Andrea De Montis

 
Civil engineer (laurea degree cum laude in 1992 at the University of Cagliari, Italy), he is associate professor since 2010 at the Division Buildings and Infrastructure, Dit, University of Sassari, Italy. He holds a doctoral degree (equivalent to Ph.D. degree) in Urban planning at University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy (2001) and a Master of Science Degree in Economic Policy and Planning at Northeastern University, Boston, USA (1996).

He has developed research at the University of Cagliari, Sassari, Rome, Molise, Basilicata, Italy, Northeastern University, USA, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He has been awarded the M.A. Horowitz Award for Excellence in Economics for his academic achievements. He has taken part to a variety of research project at the local, national and international level on these major fields: evaluation and planning, environmental and urban planning, regional planning, recovery planning, regional development and decision and planning support systems, and environmental modeling for planning.

He teaches courses in urban and environmental planning in a variety of academic programmes (both undergraduates and graduates) at the University of Sassari, Cagliari, Milano Bicocca, and Basilicata, Italy. He is member of the committee of the Doctoral programme in Landscape analysis and valorization, at the University of Molise, Italy. He is referee for a number of scientific journals, such as Environment and Planning C: Governance and Policy, Spatial Economic Analysis, Jour of Transport and Land Use, Int Jour of Environmental Technology and Management, Int Jour of Services Technology and Management, Environmental Modelling & Software, Italian Journal of Regional Science and CIGR e-journal.

He has written more than 100 papers, comprehending 21 papers as single author, 23 journal articles (12 refereed), 27 book chapters and 46 contributions in proceeding of conferences. He has written three monographs and edited two special issues of refereed journals: the first on the Int. J. of Environmental Technology and Management about Decision and Planning Support Systems for Environmental Management, and the second on the Int. J. of Services Technology and Management about Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism.

Publications (short list):

  • DE MONTIS A., CASCHILI S, CHESSA A (in stampa). Time Evolution of Complex Networks: Commuting Systems in Insular Italy. JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SYSTEMS, ISSN: 1435-5930
  • DE MONTIS A., CAMPAGNA M, CASCHILI S, CHESSA A, DEPLANO G (2009). Modeling commuters systems through a complex network analysis: a comparative study. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT AND LAND USE, ISSN: 1938-7849
  • DE MONTIS A., BARTHELEMY M, CHESSA A, VESPIGNANI A (2007). The Structure of Inter-urban Traffic: A Weighted Network Analysis. ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING B-PLANNING & DESIGN, vol. 34(5); p. 905-924, ISSN: 0265-8135
  • DE MONTIS A. (2006). The rise of Cyber-planning: some theoretical insights. In: CAMPAGNA M. ED.. GIS for Sustainable Development. p. 23-35, BOCA RATON, FLORIDA: CRC-Press, Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN/ISSN: 0-8493-3051-3
  • DE MONTIS A., NIJKAMP P (a cura di) (2006). Editorial Overview, Decision and Planning Support Systems for Environmental Management. di: MALCEWSKI J; JANSSENN R; VAN HERWEINEN M; MUNDA G; DE MONTIS A; NIJKAMP P; VREEKER R; BRUINSMA F; VAN LEEUWEN E; KLOSTERMANN R; FABBRI K; BOHENER C; LEUNG PS; DEPLANO G; CAMPAGNA M. – Inderscience vol. 1/2, p. 1-4, ISBN: 1466-2132