About Me
My work focuses on how urban planning can contribute to disaster risk reduction. My educational background combines knowledge of town planning (BSc, UniSA, Australia), urban surveys and human settlement analysis (MSc, ITC, Netherlands) and geographical sciences (PhD Utrecht University, Netherlands). Much of my career has been devoted to research, education and capacity building on urban planning in the majority world, with a specific focus on mapping and modelling informal urban development to improve the quality of life of their residents. Since 2010 the focus has broadened to include work on urban planning for disaster risk reduction.
Expertise
Earth & Environmental Sciences
# City
# Household
# Informal Settlement
# Policy
# Urban Growth
Social Sciences
# Natural Disaster
# Resettlement
# Slum
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management (PGM)Publications
Recent
Abdelkader, M. (2023).
Analyzing and managing human settlement growth in the Nile Valley, Egypt. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036556576
Chereni, S.
, Sliuzas, R.
, Flacke, J.
, & van Maarseveen, M. (2023).
Factors influencing flood-related coping appraisal Among homeowners and residents in Kampala, Uganda. In T. Thaler, T. Hartmann, L. Slavíková, & B. Tempels (Eds.),
Homeowners and the Resilient City: Climate-Driven Natural Hazards and Private Land (pp. 127-178). Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17763-7_7
Christ, S.
, Schwarz, N.
, & Sliuzas, R. (2023).
Understanding residential choice under risk: A case study of settlement fire and wildfire risk.
Habitat International,
136, Article 102815. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102815
Kabiru, P.
, Kuffer, M.
, Sliuzas, R., & Vanhuysse, S. (2023).
The relationship between multiple hazards and deprivation using open geospatial data and machine learning.
Natural hazards,
119(2), 907-941. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05897-z
Nikuze, A. (2022).
Urban displacement and resettlement: Towards facilitation stakeholder participation. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554596
Veeravalli, S. G.
, Chereni, S.
, Sliuzas, R. V.
, Flacke, J.
, & van Maarseveen, M. (2022).
Factors influencing flood damage mitigation among micro and small businesses in Kampala, Uganda.
International journal of disaster risk reduction,
82, Article 103315. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103315
Esmaiel, A., Abdrabo, K. I., Saber, M.
, Sliuzas, R. V.
, Atun, F., Kantoush, S. A., & Sumi, T. (2022).
Integration of flood risk assessment and spatial planning for disaster management in Egypt.
Progress in Disaster Science,
15, Article 100245. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2022.100245
Kuffer, M.
, Owusu, M.
, Oliveira, L.
, Sliuzas, R., & Rijn, F. V. (2022).
The missing millions in maps: Exploring causes of uncertainties in global gridded population datasets.
ISPRS international journal of geo-information,
11(7), 1-18. Article 403.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11070403
Chereni, S. (2022).
Understanding flood risk perceptions and motivations for damage mitigation: The case of Kampala, Uganda. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036553896
Abascal, A., Rodríguez-Carreño, I., Vanhuysse, S., Georganos, S.
, Sliuzas, R., Wolff, E.
, & Kuffer, M. (2022).
Identifying degrees of deprivation from space using deep learning and morphological spatial analysis of deprived urban areas.
Computers, environment and urban systems,
95, 1-20. Article 101820.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2022.101820
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The Netherlands
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P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands