Karin Pfeffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3720468 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karin Pfeffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karin |
| FAMILY NAME | Pfeffer |
| SIGNATURE | PFEFFER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Twente |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6080-1323 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 55 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 132 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 55 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Comparative spatio-temporal and morphological analysis of urban growth using local climate zones in southern Chile
Spatial implications of remote work: Insights from seven European case studies
In recent years, the rise of remote work has significantly impacted the dynamics of work and living environments across Europe and beyond, yet its spatial implications remain underexplored. This paper examines the spatial implications of remote work through a cross-case analysis of seven European case studies at the NUTS3 level- Barcelona, Lisbon, Milan, Vienna, Enschede, Stockholm, and Volos- drawing on primary data from 19 semi-structured inter…
Safety in the Techno-Mediated City: Insights from Bengaluru's AI-Powered CCTV Network
Despite ample criticisms, cities are increasingly using closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, justified by citing urban safety. How safety is evoked within such technology-laden projects is little studied. To address this gap, we empirically investigated the Bengaluru Safe City Project, an AI-powered surveillance system. We qualitatively analyzed key documents describing the surveillance system’s …
Informal economy notion in creative industry policy: The case of Bandung creative city
The ‘informality’ of a business may be in terms of location, licensing and product registration, which can result in a lack of access to strategies, programmes and incentives for local economic promotion by formal institutions. This study examines policies and strategies that led to creative kampongs’ development and improvement. By conducting policy analysis, the paper studies how and to what extent different policies related to creative industr…
Landscape character assessment of Nigeria: A machine-assisted learning approach
Understanding Planning Support Systems Institutionalization in the Planning Process Through Actor–Network Theory: The Case of the Strategic Development Framework Methodology
Studies conceptualize planning support systems (PSS) outcomes as post-implementation use (limited or continuous) in the planning process. This paper presents another perspective on PSS implementation outcomes—its institutionalization in the planning process. It combines the sociology of translation (SoT) and actor–network theory (ANT) as an analytic framework to investigate and explain a country’s PSS institutionalization in the planning process …
Spaces of work, encounter, and representation of, and for, creative industries
Previous research has focused on the relationship between creative industries and the urban areas where these industries tend to be located within the city. Less understood is the character, use, and impact of spaces intended to support creative industries. This paper questions the role these spaces have for creative industries’ development, and their socio-spatial dynamics across a city. We focus on the city of Bandung, Indonesia, and inquire (1…
Perceptions of people in host communities on the implementation of dam-induced involuntary resettlement programme in the Global South: The case of Bui Dam in Ghana
Mapping the field of urban infrastructuring — A scoping review
Infrastructuring denotes the processual nature of infrastructure development and the dynamic relationship between infrastructures, actors, and the environment in specific local contexts. In this scoping review, we aim to map the existing academic literature on processes and practices of co-developing urban infrastructures through collaborative knowledge production and geospatial methods. Our main research question is: What trends and directions c…
Inclusive Digital Planning – Co-designing a collaborative mapping tool to support the planning of accessible public space for all
Digital planning is loaded with the expectation to make planning more inclusive. However, digital tools currently used in spatial planning processes to facilitate communication and participation of stakeholders often exclude people with disabilities through their design. Consequently, the research question of this study is how to design digital tools to support inclusive participation in the planning and design of public spaces to make them acces…
Innovation in informal creative industries: The case of Indonesia's creative kampongs
Embedding planning support systems in spatial planning practice: The role of drift in implementing the Spatial Development Framework methodology
Planning Support Systems (PSS) research has explored ways to improve PSS use and embeddedness. However, there is little knowledge of how unplanned changes during implementation impact outcomes. This paper answers the question, ‘How can drift influence PSS implementation and use?’ It applies the concept of drift (changes in new technology, user behaviour, and/or existing practice during ICT implementation) to explain how PSS users (GIS specialists…
