Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Urban Planning
Mahmoud, I., Morello, E., Lemes de Oliveira, F., Geneletti, D., (Ed.)
Springer Contemporary Urban Design Thinking (2022)
Planning for Ecosystem Services in Cities
Geneletti, D., Cortinovis, C., Zardo, L. and Adem Esmail, B.
Springer Briefs in Environmental Science (2020).
Ecosystem Services for Urban Water Security: Concepts and Applications in Sub-Saharan Africa
Adem Esmail, B. and Geneletti, D.
Springer Briefs in Geography (2020).
Handbook on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessment
Geneletti, D. (Ed.)
Edward Elgar Publishing (2016).
Spatial decision support for urban and environmental planning: a collection of case studies
Geneletti, D. and Abdullah, A. and Norzailawati, M.N. (Ed.)
IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur (2016).
Sustainable Transportation in Natural and Protected Areas
Orsi, F. (Ed.)
Routledge Studies in Transport, Environment and Development (2015).
SELECTED BOOK CHAPTERS
Geneletti D., Cortinovis C., Orta-Ortiz M. S., Kato-Huerta J., Longato D.. Falco E. (2022). Mainstreaming Nature-based solutions in cities through Performance-based Planning: A Case Study in Trento, Italy. In: Mahmoud H. I., Morello E., Lemes de Oliveira F., Geneletti D. (Eds). Nature-based solutions for Sustainable Urban Planning; Greening Cities, Shaping Cities. Springer, pp. 19-46
González, A. and Geneletti, D. (2021). GIS-based strategic environmental assessment. In: Fischer, T.B. and González, A. (Eds). Handbook on Strategic Environmental Assessment, Edward Elgar Publishing, 80-98.
Geneletti D. and Cortinovis C, (2021). Identifying ecosystem service hotspots to support urban planning in Trento. In: Arcidiacono A. and Ronchi S. (Eds) Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure. Perspectives from Spatial Planning in Italy. Springer, pp.153-166.
Cortinovis C., Alzetta C. and Geneletti D (2021). Mapping ecosystem services, disservices, and ecological requirements to enhance urban forest planning and management in Padova. In: Arcidiacono A. and Ronchi S. (Eds) Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure. Perspectives from Spatial Planning in Italy. Springer. DOI 978-3-030-54345-7_13
Geneletti D., Adem Esmail B., Scolozzi R., Assandri G., Brambilla M., Pedrini P. (2020) Modelling Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Trade-Offs in Agricultural Landscapes to Support Planning and Policy-Making. In: Mirschel W., Terleev V., Wenkel KO. (eds) Landscape Modelling and Decision Support. Innovations in Landscape Research. Springer, Cham
Falco, E. & Barbanente, A. (2020). Regulating Coastal Zones: International Perspectives on Land Management Instruments: Italy. In Alterman, R. & Pellach, C. (Eds.) Regulating Coastal Zones: International Perspectives on Land Management Instruments, 190-219. London: Routledge.
Geneletti, D (2019). Strategic Environmental Assessment as a tool to mainstream ecosystem services in planning. In: Kumar, P. (Ed) Mainstreaming Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services into Development Policy. Earthscan – Routledge, pp.16-39.
La Rosa D., Geneletti D., Spyra M., Albert C., Fürst C. (2018) Sustainable Planning for Peri-urban Landscapes. In: Perera A., Peterson U., Pastur G., Iverson L. (eds) Ecosystem Services from Forest Landscapes. Springer, Cham, pp. 88-126.
Gallo, F., Iovino, L., Falco, E., Malavolta, I., Radzimski, A., and Ruberto, S. (2018). ICTs and public transport in the dispersed city: the case of post-earthquake L’Aquila, in Coppola, A.. (Ed.) Envisaging L’Aquila. Strategies, Spatialities and Sociabilities of a post-disaster city.ISBN 978-88-908130-8-5.
Ogato,G.S., Abebe,K., Bantider ,A., and Geneletti.D. (2017) Towards Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Land Use Planning and Management: The Case of Ambo Town, Ethiopia. In: Filho,W.L., Kalangu,J., Musiyiwa, K., Munishi,P., Simane,B., and Menas Wuta, M.(eds). Climate Change Adaptation in an African Context: fostering resiliance and capacity to adapt. Berlin: Springer, pp.61-85.
Geneletti, D., Mandle, L (2017). Mapping Ecosystem Services for Impact Assessment. In: Burkhard, B and Maes, J (Eds). Mapping ecosystem services. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 354-357.
Albert, C., Geneletti, D., Kopperoinen, L. (2017). Applications of ecosystem services in spatial planning. In: Burkhard, B and Maes, J (Eds). Mapping ecosystem services. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 305-309.
