LOCI
Place du Levant 1/L5.05.02
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Daniela Perrotti
Professeure
Daniela Perrotti is Professor Landscape Architecture at UCLouvain. Her research is an inquiry into the potential of urban metabolism theory and models to inform the planning and design of resource-efficient and climate-resilient cities. Her work positions itself distinctively in the landscape of research into urban metabolism applications in environmental planning and design by operating across two main areas.
The first area relates to the integration of ecosystem service frameworks into urban metabolism modelling approaches to inform green infrastructure planning and design. This includes investigation into nature-based solutions and green infrastructure options to reduce the demand on natural resources and mitigate the environmental pressure resulting from urbanization.
The second area focuses on the process of knowledge transfer between research and practice for the design of advanced urban metabolism assessment tools that can better assist policy making and urban planning practice. This includes retrospective evaluations of previously conducted research, as well as a set of pilot projects on the co-design of new urban metabolism models and decision support systems involving researchers and public/industry stakeholders.
Daniela serves/has served as Principal Investigator and co-Investigator for several research projects on integrated green infrastructure and urban metabolism modelling approaches, in collaboration with public/industry partners across Europe and South-America. These include academic/industry partners in the UK (Universities of Reading, Portsmouth, Leeds), Finland (Aalto University), Netherlands (Wageningen University and Research Centre, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions AMS), France (French National Institute for Agricultural Research INRA Versailles-Grignon, School of Landscape Architecture Versailles), Italy (Polytechnic University of Milan), Spain (Polytechnic University UP of Valencia), China (Xi’an Jiaotong University), Brazil (Federal University of Mato Grosso and Federal University of Goias), and Algeria (Polytechnic School of Architecture and Urbanism EPAU).
Daniela is currently leading the interdisciplinary research initiative "Urban Metabolism and Nature-based Solutions" (UMaNS), involving doctoral students and early-career scientists under her supervision at the University of Louvain as well as collaborations with leading academics, practitioners and decision-makers in Belgium, the UK, the Netherlands, China and South-America.
Supervised PhD students and early-career researchers
Daniel Otero Peña - Project Title: Infrastructure, Topography and Landscape: Strategies for the design of landscape infrastructure through the spatialization of urban metabolism flows.
Ursula-Crisy Cardenas-Mamani - Project title: An integrated framework to support the development of extended case-sensitive Urban Metabolism modelling approaches.
Giulia Scialpi - Project title: W-Arch: The role of bio- and geo-waste in the future of construction.
Andrea Aragone - Project Title: Green With Grey / Groen met Grijs : Mapping ecological benefits of desealing strategies in Flanders (Vlaamse overheid-Omgeving departement).
Pierre Burquel - Project Title: Une architecture d'alliances: vers une mise en relation vertueuse entre production, habitat et nature dans l'espace métropolitain.
Visiting PhD researchers
Ruichang Mao - University of Southern Denmark, SDU Life Cycle Engineering - Project Title: Urban Metabolism : A material stocks and flows based analysis on the future resource demand and environmental impacts of Chinese cities.
Mazia Chaker-Aissi - Algiers Polytechnic School of Architecture and Urbanism EPAU - Project Title: Analyzing the performance of Urban Symbiosis strategies at the local level in Algiers: potential for optimizing energy demand and CO2 emission abatement.
External PhD researchers (steering committee)
Christina Bristow - University of Reading, School of the Built Environment. Project title: A taxonomy of cities: Classifying urban metabolism typologies towards understanding infrastructural dynamics (UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council EPSRC).
Roberta Pistoni - Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Paysage de Versailles and Wageningen University. Project title: Contribution of landscape design in the energy transition of France and the Netherlands: concepts, practices, recommendations (ITTECOP / ARENE Île-de-France).
2020
Perrotti, Daniela ; Stremke, Sven. Can urban metabolism models advance green infrastructure planning? Insights from ecosystem services research. In: Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, Vol. 47, no. 4, p. 678-694 (2020). doi:10.1177/2399808318797131.
2020
Perrotti, Daniela ; Katherine Hyde ; Otero Pena, Daniel. Can water systems foster commoning practices? Analysing leverages for self-organization in urban water commons as social–ecological systems.. In: Sustainability Science, Vol. 15, no. 3, p. 781–795 (2020). doi:10.1007/s11625-020-00782-1.
2020
Taleghani, Mohammad ; Montazami, Azadeh ; Perrotti, Daniela. Learning to Chill: The Role of Design Schools and Professional Training to Improve Urban Climate and Urban Metabolism. In: Energies, Vol. 13, no.9, p. 2243 (2020). doi:10.3390/en13092243.
2019
Perrotti, Daniela. Evaluating urban metabolism assessment methods and knowledge transfer between scientists and practitioners: A combined framework for supporting practice-relevant research. In: Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, Vol. 46, no. 8, p. 1458-1479 (2019). doi:10.1177/2399808319832611.
