Richard Sliuzas
Biographic Data
| ID | 2297130 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Sliuzas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Sliuzas |
| SIGNATURE | SLIUZAS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Twente |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5243-4431 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 309 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
A hierarchical cross-departmental agent-based approach to explore the impacts of policy interplay on land use dynamics
Understanding the interactions between competing land policies is crucial for identifying governance challenges and assisting urban planners and policy analysts in making informed decisions. However, a methodology for incorporating land use patterns and the policy implementation processes within the framework of hierarchical land management remains underexplored. Here, we employ an agent-based model (ABM) to investigate how land use change occurs…
Unveiling energy poverty risk: A multidimensional analysis of the heat-or-eat dilemma
Low-carbon transition can put citizens at risk of energy poverty, and it is crucial to understand why. Energy poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon. Vulnerable households might need to choose between accessing basic nutritional needs and energy: a high expenditure share in food and energy can lead to difficulties in energy affordability, leading to the heat-or-eat dilemma. This research examines the risk of such a dilemma through three dimensi…
Are Spatial Planning Schools across Europe Teaching Climate Change? A Survey of Curricula in the European Context
It is important that the current and the next generations of planners are well equipped to contribute to the realization and upscaling of effective climate change action as a central element in any urban or spatial planning educational program. Framing the issue in the European context, and building on studies of other global regions, this research is the first European-wide scale survey to look at the extent to which European planning schools ar…
Using comparative approaches to model deprivation in Antananarivo, Madagascar: A multidimensional analysis using principal components analysis and weighting system across meso and macro scales
Influence of hazard-related and cognitive factors of households’ flood risk perceptions in Kampala, Uganda
Understanding lay people’s flood risk perceptions has become an essential component of flood risk management especially with respect to ascertaining possible responses both to risk situations and to government actions. However, different contextual factors determine how they respond, and little has been done in the African urban context to study flood risk perception trends. Using data from 612 household questionnaires, this paper documents the h…
Understanding residential choice under risk: A case study of settlement fire and wildfire risk
As more people worldwide are moving to urban areas there is an expansion of urban land that adjoins wildland. This study focuses on an area where fire-dependent and fire-prone vegetation meets an informal urban settlement named Imizamo Yethu in Cape Town, South Africa. We investigate the reasoning behind why some residents choose to remain in a settlement that experiences both wildfires and settlement-based fires and why others choose to leave. T…
The Missing Millions in Maps: Exploring Causes of Uncertainties in Global Gridded Population Datasets
Gridded population datasets model the population at a relatively high spatial and temporal granularity by reallocating official population data from irregular administrative units to regular grids (e.g., 1 km grid cells). Such population data are vital for understanding human–environmental relationships and responding to many socioeconomic and environmental problems. We analyzed one very broadly used gridded population layer (GHS-POP) to assess i…
Factors influencing flood damage mitigation among micro and small businesses in Kampala, Uganda
With the trends of increasing flood risk due to climate change and rapid urbanisation in many parts of the world, property level mitigation efforts have become more relevant in flood risk management. However, the flood mitigation behaviour of business owners is an understudied aspect of risk reduction. This article employs the Protection Motivation Theory framework to identify critical factors that determine the flood damage mitigation behaviour …
Identifying degrees of deprivation from space using deep learning and morphological spatial analysis of deprived urban areas
Many cities in low- and medium-income countries (LMICs) are facing rapid unplanned growth of built-up areas, while detailed information on these deprived urban areas (DUAs) is lacking. There exist visible differences in housing conditions and urban spaces, and these differences are linked to urban deprivation. However, the appropriate geospatial information for unravelling urban deprivation is typically not available for DUAs in LMICs, constituti…
The unintended consequences of Egypt's institutional land regime on unplanned settlement growth in the Nile Valley
Egypt has been facing substantial unplanned human settlement growth on agricultural land since the 1950s. Although plans to better manage future settlement growth are ongoing, a full understanding of unplanned settlement growth on agricultural land remains lacking. This study investigated why and how unplanned human settlement growth occurs in Assiut Governorate, the Nile Valley. A mixed-method approach combining the institutional resource regime…
Urban induced-displacement of informal settlement dwellers: A comparison of affected households' and planning officials’ preferences for resettlement site attributes in Kigali, Rwanda
