The PLANES Lab advances ecosystem services knowledge to improve real-life decisions, with a focus on urban and spatial planning, climate policies and environmental design. Our research is grounded in sustainability science and brings together different fields, such as landscape ecology, planning theory, spatial analysis and impact assessment theory and practice.
We love inter-disciplinary and empirical research.
Our research lines include:
· Nature-based Solutions for biodiverse, healthy and equitable cities and landscapes;
· Ecosystem Service assessment for land-use decisions;
· Climate change planning;
· Transfer of Development Rights;
· Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment;
· Participatory planning and Multicriteria Analysis;
Our study areas range from European cities to Alpine nature parks, and from temperate regions in South-America to urban watersheds in the Horn of Africa and landscapes/seascapes in the EU Overseas. In these areas we address a variety of challenges, including climate change, nature conservation , urban sprawl, urban regeneration, tourism development , and infrastructure siting.
Department of Civil , Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
Contact:
Davide Geneletti
via Mesiano, 77 I-38123 Trento, Italy
Based on a legal geography approach, I conduct research on the impact of planning regulations on urban development, transfer of development rights, and preservation of natural urban areas along with research on governance and approaches to public participation in planning. Formerly post-doc researcher at TU Delft and planning consultant for local planning authorities.
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I conduct research on the economic evaluation of nature-based investments, and the use of multi-criteria decision-making methods, econometric models for supporting decisions by public-private stakeholders in the sustainable urban planning of the cities. Formerly intern at the Forestry Policy and Division of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), visiting scholar at SUNY College in Syracuse (USA), expert for the European Commission.
My main research interest is the evaluation of ecosystem services supplied by Nature-based Solutions in cities and its support to spatial planning. More specifically, with the research grant I’ve been assigned I’m conducting a detailed analysis of the benefits provided by community gardens in the city of Trento.
I research the relations among Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), Ecosystem Services, and Urban Sustainability. Specifically, I study environmental and economic assessments of NBS making use of a systems dynamics approach. I hold academic degrees in Environmental Sciences, Architecture/Urbanism, and Landscape Ecology. In the past, I worked for a planning consultancy in the UK.
I research the link between nature-based solutions and sustainability to support the spatial planning of sustainable cities. I worked as a research fellow at the University of Trento, Italy, mapping and assessing the ecosystem services provided by the urban green infrastructure of the city of Havana, Cuba. I hold a Master of Science in Architecture and Construction Engineering from the University of Trento, Italy.
My research interests include sustainable urban and landscape development, especially regarding the topics of ecosystem services, urban metabolism, and circular economy. My current research activities focus on the planning of nature-based solutions in urban areas. I received my MSc in “Planning and Policies for Cities, Environment and Landscape” from the University IUAV of Venice.
His PhD research focused Spatial planning policies to integrate climate change adaptation at local level in India. Parveen is currently a post-doc researcher at the Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork