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Dr. Houshmand E. Masoumi
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Dr. Houshmand Masoumi is DFG project leader and senior researcher at Center for Technology and Society of Technische Universität Berlin. He holds PhD in urban planning and several years of work experience in civil engineering in industry and management section. His interests include the interplay of urban planning and urban transportation in several regions of the world with strong focus on developing countries, particularly the Middle East and North Africa. From a methodological view, apart from descriptive conceptualization of spatial patterns with the purpose of numerical analyses, statistical analysis and modeling including but not limited to discrete choice modeling is of his special interest. The topical content of his studies include the following:
- Urban travel behavior research
- Urban land use/transportation interactions and modeling
- Human perceptions, lifestyles, and preferences regarding mobility
- Residential location choices
- Urban sprawl and transformations
Students or potential PhD researchers interested to get thesis supervision may contact him directly to consider involving in the related projects.
Research interests:
- Land-use/transportation interactions and modeling;
- Urban travel behavior statistical analysis;
- Sustainable transportation concepts; walkability;
- Urban sprawl;
- Neo-Traditional Development;
- Traditional Iranian and Middle Eastern city.
| Duration | Topic |
|---|---|
| Aug. 2016-Aug. 2018 | Principal Investigator of German Research Foundation (DFG) project; titled „Urban Travel Behavior in Large Cities of MENA Region (UTB-MENA)”. Role: Project Leader |
| July 2016-April 2017 | Modeling Urban Sprawl in Esfahan, Funded by Esfahan Municipality; Rolle: Co-Investigator |
| July 2016-Dec. 2016 | Energy and the City; Funded by Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center, Tehran, Iran; Rolle: Projektleiter |
| Jan. 2016-Dec. 2017 | Multisport Against Physical Sedentary (M.A.P.S.); Funded by ERASMUS+ program of the European Commission, Role: Subproject (work package) leader. |
| July 2015-Dec. 2015 | Pilot Project Sustainable Transportation in China - The Example of the City of Qian'an; Position: Researcher; Funded by Bundesministerium Für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) / Servicestelle Kommunen in der Einen Welt, Nachhaltige Kommunalentwicklung durch Partnerschaftsprojekte (Nakopa). |
| 2014-2015 | Feasibility of Developing Pedestrian Routes: Case of Historical and Leisure Routes along Natural Valleys in Region 1 of Tehran; Role: Advisor; Client: Municipality of Tehran. |
| Sep. 2011-June 2015 | The Impacts of Land Use on Travel Behavior in Iranian Cities; Position: postdoc researcher. Partially funded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). |
| Sep. 2011- Dec. 2012 | Young Cities of Tomorrow: Developing Urban Energy Efficiency, Tehran-Karaj Region: Position: Postdoc fellow. |
| Jan. 2009- Dec. 2011 | A New Approach to the Iranian Urban Planning, Using Neo-Traditional Development; Role: PhD researcher. |
| Year | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2017), “Associations of Built Environment and Children’s Physical Activity: A Narrative Review”, accepted to be published in Reviews on Environmental Health, issue 3, doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2016-0046 |
| 2017 | Roque, Daniela and Masoumi, Houshmand E. (2017), “Longitudinal Correlations of Car Ownership with Socioeconomic, Urban Form, and Transport Infrastructure in Ensenada, Mexico”, accepted to be published in Bulletin of Geography. Socioeconomic Series. No. 37, pp. 109-123. doi.org/10.1515/bog-207-0028 |
| 2017 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2017), “Active Transport to School and Children's BMI: A Systematic Review”, TeMA. Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. pp. 95-110. doi: dx.doi.org/10.6092/1970-9870/4088 |
| 2017 | Gouda, Amr Ah., and Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (in press), “Sustainable Transportation According to Certifications Systems- A Viability Analysis based on Neighborhood Size and Context Relevance”, to appear in Environmental Impact Assessment Review. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2016.10.005 |
