selected publications

• academic article

  • Synergies or Trade-Offs? Optimizing a Virtual Urban Region to Foster Plant Species Richness, Climate Regulation, and Compactness Under Varying Landscape Composition.  Frontiers in Environmental Science.  8. 2020
  • Exploring indicators for quantifying surface urban heat islands of European cities with MODIS land surface temperatures.  Remote Sensing of Environment.  115:3175-3186. 2011
  • Assessing climate impacts of planning policies—An estimation for the urban region of Leipzig (Germany).  Environmental Impact Assessment Review.  31:97-111. 2011
  • Omnipresent Sprawl? A Review of Urban Simulation Models with Respect to Urban Shrinkage.  Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design.  37:265-283. 2010

• chapter

  • Climate Regulation by Diverse Urban Green Spaces: Risks and Opportunities Related to Climate and Land Use Change.  . 2019