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Prof. dr. ir. L. (Luca) Bertolini

Professor of Urban Planning
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
GPIO : Urban Planning
Photographer: onbekend
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
  • Room number: C4.17
Postal address
  • Postbus 15629
    1001 NC Amsterdam
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  • Profile

    My research and teaching focus on the integration of transport and urban planning for humane, sustainable and just cities, concepts and practices to enable transformative urban and mobility change, and ways of enhancing collaboration across different academic disciplines and between academia and society.

    Expertise and research fields

    • Mobility
    • Cities
    • Societal transitions

    Administrative role

    Scientific Director, Institute of Interdiciplinary Studies, University of Amsterdam

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  • Research

    Research methods

    • Case study
    • Action research

    Current research projects 

    Ex-tra - Experimenting with city streets to transform urban mobility
    Developing a vision of cities that are both sustainable and accessible, and strategies to deal with systematic resistance to change towards the vision.

    TOD-IS-RUR - transit oriented development for inclusive and sustainable rural-urban regions
    An interdisciplinary, international and intersectoral network to make significant research contributions to the scientific and societal challenge of countering sprawl in Europe. 

    Honours

    Doctor Honoris Causa in Design Sciences, University of Antwerp, for outstanding work on the integration of land use and transport planning and policy

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  • Teaching & PhD supervision

    Teaching

    • Lecturer in the courses “Moving the City”, and “Next Great Small Transformation” (Honours) at BA level
    • Lecturer in the course “Rethinking Urban Transportation Planning” at MA level  
    • Supervisor of ResMA research apprenticeships and theses

    PhD supervision

    • Ying-Tzu Lin, on planning street markets as public space, financed by the Taiwanese Ministry of Education, started in 2017 (completion expected in 2022)
    • Darren Sierhuis, on the political of urban experimentation, financed by NWO, part-time, started in 2020 (completion expected in 2026)
    • Lisa Buldeo Rai, on co-creating imaginaries and building capacity for non-urban TOD, financed by MSC ITN, started in 2021 (completion expected in 2024
    • Katherine VanHoose, on the transitional capacity of city street experiments, financed by JPI Urban Europe, started in 2020 (completion expected in 2024)
  • Publications

    2022

    2021

    • Beukers, E., & Bertolini, L. (2021). Learning for transitions: An experiential learning strategy for urban experiments. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2021.09.004
    • Blake, O., Glaser, M. A., Bertolini, L., & te Brommelstroet, M. C. G. (2021). How policies become best practices: A case study of best practice making in an EU knowledge sharing project. European Planning Studies, 29(7), 1251-1271. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09654313.2020.1840523
    • Glaser, M., Blake, O., Bertolini, L., te Brömmelstroet, M., & Rubin, O. (2021). Learning from abroad: An interdisciplinary exploration of knowledge transfer in the transport domain. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 39, [100531]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2020.100531 [details]
    • Pokharel, R., Bertolini, L., te Brömmelstroet, M. C. G., & Acharya, S. R. (2021). Corrigendum to ‘Spatio-temporal evolution of cities and regional economic development in Nepal: Does transport infrastructure matter?’. Journal of Transport Geography, 91, 102988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.102988
    • Pokharel, R., Bertolini, L., te Brömmelstroet, M., & Acharya, S. R. (2021). Spatio-temporal evolution of cities and regional economic development in Nepal: Does transport infrastructure matter? Journal of Transport Geography, 90, [102904]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102904 [details]
    • Wiersma, J. K., Bertolini, L., & Harms, L. W. J. (2021). Spatial conditions for car dependency in mid-sized European city regions. European Planning Studies, 29(7), 1314-1330. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2020.1854691

