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 Construction, School of Technology, University of Extremadura, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Cáceres, Spain
Interests: water footprint; carbon footprint; catchment hydrology; urban hydrology; Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems; hydrologic modelling; water resources management; water scarcity
Interests: water footprint; carbon footprint; catchment hydrology; urban hydrology; Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems; hydrologic modelling; water resources management; water scarcity
Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznań, Poland
Interests: risk analysis in construction project; life cycle cost modelling of buildings with consideration of the risk; reliability, risk management, and contingency of construction processes; quantification of the risk in life cycle cost; construction delays causing risks on time and cost—case study, critical review; disturbance analysis and their impact on delays in construction process, projects, industry investment/construction risk modeling
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Interests: risk analysis in construction project; life cycle cost modelling of buildings with consideration of the risk; reliability, risk management, and contingency of construction processes; quantification of the risk in life cycle cost; construction delays causing risks on time and cost—case study, critical review; disturbance analysis and their impact on delays in construction process, projects, industry investment/construction risk modeling
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Department of Geography, Umeå Universitet, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
Interests: repopulating rural areas; lifestyle-related urban-rural mobilities; European rural tourism
Interests: repopulating rural areas; lifestyle-related urban-rural mobilities; European rural tourism
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, The Technion, Haifa 320000, Israel
Interests: urban diversity; vertical urbanism; social sustainability
Interests: urban diversity; vertical urbanism; social sustainability
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Platteville, WI 53818, USA
Interests: green building; sustainable construction; high performance buildings
Interests: green building; sustainable construction; high performance buildings
Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
Interests: development planning; natural resource economics; urban economics & governance; digital futures
Interests: development planning; natural resource economics; urban economics & governance; digital futures
Chair of Sustainable Construction, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Interests: sustainable construction; life cycle assessment; bamboo; timber; circular economy; bio-economy; post-disaster reconstruction; sustainable real estate
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Interests: sustainable construction; life cycle assessment; bamboo; timber; circular economy; bio-economy; post-disaster reconstruction; sustainable real estate
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GIR Termotecnia, Departamento de Ingeniería Energética y Fluidomecánica, Universidad de Valladolid, Paseo del Cauce nº 59, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
Interests: sustainable renovation of buildings; neighborhood regeneration; circular economy; decarbonization of construction sector; sustainable construction; eco-efficient constructive solutions; resource efficiency in architecture; engineering and urbanism
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Interests: sustainable renovation of buildings; neighborhood regeneration; circular economy; decarbonization of construction sector; sustainable construction; eco-efficient constructive solutions; resource efficiency in architecture; engineering and urbanism
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IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, 55100 Lucca, LU, Italy
Interests: low carbon infrastructures; urban development; energy policy; urban metabolism; renewable energy sources
Interests: low carbon infrastructures; urban development; energy policy; urban metabolism; renewable energy sources
Dipartimento di Architettura e Disegno Industriale, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 81100 Caserta, CE, Italy
Interests: building; structural engineering; structural analysis; structural dynamics; earthquake engineering; nonlinear analysis; civil engineering; materials finite element analysis; dynamic analysis; modal analysis; FE analysis
Interests: building; structural engineering; structural analysis; structural dynamics; earthquake engineering; nonlinear analysis; civil engineering; materials finite element analysis; dynamic analysis; modal analysis; FE analysis
Laboratory for Analysis and Modelling of Decision Support Systems, Paris Dauphine University, 75016 Paris, France
Interests: urban planning; aiding decision tools and methods; policy analytics; spatial multicriteria evaluation
Interests: urban planning; aiding decision tools and methods; policy analytics; spatial multicriteria evaluation
Department of Earth Sciences - World Centre of Excellence, University of Firenze, 50121 Firenze, Italy; Italian Military Geographic Institute, 50121 Firenze, Italy
Interests: InSAR; GNSS; landslide; subsidence; PSInSAR; seismic hazard
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Interests: InSAR; GNSS; landslide; subsidence; PSInSAR; seismic hazard
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Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Interests: sustainable and resilient cities and regions; urban and regional development and innovation; urban policy and governance; environmental economic geography
Interests: sustainable and resilient cities and regions; urban and regional development and innovation; urban policy and governance; environmental economic geography
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Heat Engines and Machines, and Fluids, University of Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo, Spain
Interests: renewable energies: biomass combustion, thermal and chemical characterization; building energy efficiency: thermal simulation, calibration tools, thermal modeling
Interests: renewable energies: biomass combustion, thermal and chemical characterization; building energy efficiency: thermal simulation, calibration tools, thermal modeling
Department of Applied Economic Analysis, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain
Interests: economic history; urban planning; water resources management; drought and scarcity mitigation; local budgets; econometric applied analysis; sustainable development
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Interests: economic history; urban planning; water resources management; drought and scarcity mitigation; local budgets; econometric applied analysis; sustainable development
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CERIS—Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: sanitary engineering; urban drainage systems; urban resilience; modeling and integrated management; monitoring and warning systems; water and wastewater treatment; water reuse.