There is an increase of induced displacement of informal settlement dwellers in Kigali city due to the ongoing redevelopment of existing inner city areas and disaster risk mitigation actions in high-risk zones. Local authorities are currently much more interested in compensating the affected households in kind, namely by providing new homes in resettlement sites as a strategy to avoid the creation of new informal settlements. In this context, a r…
Wildland urban interface of the City of Cape Town 1990-2019
Wildfire affecting urban areas at the wildland urban interface (WUI) is a growing global concern, where management is important for urban residents as well as wildland vegetation. We used a socio-ecological system perspective to investigate the interactions of urban land with a fire-dependent wildland in South Africa's City of Cape Town (CoCT). We examined changes in population growth, land cover change and related WUI footprint, occurrence of la…
Evaluating Spatial Scenarios for Sustainable Development in Quito, Ecuador
Peripheral urban sprawl configures new, extensive conurbations that transcend current administrative boundaries. Land use planning, supported by the analysis of future scenarios, is a guide to achieve sustainability in large metropolitan areas. To understand how urban sprawl is consuming natural and agricultural land, this paper analyzes land use changes in the metropolis of Quito, considering a combination of urban planning, natural conservation…
Assessment of cascading effects of typhoons on water and sanitation services: A case study of informal settlements in Malabon, Philippines
Urban infrastructures are critical, highly interconnected, and interdependent systems of services that physically tie metropolitan areas, communities, and neighbourhoods together. When such highly inter-related systems are affected by a disaster, cascading effects may result in the failure of infrastructure systems. This paper presents a method to unravel the complexity of cascading effects, which can be applied in situations where documented inf…
An extended briefing and debriefing technique to enhance data quality in cross-national/language mixed-method research
Mixed methods surveys using multilingual assistants in areas without clear pre-defined sampling units are often difficult to manage and unpredictable, thereby threatening data quality. More so when such surveys are executed in unfamiliar territories where cultural and language barriers prevent direct communication between the principal researcher and the respondents, and field assistants act as cultural/language brokers. This paper provides a met…
Need for an Integrated Deprived Area "Slum" Mapping System (Ideamaps) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
Ninety percent of the people added to the planet over the next 30 years will live in African and Asian cities, and a large portion of these populations will reside in deprived neighborhoods defined by slum conditions, informal settlement, or inadequate housing. The four current approaches to neighborhood deprivation mapping are largely siloed, and each fall short of producing accurate, timely, and comparable maps that reflect local contexts. The …
Climate vulnerability mapping: A systematic review and future prospects
Maps synthesizing climate, biophysical and socioeconomic data have become part of the standard tool‐kit for communicating the risks of climate change to society. Vulnerability maps are used to direct attention to geographic areas where impacts on society are expected to be greatest and that may therefore require adaptation interventions. Under the Green Climate Fund and other bilateral climate adaptation funding mechanisms, donors are investing b…
Livelihood impacts of displacement and resettlement on informal households - A case study from Kigali, Rwanda
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are undergoing massive socio-spatial transformations. Many old inner-city neighbourhoods are being demolished to give way to modern commercial and residential developments, and generally, to a more modern living environment. These ambitions often lead to manifold displacement and resettlement projects that affect the livelihoods of millions of people, including many from informal settlements. Given the novelty of urba…
Slums from Space—15 Years of Slum Mapping Using Remote Sensing
The body of scientific literature on slum mapping employing remote sensing methods has increased since the availability of more very-high-resolution (VHR) sensors. This improves the ability to produce information for pro-poor policy development and to build methods capable of supporting systematic global slum monitoring required for international policy development such as the Sustainable Development Goals. This review provides an overview of slu…
Participatory Local Governance in Asian Cities: Invited, Closed or Claimed Spaces for Urban Poor
In the past two decades, many Asian countries including India have mandated participatory local governance through national statutes. Emerging research on Asian cities shows that despite strong national mandates, the practice of participatory governance at local levels remains largely ineffective. Our research in Ahmedabad, India, shows that while the state government’s policy mandate for invited spaces for participation in local governance is we…
The risk of impoverishment in urban development-induced displacement and resettlement in Ahmedabad