    2020

    • Bertolini, L. (2020). Beyond the dilemma: questioning the links between human prosperity and mobility growth. In C. Curtis (Ed.), Handbook of Sustainable Transport (pp. 58-68). Edward Elgar Publishing Lim..
    • Bertolini, L. (2020). From “streets for traffic” to “streets for people”: can street experiments transform urban mobility? Transport Reviews, 40(6), 734-753. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2020.1761907
    • Cuomo, F., Ravazzi, S., Savini, F., & Bertolini, L. (2020). Transformative Urban Living Labs: Towards a Circular Economy in Amsterdam and Turin. Sustainability, 12(18), [7651]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187651 [details]
    • Lyu, G., Bertolini, L., & Pfeffer, K. (2020). How does transit-oriented development contribute to station area accessibility? A study in Beijing. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 14(7), 533-543. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2019.1578841 [details]
    • Lyu, G., Bertolini, L., & Pfeffer, K. (2020). Is Labour Productivity Higher in Transit Oriented Development Areas? A Study of Beijing. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 111(4), 652-670. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12414 [details]
    • Straatemeier, T., & Bertolini, L. (2020). How can planning for accessibility lead to more integrated transport and land-use strategies? Two examples from the Netherlands. European Planning Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1612326
    • Thomas, R., & Bertolini, L. (2020). Transit-Oriented Development. Learning from International Case Studies. Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Verloo, N., & Bertolini, L. (2020). Seeing the City: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Study of the Urban. (Perspectives on Interdisciplinarity; Vol. 6). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1b741xh

    2019

    • Bertolini, L., & Silva, C. (2019). Bridging the Implementation Gap. In C. Silva, L. Bertolini, & N. Pinto (Eds.), Designing Accessibility Instruments : Lessons on Their Usability for Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning Practices (pp. 223-233). New York & London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315463612-16 [details]
    • Bertolini, L., Hull, A., Papa, E., Silva, C., & Arce Ruiz, R. (2019). Accessibility: Operatioanalizing a Concept With Relevance for Planners. In C. Silva, N. Pinto, & L. Bertolini (Eds.), Designing Accessibility Instruments: Lessons on Their Usability for Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning Practices (pp. 52-81). New York & London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315463612-5 [details]
    • Bertolini, L., te Brömmelstroet, M., & Pelzer, P. (2019). If a mobility transition is what we want, transport research should…. Transportation Research Procedia, 41, 824-829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2020.01.001 [details]
    • Bild, E., Pfeffer, K., Coler, M., & Bertolini, L. (2019). An Exploratory Study on the Influence of Activities on Public Space Users' Descriptions of Their Auditory Environments on Site: The Case of Amsterdam. Acta acustica united with Acustica, 105(3), 449-463. https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.919327 [details]
    • Glaser, M., te Brömmelstroet, M., & Bertolini, L. (2019). Learning to build strategic capacity for transportation policy change: An interdisciplinary exploration. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 1, [100006]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2019.100006 [details]
    • Nigro, A., Bertolini, L., & Moccia, F. D. (2019). Land use and public transport integration in small cities and towns: assessment methodology and application. Journal of Transport Geography, 74, 110-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.11.004 [details]
    • Pinto, N., Silva, C., & Bertolini, L. (2019). Introduction. In C. Silva, L. Bertolini, & N. Pinto (Eds.), Designing Accessibility Instruments: Lessons on Their Usability for Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning Practices (pp. 1-4). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315463612-1 [details]
    • Savini, F., & Bertolini, L. (2019). Urban experimentation as a politics of niches. Environment and Planning A, 51(4), 831–848. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X19826085 [details]
    • Savini, F., Pineda Revilla, B., Pfeffer, K., & Bertolini, L. (Eds.) (2019). From Efficiency to Reduction: Tackling energy consumption in a cross disciplinary perspective. InPlanning. https://doi.org/10.17418/B.2019.9789491937439 [details]
    • Silva, C., Bertolini, L., & Pinto, N. (Eds.) (2019). Designing Accessibility Instruments: Lessons on Their Usability for Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning Practices. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315463612 [details]