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Interests: sanitary engineering; urban drainage systems; urban resilience; modeling and integrated management; monitoring and warning systems; water and wastewater treatment; water reuse.
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Research Center for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, University of Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Interests: sustainability; urban planning; nature-based solutions; stakeholder engagement; health and well-being and sustainable tourism
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Interests: sustainability; urban planning; nature-based solutions; stakeholder engagement; health and well-being and sustainable tourism
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Department of Geography, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Interests: communication; demography; emotion; cognition and human development; human geography; ICT; psychology; urban and regional planning
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Interests: communication; demography; emotion; cognition and human development; human geography; ICT; psychology; urban and regional planning
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Department of Landscape Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
Interests: landscape management; bioeconomy; recreation and tourism; nonwood forest products; environmental protection
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Interests: landscape management; bioeconomy; recreation and tourism; nonwood forest products; environmental protection
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Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: sustainability and resilience of the built environment; architectural and urban design; urban density; urban-rural development; architectural context; adaptive regionalism and identity
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Interests: sustainability and resilience of the built environment; architectural and urban design; urban density; urban-rural development; architectural context; adaptive regionalism and identity
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Department of Property, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Interests: house prices; hedonic modelling; property markets; sea-level rise; earthquakes; seismic retrofitting; urban regeneration
Interests: house prices; hedonic modelling; property markets; sea-level rise; earthquakes; seismic retrofitting; urban regeneration
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook, University, New York, NY 11794, USA
Interests: urban resilience; climate change adaptation; community-based planning; disaster recovery
Interests: urban resilience; climate change adaptation; community-based planning; disaster recovery
Department of Economics, University of Foggia, Via da Zara, 11, 71122 Foggia, Italy
Interests: food waste and loss; rural development and landscape; food innovation and health; food systems management and safety
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Interests: food waste and loss; rural development and landscape; food innovation and health; food systems management and safety
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Department of Architectural Construction, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Interests: construction materials; building and environment; construction and demolition waste recycling
Interests: construction materials; building and environment; construction and demolition waste recycling
Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Interests: river management; biodiversity; water quality; ecosystem services; river basin modelling and analysis; Bayesian belief networks; natural retention measures; nature-based solutions; ecotechniques; sustainable islands; sustainable development
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Interests: river management; biodiversity; water quality; ecosystem services; river basin modelling and analysis; Bayesian belief networks; natural retention measures; nature-based solutions; ecotechniques; sustainable islands; sustainable development
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Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Energética y de los Materiales, Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales, Universidad de Extremadura, 06071 Badajoz, Spain
Interests: SDG; sustainability education; higher education; tecnhology education; science education; ethics; machine learning; smart cities
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Interests: SDG; sustainability education; higher education; tecnhology education; science education; ethics; machine learning; smart cities
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Centre for Sustainability Studies, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Interests: sustainable sanitation; Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); menstrual health management (MHM); climate vulnerability; collective action; adaptive capacities; gender
Interests: sustainable sanitation; Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); menstrual health management (MHM); climate vulnerability; collective action; adaptive capacities; gender
Department of Geotechnics, Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences–SGGW, 159 Nowoursynowska Street, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: geotechnical engineering; environmental engineering; sustainable development; waste management; recycled (alternative) materials; natural aggregates; laboratory tests; physical, mechanical, dynamic properties of soils (natural and anthropogenic); soil stiffness and damping phenomenon
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Interests: geotechnical engineering; environmental engineering; sustainable development; waste management; recycled (alternative) materials; natural aggregates; laboratory tests; physical, mechanical, dynamic properties of soils (natural and anthropogenic); soil stiffness and damping phenomenon
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1. Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
2. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chittagong 4349, Bangladesh
Interests: earth system processes and disaster management; flood risk modeling; GIS/remote sensing and earth system dynamics; geo and natural hazards; urban and regional planning
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2. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chittagong 4349, Bangladesh
Interests: earth system processes and disaster management; flood risk modeling; GIS/remote sensing and earth system dynamics; geo and natural hazards; urban and regional planning
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Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia
Interests: construction management; lean construction
Interests: construction management; lean construction
