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross|isbn=0-470-98423-6|oclc=635996697}}</ref>.  The visual assessment of the island of Nantucket mapped scenic landscape resources using Zube and Fábos’ method and has influenced land planning and protection for nearly four decades.  He started the Metropolitan Land Use Planning Research Group (METLAND) with numerous faculty colleagues and students and published a suite of research reports that are considered seminal in the field of landscape planning<ref>{{Citation|last=Fabos|first=Julius Gy.|title=Assessment of Landscape Resources|date=2019-07-09|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429301759-6|work=Planning the Total Landscape: a Guide to Intelligent Land Use|pages=85–106|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-30175-9|access-date=2021-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=1948-|first=Fabos, Julius Gy. Caswell, Stephanie J. Bradley, Raymond S.,|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/462275562|title=Composite landscape assessment : assessment procedures for special resources, hazards and development suitability; part II of the Metropolitan Landscape Planning Model (METLAND)|date=1977|publisher=University of Massachusetts at Amherst. College of Food and Natural Resources|oclc=462275562}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fabos|first=Julius Gy.|last2=Joyner|first2=Spencer A.|date=1980-05|title=Landscape plan formulation and evaluation|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3924(80)90011-8|journal=Landscape Planning|volume=7|issue=2|pages=95–119|doi=10.1016/0304-3924(80)90011-8|issn=0304-3924}}</ref>. The METLAND research established a science-based, parametric approach to landscape assessment and planning. METLAND was applied to the then-rapidly expanding Boston metropolitan region to assure that natural, physical and cultural resources were duly considered in landscape and land use planning decisions.  The METLAND group also pioneered the computerization of landscape planning in the 1980’s.  He was influential in advising the Portuguese government on establishing a national geographic information system during a Fulbright Fellowship in Portugal in1986. As a maturing scholar, Fábos organized his contributions in landscape planning theory with national and international examples and references into two important books on landscape planning<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fabos|first=Julius Gy.|date=2019-07-09|title=Planning the Total Landscape: a Guide to Intelligent Land Use|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429301759|doi=10.4324/9780429301759}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nash|first=Peter H.|date=1986-07|title=Fabos, Julius Gy., "Land-Use Planning: From Global to Local Challenge" (Book Review)|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/tpr.57.3.w1t2x4g4k0272817|journal=Town Planning Review|volume=57|issue=3|pages=331|doi=10.3828/tpr.57.3.w1t2x4g4k0272817|issn=0041-0020}}</ref>. Through his many publications and conference participations he was recognized internationally as an academic leader.  In 1985 he was inducted as a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in recognition of his contributions to the knowledge base of the field. In 1997 he received the ASLA medal, the highest honor given by the Society.', 7 => '', 8 => '== Greenways Research ==', 9 => '', 10 => '', 11 => 'In the 1980’s Julius Fábos refocused his research on the theory and practice of Greenways.  With faculty colleagues at UMass he co-edited three special issues of Landscape and Urban Planning Journal on the emerging practice of greenway planning and design<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fábos|first=Julius Gy.|last2=Ryan|first2=Robert L.|date=2006-04|title=An introduction to greenway planning around the world|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.09.028|journal=Landscape and Urban Planning|volume=76|issue=1-4|pages=1–6|doi=10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.09.028|issn=0169-2046}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fábos|first=Julius Gy.|last2=Ryan|first2=Robert L.|date=2004-05|title=International greenway planning: an introduction|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0169-2046(03)00155-5|journal=Landscape and Urban Planning|volume=68|issue=2-3|pages=143–146|doi=10.1016/s0169-2046(03)00155-5|issn=0169-2046}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fabos|first=Julius Gy.|date=1995-10|title=Introduction and overview: the greenway movement, uses and potentials of greenways|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-2046(95)02035-r|journal=Landscape and Urban Planning|volume=33|issue=1-3|pages=1–13|doi=10.1016/0169-2046(95)02035-r|issn=0169-2046}}</ref>. His individual contributions in these greenways special issues defined greenways as a flexible strategy for integrating natural, recreational and cultural preservation appropriate for international application. Collectively these special issues defined theory from emerging international practice and established a future research agenda for greenways. For the 1999 Centennial of the ASLA, Fábos and UMass colleagues Robert Ryan and Mark Lindhult organized hundreds of professionals and officials to create a comprehensive Greenway Plan for the New England region – thinking and planning regionally in the spirit of Fábos’ idols Ian McHarg and Phil Lewis.  The New England Greenway Plan put into practice the theory and methods that Fábos developed with colleagues at UMass and internationally over the preceding decade.', 12 => '', 13 => '', 14 => 'After his retirement from UMass in 1997, Fábos continued to promote landscape planning and greenways. Julius and Edith Fábos established an endowment at UMass to sponsor a triennial international conference on Greenways and Landscape Planning.  The Fábos conferences to date in 2004, 2007 and 2010 have attracted international academic and professional participation and have resulted in substantial published proceedings.  The 2010 conference in Budapest, Hungary marked a profound linkage of Fábos heritage with his career in the USA and building research-based focus for future international collaborations. ', 15 => '', 16 => '', 17 => 'Julius Fábos will always be known as an inspirational and demanding professor.  Students he has taught and advised have become noted academic, governmental and professional leaders internationally.  He has served as advisor and mentor.  He is a tireless and effective advocate for the profession – urging  landscape architects to “make big plans; aim high in hope and work…”  in the spirit of Daniel Burnham, another of his idols.', 18 => '', 19 => '== References ==', 20 => '<!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. -->', 21 => '{{reflist}}' ]