2019
Galan, Juanjo ; Perrotti, Daniela. Incorporating Metabolic Thinking into Regional Planning: The Case of the Sierra Calderona Strategic Plan. In: Urban Planning, Vol. 4, no.1, p. 1-20 (2019). doi:10.17645/up.v4i1.1549.
2019
Perrotti, Daniela. Response to Article: Reconnecting with nature: Developing urban spaces in the age of climate change [version 1; peer review]. In: Emerald Open Research, Vol. 1, no. 2, p. 1-19. doi:10.21956/emeraldopenres.14026.r26337.
2017
Voskamp, Ilse M. ; Stremke, Sven ; Spiller, Marc ; Perrotti, Daniela ; van der Hoek, Jan Peter ; Rijnaarts, Huub H. M.. Enhanced Performance of the Eurostat Method for Comprehensive Assessment of Urban Metabolism: A Material Flow Analysis of Amsterdam : Comprehensive Material Flow Analysis of Amsterdam. In: Journal of Industrial Ecology, Vol. 21, no.4, p. 887-902 (2016). doi:10.1111/jiec.12461.
2013
Perrotti, Daniela. Paysage-infrastructure ou de la dimension infrastructurelle du paysage. In: Les Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale et Urbaine, Vol. 28, no.1, p. 140-142 (2013).
2013
Perrotti, Daniela ; Henrion, Stanislas. The Notion of Landscape Acceptability as a Key Factor in Integrated Energy-Landscape Policy. In: Environmental Practice, Vol. 15, no.1, p. 5-18 (2013). doi:10.1017/S1466046612000518.
2012
Perrotti, Daniela. Conceiving the (everyday) landscape of energy as a transcalar infrastructural device. In: Projets de paysage, Vol. 7, no.1, p. - (2012).
2012
Perrotti, Daniela. Ruralité urbaine. Les territoires périurbains du Parc Agricole Sud de Milan à l’épreuve de l’Expo Milan 2015 [Urban Rurality. The Periurban Areas of Milan Agricultural Park toward Expo Milan 2015]. In: Environnement urbain / Urban Environment, Vol. 6, no.1, p. 100-117 (2012).
2010
Perrotti, Daniela. Une stratégie analytique et opérationnelle pour les transformations du territoire métropolitain de Vérone: paysage-infrastructure . In: Projets de Paysage, Vol. 4, no.1, p. 1-8 (2012).
2009
Locardi, Chiara ; Occhipinti, Fausta ; Perrotti, Daniela. Seminar Report “Bernard Lassus and Gilles Clément. Debate over Landscape”. In: Projets de Paysage, Vol. 2, no.1, p. 1-8 (2009).
2020
Singh, Pardeep ; Verma, Pramit ; Srivastava,KK ; Perrotti, Daniela. Environmental Sustainability and Economy, Elsevier USA, Elsevier USA, 2020. 9781855735316. 300 p (Accepté/Sous presse).
2011
Perrotti, Daniela. The Alta Murgia National Park. A Landscape Perspective / Il Parco Nazionale dell’Alta Murgia. Un paesaggio , Preface by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Edizioni L'Orbicolare - Italian Ministry of the Environment: Milan, Italy, 2011. 9788895061795 .
2020
Perrotti, Daniela. Urban metabolism: old challenges, new frontiers and the research agenda ahead. In: Verma, P, Singh, P., Singh, R., Raghubanshi, A., Urban Ecology: Emerging Patterns and Social-Ecological Systems, Elsevier USA: Cambridge MA, 2020. 9780128207307. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-820730-7.00002-1 (Accepté/Sous presse).
2019
Perrotti, Daniela ; Iuorio, Ornella. Green Infrastructure in the Space of Flows: An Urban Metabolism Approach to Bridge Environmental Performance and User’s Wellbeing. In: Lemes de Oliveira, Fabiano; Mell, Ian, Planning Cities with Nature: Theories, Strategies and Methods (Cities and Nature book series (CITIES)), Springer, 2019, p. 265-277. 978-3-030-01865-8. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-01866-5_18.
2017
Perrotti, Daniela. Piece of (art)work: Infrastructure. In: Roberta Amirante, Carmine Piscopo, Paola Scala, Beauty According to the Toad. Venustas, Architecture, Market, Democracy (Inhabiting the future), CLEAN: Neaple, Italy, 2017, p. 45-46. 978-88-8497-260-6.
2015
Courtonne, Jean-Yves ; Chatzimpiros, Petros ; Perrotti, Daniela ; Vernay, Anne-Lorène ; Blouin, Manuel. Le métabolisme énergétique d’un territoire [The Energie Metabolism of a Region]. . In: Buclet, Nicolas (eds.), Essai d’écologie territoriale [Essay on Territorial Ecology] (CNRS Alpha), CNRS Editions: Paris - France, 2015, p. 179-204. 978-2-271-08887-1.
2015
Perrotti, Daniela. Of Other (Energy) Spaces. Protected areas and everyday landscapes of energy in the southern Italian region of Alta Murgia. . In: Renewable Energies and European Landscapes, Springer, 2015, p. 193-215. 9789401798426. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9843-3_11.
