As part of our ongoing review of our editorial structure, the Topical Advisor Panel (TAP) role will be discontinued effective January 1, 2027.
Topical Advisory Panel for section 'Sustainable Urban and Rural Development'
- Environmental Sustainability and Applications Section
- Social Ecology and Sustainability Section
- Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability Section
- Sustainable Engineering and Science Section
- Energy Sustainability Section
- Sustainable Urban and Rural Development Section
- Sustainable Agriculture Section
- Sustainable Education and Approaches Section
- Tourism, Culture, and Heritage Section
- Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology Section
- Sustainable Transportation Section
- Sustainability in Geographic Science Section
- Resources and Sustainable Utilization Section
- Air, Climate Change and Sustainability Section
- Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation Section
- Sustainable Food Section
- Hazards and Sustainability Section
- Sustainable Materials Section
- Sustainable Management Section
- Green Building Section
- Soil Conservation and Sustainability Section
- Sustainable Forestry Section
- Waste and Recycling Section
- Sustainable Water Management Section
- Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability Section
Please see the section webpage for more information on this section.
Members
Department of Structural Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Interests: circular economy; urban sustainability; urban development; business model innovation; construction management; infrastructure management; project finance; sustainable innovation
Interests: circular economy; urban sustainability; urban development; business model innovation; construction management; infrastructure management; project finance; sustainable innovation
Institute of Environmental Engineering, Department of Landscape Art, Warsaw University of Life Sciences–SGGW, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: landscape and population ecology; ecological succession; renaturation of degraded areas; biodiversity conservation; sustainable development
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Interests: landscape and population ecology; ecological succession; renaturation of degraded areas; biodiversity conservation; sustainable development
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Dipartimento di Architettura, Ingegneria delle Costruzioni e Ambiente Costruito, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, MI, Italy
Interests: real estate market; risk management; real estate investments; building management; economic valuation of real estate investment projects; environmental economics; real estate appraisal; property valuation; financial and economic analysis for investment projects; housing affordability; social housing; multiple criteria decision aid; urban and real estate economics; econometric models; sustainability assessment; Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)
Interests: real estate market; risk management; real estate investments; building management; economic valuation of real estate investment projects; environmental economics; real estate appraisal; property valuation; financial and economic analysis for investment projects; housing affordability; social housing; multiple criteria decision aid; urban and real estate economics; econometric models; sustainability assessment; Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)
Auckland Council Construction Waste Group, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Interests: engineering resource efficiency; advanced built environment; engineering risk management
Interests: engineering resource efficiency; advanced built environment; engineering risk management
BUILDERS Ecole d'Ingénieurs, Builders Lab, 1 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 14610 Epron, France
Interests: sustainable construction materials; FRC; SCC; durability and sustainability of concrete; innovative materials for sustainable construction; precast technique
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Interests: sustainable construction materials; FRC; SCC; durability and sustainability of concrete; innovative materials for sustainable construction; precast technique
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Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Interests: architecture; digital heritage; memory; post-conflict urbanism and urban politics; design; co-production methods; community engagement
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Interests: architecture; digital heritage; memory; post-conflict urbanism and urban politics; design; co-production methods; community engagement
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kennesaw State University (KSU), Marietta Campus, 655 Arntson Drive, Marietta, GA 30060, USA
Interests: full-scale performance evaluation of transportation materials; laboratory material characterization of multi-phased pavement materials; sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy
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Interests: full-scale performance evaluation of transportation materials; laboratory material characterization of multi-phased pavement materials; sustainable infrastructure and renewable energy
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Bussiness Management Department, Social Matters Research Group, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, 41704 Dos Hermanas, Sevilla, Spain
Interests: sustainable tourism; touristification; sharing economy; impact social value; urban studies
Interests: sustainable tourism; touristification; sharing economy; impact social value; urban studies
Departamento Construcciones Arquitectónicas I, Higher Technical School of Architecture, University of Seville, 41012 Seville, Spain
Interests: building renovation and urban regeneration; sustainable construction systems; indoor and outdoor environmental quality in Architecture; the promotion of multidisciplinary decision support systems towards the efficient management in the built environment
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Interests: building renovation and urban regeneration; sustainable construction systems; indoor and outdoor environmental quality in Architecture; the promotion of multidisciplinary decision support systems towards the efficient management in the built environment
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Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Forestali (SAAF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Interests: mediterranean forests; forest management and planning; land use land cover changes; geographic information systems (GIS)
Interests: mediterranean forests; forest management and planning; land use land cover changes; geographic information systems (GIS)
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
Interests: built environment evaluation and measurement; urban security analysis; analysis of qualitative aspects of the built environment in quantitative terms; urban regeneration
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Interests: built environment evaluation and measurement; urban security analysis; analysis of qualitative aspects of the built environment in quantitative terms; urban regeneration
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School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3WA, UK
Interests: spatial planning; policy analysis; land policy; environmental economics; transaction costs
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Interests: spatial planning; policy analysis; land policy; environmental economics; transaction costs
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Welsh School of Architecture (WSA), Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK
