Dr Marina Alberti
Associate Professor, Urban Design and Planning

Marina Alberti is Associate professor of Urban and Environmental Planning in the Department of Urban Design and Planning at the University of Washington. She teaches courses in Urban Ecology, Environmental Impact Management, Geographic Information Systems, and Group Dynamic and Conflict resolution. Her research interests are in the impacts of alternative urban development patterns on ecosystem dynamics. She is currently directing a NSF funded research project aimed to study how changes in land use alter the biophysical structure and affect ecosystem dynamics in the Puget Sound region. She is also developing a simulation model that integrates urban development and ecological dynamics to predict the impact of urban growth in this region. Her research also focuses on measures of urban environmental performance that can be used to monitor progress and inform policy-making. She is especially interested in advanced interdisciplinary approaches to urban ecological problems.

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