2015
Barataud, F ; Barles, S. ; Billen, G. ; Blouin, M. ; Bognon, S. ; Bonaudo, T. ; Buclet, N. ; Chatzimpiros, P. ; Cerceau, J. ; Courtonne, J.-Y. ; Debuisson, M. ; Dupre, D. ; Garnier, J. ; Herbelin , A. ; Maillefert, M. ; Marty, P. ; Metereau, R. ; Pech, P. ; Perrotti, Daniela ; Talandier, M. ; Vernay , A.L.. Pourquoi un livre sur Aussois?. In: Buclet, Nicolas (eds.), Essai d’écologie territoriale [Essay on Territorial Ecology] (CNRS Alpha), CNRS Editions: Paris - France, 2015, p. 7-11. 978-2-271-08887-1.
2015
Barataud, F. ; Barles, S. ; Billen, G. ; Blouin, M. ; Bognon, S. ; Bonaudo, T. ; Buclet, N. ; Chatzimpiros, P. ; Cerceau, J. ; Courtonne, J.-Y. ; Debuisson, M. ; Dupre, D. ; Garnier, J. ; Herbelin , A. ; Maillefert, M. ; Marty, P. ; Metereau, R. ; Pech, P. ; Perrotti, Daniela ; Talandier, M. ; Vernay , A.L.. Quel avenir pour l’écologie territoriale. In: Buclet, Nicolas (eds.), Essai d’écologie territoriale [Essay on Territorial Ecology] (CNRS Alpha), CNRS Editions: Paris - France, 2015, p. 205-209. 978-2-271-08887-1.
2014
Perrotti, Daniela. Architecture of the Networks in Contemporary Territories. Network Taxonomy and Operational Strategies. In: Cozza, C and Valente, I, The Arrow of the Time. Research and Projects on Infrastructure Architecture, PEARSON: Milan, Italy, 2014, p. 290-295. 9788861599932.
2014
Perrotti, Daniela ; Pouteau, Sylvie. Faire la ville avec l’énergie du vivant [Making the City with the Energy of Living Systems]. In: Chomarat-Ruiz, Catherine (eds.), Nature Urbaine en Projets [Urban Nature in Projects], Archibooks + Sautereau Éditeu: Paris - France, 2014, p. 74-94. 978-2357332621.
2014
Perrotti, Daniela. Landscape as Energy Infrastructure: Ecologic Approaches and Aesthetic Implications of Design. In: Revising Green Infrastructure, CRC Press - Taylor&Francis, 2014, p. 71-90. 9781482232202. doi:10.1201/b17639-6.
2019
Perrotti, Daniela. Advancing Nature-based Solutions through an Urban Metabolism approach: challenges and opportunities.. Conservation and Ecological Aspects of Landscape Architecture (Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland, 24/10/2019).
2019
Perrotti, Daniela. Cities of Flows: enhancing resilience through Urban Metabolism thinking. First International Symposium on Resilient Communities (2019) - Cluster for Sustainable Cities (University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK, 29/07/2019).
2019
Perrotti, Daniela. Combining Socio-Economic Metabolism indicators with biophysical data: an integrated framework for supporting comparative Urban Metabolism studies across geographies. 13th Conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology Socio-Economic Metabolism Section ISIE-SEM (Berlin, du 13/05/2019 au 15/05/2019).
2019
Perrotti, Daniela. Mining Urban Ecosystem Services to offset material and energy demand: towards an integrated assessment framework. MINEA COST ACTION Workshop: Prospecting urban minerals and evaluating the recoverability from buildings and infrastructure (Copenhagen, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, 25/10/2019).
2019
Perrotti, Daniela ; Whiting, Kai ; Carmona, Luis Gabriel. Re-envisioning circular economy policy in line with a service perspective. EU Raw Materials Week - Sustainability from a Service Perspective Workshop (Brussels, European Commission, 22/11/2019).
2019
Perrotti, Daniela. Urban metabolism narratives in the digital turn: becoming real-world and real-time.. Internationale Bauausstellung - IBA LAB N°7: Digitale Stadt? (Heidelberg, Internationale Bauausstellungen - IBA, Germany, du 20/09/2019 au 21/09/2019). In: IBA_LAB No7 »DIGITALE STADT?«, Internationalen Bauausstellung IBA: Heidelberg, 2019, 46-53.
2019
Perrotti, Daniela ; Eugene Mohareb. Using Urban Metabolism to identify drivers of precarity in fuel-poor households. The case of Reading, UK.. 10th International Conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology - Industrial Ecology for Eco-civilization (Beijing, Tsinghua University, China, du 07/07/2019 au 11/07/2019).
2019
Perrotti, Daniela. What are the ingredients of a successful science-practice knowledge exchange in Urban Metabolism research? The case of Helsinki, Finland. Urban metabolism in policy and practice. A global discussion (Brussels, Chair Circular Metabolism Brussels Capital Region, 26/11/2019).