Osman Balaban

Middle East Technical University (METU), Dept of City and Regional Planning, PhD, Professor

Osman Balaban is a professor of urban planning at METU in Ankara, Turkey. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, and editorial board member of npj open access journal Urban Sustainability. He Osman Balaban holds a PhD in city planning, a master’s degree in urban policy planning from METU with a focus on the political and economic dynamics that shape the production of urban built environments, and he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies in Yokohama, Japan. His research and teaching cover such topics as climate change, low-carbon and climate-resilient urbanism, environmental politics, urban politics and local governments, and urban regeneration. In his recent research, Dr. Balaban deals with climate change adaptation, urban resilience, post-disaster recovery planning, and social vulnerability analysis.