WoS Research Areas:
Environmental Studies, Urban Studies, Social Sciences (Soc), Social Sciences General
Avesis Research Areas:
Social Sciences and Humanities, Political Science, Public Administration, Urbanization and Environmental Problems
Metrics
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Biography
Osman Balaban is a professor of urban planning at Middle East Techinal University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey. He holds a Ph.D. in City Planning from METU (2008); and an MS in Urban Policy Planning from METU (2000). Dr. Balaban worked as a postdoctoral researcher at United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) in Yokohama, Japan between 2009 and 2012. His research and teaching interests include urban politics, environmental politics and policies, climate change, low-carbon and climate resilient urbanism, urban regeneration and relationship between construction industry and urban development. Dr. Balaban has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited books.
Contact
- obalaban@metu.edu.tr
- Web Page
- https://avesis.metu.edu.tr/obalaban
- Office Phone
- +90 312 210 2251
- Office
- ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi No:87
- Address
- ODTÜ Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü Üniversiteler Mahallesi 06800 Çankaya Ankara