Creative industries in Indonesia: A socio-spatial exploration of three kampongs in Bandung
Several studies on creative industries (CIs) have investigated the impact of CIs on the social and economic development of cities, regions or countries in the Global South. In Indonesia, past research has focussed on CIs’ impact on national economic development and their network processes and effects. Few studies have examined the role of creative kampongs at a local scale, especially the multi-dimensional aspects of the socio-spatial processes o…
Impact assessment of the governance principles in the implementation of dam-induced involuntary resettlement on host communities: The case of the Bui Dam in Ghana
Any form of resettlement of people requires applying some governance processes to guide its implementation processes. Resettlement and governance – are entangled because acceptability and ownership of a resettlement programme by community members are associated with the manner of application of good governance principles. Several studies have focused on the impact of resettlements on affected people and communities, however, little is known about…
Social participation in planning, design, and management of public spaces: The case of Mexico
Top-down approaches often fail to involve, collaborate with, and consider social actors in the process of planning, design, and maintenance of public spaces (PDMPS).This research addresses how social participation is included in PDMPS in the Mexican case, by identifying the actors, the level of communication achieved, and their authority and power in the PDMPS process.The paper employs a case study approach, informed by semi-structured interviews…
Governance Interactions Concerning Peri-Urban Lake Ecosystems: A Systematic Literature Review
Peri-urban landscapes are urban-rural interfaces that experience challenges due to dynamic urbanisation and climate change effects. These landscapes are also characterized by overlapping jurisdictions, blurred boundaries, and regulatory slippage, leading to diverse and fragmented interactions of governance actors. This is particularly important in the context of peri-urban lake ecosystems, where conflicting goals between governance actors (state …
Challenges and opportunities of public space management in Mexico
This paper discusses the opportunities and challenges of public space management (PSM) in the Mexican context by analysing the perspectives of different governance actors. Issues in the PSM literature include ineffective political decisions, prevalence of the private sector, lack of coordination between government institutions, and a need for more effective social participation. While most PSM studies focus on European cities, empirical PSM knowl…
The Use of ICTs to Support Social Participation in the Planning, Design and Maintenance of Public Spaces in Latin America
Recent research indicates that information and communication technologies (ICTs) can support social participation in the planning, design and maintenance of public spaces (PDMPS), specifically to create comprehensive knowledge among different stakeholders. However, critics point out that the use of ICTs by planners and decision-makers often ignores the needs of local residents. For this research, we inquired how ICTs can support social participat…
Stakeholders Engagement in Noise Action Planning Mediated by Ogito: An Open Geo-Spatial Interactive Tool
Noise action planning (NAP) requires collaboration among stakeholders, given the harmful health effects of noise and the subjectivity of how individuals perceive noise. Maptables can be used to mediate in such a collaborative spatial planning process. However, open software applications specifically designed for those devices are still limited or mismatched with user needs. This study presents the co-design and development process of an Open Geo-…
Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in spatial planning for urban flood mitigation: The perspective of flood management experts in Accra
The rapid rate of urban expansion with its associated physical development in recent years conflicts with the urban ecosystem and the services it provides. In most Sub-Saharan African cities, rapid urban expansion often does not conform to existing spatial plans. Physical developments are sometimes carried out in unauthorized areas, contributing to urban floods. The Sub-Saharan African regions' flood management strategies mainly focus on engineer…
Road infrastructure expansion and socio-spatial fragmentation in the peri-urban zone in Accra, Ghana
The implementation of large-scale projects including road infrastructures is often seen as the driver of socio-economic growth and development of countries. Interestingly, in the Global South, road infrastructures trigger various socio-spatial impacts, including fragmentations and changes in the quality of life in cities, however, little attention is given to that. This paper addresses the question: how does socio-spatial fragmentation triggered …
An emerging knowledge system for future water governance: Sowing water for Lima