    2018

    • Bertolini, L. (2018). What Can We Learn from Evolutionary Theory When Confronting The Deep Challenges of Our Times? In W. Salet (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Institutions and Planning in Action (pp. 151-164). (Routledge handbooks). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315111230-10 [details]
    • Bild, A., Pfeffer, K., Coler, M., Rubin-, O., & Bertolini, L. (2018). Public Space Users' Soundscape Evaluations in Relation to Their Activities. An Amsterdam-Based Study. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, [1593]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01593 [details]
    • Bild, E., Steele, D., Pfeffer, K., Bertolini, L., & Guastavino, C. (2018). Activity as a Mediator Between Users and Their Auditory Environment in an Urban Pocket Park: A Case Study of Parc du Portugal (Montreal, Canada). In F. Aletta, & J. Xiao (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Perception-Driven Approaches to Urban Assessment and Design (pp. 100-125). (Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3637-6.ch005 [details]
    • Marti, C. M., Bertolini, L., & Weidmann, U. (2018). Transit Orientation: More Than Just Coverage—A New Method for the Assessment of Transit and Development Co-Location. Transportation research record, 2672(8), 827-839. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118786674 [details]
    • Thomas, R., Pojani, D., Lenferink, S., Bertolini, L., Stead, D., & van der Krabben, E. (2018). Is transit-oriented development (TOD) an internationally transferable policy concept? Regional Studies, 52(9), 1201-1213. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2018.1428740 [details]

    2017

    2016

    2015

    2014

    2013

    • Cheng, J., & Bertolini, L. (2013). Measuring urban job accessibility with distance decay, competition and diversity. Journal of Transport Geography, 30, 100-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.03.005 [details]
    • Cheng, J., Bertolini, L., Le Clercq, F., & Kapoen, L. (2013). Understanding urban networks: comparing a node-, a density- and an accessibility-based view. Cities : The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, 31, 165-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2012.04.005 [details]
    • Morar, T., & Bertolini, L. (2013). Planning for pedestrians: a way out of traffic congestion. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 81, 600-608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.06.483 [details]
    • Morar, T., Bertolini, L., & Radoslav, R. (2013). Evaluating public space pedestrian accessibility: a GIS approach. Transylvanian Review, 22(suppl. 4), 224-239. [details]
    • Salet, W., Bertolini, L., & Giezen, M. (2013). Complexity and uncertainty: problem or asset in decision making of mega infrastructure projects? International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 37(6), 1984-2000. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01133.x [details]
    • Switzer, A. W., Bertolini, L., & Grin, J. (2013). Transitions of mobility systems in urban regions: a heuristic framework. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 15(2), 141-160. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2012.746182 [details]
    • Switzer, A., Janssen-Jansen, L., & Bertolini, L. (2013). Inter-actor trust in the planning process: the case of transit-oriented development. European Planning Studies, 21(8), 1153-1175. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2012.722940 [details]
    • te Brömmelstroet, M., & Bertolini, L. (2013). Introduction: the role of transport-related models in urban planning practice. In M. te Brömmelstroet, & L. Bertolini (Eds.), Transport models in urban planning practices: tensions and opportunities in a changing planning context (pp. 1-6). London [etc.]: Routledge. [details]

    2012

    • Bertolini, L. (2012). Integrating mobility and urban development agendas: a manifesto. DISP, 48(1), 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/02513625.2012.702956 [details]
    • Bertolini, L., Curtis, C., & Renne, J. (2012). Station area projects in Europe and beyond: towards transit oriented development? Built Environment, 38(1), 31-50. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.38.1.31 [details]
    • Beukers, E., Bertolini, L., & te Brömmelstroet, M. (2012). Percepties op het MKBA proces. Tijdschrift Vervoerswetenschap, 48(2), 68-79. [details]
    • Beukers, E., Bertolini, L., & te Brömmelstroet, M. (2012). Why Cost Benefit Analysis is perceived as a problematic tool for assessment of transport plans: a process perspective. Transportation Research Part A - Policy and Practice, 46(1), 68-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2011.09.004 [details]
    • Ferreira, A., Batey, P., te Brömmelstroet, M., & Bertolini, L. (2012). Beyond the dilemma of mobility: exploring new ways of matching intellectual and physical mobility. Environment and Planning A, 44(3), 688-704. https://doi.org/10.1068/a44258 [details]
    • te Brömmelstroet, M., & Bertolini, L. (2012). Land use and transport information that matters. In H. Geerlings, Y. Shiftan, & D. Stead (Eds.), Transition towards sustainable mobility: the role of instruments, individuals and institutions (pp. 251-269). (Transport and mobility series). Farnham: Ashgate. [details]

