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+49 711 685 66332
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+49 711 685 66349
+49 711 685 66965
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Pfaffenwaldring 7
70569 Stuttgart
Deutschland
Room: 3.001
Office Hours
by appointment
Subject
- Vulnerability assessment
- Urban climate resilience
- Climate change adaptation
- GIS, remote sensing and spatial statistics
Ongoing Projects:
- Urbisphere (coupling dynamic cities and climate)
- Iqbal, N.; Ravan, M.; Mitraka, Z.; Birkmann, J.; Grimmond, S.; Hertwig, D.; Chrysoulakis, N.; Somarakis, G.; Wendnagel-Beck, A.; and Panagiotakis, E. (2025): "How does perceived heat stress differ between urban forms and human vulnerability profiles? Case study Berlin." In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 25(7), 2481–2502. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2481-2025
- Ravan, M.; Iqbal, N.; Birkmann, J.; Mack, S. L.; and Hertwig, D. (2025): "Comparative Assessment of Human Vulnerability and Adaptation Measures influencing Perceived Heat Stress: Case Study of Stuttgart and Berlin, Germany." In: 12th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC12), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, ICUC12-479. https://doi.org/10.5194/icuc12-479
- Iqbal, N.; Ravan, M.; Birkmann, J.; Hertwig, D.; and Mack, S. L. (2025): "Assessing heat adaptation measures of different households across urban structure types in transforming cities: case study of Berlin." In: 12th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC12), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, ICUC12-405. https://doi.org/10.5194/icuc12-405
- Jamshed, A.; Patel, C. P.; Puriya, A.; Iqbal, N.; Rana, I. A.; McMillan, J. M.; Pandey, R.; Altaf, S.; Mehmood, R. T.; and Saad, U. B. (2024): "Flood resilience assessment from the perspective of urban (in)formality in Surat, India: Implications for sustainable development." In: Natural Hazards, 120, 9297–9326. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-06267-5
- Fenner, D.; Christen, A.; Grimmond, S.; Meier, F.; Morrison, W.; Zeeman, M.; Barlow, J.; Birkmann, J.; Blunn, L.; Chrysoulakis, N.; Clements, M.; Glazer, R.; Hertwig, D.; Kotthaus, S.; König, K.; Looschelders, D.; Mitraka, Z.; Poursanidis, D.; Tsirantonakis, D.; Bechtel, B.; Benjamin, K.; Beyrich, F.; Briegel, F.; Feigel, G.; Gertsen, C.; Iqbal, N.; Kittner, J.; Lean, H.; Liu, Y.; Luo, Z.; McGrory, M.; Metzger, S.; Paskin, M.; Ravan, M.; Ruhtz, T.; Saunders, B.; Scherer, D.; Smith, S. T.; Stretton, M.; Trachte, K.; and van Hove, M. (2024): "urbisphere-Berlin Campaign: Investigating Multiscale Urban Impacts on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer." In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(10), E1929–E1961. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0030.1
- Hertwig, D.; Liu, Y.; McGrory, M.; Paskin, M.; Frid, M.; Han, J.; Chen, Y.; Lo Piano, S.; Ramirez-Mendiola, J. L.; Smith, S. T.; Grimmond, S.; Tsirantonakis, D.; Poursanidis, D.; Somarakis, G.; Chrysoulakis, N.; Iqbal, N.; Wendnagel-Beck, A.; Ravan, M.; and Birkmann, J. (2023): "Modelling anthropogenic heat emissions from residential buildings: Comparison between Berlin and London." In: EMS Annual Meeting 2023, EMS2023-324. https://doi.org/10.5194/ems2023-324
- Iqbal, N.; Aslam, A.; Jamshed, A.; Ravan, M.; Birkmann, J.; and Rana, I. A. (2023): "Assessment of human heat vulnerability of different Local Climate Zones in Lahore: Coupling remote sensing and socioeconomic data." In: Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE) 2023, (pp. 1–4). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/JURSE57346.2023.10144180
- Wendnagel-Beck, A.; Jamshed, A.; Iqbal, N.; Ravan, M.; McMillan, J.; and Birkmann, J. (2023): "Exploring the link between socio-economic and physical structure in cities to inform heat adaptation options: the case of Stuttgart." In: Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE) 2023, (pp. 1–4). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/JURSE57346.2023.10144129
- Iqbal, N.; Ravan, M.; Jamshed, A.; Birkmann, J.; Somarakis, G.; Mitraka, Z.; and Chrysoulakis, N. (2022): "Linkages between Typologies of Existing Urban Development Patterns and Human Vulnerability to Heat Stress in Lahore." In: Sustainability, 14(17), 10561. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710561
- Wendnagel-Beck, A.; Ravan, M.; Iqbal, N.; Birkmann, J.; Somarakis, G.; Hertwig, D.; Chrysoulakis, N.; and Grimmond, S. (2021): "Characterizing Physical and Social Compositions of Cities to Inform Climate Adaptation: Case Studies in Germany." In: Urban Planning, 6(4), 321–337. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v6i4.4515
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since |
Research Associate at the Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning, University of Stuttgart, Germany. |
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10/2018 – 09/2020 |
Master’s degree in Infrastructure Planning at University of Stuttgart, Germany. |
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11/2016 – 08/2018 |
Research Associate (Urban Planning) at the Urban Sector Planning and Management Services Unit, Lahore, Pakistan. |
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09/2012 – 10/2016 |
Bachelor’s degree in City and Regional Planning, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. |
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