As urban infrastructures are built to last for decades, each infrastructure contains the anticipation for an uncertain future: a city-to-come, often built on capitalist and modernist dreams. In Lima, Peru, the model for water infrastructure development has long been a technocratic one, driven by values such as efficiency and modernization. However, facing a dual challenge of climate change and continuing urban growth, Lima’s water utility agency,…
The datafication of water infrastructure and its implications for (il)legible water consumers
Redevelopments of Lima’s water infrastructure aim to reduce inequalities in water consumption, connections, and coverage by implementing data technologies and claim to make urban water management more efficient. However, little research has been done on how the city’s hydrosocial geography is shaped by the increasing use of data for the supervision and control of its water infrastructure. This article analyzes the datafication of Lima’s water inf…
Comparing governance and bargaining of livelihoods in informal settlements in Chennai and eThekwini
Peri-urban transformation in the Global South: A comparative socio-spatial analytics approach
This research advances our understanding of peri-urban dynamics in the Global South through an innovative comparative socio-spatial analytics approach combining geospatial and qualitative fieldwork-based methods. Drawing on three cases in China, Ghana and India, the comparison is operationalized through two pairs of conceptual lenses developed inductively. We argue that heterogeneous peri-urban morphologies in the Global South, which share severa…
Developing a TOD typology for Beijing metro station areas
Peri-urban transformation in the Global South: A comparative socio-spatial analytics approach
This research advances our understanding of peri-urban dynamics in the Global South through an innovative comparative socio-spatial analytics approach combining geospatial and qualitative fieldwork-based methods. Drawing on three cases in China, Ghana and India, the comparison is operationalized through two pairs of conceptual lenses developed inductively. We argue that heterogeneous peri-urban morphologies in the Global South, which share severa…
Mapping Urban Poverty for Local Governance in an Indian Mega-City: The Case of Delhi
The article maps urban poverty, using the `livelihoods assets framework' to develop a new index of multiple deprivation, examining the implications for area and sector targeting by policy-makers. This article deals with the index and the results for Delhi. The study maps: the spatial concentration of poverty; the diversity of deprivation at ward level; whether poverty is concentrated in slums; and correlations between voting patterns and poverty …
Matching deprivation mapping to urban governance in three Indian mega-cities
Risk perception: The social construction of spatial knowledge around climate change-related scenarios in Lima
Spatial segregation, inequality, and opportunity bias in the slums of Bengaluru
Digital and spatial knowledge management in urban governance: Emerging issues in India, Brazil, South Africa, and Peru
Multiple and shifting geographies of world music production: Geographies of world music production
Taking European world music charts since 1991 as a surrogate measure of the salience of global economic and geographical linkages in world music production, our paper offers an in-depth analysis into the clustered and transnational dynamics therein. We substantiate the claim that the valorisation of commodified musical content has traditionally been removed from its place of origin and centred on metropolitan areas in Western Europe and the USA. …
The datafication of water infrastructure and its implications for (il)legible water consumers
Redevelopments of Lima’s water infrastructure aim to reduce inequalities in water consumption, connections, and coverage by implementing data technologies and claim to make urban water management more efficient. However, little research has been done on how the city’s hydrosocial geography is shaped by the increasing use of data for the supervision and control of its water infrastructure. This article analyzes the datafication of Lima’s water inf…
Making a scene: Exploring the dimensions of place through Dutch popular music, 1960-2010
This paper applies a multi-layered conceptualisation of place to the analysis of particular music scenes in the Netherlands, 1960-2010. We focus on: the clustering of music-related activities in locations; the delineation of spatially tied music scenes, based on a shared identity, reproduced over time through music practices and memory work; and the scale of interconnections in music practices. Using a variety of data sources (music industry loca…
Perspectives on the Role of Geo-Technologies for Addressing Contemporary Urban Issues: Implications for IDS
Visualising postcode data for urban analysis and planning: The Amsterdam City Monitor
Public agencies typically collect statistical databases on population, housing, economic activities and various other indicators. In their existing form, these databases cannot be directly adopted for planning and policy formulation, as they need to be tailored to the issue for which information is required. The specific problem addressed in this article is how to process and visualise small‐area data, in our case referring to the Dutch 6‐digit p…