    2011

    • Chorus, P., & Bertolini, L. (2011). An application of the node place model to explore the spatial development dynamics of station areas in Tokyo. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 4(1), 45-58. https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.v4i1.145 [details]
    • Peek, G-J., Bertolini, L., & de Jonge, H. (2011). Gaining insight in the development potential of station areas: a decade of node-place modelling in the Netherlands. Urban Planning International, 26(6), 63-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697450701296247
    • te Brommelstroet, M. C. G., & Bertolini, L. (Eds.) (2011). Tensions and Opportunities: The Changing Role of Transport-related Models in Urban Planning. Transport Reviews, 31(2).
    • te Brömmelstroet, M., & Bertolini, L. (2011). A transition towards sustainable strategy making: integrating land use and transport knowledge types. In J. A. E. E. van Nunen, P. Huijbregts, & P. Rietveld (Eds.), Transitions towards sustainable mobility: new solutions and approaches for sustainable transport systems (pp. 19-40). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21192-8_2 [details]

    2010

    • Bertolini, L. (2010). Complex systems, evolutionary planning? In G. de Roo, & E. A. Silva (Eds.), A planner's encounter with complexity (pp. 81-98). (New directions in planning theory). Farnham: Ashgate. [details]
    • Bertolini, L. (2010). Coping with the irreducible uncertainties of planning: an evolutionary approach. In J. Hillier, & P. Healey (Eds.), The Ashgate research companion to planning theory: conceptual challenges for spatial planning (pp. 413-424). (The Ashgate research companions). Farnham: Ashgate. [details]
    • Bertolini, L. (2010). Transit-oriented development. In R. Hutchison, M. B. Aalbers, R. A. Beauregard, & M. Crang (Eds.), Encyclopedia of urban studies (pp. 822-824). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [details]
    • Straatemeier, T., Bertolini, L., te Brömmelstroet, M., & Hoetjes, P. (2010). An experiential approach to research in planning. Environment & Planning B : Planning & Design, 37(4), 578-591. https://doi.org/10.1068/b35122 [details]
    • Te Brömmelstroet, M., & Bertolini, L. (2010). Integrating land use and transport knowledge in strategy-making. Transportation, 37(1), 85-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-009-9221-0 [details]
    • te Brömmelstroet, M., & Bertolini, L. (2010). Transitie naar duurzame strategische plannen: integreren van ruimtelijke- en mobiliteitskennis. Tijdschrift Vervoerswetenschap, 46(4), 148-157.

    2009

    • Bertolini, L. (2009). The dream of planning. Planning Theory & Practice, 10(3), 309-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649350903229737 [details]
    • Bertolini, L., Curtis, C., & Renne, J. L. (2009). Introduction. In C. Curtis, J. L. Renne, & L. Bertolini (Eds.), Transit oriented development: making it happen (pp. 3-12). (Transport and mobility series). Farnham: Ashgate. [details]
    • Bertolini, L., Curtis, C., & Renne, J. L. (2009). TODs for a sustainable future: key principles to 'make TOD happen'. In R. Curtis, J. L. Renne, & L. Bertolini (Eds.), Transit oriented development: making it happen (pp. 257-267). (Transport and mobility series). Farnham: Ashgate. [details]
    • te Brömmelstroet, M., & Bertolini, L. (2009). Een gestructureerde dialoog tussen planologen en PSS ontwikkelaars: planningsondersteuning voor integrale ruimte-mobiliteit strategie ontwikkeling: een toepassing in Breda. Tijdschrift Vervoerswetenschap, 45(1), 33-42. [details]

    2008

    2022

    2015

    2014

    • te Brömmelstroet, M., Silva, C., & Bertolini, L. (2014). COST Action TU1002 - Assessing usability of accessibility instruments. Brussels: COST. [details]

    2013

    2012

    2011

    2010

    2009

    • Curtis, C., Renne, J. L., & Bertolini, L. (2009). Transit oriented development: making it happen. (Transport and mobility series). Farnham: Ashgate. [details]

    2020

    2019

    2016

    • de Vries, J., Majoor, S., & Bertolini, L. (2016). Ruimte, recht en samenleving: voorwoord. Rooilijn, 49(5), 316-318. [details]

