Building Resilient and Healthy Cities: A Guide to Environmental Sustainability and Well-being / Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (PDF)

Building Engineering and Architecture at University of Perugia in 2015. She obtained Ph.D. in Energy and Sustainable Development in 2020 after a visiting research scholarship at Princeton University in 2018. She is author of more than 30 journal publications and she just got the best paper award in Building and Environment in 2022. Her interest on human nature is also depicted by her interest on performing arts and theater being also directly involved in several laboratories since 2008.


Nancy Clark is Associate Professor and Director of the UF Center for Hydro-generated Urbanism (UF|CHU), an international initiative promoting prospective studies of adaptation, resiliency, and asset preservation for cities on the water. Her project-based research in urban resilience and development for coastal and fluvial cities has been recognized internationally through exhibitions, awards, and lectures presented globally including Mexico, Brazil, Italy, South Africa, France, Colombia, and the US. She is Editor of Urban Waterways: Evolving Paradigms for Hydro-Based Urbanisms, a UNESCO series publication investigating the environmental, cultural, and economic future of cities on the water in the 21st century. Clark currently serves as Research Chair for "Keeping Current: A Sea Level Rise Challenge for Greater Miami" a project initiated by the Van Alen Institute to enhance resiliency in the greater Miami area and create visionary and implementable designs addressing sea level rise in South Florida. She is Director of the Sustainable Settlements, Water Management and Renewable Energy Design Lab and Project Leadership Team Member for Puerto Rico Re_Start International Research Project and Workshops, an ongoing initiative that focuses on the preservation of natural resources and reconsideration of existing settlement paradigms toward a more prosperous and sustainable future for Puerto Rico.

Stephen SY LAU is born andraised in Hong Kong and received education and professional training in Hong Kong and London. He has devoted thirty years plus in the education of architects in Hong Kong and Singapore-retired as Professor of Architecture from the National University of Singapore, December 2019. He has been Active Researcher (H-Index: 30; RG: 32.57, Research Gate 2021). He has trained among many-architects and researchers-Ph.D. and Postdoc. In parallel with academia, he has practiced as an Architect, and as Expert on sustainable design, environmental engineering, performance and user evaluation, and low carbon design. Today, he is Honorary/Visiting professor: Hong Kong University, Tongji University, Southeast University, and Shenzhen University. His current research includes "Revisiting Tuchumi's Event Cities; Clean Energy for Homes, The Question concerning Technology- IoT & Architectrual Design, and Human-oriented Design".