Franziska Schmid

Function

PhD student

Land Change Science

Land-use systems

Contact

franziska.schmid(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 29 34+41 44 739 29 34

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HL E 40

Research Interests

Strategic Spatial Planning, Planning Evaluation
Urban Morphology, Spatial Metrics
Green Infrastructure, Urban Forestry

Education

2017 - ongoing	Doctoral studies at Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich
2011 - 2014	Master of Science in Human Geography, University of Zurich
2007 - 2011	Bachelor of Science in Geography, University of Fribourg

Professional Experience

2015 - 2017	Land use planner at Stierli + Ruggli Ingenieure und Raumplaner AG, Lausen
2014 - 2015	Planning assistant at Canton of Basel-Landschaft, Office for Spatial Planning, Liestal
2011 - 2013	Junior research assistant at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich
2012	Trainee at nateco AG, Gelterkinden

Projects

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.