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Urban Planning and Valuation

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Mert Duygan
University of Bern
2
Nikola Milojevic-Dupont
Technische Universität Berlin
3
Mahda Foroughi
Delft University of Technology
4
Huai Jian Beh
Monash University Malaysia
5
Xiaoxin Zhao
Heze Municipal Hospital
6
Jaechang Ko
Mitchell Institute
7
Luigi Dolores
University of Salerno
8
Fang’ai Chi
Yangtze University
9
Yang Liu
Dongbei University of Finance and Economics
10
Michaela Lang
Monash University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Unraveling the renewal priority of urban heritage communities via macro-micro dimensional assessment- A case study of Nanjing City, China
Sustainable Cities and Society|2025
40 cit.
2
Assessing urban renewal efficiency via multi-source data and DID-based comparison between historical districts
npj Heritage Science|2025
23 cit.
3
A stakeholder perspective on contested urban heritage and heritage tourism
Journal of Sustainable Tourism|2024
10 cit.
4
Graph neural networks for classification and error detection in 2D architectural detail drawings
Automation in Construction|2024
9 cit.
5
Capturing experts’ knowledge in heritage planning enhanced by AI: A case study of windcatchers in Yazd, Iran
Journal of Cultural Heritage|2024
8 cit.
6
In Praise of Diversity in Participatory Heritage Planning Empowered by Artificial Intelligence: Windcatchers in Yazd
Urban Planning|2025
7 cit.
7
Molecular mechanism for recognition of the cargo adapter Rab6<sup>GTP</sup>by the dynein adapter BicD2
Life Science Alliance|2024
6 cit.
8
Residential buildings integrated with SPVP and RCL towards energy saving
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews|2025
4 cit.
9
Carving the transformation pathways to sustainable futures: A novel analytical framework for backcasting in sustainability transitions
Sustainable Futures|2025
4 cit.
10
Generative AI-powered parametric modeling and BIM for architectural design and visualization
Proceedings of the Design Society|2025
4 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Danielle Petretta
Columbia University
2
Valerio Brescia
University of Turin
3
Anthea Chiovitti
Sapienza University of Rome
4
Bettina Weibel
ETH Zurich
5
Marco Danilo Claudio Torri
Politecnico di Milano
6
Gabriella Maselli
University of Sannio
7
Federico Dell’Anna
Politecnico di Torino
8
Francesco Sica
Faculty of Design
9
Felicia Di Liddo
Polytechnic University of Bari
10
Florentina Nanu
Deltares

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Urban Green infrastructures: How much did they affect property prices in Singapore?
Urban forestry & urban greening|2022
89 cit.
2
Opinion paper on green deal for the urban regeneration of industrial brownfield land in Europe
Land Use Policy|2022
47 cit.
3
What Advantages Do Adaptive Industrial Heritage Reuse Processes Provide? An Econometric Model for Estimating the Impact on the Surrounding Residential Housing Market
Heritage|2022
35 cit.
4
An integrated vision of electric vehicles' consumer behaviour: Mapping the practitioners to consolidate the research agenda
Journal of Cleaner Production|2023
32 cit.
5
Artificial intelligence and new business models in agriculture: the “ZERO” case study
Management Decision|2023
29 cit.
6
Taxonomy and Indicators for ESG Investments
Sustainability|2023
29 cit.
7
Historical heritage–MultiCriteria Decision Method (H-MCDM) to prioritize intervention strategies for the adaptive reuse of valuable architectural assets
MethodsX|2023
24 cit.
8
Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) solutions: Assessing environmental, economic, and social impacts using a new integrated methodology
The Science of The Total Environment|2024
24 cit.
9
A choice experiment for testing the energy-efficiency mortgage as a tool for promoting sustainable finance
Energy Efficiency|2022
23 cit.
10
Rethinking green investment and corporate sustainability: the south European countries experiences during the COVID-19 crisis
EuroMed Journal of Business|2023
22 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Roberto Zecchin
Institution of Civil Engineers
2
Juan Carlos Fernández Fernández
University of Córdoba
3
Éric F. Lambin
UCLouvain
4
John M. Quigley
University of Illinois Chicago
5
Pierfrancesco De Paola
University of Naples Federico II
6
Luca Salvati
Sapienza University of Rome
7
Marta Bottero
Politecnico di Torino
8
Kristen C. Nelson
California Native Plant Society
9
Vincenzo Corrado
Politecnico di Torino
10
Luuk Boelens
Ghent University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis.
eScholarship (California Digital Library)|2007
17.1k cit.
2
The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths
Global Environmental Change|2001
3.7k cit.
3
Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2011
3.1k cit.
4
Proximate Causes and Underlying Driving Forces of Tropical Deforestation
BioScience|2002
3.1k cit.
5
Dynamics of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in Tropical Regions
Annual Review of Environment and Resources|2003
2.9k cit.
6
Multiobjective evolutionary algorithms to identify highly autocorrelated areas: the case of spatial distribution in financially compromised farms
Annals of Operations Research|2011
1.4k cit.
7
Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
Global Environmental Change|2005
1.4k cit.
8
Land use transitions: Socio-ecological feedback versus socio-economic change
Land Use Policy|2009
1.2k cit.
9
Doing Well by Doing Good? Green Office Buildings
American Economic Review|2010
1.1k cit.
10
Predicting land-use change
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment|2001
958 cit.

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