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Editor Bios and Contributors
Editor Bios
Francesco Musco (1973), architect and urban planner, PhD in analysis and governance of sustainable development (Ca’ Foscari, Venice), and Associate Professor in
urban and regional planning at the Department of Design and Planning in Complex
Environment, University Iuav of Venice.
Currently teaches “environmental planning,” “territorial design for climate
change,” and “urban design.”
Dean of the EU Erasmus Mundus Master Course on MSP Maritime Spatial
Planning (2013–2019) and Director of the Master Program in Planning and
Policies for the City, Environment, and Landscape active at the University Iuav
of Venice.
Supporter of a multidisciplinary approach to city and spatial planning, during the
last years he finalized his research activity to the relationship between planning and
sustainability, with particular attention to the implementation of bottom-up public
policies to define sustainable development in local contexts.
He is responsible for international agreements of scientific collaboration with
Drexel University (Philadelphia, USA), John Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA),
University of Reading (UK), University of Seville (ES), and Future University
(Khartum, Sudan).
Scientific coordinator of several projects granted by competitive bids, among
these:
• City Action Plans in Climate Adaptation: A Global Comparative Analysis (2011)
(Santander Foundation, Madrid)
• Natreg – Developing with Nature (EU South East Europe Program)
(2009–2011)
• UHI development and application of mitigation and adaptation strategies and
measures for counteracting the global urban heat island phenomenon in climate
change scenario (EU Central Europe Program) (2011–2014)
Editor Bios and Contributors
Editor Bios
Francesco Musco (1973), architect and urban planner, PhD in analysis and governance of sustainable development (Ca’ Foscari, Venice), and Associate Professor in
urban and regional planning at the Department of Design and Planning in Complex
Environment, University Iuav of Venice.
Currently teaches “environmental planning,” “territorial design for climate
change,” and “urban design.”
Dean of the EU Erasmus Mundus Master Course on MSP Maritime Spatial
Planning (2013–2019) and Director of the Master Program in Planning and
Policies for the City, Environment, and Landscape active at the University Iuav
of Venice.
Supporter of a multidisciplinary approach to city and spatial planning, during the
last years he finalized his research activity to the relationship between planning and
sustainability, with particular attention to the implementation of bottom-up public
policies to define sustainable development in local contexts.
He is responsible for international agreements of scientific collaboration with
Drexel University (Philadelphia, USA), John Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA),
University of Reading (UK), University of Seville (ES), and Future University
(Khartum, Sudan).
Scientific coordinator of several projects granted by competitive bids, among
these:
• City Action Plans in Climate Adaptation: A Global Comparative Analysis (2011)
(Santander Foundation, Madrid)
• Natreg – Developing with Nature (EU South East Europe Program)
(2009–2011)
• UHI development and application of mitigation and adaptation strategies and
measures for counteracting the global urban heat island phenomenon in climate
change scenario (EU Central Europe Program) (2011–2014)