Meta Berghauser Pont

UniversityChalmers University of Technology
DepartmentArchitecture and Civil Engineering
DivisionUrban Design and Planning
Keywordsspatial analysis, urban density, network centrality

Website Chalmers University of Technology, in Swedish www.chalmers.se/personer/meta/
Website Chalmers University of Technology, in English www.chalmers.se/en/persons/meta/
Networks/thematic areasGothenburg Air and Climate Network (GAC), Global perspectives with focus on low and middle income countries, Sustanable Urban Development
SDG:s3. Good health and wellbeing, 10. Reduced inequalities, 11. Sustainable cities and communities, 15. Life on land
RegionsEurope and Central Asia, North America
Country

Reasearch / work
Meta Berghauser Pont is associate professor in Urban Design and Planning and leads, together with Lars Marcus, the Spatial Morphology Group (SMoG). Her research focus is Urban Morphology specializing in the quantification of urban form. She develops models to measure urban density and network centrality with the aim to better understand how urban form can support or cancel out social, economic and ecological processes.