    2015

    • Bertolini, L., Pelzer, P., & te Brömmelstroet, M. (2015). Is het debat over toekomstige mobiliteit te beperkt? Een voorstel voor een multidimensionaal perspectief. In Colloquium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk 2015: Antwerpen, 19-20 november 2015 CVS. [details]
    • Giezen, M., Bertolini, L., & Salet, W. (2015). De paradox van open en gesloten besluitvorming: onzekerheid, complexiteit en grote projecten. In W. Salet, R. Vermeulen, & R. van der Wouden (Eds.), Toevoegen van ruimtelijke kwaliteit: ruimtelijke kennis voor het Jaar van de Ruimte (pp. 180-190). Den Haag: Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu. [details]
    • Wiersma, J., Bertolini, L., & Straatemeier, T. (2015). De ruimtelijke condities voor autoafhankelijkheid in Europese krimpregio’s: trends en mogelijke ontwikkelingen. In Colloquium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk 2015: Antwerpen, 19-20 november 2015 CVS. [details]

    2014

    • Bertolini, L. (2014). Mobiliteit als optie. Agora, 30(2), 30. [details]
    • Bertolini, L. (2014). Overheid moet anders werken voor duurzame bereikbaarheid. Rooilijn, 47(3), 196-201. [details]
    • Klinkenberg, J., & Bertolini, L. (2014). Fietsland Nederland, er liggen nog kansen. Rooilijn, 47(3), 164-171. [details]

    2013

    • Bertolini, L. (2013). Legitimatie en realisatie van het TOD-concept. Stedebouw & Ruimtelijke Ordening, 2013(3), 22-27. [details]
    • Beukers, E., Bertolini, L., & te Brömmelstroet, M. (2013). De MKBA-dialoog: verbetering van het MKBA-proces bij analyse van ruimtelijk infrastructurele plannen. Den Haag: Platform31. [details]

    2011

    • Beukers, E., Bertolini, L., & te Brömmelstroet, M. (2011). Knelpunten in het MKBA-proces. Den Haag: NICIS Institute. [details]
    • Beukers, E., Bertolini, L., & te Brömmelstroet, M. (2011). Procesknelpunten MKBA in kaart gebracht. Rooilijn, 44(4), 256-261. [details]
    • Waveren, H. D., & Bertolini, L. (2011). Nieuwe methode maakt HSL-Oost rendabel. OV-Magazine, 17(2), 26-27. [details]

    2010

    • Giezen, M., Bertolini, L., & Salet, W. G. M. (2010). Country Synthesis Report: The Netherlands. London: OMEGA CoE on Transport.
    • Kuijpers, C., Noy, M., Buck, P., Ongering, L., Bertolini, L., Tordoir, P., ... Venhoeven, T. (2010). Stedelijke ontwikkeling en mobiliteit: 8 handvatten voor de ontwikkeling van spoorzones tot knooppunten. Den Haag: Ministerie van VROM, Ministerie van V&W, NS, ProRail. [details]

    2009

    • Bertolini, L. (2009). De planologie van mobiliteit. (Oratiereeks; No. 331). Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UvA. [details]

    2008

    • Bertolini, L., Dijst, M., & Schrijnen, P. (2008). Mythes over mobiliteit. Rooilijn, 41(1), 14-21. [details]
    • Ebbink, B., de Lange, M., Geurtsen, A., Bakker, C., & Bertolini, L. (2008). Dicht op de reiziger. Verkeerskunde, 59(6), 42-47. [details]
    • Jansen, G. J., van Lier Lels, M. E., Westdijk, N. J., Rijckenberg, A. M. J., Bertolini, L., Emmen, M. E. C., ... Parag, J. D. (2008). Einde aan vrijblijvendheid: advies over locatiebereikbaarheid. Den Haag: Raad voor Verkeer en Waterstaat. [details]

    Talk / presentation

    • Salet, W. G. M. (invited speaker), Giezen, M. (invited speaker), Bertolini, L. (invited speaker) & Dinitriou, H. (invited speaker) (2014). kick-off seminar on Decision-Making in Mega-Infrastructure Projects, The Year of Spatial Planning 2015, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam.
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