| 2017 | Shaygan, Maryam and Mamdoohi, Amirreza and Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2017), “Car Ownership Models in Iran: A Review of Methods and Determinants”, Transport and Telecommunication, 2017, Vol. 18, no. 1, 45-59. doi:10.1515/ttj-2017-0005 |
| 2016 | Ibrahim, Mohamed, R. and Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2016), “Will Distance to the Capital City Matter When Supplying New Cities in Egypt?”, GeoScape, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp: 35-52. doi: 10.1515/geosc-2016-0004 |
| 2016 | Hosseini, Maryamsadat, Gouda, Ah. Amr, Masoumi, Houshmand. E. (2016), Urbanization Trends and Urban Planning Strategies in Three Major Middle Eastern Countries: Iran, Egypt, and Turkey, Romanian Journal of Geography, Vol. 60, No. 2, 155-171. Link: rjgeo.ro/atasuri/revue%20roumaine%2060_2/Hosseini%20et%20al..pdf |
| 2016 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. and Shaygan, Maryam (2016), “A Longitudinal Analysis of Densities within the Pedestrian Sheds Around Metro Stations: The Case of Tehran”, TeMA. Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, Special Issue: Transit-Oriented Development in Iran: Challenges and Solutions. Pp. 5-20, October 2016. dx.doi.org/10.6092/1970-9870/3908 |
| 2016 | Gouda, Ah. Amr, Hosseini, Maryamsadat, Masoumi, Houshmand. E. (2016), “The Status of Urban and Suburban Sprawl in Egypt and Iran”, GeoScape, Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp. 1-15. doi.org/10.1515/geosc-2016-0001 |
| 2016 | Masoumi, Houshmand E., Fastenmeier, Wolfgang (2016), “Perceptions of Security in Public Transport Systems of Germany, Prospects for Future Research”, Journal of Transportation Security, Volume 9, Issue 1. Pp. 105-112. doi:10.1007/s12198-016-0169-y |
| 2016 | Roque Montes, Daniela and Masoumi, Houshmand E. (2016) “An Analysis of Car Ownership in Latin American Cities: A Perspective for Future Research”, Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp: 5-12. doi:10.3311/PPtr.8307 |
| 2015 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. and Roque, Daniela (2015), “Evaluation of Urban Sprawl Speed and Intensity Based on International Urbanization: Example from a Mexican City”, Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning. Vol. 6, No. 1, pp: 27-35. Link:geografie.ubbcluj.ro/ccau/jssp/arhiva_1_2015/04JSSP012015.pdf |
| 2014 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. and Soltanzadeh, Hamid (2014), “A Regional Analysis of Urban Population Density and Transport Energy Consumption, International Journal for Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Vol. 4, Issue 4. Pp: 372-385. dx.doi.org/10.7708/ijtte.2014.4(4).02 |
| 2014 | Soltanzadeh, Hamid and Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2014), “The Determinants of Transportation Mode Choice in the Middle Eastern Cities: a Case of Kerman, Iran”, TeMA. Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp: 199-222. dx.doi.org/10.6092/1970-9870/2518 |
| 2014 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2014), “A Theoretical Approach to Capabilities of Traditional Urban Form in Promoting Sustainable Transportation”, Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp: 44-60. Link: um.ase.ro/no91/3.pdf |
| 2014 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2014), “Urban Sprawl in Mid-sized Cities of MENA, Evidence from Yazd and Kashan in Central Iran”, Management Research and Practice, Vol. 6, Issue 2, pp: 25-41. Link: mrp.ase.ro/no62/f2.pdf |
| 2014 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2014), “Neo-Traditional Neighborhood Design Concepts Based on the Urban Form of the Historical Cities of Central Iran”, International Journal of Sustainable Society, Vol. 6, no. 3. Pp. 264-286. dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJSSOC.2014.065856 |
| 2014 | Shieh, Esmaeil, and Habibi, Kyoumars, and Torabi, Kamal, and Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2014), “Earthquake Risk in Urban Street Network: an Example from Region 6 of Tehran, Iran”, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. 5, Issue 4. dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-04-2011-0017 |
