Urban Rural Development
Below are some of the researchers within The Baltic University Programme working within the theme Urban-Rural Development. The theme is coordinated by a theme coordinator.
BUP theme coordinator
![Photo of Henner Busch](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a680b0/1712743142887/Henner%20Busch-web.jpg)
PhD
Lund University, Lund
"Communities matter"
Keywords: renewable energy; community energy; environmental justice; energy justice; intermediation; urban climate governance; climate change in video games
Research profile: Henner Busch on Lund University website
![The logo of Lund University](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a6803b/1712742976516/Lund%20University-web.jpg)
Researchers
![Photo of Oleksandra Khalaim](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a6059c/1712643669303/Oleksandra%20Khalaim-web.jpg)
PhD
Uppsala University, Uppsala
"Sustainable management and inventory of urban green spaces to adapt to extreme heat events in cities of Ukraine and Baltic region"
Keywords: urban green spaces; urban green inventory; climate extremes; heat waves; Baltic region
Research profile: ResearchGate Oleksandra Khalaim
![The logo of Uppsala University](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a5b44c/1712571474495/uu-logo.jpg)
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PhD, Associate Professor
Daiva Verkulevičiūtė-Kriukienė
Klaipeda University, Klaipeda
"Territorial features of socio-economic phenomena."
Keywords: population geography: rural geography; depopulation
Research profile: ResearchGate Daiva Verkulevičiūtė-Kriukienė
![The logo of Klaipeda University](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a488ce/1712316289099/Klaipeda%20University-web.jpg)
![Photo of Angelija Bučienė](/images/18.70c811ab18ecb60cae9302d3/1713353165103/Angelija%20Buciene-web.jpg)
PhD, Professor
Klaipeda University, Klaipeda
"Status of rural landscape components and ecosystems quality with focus on their interrelations in the Baltic Sea coastal region."
Keywords: rural landscape; catchment; sub-catchment; land use; sustainability; farming intensity; surface runoff; drainage runoff; nature protected areas
Research profile: ResearchGate Angelija Bučienė
![The logo of Klaipeda University](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a488ce/1712316289099/Klaipeda%20University-web.jpg)
![Photo of Barbora Čakovská](/images/18.70c811ab18ecb60cae91ad36/1713172746793/Barbora%20%C4%8Cakovsk%C3%A1-web.jpg)
PhD
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra
Keywords: urban agriculture; urban gardening; housing development; allotment gardens
Research profile: ResearchGate Barbora Čakovská
![The logo of Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a48af1/1712317924239/Slovak%20University%20of%20Agriculture%20in%20Nitra-web.jpg)
![Photo of Anna Bernaciak](/images/18.70c811ab18ecb60cae91aeaf/1713173456805/Anna%20Bernaciak-web.jpg)
PhD
Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poznan
Keywords: sustainable city; sustainable neighborhood; urban-rural development
Research profile: ResearchGate Anna Bernaciak
![The logo of Poznan University of Economics and Business](/images/18.3f2acc1b18f157bd28734311/1714396549145/Poznan%20University%20of%20Economics%20and%20Business-web.jpg)
![Photo of Arnold Bernaciak](/images/18.70c811ab18ecb60cae91af0b/1713173944557/Arnold%20Bernaciak-web.jpg)
PhD, Associate professor
WSB University in Poznan, Poznan
"The role of various actors in shifting the socio-economic systems towards sustainable development."
Keywords: regional development; urban development; sustainable development; environmental economics; ecological economics; environmental management; leadership; education for sustainable development
Research profile: ResearchGate Arnold Bernaciak
![The logo of WSB University in Poznan](/images/18.70c811ab18ecb60cae97289/1712905837835/WSBMerito_Poznan-web.jpg)
![Photo of Hele Kiiman](/images/18.70c811ab18ecb60cae91af49/1713174097718/Hele%20Kiimann-web.jpg)
PhD
Uppsala University, Uppsala
Keywords: Gulf of Finland; forest landscape; land cover; historical maps; island
![The logo of Uppsala University](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a5b44c/1712571474495/uu-logo.jpg)
![Photo of Madeleine Granvik](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a687f6/1712748401145/Madeleine%20Granvik-web.jpg)
PhD, Associate Professor
Uppsala University, Uppsala
Keywords: spatial planning; dense planning; agricultural land; sustainable communities; residential areas
Research profile: ResearchGate Madeleine Granvik
![The logo of Uppsala University](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a5b44c/1712571474495/uu-logo.jpg)
![Photo of Mahsa Shahbandeh](/images/18.70c811ab18ecb60cae91affd/1713174512011/Mahsa%20Shahbandeh-web.jpg)
PhD candidate
Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Keywords: Landuse; Spatial planning; GIS; Remote sensing; Agricultural land
Research profile: ResearchGate Mahsa Shahbandeh
![The logo of Jagiellonian University](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a472b9/1712307063602/Jagiellonian%20University-web.jpg)
![Photo of Magdalena Czałczyńska-Podolska](/images/18.70c811ab18ecb60cae91b0bb/1713174677540/Magdalena%20Cza%C5%82czy%C5%84ska-Podolska-web.jpg)
Associate Professor
Magdalena Czałczyńska-Podolska
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin
"Look deep into the landscape and then you will better understand the people, their history, culture, needs and everything else."
Keywords: cultural landscape; coastal tourism development; human friendly environment and children friendly city; therapeutic landscapes
Research profile: ResearchGate Magdalena Czałczyńska-Podolska
![The logo of West Pomeranian University of Technology](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a689b1/1712748824315/West%20Pomeranian%20University%20of%20Technology-web2.jpg)
![Photo of Wojciech Bal](/images/18.70c811ab18ecb60cae91b0d2/1713174736613/Wojciech%20Bal-web.jpg)
Associate Professor
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin
“As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past for a future which is essentially unknown.” - Norman Foster
Keywords: cultural heritage; cultural landscape; seaside resorts; tourism architecture; tourism development
Research profile: ResearchGate Wojciech Bal
![The logo of West Pomeranian University of Technology](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a689b1/1712748824315/West%20Pomeranian%20University%20of%20Technology-web2.jpg)
![Photo of Katarzyna Krasowska](/images/18.70c811ab18ecb60cae91b0ff/1713174805613/Katarzyna%20Krasowska-web.jpg)
PhD
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin
Keywords: City Planning; Urban Sustainability; Spatial Planning; universal design; Sustainable development
Research profile: ResearchGate Katarzyna Krasowska
![The logo of West Pomeranian University of Technology](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a689b1/1712748824315/West%20Pomeranian%20University%20of%20Technology-web2.jpg)
![Photo of Adam Zwoliński](/images/18.70c811ab18ecb60cae91b133/1713175010948/Adam%20Zwoli%C5%84ski-web.jpg)
Associate Professor
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin
Keywords: urban design; accessibility; universal design; GIS; urban climate
Research profile: ResearchGate Adam Zwoliński
![The logo of West Pomeranian University of Technology](/images/18.4ae81edf18e5f70c02a689b1/1712748824315/West%20Pomeranian%20University%20of%20Technology-web2.jpg)