Inclusive Digital Planning – Co-designing a collaborative mapping tool to support the planning of accessible public space for all
Digital planning is loaded with the expectation to make planning more inclusive. However, digital tools currently used in spatial planning processes to facilitate communication and participation of stakeholders often exclude people with disabilities through their design. Consequently, the research question of this study is how to design digital tools to support inclusive participation in the planning and design of public spaces to make them acces…
Road infrastructure expansion and socio-spatial fragmentation in the peri-urban zone in Accra, Ghana
The implementation of large-scale projects including road infrastructures is often seen as the driver of socio-economic growth and development of countries. Interestingly, in the Global South, road infrastructures trigger various socio-spatial impacts, including fragmentations and changes in the quality of life in cities, however, little attention is given to that. This paper addresses the question: how does socio-spatial fragmentation triggered …
Factors shaping cartographic representations of inequalities. Maps as products and processes
Rebuilding women's livelihoods strategies at the city fringe: Agency, spatial practices, and access to transportation from Semmencherry, Chennai
Big Data for Better Urban Life? – An Exploratory Study of Critical Urban Issues in Two Caribbean Cities: Paramaribo (Suriname) and Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
Reprint of: Digital and spatial knowledge management in urban governance: Emerging issues in India, Brazil, South Africa, and Peru
Mapping the field of urban infrastructuring — A scoping review
Infrastructuring denotes the processual nature of infrastructure development and the dynamic relationship between infrastructures, actors, and the environment in specific local contexts. In this scoping review, we aim to map the existing academic literature on processes and practices of co-developing urban infrastructures through collaborative knowledge production and geospatial methods. Our main research question is: What trends and directions c…
Comparing governance and bargaining of livelihoods in informal settlements in Chennai and eThekwini
Urban Livelihoods in Slums of Chennai: Developing a Relational Understanding
Configuring knowledge in urban water-related risks and vulnerability
Khon San: Eine Fallstudie zu Naturpotenzial und Agrarkolonisation in Nordostthailand
Im Nordosten Thailands, in der Region Isaan, fand in der zweiten Hälfte des letzten Jahrhunderts eine ungelenkte Agrarkolonisation statt. Im Rahmen eines deutsch-thailändischen Forschungsprojektes wurde Amphoe Khon San, am Westrand des Khoratplateaus, einer geoökologisch-sozioökonomischen Fallstudie unterzogen. Die Siedlungs- und Nutzungsgeschichte wurde rekonstruiert und im Vergleich mit geschützten noch wenig veränderten Waldgebieten wurden die…
Mapping Urban Poverty for Local Governance in an Indian Mega-City: The Case of Delhi
The article maps urban poverty, using the `livelihoods assets framework' to develop a new index of multiple deprivation, examining the implications for area and sector targeting by policy-makers. This article deals with the index and the results for Delhi. The study maps: the spatial concentration of poverty; the diversity of deprivation at ward level; whether poverty is concentrated in slums; and correlations between voting patterns and poverty …
Matching deprivation mapping to urban governance in three Indian mega-cities
Knowledge Production in Urban Governance Systems through Qualitative Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Urban governance offers opportunities for more inclusive urban management, incorporating tacit knowledge and citizens’ preferences. The question is how to elicit such knowledge and preferences so that they are both inclusive as well as efficient. Field visits to Indian cities have shown that a lot of effort is put into the implementation of E-governance tools and setting up Geographic Information Systems (GIS), focusing on administrative interact…
E-Government Tools, Claimed Potentials/Unnamed Limitations: The Case of Kalyan–Dombivli
Contemporary cities are characterized by the inequality reflected in uneven geographies of quality-of-life conditions. When these inequalities are a matter of concern, local governments usually assert their intention to respond to citizen’s needs and deprivations. It is in this context that information and communication technology (ICT) tools are being incorporated in Indian cities to promote local governance by improving quality of life and incr…
Multiple and shifting geographies of world music production: Geographies of world music production
Taking European world music charts since 1991 as a surrogate measure of the salience of global economic and geographical linkages in world music production, our paper offers an in-depth analysis into the clustered and transnational dynamics therein. We substantiate the claim that the valorisation of commodified musical content has traditionally been removed from its place of origin and centred on metropolitan areas in Western Europe and the USA. …