Processes of globalization and neoliberal reforms of local governance in Indian cities have created distinct patterns by reshaping the physical and social landscapes of India’s cities, triggering contestations between the privileged and the dispossessed. This paper addresses the consequences for poor households of mega-urban renewal and infrastructure projects and the processes of displacement and resettlement in Ahmedabad, India. The findings in…
Urban futures: Multiple visions, paths and construction
An integrated framework to evaluate the equity of urban public facilities using spatial multi-criteria analysis
Beijing
What Drives the Spatial Development of Urban Villages in China
China’s dramatic urban expansion has encompassed many peri-urban villages and turned them into so-called urban villages that provide a niche housing market for rural migrants for whom the formal housing market is unaffordable. Yet urban villages are very distinct from informal settlements elsewhere, because they are being developed by the original village community on collectively owned land. As these communities cannot sell their land and only b…
The development and redevelopment of urban villages in Shenzhen
Livelihood impacts of displacement and resettlement on informal households - A case study from Kigali, Rwanda
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are undergoing massive socio-spatial transformations. Many old inner-city neighbourhoods are being demolished to give way to modern commercial and residential developments, and generally, to a more modern living environment. These ambitions often lead to manifold displacement and resettlement projects that affect the livelihoods of millions of people, including many from informal settlements. Given the novelty of urba…
The Land-Use Diversity in Urban Villages in Shenzhen
China's dynamic urbanisation since 1978 has led to the proliferation of so-called 'urban villages' in many cities. Their development, via a self-help approach by indigenous villagers, delivers low-cost housing and various other social and economic activities. Consequently, urban villages are characterised by growing numbers of buildings and a mix of functions, including residential, industrial, commercial, and public services. These uses enable d…
Spatial Analyses of the Urban Village Development Process in Shenzhen, China
Urban villages are widespread in many Chinese cities, providing affordable and accessible housing for rural migrants. These urban villages develop rapidly over time to create more housing units and accommodate increasing numbers of residents. This article provides systematic analyses of urban village development in Shenzhen in the period 1999-2009. It reveals that the development of urban villages was driven by the overall planning and urban grow…
Agro-tourism enterprises as a form of multi-functional urban agriculture for peri-urban development in China
The risk of impoverishment in urban development-induced displacement and resettlement in Ahmedabad
Processes of globalization and neoliberal reforms of local governance in Indian cities have created distinct patterns by reshaping the physical and social landscapes of India’s cities, triggering contestations between the privileged and the dispossessed. This paper addresses the consequences for poor households of mega-urban renewal and infrastructure projects and the processes of displacement and resettlement in Ahmedabad, India. The findings in…
An integrated framework to evaluate the equity of urban public facilities using spatial multi-criteria analysis
Beijing
Need for an Integrated Deprived Area "Slum" Mapping System (Ideamaps) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
Ninety percent of the people added to the planet over the next 30 years will live in African and Asian cities, and a large portion of these populations will reside in deprived neighborhoods defined by slum conditions, informal settlement, or inadequate housing. The four current approaches to neighborhood deprivation mapping are largely siloed, and each fall short of producing accurate, timely, and comparable maps that reflect local contexts. The …
What Drives the Spatial Development of Urban Villages in China
China’s dramatic urban expansion has encompassed many peri-urban villages and turned them into so-called urban villages that provide a niche housing market for rural migrants for whom the formal housing market is unaffordable. Yet urban villages are very distinct from informal settlements elsewhere, because they are being developed by the original village community on collectively owned land. As these communities cannot sell their land and only b…
Trends in urban and slum indicators across developing world cities, 1990–2003
Urban induced-displacement of informal settlement dwellers: A comparison of affected households' and planning officials’ preferences for resettlement site attributes in Kigali, Rwanda
There is an increase of induced displacement of informal settlement dwellers in Kigali city due to the ongoing redevelopment of existing inner city areas and disaster risk mitigation actions in high-risk zones. Local authorities are currently much more interested in compensating the affected households in kind, namely by providing new homes in resettlement sites as a strategy to avoid the creation of new informal settlements. In this context, a r…
Understanding residential choice under risk: A case study of settlement fire and wildfire risk
As more people worldwide are moving to urban areas there is an expansion of urban land that adjoins wildland. This study focuses on an area where fire-dependent and fire-prone vegetation meets an informal urban settlement named Imizamo Yethu in Cape Town, South Africa. We investigate the reasoning behind why some residents choose to remain in a settlement that experiences both wildfires and settlement-based fires and why others choose to leave. T…
