Agatino Rizzo
Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Eng
Lulea University of Technology
Sweden
Biography
Agatino Rizzo, PhD, is associate professor of urban planning and design in the Architecture Research Group at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. He works at the intersection of planning, design, and geography in contexts as different as Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Canada, Malaysia, Malta, Italy, Singapore, Qatar and the UAE. His main research interests are urbanization and planning also in connection with cross-cutting themes such as resilience, heritage, development, politics, and transdisciplinary knowledge. The full list of publications is available below.
Research Interest
Metropolitan Urban Policy, Sustainable Urban Development, Urban resilience, Megaprojects, Urban Growth/Shrinkage, Urban Politics, Transdisciplinary Knowledge
Publications
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Rizzo, A. (2017). Managing the energy transition in a tourism-driven economy : The case of Malta. Sustainable Cities and Society, 33, 126–133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2016.12.005
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Rizzo, A. (2017). Green Megaprojects and Displacement in the Global South : Uncovering the Rationales of State-Led Development in Malaysia and Qatar. Presented at the Resilient Cities for Human Flourishing: Governing the Asia-Pacific Urban Transition in the Anthropocene (NUS, Singapore, 2-3 Mars 2017. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-24031
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Rizzo, A., & Galanakis, M. (2017). Problematizing transdisciplinary urbanism research : A reply to ‘Seeking Northlake’. Cities, 64, 98–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2016.11.001