| 2013 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2013), “Modeling the Travel Behavior Impacts of Micro-Scale Land Use and Socio-Economic Factors”, TeMA. Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, Vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 235-250. dx.doi.org/10.6092/1970-9870/1484 |
| 2013 | Masoumi, Houshmand E. (2013), “Residential Self-Selection and Its Effects on Urban Commute Travels in Iranian Cities Compared to US, UK, and Germany”, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Social, Management, Economics and Business Engineering Vol:7 No:5, pp. 52-56. Link: waset.org/publications/17167/residential-self-selection-and-its-effects-on-urban-commute-travels-in-iranian-cities-compared-to-us-uk-and-germany |
| 2012 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2012), “Urban Sprawl in Iranian Cities and its Difference with the Western Sprawl”, Spatium International Review, no. 27, August 2012, pp. 12-18. doi:10.2298/SPAT1227012E |
| 2011 | Habibi, Kyomars, and Behzadfar, Mostafa, and Masoumi, Houshmand, E. and Maleki, Vahid (2011), “A Physical-Spatial Analysis of the Existing Slaughterhouse of Sanandaj, Iran, and Site Selection for a New One by Using Fuzzy Logic and Index Overlay Model”, Environmental Science: An Indian Journal, Vol. 6, Issue 1. Link: www.tsijournals.com/articles/a-physicalspatial-analysis-of-the-existing-slaughterhouse-of-sanandaj-iran-and-site-selection-for-a-new-one-by-using-fuz.pdf |
| Gouda, Amr and Masoumi, Houshmand, E., “Assessing the Viability of Urban Sustainability Certification in Improving Neighborhood’s Connectivity and Walking Accessibility: the Case Study of Cairo”. | |
| Gouda, Amr Ah., and Masoumi, Houshmand, E., “Comprehensive Certification Systems as Stand-alone and Global Tools for Urban Sustainability”. | |
| Ibrahim, Mohamed, R. and Masoumi, Houshmand, E., “The Nuances of the Supplied Urban Fabric in the MENA Region: Evidence from Alexandria, Egypt”. | |
| Masoumi, Houshmand, E., Hosseini, Maryamsadat, Gouda, Amr. Ah., “Drivers of Urban Sprawl in the Middle East: Literature on Iran and Egypt”. | |
| Masoumi, Houshmand, E., “Rethinking Neighborhood Size in Modern Urban Planning of the Middle Eastern Large Cities”. | |
| Masoumi, Houshmand E., Zanoli, Gabriele; Papageorgiou, Athanasios; Smaga, Soultana; Miloš, Ana; Van Rooijen, Martin; Łuczak, Monika; Komorek, Joanna; Çağan, Birol (under review), “Patterns of Children’s Travel to School and their Body Weight: A Survey on Nine European Cities”. |
| Year | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. and Mirmoghtadaee, Mahta (2016), Transit-Oriented Development in Iran: Challenges and Solutions, Special Issue. www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema/issue/view/317/showToc |
| Year | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2012), A New Approach to the Iranian Urban Planning Using Neo-Traditional Development, PhD Dissertation, TU Dortmund, Germany. dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-3370 |
| 2006 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2006), Strategic and Structural Plan for Zone 4, Region 22 of Tehran, Based on the New Urbanism Concept, Master thesis, Art University of Isfahan, Iran (in Persian). |
| Year | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Shaygan, Maryam and Mamdoohi, Amirreza and Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2016), “An analysis of factors on car ownership, case of Mashad and Esfahan”, 3rd Conference on Recent Innovations in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Planning, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 16 Sep. 2016 (in Persian). doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.28649.90729 |
| 2016 | Shaygan, Maryam and Mamdoohi, Amirreza and Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2016), “Comparative Car Ownership Linear Regression Models for Mashad and Cologne”, International Conference on Urban, Civil and Architectural Engineering, Qom, Iran (in Persian). doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.21939.02082 |
| 2014 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2014), “Redefining Right Neighborhood Size for Production of Sustainable Mobility and Social Interactions: Observations on Traditional and New Iranian Neighborhoods”, Proceedings of National Conference on Geography, Urban Planning and Sustainable Development, Tehran, Iran, 27 Feb. 2014 (in Persian). doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.26133.32484 |
