Dr. Simona Raluca Gradinaru

Function

Scientific staff member

Land Change Science

Land-use systems

Contact

simona.gradinaru(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 21 08+41 44 739 21 08

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HL E 34

Research Interests

Land transformations at the urban-rural interface
Agricultural land abandonment
Planning and policy evaluation
Green infrastructures

Education and work experience

Other activities

Editorial Board Landscape Ecology and Landscape Online

Secretary General IALE-Europe

Co-founder GLP Working Group on Agricultural land abandonment

Further Information

Projects

Tools for integrating planning in land change models

The overall objective of this project is to reduce the technical gap between spatial planning and land change science. Specifically, this project aims to develop tools and methods to translate data and features from strategic spatial planning into inputs for land change models. We focus on two obser

Assessment of strategic spatial plan making and plan implementation processes

The overall objective of this project is to develop an analytical framework grounded in an analysis of strategic spatial planning processes, i.e. plan making and plan implementation. Cities worldwide are increasingly engaging in strategic spatial planning processes to address economic, social and en

Evaluation of strategic spatial plans

The overall objective of this project is to contribute to the scholarship on plan evaluation. Current evaluation studies focus on plan performance and planning process performance, rather than actual material outcomes that are of pertinent interest to land-change science. Specifically, the project r

CONCUR - From Plan to land change

The project will analyze and clarify how planning and policy affect land change in urban regions. Whereas planning has a long tradition as a means to guiding spatial development, planning is only rudimentarily considered in land-change science. We will develop a theoretical model and then assess its applicability for land change modelling in the test regions of Zurich, Bucharest, and Austin, TX.

Publications

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Hersperger, A.M.; Grădinaru, S.R.; Siedentop, S., 2020: Towards a better understanding of land conversion at the urban-rural interface: planning intentions and the effectiveness of growth management. Journal of Land Use Science, 15, 5: 644-651. doi: 10.1080/1747423X.2020.1765426

Hersperger, A.M.; Bürgi, M.; Wende, W.; Bacău, S.; Grădinaru, S.R., 2020: Does landscape play a role in strategic spatial planning of European urban regions?. Landscape and Urban Planning, 194: 103702 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103702

Semančíková, E.; Grădinaru, S.R.; Aubrechtová, T.; Hersperger, A.M., 2020: Framing fragmentation in strategic policy documents in spatial planning and environmental domains: differences and similarities. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 63, 3: 415-432. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2019.1589433

Hersperger, A.M.; Grădinaru, S.; Oliveira, E.; Pagliarin, S.; Palka, G., 2019: Understanding strategic spatial planning to effectively guide development of urban regions. Cities, 94: 96-105. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2019.05.032

Van Vliet, J.; Verburg, P.H.; Grădinaru, S.R.; Hersperger, A.M., 2019: Beyond the urban-rural dichotomy: towards a more nuanced analysis of changes in built-up land. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 74: 41-49. doi: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.12.002