Projects
Mapping urban composition and green infrastructure using remote sensing in support of urban ecosystem service assessment KU Leuven
Urbanization presents one of the major challenges to humankind in the current century. Our cities are true drivers of global environmental change, but at the same time also represent the most susceptible areas to be suffering from the local impacts of these ongoing changes (e.g. through heat waves, flooding and air pollution). Sustainable urban management and development therefore focuses on safeguarding the local quality of life by reducing ...
Water sensitive urban design in our cities: urban green as a tool for water management. KU Leuven
The rapid growth of cities around the world poses a lot of challenges to the environment. An important issue that comes with this growing trend of urbanization is the alteration of the hydrological cycle. Because of the high level of impervious surfaces in urban areas, processes such as infiltration, runoff, evaporation and interception of rainwater undergo drastic changes. An increase in runoff is observed, while evaporation, infiltration ...
Innovative solutions for issues surrounding urban distribution: viable models around demand-bundling and urban distribution centers Ghent University
Urban distribution transport and logistics activities required to meet the needs of entrepreneurs, public institutions and consumers in our cities to specific goods and services. These are goods, but also loading and possibly even to consolidate and added value activities. Common problems such as untuned window hours, traders from the same neighborhood who all have them delivered independently, and ever smaller and more frequent shipments, ...
Integrating 'emerging markets' into the global Financial system: Urban geographics of securitization in the Gulf Region Ghent University
In light of the growing financial geography literature, this project studies the integration of U+2018emergingU+2019 Gulf markets into global financial markets. In particular, the project apllies the U+2018securitization chainU+2019 concept, which analyzes the geographies and practices of actors involved in the production of securitized assets, and analyzes the consequences of the resulting integration for Gulf cities.
Hyperspectral characterisation of (eco)hydrological processes in the urban fringe Vrije Universiteit Brussel
ERANET: COOLSCHOOLS: Realizing potentials of nature-based climate shelters in school environments for urban transformation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Development of a method for inventorying urban landscapes Ghent University
As a complement of the Landscape atlas of Flanders, which describes the rural landscape, a detailed inventory of the built landscapes (including all kind of settlements: urban, villages, hamlets) is needed for an i ntegrated heritage policy and maangement in the scope of spatial and urban planning. Qualities, values and criteria are studied in foreign examples as well as the political and legal context in Flanders. This includes cultural, ...
The spatial patterns and structural dynamics of the e-retailing-based urban networks in China Ghent University
With the intensification of informatization, the emergence of the e-retailing transaction between cities provides
a new perspective to understand the spatial patterns of urban networks in the information age. This study aims
to shed light on the structure of intercity e-retailing networks in China, and probe into the underlying
geographical, demographic, economic, social, and political determinants.
Analyzing and modeling spatiotemporal behavior of pedestrians in urban environments using location-aware technologies and GIS Ghent University
This postdoc project seeks to make a significant contribution in analyzing and modeling pedestrian movements in urban environments. The aim is to develop and implement novel methodologies for (i) analyzing revealed behaviour, (ii) modeling potential behaviour and (iii) predicting future behaviour of pedestrians.