| 2013 | Mirmoghtadaee, Mahta and Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2013), “Guidelines for Planning Residential Quarters Aiming at Infill Development as an Urban Sprawl Containment Strategy for Iranian Cities”, Proceedings of Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development Conference, Bukan, Iran, 16 May 2013 (in Persian). doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.19422.43849 |
| Year | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E.; Zanoli, Gabriele; Papageorgiou, Athanasios; Smaga, Soultana; Miloš, Ana; Van Rooijen, Martin; Łuczak, Monika; Komorek, Joanna; Çağan, Birol; Calabrese, Carla; E. Jamerson, Gordon; Patsakas, Georgios; Parisopoulos, Georgios; Meimaridis, Ioannis; Anagnostaras, Konstantinos; Perrostis, Andreas; Dessi, Eleni; Družeta, Toni; Udović, Tatjana; Daams, Ingmar; Drużek, Paweł and Dalcı, Ahmet (2017), Children’s Travel to School and their Body Weight; Results of a Survey in Seven European Countries: Technical Report”, Report No. 2 of WP4 of the Project Multisport Against Physical Sedentary (M.A.P.S.), Funded by the European Commission, 319 pages. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.18865.17767 |
| 2017 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E., Zanoli, Gabriele; Papageorgiou, Athanasios; Smaga, Soultana; Miloš, Ana; Van Rooijen, Martin; Łuczak, Monika; Komorek, Joanna; Çağan, Birol; Calabrese, Carla; E. Jamerson, Gordon; Patsakas, Georgios; Parisopoulos, Georgios; Meimaridis, Ioannis; Anagnostaras, Konstantinos; Perrostis, Andreas; Dessi, Eleni; Družeta, Toni; Udović, Tatjana; Daams, Ingmar; Drużek, Paweł and Dalcı, Ahmet (2017), Children’s Travel to School and their Body Weight; Results of a Survey in Seven European Countries: General Report”, Report No. 2 of WP4 of the Project Multisport Against Physical Sedentary (M.A.P.S.), Funded by the European Commission, 73 pages. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.35796.40327 |
| 2017 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2017), “The Effects of Employment Centers and Polycentric Urban Form on Urban Travel Characteristics in New Cities and Suburbs of Iran: Knowledge Gaps and Future Research”, in Mirmoghtadaee, Mahta: Urban and Regional Transportation Policies in the New Towns, The Book of the New Towns Series published by the Road, Housing, and Urban Development Research Center, Tehran, Iran. (in Persian). |
| 2016 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. and Mirmoghtadaee, Mahta (2016), “Transit-Oriented Development in Iran: Challenges and Solutions”, TeMA. Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, Special Issue: Transit-Oriented Development in Iran: Challenges and Solutions, October 2016. Pp. 2-4. |
| 2016 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2016), Childhood Outdoor Physical Activity, Active Transport to School, and Body Weight: A Review, Project report to European Commission, Project: Multisport Against Physical Sedentary (M.A.P.S.). doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.35282.15046 |
| 2015 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2015), Transformation of Urban Form and the Effects on Travel Behavior in Iran, Discussion Paper- Center for Technology and Society discussion paper series, paper Nr. 36/2015. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.30717.97769 |
| 2009 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2009), “The Relationship between Urban Primacy and Human Development Index, and the Conditions of Iran”, International Road & Structure Monthly Magazine, Vol. 58, Feb 2009, Iran (in Persian). |
| 2008 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2008), “Evaluation of Bicycle Use as a Main Transportation Mode in Germany”, Building & Computer, No. 21, Aug. 2008, Iran (in Persian). |
| 2007 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2007), “Historic Preservation of Buildings and Neighborhoods”, Building & Computer, No. 19, Nov, Dec 2007, Iran (in Persian). |
