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Stan Geertman is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans various domains within social sciences and engineering, with a particular focus on urban and planning sciences.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to smart cities, urban mobility, and governance. Several recent papers include:

  • Planning support science: Developments and challenges, 2020, Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science
  • Smart urban governance: an alternative to technocratic "smartness", 2020, GeoJournal
  • Citizen participation in the smart city: findings from an international comparative study, 2020, Local Government Studies
  • Avoiding the planning support system pitfalls? What smart governance can learn from the planning support system implementation gap, 2020, Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science
  • The shifting position of homeowners in flood resilience: From recipients to key-stakeholders, 2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stan Geertman include:

  • Patrick Witte
  • Huaxiong Jiang
  • Yanliu Lin
  • Haozhi Pan
  • Thomas Hartmann

Publications are often presented in well-known venues, where Geertman has multiple contributions:

  • Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science
  • Computers Environment and Urban Systems
  • Journal of Urban Technology
  • Urban Planning
  • Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Stan Geertman's research integrates main fields of study in social sciences and engineering. Subfields focus primarily on:

  • Transportation
  • Media Technology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations

Key thematic topics explored in their work include:

  • Smart Cities and Technologies
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
  • E-Government and Public Services
  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Among their academic contributions is the book Urban Informatics and Future Cities, published in 2021 through Springer International Publishing. This work contributes to the understanding of urban data and technology integration for future city development.

Best Publications

  • GIS and models of accessibility potential: an application in planning

    Stan C. M. Geertman;Jan R. Ritsema Van Eck

  • Bottlenecks Blocking Widespread Usage of Planning Support Systems

    Guido Vonk;Stan Geertman;Paul Schot

  • Planning support systems: an inventory of current practice

    Stan C. M. Geertman;John Stillwell

  • The development and redevelopment of urban villages in Shenzhen

    Pu Hao;Richard Sliuzas;Stan Geertman

  • Planning Support Systems in Practice

    Stan Geertman;John Stillwell

  • Smart Governance For Sustainable Cities: Findings from a Systematic Literature Review

    Zsuzsanna Tomor;Albert Meijer;Ank Michels;Stan Geertman

  • Planning Support Systems Best Practice and New Methods

    Stan Geertman;John Stillwell

  • Does mapping improve public participation? Exploring the pros and cons of using public participation GIS in urban planning practices

    Maarit Kahila-Tani;Marketta Kytta;Stan Geertman

  • Participatory Planning and GIS: A PSS to Bridge the Gap

    Stan Geertman

  • Potentials for Planning Support: A Planning-Conceptual Approach:

    Stan Geertman

  • Exploring urban metabolism—Towards an interdisciplinary perspective

    Martin Dijst;Ernst Worrell;Lars Böcker;Paul Brunner

  • A SWOT Analysis of Planning Support Systems

    Guido Vonk;Stan Geertman;Paul Schot

  • Geographical Information and Planning

    John C. H. Stillwell;Stan Geertman;Stan Openshaw

  • The added value of Planning Support Systems: A practitioner’s perspective

    Peter Pelzer;Stan C. M. Geertman;Rob van der Heijden;Etiënne Rouwette

  • Spatial Analyses of the Urban Village Development Process in Shenzhen, China

    Pu Hao;Stan Geertman;Pieter Hooimeijer;Richard Sliuzas

  • Planning Support Systems: An Introduction

    Stan Geertman;John Stillwell

  • Improving the Adoption and Use of Planning Support Systems in Practice

    Guido Vonk;Stan Geertman

  • Spatial externalities, neighbourhood rules and CA land-use modelling

    Michel Hagoort;Stan Geertman;Henk Ottens

  • Core Principles and Concepts in Land-Use Modelling: A Literature Review

    Jonas van Schrojenstein Lantman;Peter H. Verburg;Arnold Bregt;Stan Geertman

  • New Technologies Stuck in Old Hierarchies: The Diffusion of Geo‐Information Technologies in Dutch Public Organizations

    Guido Vonk;Stan Geertman;Paul Schot

  • Planning support systems and smart cities

    Stan Geertman;Joseph Ferreira;Robert Goodspeed;John Stillwell

  • Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development

    Stan Geertman;Fred Toppen;John Stillwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Dijst
Martin Dijst Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
Frank van Oort
Frank van Oort Erasmus University Rotterdam
Peter H. Verburg
Peter H. Verburg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Arnold K. Bregt
Arnold K. Bregt Wageningen University & Research
Marco Helbich
Marco Helbich Utrecht University
Albert A. M. Holtslag
Albert A. M. Holtslag Wageningen University & Research
George C. S. Lin
George C. S. Lin University of Hong Kong
Mei-Po Kwan
Mei-Po Kwan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Peter Newman
Peter Newman Curtin University

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