Visualising postcode data for urban analysis and planning: The Amsterdam City Monitor
Public agencies typically collect statistical databases on population, housing, economic activities and various other indicators. In their existing form, these databases cannot be directly adopted for planning and policy formulation, as they need to be tailored to the issue for which information is required. The specific problem addressed in this article is how to process and visualise small‐area data, in our case referring to the Dutch 6‐digit p…
Participatory Spatial Knowledge Management Tools: Empowerment and upscaling or exclusion
Different types of spatial knowledge (expert, sectoral, tacit and community) are strategic resources in urban planning and management. Participatory spatial knowledge management is a major method for eliciting various types of knowledge, providing a platform for knowledge integration and informing local action and public policy. Knowledge types linked to a specific geographical locality can be integrated through geographical information systems. …
Digital and spatial knowledge management in urban governance: Emerging issues in India, Brazil, South Africa, and Peru
Rebuilding women's livelihoods strategies at the city fringe: Agency, spatial practices, and access to transportation from Semmencherry, Chennai
Big Data for Better Urban Life? – An Exploratory Study of Critical Urban Issues in Two Caribbean Cities: Paramaribo (Suriname) and Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
Reprint of: Digital and spatial knowledge management in urban governance: Emerging issues in India, Brazil, South Africa, and Peru
Making a scene: Exploring the dimensions of place through Dutch popular music, 1960-2010
This paper applies a multi-layered conceptualisation of place to the analysis of particular music scenes in the Netherlands, 1960-2010. We focus on: the clustering of music-related activities in locations; the delineation of spatially tied music scenes, based on a shared identity, reproduced over time through music practices and memory work; and the scale of interconnections in music practices. Using a variety of data sources (music industry loca…
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…
Developing a TOD typology for Beijing metro station areas
Perspectives on the Role of Geo-Technologies for Addressing Contemporary Urban Issues: Implications for IDS
Configuring knowledge in urban water-related risks and vulnerability
Factors shaping cartographic representations of inequalities. Maps as products and processes
Risk perception: The social construction of spatial knowledge around climate change-related scenarios in Lima
Urban Livelihoods in Slums of Chennai: Developing a Relational Understanding
Shifting approaches to slums in Chennai: Political coalitions, policy discourses and practices
Slums pose a persistent challenge for fast growing urban areas in the global South, despite several decades of policy intervention. While Chennai has adopted several strategies ranging from upgrading to reconstruction, the city has been unable to deliver its target of ‘clearing’ slum settlements. Through an analysis of four enumeration reports and a look at the evolving political contexts and subsequent practices, we illustrate the evolution of s…
Spatial segregation, inequality, and opportunity bias in the slums of Bengaluru
Elaborating the urbanism in smart urbanism: Distilling relevant dimensions for a comprehensive analysis of Smart City approaches
Over the last decade, Smart City has increasingly become a popular urban policy approach of cities in both the Global North and Global South. Such approaches focus on digital and technology-driven urban innovation and are often considered to be a universal solution to varied urban issues in different cities. How Smart City policies operate in contemporary cities is being examined in the emerging, but still underdeveloped, academic field ‘smart ur…
Towards Supporting Collaborative Spatial Planning: Conceptualization of a Maptable Tool through User Stories
Geographic information-based planning support tools implemented in a maptable have the potential to mediate collaborative spatial planning processes. However, available tools for a maptable either lack advanced analytical functions or have usability shortcomings. Given these limitations, this research aims to conceptualize an interactive planning support tool intended to fully exploit maptable capabilities while providing spatial analytical funct…
Expert-Amateurs and Smart Citizens: How Digitalization Reconfigures Lima’s Water Infrastructure
In Lima, residents are fundamental co-creators of the urban water infrastructure, taking up various roles in the operation, maintenance, and expansion of the water distribution system. As Lima’s potable water company presses the transition from decentralized and auto-constructed to centralized and digital, this article explores how the implementation of digital infrastructure reconfigures the role of residents in the water distribution system. Ou…
Geography (37 works) · Business (25 works) · Political science (23 works) · Computer Science (20 works) · Environmental planning (20 works) · Sociology (20 works) · Economics (17 works) · Economic growth (16 works) · Engineering (16 works) · Corporate governance (15 works)