| 2007 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2007), “New Urbanism: Back to Traditional Solutions”, Building & Computer, No. 19, Nov, Dec 2007, Iran (in Persian). |
| 2007 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2007), “The Form and Structure of Socialist Cities Since 1920’s till the Collapse of Communist Regimes”, International Road & Structure Monthly Magazine, Vol. 45, Oct, Nov 2007, Iran (in Persian). |
| 2006 | Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2006), “Comparative Consideration of Traditional and Conventional Development Impacts on Urban Transportation”, Civil and Architecture, Vol. 18, Iran (in Persian). |
| 2006 | Partovi, Parvin and Masoumi, Houshmand, E. (2006), “New Urbanism: Merits and Principles”, Civil and Architecture, Vol. 15, Iran (in Persian). |
| The Causes of Urban Sprawl in the Middle Eastern Cities: (Discussion Paper- Center for Technology and Society discussion paper series). With Amr Gouda and Maryamsadat Hosseini. | |
| A Multinomial Logit Model Explaining Commute Mode Choices in Alexandria, Egypt. With Mohamed Ibrahim. | |
| How local accessibility can affect car ownership? An ordered logistic regression model for Kerman, Iran. With Hamid Soltanzadeh. | |
| Urban Form Typologies of Large Metropolitan Areas: Observations on Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo, with Fatih Terzi and Yehya Serag. | |
| Children‘s independent mobility and walking behavior in the European context |
| Associate Editorship | TeMA. Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment: www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema/about/editorialTeam |
| Journal Editorial Board Membership | American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture: www.sciepub.com/journal/ajcea/EditorialBoard |
| Journal Editorial Board Membership | Asian Journal of Management Sciences & Education: www.ajmse.leena-luna.co.jp/board.php |
| Journal Editorial Board Membership | World Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities: www.sciepub.com/journal/WJSSH/editors |
| Journal Editorial Board Membership | Social and Economic Geography: www.sciepub.com/journal/SEG/editors |
| Journal Editorial Board Membership | International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research: gssrr.org/index.php |
| Journal Editorial Board Membership | International Journal of Computer:ijcjournal.org/index.php/InternationalJournalOfComputer/about/editorialTeam |
| Journal Referee | Habitat International. 2016. |
| Journal Referee | Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering. 2016. |
| Journal Referee | Sustainability. 2016. |
| Journal Referee | Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series. 2015. |
| Journal Referee | World Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. 2015. |
| Journal Referee | American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 2014-2015. |
| Journal Referee | TeMA. Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment. 2013-now. |
| Conference Scientific Board Membership | 1st National Conference on Geography, Tourism, Natural Resources, and Sustainable Development, Tehran, Iran, 10.01.2015. Link: geo-tourism.ir/fa/page.php |
| Conference Scientific Board Membership | The Second National Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Management, Shiraz, 05.03.2105. Link: civiled.ir/fa/org_chart.php |
| Conference Scientific Board Membership | 1st Annual International Civil, Architecture, and Urbanism Conference, Shiraz, Iran, 22.09.2015. Link: www.icauc.ir/fa/org_chart.php |
| Conference Scientific Board Membership | National Conference on Contemporary Challenges in Architecture, Landscape and Urban Planning, Tehran, Iran, 03.03.2016. Link: caiu.ir/fa/page.php |
| Conference Referee | 1st National Conference on Geography, Tourism, Natural Resources, and Sustainable Development, Tehran, 10.01.2015. |
| Conference Referee | The Second National Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Management, University of Tehran, 05.03.2105. |
| Conference Referee | 1st Annual International Civil, Architecture, and Urbanism Conference, Shiraz, Iran, 22.09.2015. |
| Professional Civil Engineer | Recognized by the Iranian Construction Engineers Organization - Province of Tehran. Since 2002. |
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