Vihervaara, P., Mononen, L., Santos, F.,., Adamescu, M., Cazacu, C., Luque, S., Geneletti, D., Maes, J. (2017). Biophysical quantification. In: Burkhard, B and Maes, J (Eds). Mapping ecosystem services. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 95-103.
Zulian, G., Liekens, I., Broekx, S., Kabisch, N., Kopperoinen, L., Geneletti, D. (2017). Mapping urban ecosystem services. In: Burkhard, B and Maes, J (Eds). Mapping ecosystem services. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 312-318.
Geneletti, D (2016). Ecosystem services for Strategic Environmental Assessment: concepts and examples. In: Geneletti, D (Ed). Handbook on biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment, Edward Elgar Publishing, 41-61.
Roe, D, Geneletti, D (2016). Addressing the interactions between biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation in impact assessment. In: Geneletti, D (Ed). Handbook on biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment, Edward Elgar Publishing, 347-363.
Geneletti, D., Zardo, L., Cortinovis, C. (2016) Promoting nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in cities through impact assessment. In: Geneletti, D (Ed). Handbook on biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment, Edward Elgar Publishing, 428-452.
Geneletti, D (2016). Strengthening biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment for better decisions. In: Geneletti, D (Ed). Handbook on biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment, Edward Elgar Publishing, 477-485.
Hanusch, M.,Tetlow, M.F, Geneletti, D, Hrabar, M., Jurkeviciute, A, Gardner, R. (2016). Sector-specific SEA: Are we getting it right? In: Sadler, B and Dusik, J. (Eds) European and International Experiences of Strategic Environmental Assessment: Recent Progress and Future Prospects, Routledge, pp.202-224.
Geneletti, D., Bond, A., Russel, D., Turnpenny, J., Sheate, W., and Jordan, A. (2015). Ecosystem services and sustainability assessment: theory and practice. In: A. Morrison-Saunders, J. Pope and A. Bond (Eds), Handbook of Sustainability Assessment. Edgar Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Geneletti, D. and Ferretti, V. (2015). Multicriteria analysis for sustainability assessment: concepts and case studies. In: A. Morrison-Saunders, J. Pope and A. Bond (Eds), Handbook of Sustainability Assessment. Edgar Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp.235-264.
Lamorgese, L. and Geneletti, D. (2015). Equity in sustainability assessment: A conceptual framework. In: A. Morrison-Saunders, J. Pope and A. Bond (Eds), Handbook of Sustainability Assessment. Edgar Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Orsi, F., Geneletti, D. (2015). Estimating the effects of ‘carrot and stick’ measures on travel mode choices: results of a survey conducted in the Dolomites (Italy). In Orsi, F. (Ed.), SustainableTransportation in Natural and Protected Areas. Routledge, Abingdon and New York, pp. 150-167.
A Pistocchi, D Geneletti, E Crestaz, P Mazzoli (2014). Soft Computing Methods for the Overlaying of Chemical Data with Other Spatially Varying Parameters. In: Pistocchi, A., GIS Based Chemical Fate Modeling: Principles and Applications. Wiley, New York.
Bonsinetto F., Cannizzaro A., Falco E, Lino B., and Modica G. (2014). Spatial Indicators for an Europe 2020 Strategy Territorial Analysis ‐ SIESTA. In: (a cura di): Prezioso, M. ESPON Italian Evidence in Changing Europe. p. 75-77, ROMA:Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata” – IP, ISBN: 9788890976513.
D. Geneletti et al. (2011). Identifying priority areas for dryland forest restoration. In: Newton, A.C. and Tejedor, N. (Eds.). Principles and Practice of Forest Landscape Restoration: Case studies from the drylands of Latin America. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 273-306.
M. Gonzalez-Espinosa, M.R. Parra-Vazquez, M.H. Huerta-Silva, N. Ramirez-Marcial, J.J. Armesto, A.D. Brown, C. Echeverria, B.G. Ferguson, D. Geneletti, et al. (2011). Development of policy recommendations and management strategies for restoration of dryland forest landscapes. Principles and Practice of Forest Landscape Restoration: Case studies from the drylands of Latin America. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 307-352.





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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.






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.



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