The unintended consequences of Egypt's institutional land regime on unplanned settlement growth in the Nile Valley
Egypt has been facing substantial unplanned human settlement growth on agricultural land since the 1950s. Although plans to better manage future settlement growth are ongoing, a full understanding of unplanned settlement growth on agricultural land remains lacking. This study investigated why and how unplanned human settlement growth occurs in Assiut Governorate, the Nile Valley. A mixed-method approach combining the institutional resource regime…
Governance and the use of GIS in developing countries
Wildland urban interface of the City of Cape Town 1990-2019
Wildfire affecting urban areas at the wildland urban interface (WUI) is a growing global concern, where management is important for urban residents as well as wildland vegetation. We used a socio-ecological system perspective to investigate the interactions of urban land with a fire-dependent wildland in South Africa's City of Cape Town (CoCT). We examined changes in population growth, land cover change and related WUI footprint, occurrence of la…
An extended briefing and debriefing technique to enhance data quality in cross-national/language mixed-method research
Mixed methods surveys using multilingual assistants in areas without clear pre-defined sampling units are often difficult to manage and unpredictable, thereby threatening data quality. More so when such surveys are executed in unfamiliar territories where cultural and language barriers prevent direct communication between the principal researcher and the respondents, and field assistants act as cultural/language brokers. This paper provides a met…
Opportunities for enhancing communication in settlement upgrading with geographic information technology-based support tools
Opportunities for enhancing communication in settlement upgrading with geographic information technology-based support tools
Governance and the use of GIS in developing countries
Trends in urban and slum indicators across developing world cities, 1990–2003
Agro-tourism enterprises as a form of multi-functional urban agriculture for peri-urban development in China
The development and redevelopment of urban villages in Shenzhen
An ontology of slums for image-based classification
The Land-Use Diversity in Urban Villages in Shenzhen
China's dynamic urbanisation since 1978 has led to the proliferation of so-called 'urban villages' in many cities. Their development, via a self-help approach by indigenous villagers, delivers low-cost housing and various other social and economic activities. Consequently, urban villages are characterised by growing numbers of buildings and a mix of functions, including residential, industrial, commercial, and public services. These uses enable d…
Beijing
What Drives the Spatial Development of Urban Villages in China
China’s dramatic urban expansion has encompassed many peri-urban villages and turned them into so-called urban villages that provide a niche housing market for rural migrants for whom the formal housing market is unaffordable. Yet urban villages are very distinct from informal settlements elsewhere, because they are being developed by the original village community on collectively owned land. As these communities cannot sell their land and only b…
Spatial Analyses of the Urban Village Development Process in Shenzhen, China
Urban villages are widespread in many Chinese cities, providing affordable and accessible housing for rural migrants. These urban villages develop rapidly over time to create more housing units and accommodate increasing numbers of residents. This article provides systematic analyses of urban village development in Shenzhen in the period 1999-2009. It reveals that the development of urban villages was driven by the overall planning and urban grow…
An integrated framework to evaluate the equity of urban public facilities using spatial multi-criteria analysis
The risk of impoverishment in urban development-induced displacement and resettlement in Ahmedabad
Processes of globalization and neoliberal reforms of local governance in Indian cities have created distinct patterns by reshaping the physical and social landscapes of India’s cities, triggering contestations between the privileged and the dispossessed. This paper addresses the consequences for poor households of mega-urban renewal and infrastructure projects and the processes of displacement and resettlement in Ahmedabad, India. The findings in…
Urban futures: Multiple visions, paths and construction
Slums from Space—15 Years of Slum Mapping Using Remote Sensing
The body of scientific literature on slum mapping employing remote sensing methods has increased since the availability of more very-high-resolution (VHR) sensors. This improves the ability to produce information for pro-poor policy development and to build methods capable of supporting systematic global slum monitoring required for international policy development such as the Sustainable Development Goals. This review provides an overview of slu…
Participatory Local Governance in Asian Cities: Invited, Closed or Claimed Spaces for Urban Poor
In the past two decades, many Asian countries including India have mandated participatory local governance through national statutes. Emerging research on Asian cities shows that despite strong national mandates, the practice of participatory governance at local levels remains largely ineffective. Our research in Ahmedabad, India, shows that while the state government’s policy mandate for invited spaces for participation in local governance is we…
Climate vulnerability mapping: A systematic review and future prospects