Interests: climate-responsive building and urban design/environmental design; thermal comfort; building energy performance/thermal modelling; heat island; the environmental performance of the built environment; the effects of climate change on urban microclimates and human thermal comfort
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Interests: climate-responsive building and urban design/environmental design; thermal comfort; building energy performance/thermal modelling; heat island; the environmental performance of the built environment; the effects of climate change on urban microclimates and human thermal comfort
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Division of Geosciences and Civil Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
Interests: smart habitat for humanity; smart city and ICT; urban simulation using GIS and VR; planning policy and process of urban and regional planning
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Interests: smart habitat for humanity; smart city and ICT; urban simulation using GIS and VR; planning policy and process of urban and regional planning
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Institute of Information Systems (IWI), University of Hamburg, Von-Melle-Park 5, 200146 Hamburg, Germany
Interests: transportation; game theory; complex networks; port operation; maritime shipping; smart city
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Interests: transportation; game theory; complex networks; port operation; maritime shipping; smart city
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School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Interests: construction technology; design methodologies; resource efficiency and reuse; maritime archaeology; cultural heritage; digital heritage
Interests: construction technology; design methodologies; resource efficiency and reuse; maritime archaeology; cultural heritage; digital heritage
School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5502, USA
Interests: urban anthropology; Zero Hunger; urban social-ecological systems; ethnobiology; land use change; deforestation; geographic information science; poverty; sustainable urbanization; agrarian societies; remote sensing; participatory research methods; ethnoecology; vulnerability; climate change and adaptation; international development; food systems
Interests: urban anthropology; Zero Hunger; urban social-ecological systems; ethnobiology; land use change; deforestation; geographic information science; poverty; sustainable urbanization; agrarian societies; remote sensing; participatory research methods; ethnoecology; vulnerability; climate change and adaptation; international development; food systems
Faculty Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands
Interests: soil erosion modelling; rainfall-runoff modelling; remote sensing for land cover change analysis; land degradation and natural hazards; soil conservation
Interests: soil erosion modelling; rainfall-runoff modelling; remote sensing for land cover change analysis; land degradation and natural hazards; soil conservation
Faculty of Applied Science, School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
Interests: sustainable construction materials; rammed earth; carbon capture; waste to value; biocomposites
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Interests: sustainable construction materials; rammed earth; carbon capture; waste to value; biocomposites
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Department of Water Resources and Climatology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Interests: water quality; wastewater treatment; heavy metals; bottom sediments; pollution control; sediment remediation; water management; aquaculture
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Interests: water quality; wastewater treatment; heavy metals; bottom sediments; pollution control; sediment remediation; water management; aquaculture
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Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
Interests: restoration; wetlands; mangrove; ecology; management; plante cology
Interests: restoration; wetlands; mangrove; ecology; management; plante cology
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
Interests: landscape architecture; urban design and planning; housing environments; sustainability
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Interests: landscape architecture; urban design and planning; housing environments; sustainability
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Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Interests: hazard mitigation; disaster recovery; climate change adaptation; public policy; land use planning; design
Interests: hazard mitigation; disaster recovery; climate change adaptation; public policy; land use planning; design
Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, State University of New York, Amherst, NY, USA
Interests: sustainable architecture; sustainable urban design; passive design strategies; urban social sustainability
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Interests: sustainable architecture; sustainable urban design; passive design strategies; urban social sustainability
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Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
Interests: urban and economic geography; transportation; crime mapping and analysis; quantitative analysis; GIS applications; China
Interests: urban and economic geography; transportation; crime mapping and analysis; quantitative analysis; GIS applications; China
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Interests: smart and connected communities; human-building interaction; energy-efficient buildings; sustainable construction; construction safety
Interests: smart and connected communities; human-building interaction; energy-efficient buildings; sustainable construction; construction safety
Department of Hydrobiology and Ecosystems Protections, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 20-262 Lublin, Poland
Interests: nature protection; landscape quality; landscape indicators; nature-based solutions; spatial analysis; spatial statistics; satellite image analysis; land-use management; land use planning
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Interests: nature protection; landscape quality; landscape indicators; nature-based solutions; spatial analysis; spatial statistics; satellite image analysis; land-use management; land use planning
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Energy Department (DENERG), Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
Interests: energy efficiency of buildings; Indoor environmental quality; occupant behaviour; historic buildings
Interests: energy efficiency of buildings; Indoor environmental quality; occupant behaviour; historic buildings
Institute of Soil Bioengineering and Landscape Construction, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Peter-Jordan-Straße 82/III, 1190 Vienna, Austria
Interests: soil and water bioengineering; erosion control; landscape construction; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; bioshading performance; green/blue rain water management
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Interests: soil and water bioengineering; erosion control; landscape construction; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; bioshading performance; green/blue rain water management
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Faculty of Geography and Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Research on Territorial Dynamics, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Interests: urban expansion process; spatial planning; territorial governance; rural development; post-socialist dynamics; socio-economic disparities; small towns
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Interests: urban expansion process; spatial planning; territorial governance; rural development; post-socialist dynamics; socio-economic disparities; small towns
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