Maps synthesizing climate, biophysical and socioeconomic data have become part of the standard tool‐kit for communicating the risks of climate change to society. Vulnerability maps are used to direct attention to geographic areas where impacts on society are expected to be greatest and that may therefore require adaptation interventions. Under the Green Climate Fund and other bilateral climate adaptation funding mechanisms, donors are investing b…
Livelihood impacts of displacement and resettlement on informal households - A case study from Kigali, Rwanda
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are undergoing massive socio-spatial transformations. Many old inner-city neighbourhoods are being demolished to give way to modern commercial and residential developments, and generally, to a more modern living environment. These ambitions often lead to manifold displacement and resettlement projects that affect the livelihoods of millions of people, including many from informal settlements. Given the novelty of urba…
Evaluating Spatial Scenarios for Sustainable Development in Quito, Ecuador
Peripheral urban sprawl configures new, extensive conurbations that transcend current administrative boundaries. Land use planning, supported by the analysis of future scenarios, is a guide to achieve sustainability in large metropolitan areas. To understand how urban sprawl is consuming natural and agricultural land, this paper analyzes land use changes in the metropolis of Quito, considering a combination of urban planning, natural conservation…
Assessment of cascading effects of typhoons on water and sanitation services: A case study of informal settlements in Malabon, Philippines
Urban infrastructures are critical, highly interconnected, and interdependent systems of services that physically tie metropolitan areas, communities, and neighbourhoods together. When such highly inter-related systems are affected by a disaster, cascading effects may result in the failure of infrastructure systems. This paper presents a method to unravel the complexity of cascading effects, which can be applied in situations where documented inf…
An extended briefing and debriefing technique to enhance data quality in cross-national/language mixed-method research
Mixed methods surveys using multilingual assistants in areas without clear pre-defined sampling units are often difficult to manage and unpredictable, thereby threatening data quality. More so when such surveys are executed in unfamiliar territories where cultural and language barriers prevent direct communication between the principal researcher and the respondents, and field assistants act as cultural/language brokers. This paper provides a met…
Need for an Integrated Deprived Area "Slum" Mapping System (Ideamaps) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
Ninety percent of the people added to the planet over the next 30 years will live in African and Asian cities, and a large portion of these populations will reside in deprived neighborhoods defined by slum conditions, informal settlement, or inadequate housing. The four current approaches to neighborhood deprivation mapping are largely siloed, and each fall short of producing accurate, timely, and comparable maps that reflect local contexts. The …
The Missing Millions in Maps: Exploring Causes of Uncertainties in Global Gridded Population Datasets
Gridded population datasets model the population at a relatively high spatial and temporal granularity by reallocating official population data from irregular administrative units to regular grids (e.g., 1 km grid cells). Such population data are vital for understanding human–environmental relationships and responding to many socioeconomic and environmental problems. We analyzed one very broadly used gridded population layer (GHS-POP) to assess i…
Factors influencing flood damage mitigation among micro and small businesses in Kampala, Uganda
With the trends of increasing flood risk due to climate change and rapid urbanisation in many parts of the world, property level mitigation efforts have become more relevant in flood risk management. However, the flood mitigation behaviour of business owners is an understudied aspect of risk reduction. This article employs the Protection Motivation Theory framework to identify critical factors that determine the flood damage mitigation behaviour …
Identifying degrees of deprivation from space using deep learning and morphological spatial analysis of deprived urban areas
Many cities in low- and medium-income countries (LMICs) are facing rapid unplanned growth of built-up areas, while detailed information on these deprived urban areas (DUAs) is lacking. There exist visible differences in housing conditions and urban spaces, and these differences are linked to urban deprivation. However, the appropriate geospatial information for unravelling urban deprivation is typically not available for DUAs in LMICs, constituti…
The unintended consequences of Egypt's institutional land regime on unplanned settlement growth in the Nile Valley
Egypt has been facing substantial unplanned human settlement growth on agricultural land since the 1950s. Although plans to better manage future settlement growth are ongoing, a full understanding of unplanned settlement growth on agricultural land remains lacking. This study investigated why and how unplanned human settlement growth occurs in Assiut Governorate, the Nile Valley. A mixed-method approach combining the institutional resource regime…
Geography (26 works) · Economics (18 works) · Environmental planning (17 works) · Business (16 works) · Economic growth (16 works) · Political science (11 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (11 works) · Urban planning (10 works) · Civil engineering (9 works) · Computer Science (9 works)