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Dr Diego Altafini
(he/him)
BA, MSc, PhD
UKRI/Marie Curie Research Fellow
Overview
Diego is a UKRI/Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postgraduate Fellow, working on the development of decision support systems (DSS) and digital twins for informed decision-making within the DECIDE Project (MSCA/UKRI Grant no. 101107846-DECIDE/EP/Y028616/1).
As an urban analyst with experience in economics, network analysis, and urban planning, he is interested in exploring the technical aspects of multi-domain modeling of cities and regions, focusing on territorial imbalances, to provide stakeholders with outcome-driven solutions for urban issues. He has expertise in multidimensional and multi-scale urban regional digital simulations, mapping, and visual data representations, integrated into the study of human-space-economics interactions within cities and regions, with over a decade of experience in Geographic Information Systems.
Furthermore, he has an extensive record of interdisciplinary research, collaborating in the areas of urban-regional economics, network metrics of centrality, urban space and crime, visual aspects of micro-urban movement, and disaster risk reduction and management.
Publication
2024
- Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2024. Spatial attractiveness towards industrial placement: a parametric index based on spatial-economic territorial exposure metrics. TeMA - Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Envirionment 17(1), pp. 89-108. (10.6093/1970-9870/10458)
- Pezzica, C., Altafini, D., Mara, F. and Chioni, C. 2024. Travel-time in a grid: Modelling movement dynamics in the "minute city". Presented at: 12th International Conference on Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning (INPUT2023), L'Aquila, 6-8 September 2023 Presented at Marucci, A. et al. eds.Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning: Proceedings of INPUT 2023 - Volume 1, Vol. 467. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Springer, Cham pp. 657-668., (10.1007/978-3-031-54118-6_58)
- Chioni, C., Pezzica, C. and Altafini, D. 2024. Contributions of the configurational approach to territorial imbalances’ mapping: A discussion centred on the Italian cohesion strategy. Presented at: 14th International Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Mara, F., Hacar, ?. ?., Hacar, M., Altafini, D. and Valerio, C. 2024. Exploring spatial crime impedance to highlight risky places: A Space Syntax-based environmental approach to urban security. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Mara, F., Hacar, ?. ?., Gülgen, F. and Altafini, D. 2024. Interpreting the configuration of micro-urban environments: Line-based Analyses vs. Visibility Graph Analyses for estimating pedestrian flows. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Altafini, D., Braga, A. d. C., Musolino, D. and Cutini, V. 2024. Configurational aftereffects of a stable connection across the Messina Strait: How a bridge transforms the Italian road-circulation network movement patterns.. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Hacar, M., Hacar, ?. ?., Altafini, D., Pappalardo, L., Gülgen, F. and Cutini, V. 2024. From streets to screens: A deep dive into urban configuration and Google reviews. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Altafini, D., Del Carlo, F., Caprili, S. and Cutini, V. 2024. A Territorial-Configurational Index to evaluate seismic spatial vulnerability in urban-regional settings: Integrating network configuration and redundancy to risk. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Altafini, D., Benameur, O. and Mahfoud, S. 2024. Climate-driven differences on urban configuration: A space syntax analysis comparing Mediterranean and Saharan urban settlements in Algeria.. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Hacar, M., Mara, F., Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2024. Preprocessing open data for optimizing estimation times in urban network analysis: Extracting, filtering, geoprocessing, and simplifying the road-center lines. Presented at: 12th International Conference on Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning (INPUT2023), L'Aquila, Italy, 6-8 September 2023 Presented at Marucci, A. et al. eds.Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning. INPUT 2023. Springer pp. 551-562., (10.1007/978-3-031-54118-6_49)
- Altafini, D. et al. 2024. The spatial logic of e-mobility commutes within urban areas. Presented at: uSIM2024 - Shaping Net Zero Policies with Building Simulation The 4th IBPSA-Scotland Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 25 November 2024.
- Mara, F., Altafini, D., Hacar, ?. ?., Hacar, M. and Cutini, V. 2024. Does time matter? Temporal dynamics and configurational hierarchy in pedestrian movement. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Mara, F., Altafini, D., Salardi-Jost, M. and Cutini, V. 2024. Visualising the visibility graph analysis: A comparative analysis of VGA metrics representation and significance at micro-urban scale. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June, 2024.
- Altafini, D., Salardi-Jost, M. and Cutini, V. 2024. Decoding small-worlds networks in a regional context: unveiling local-local and local-global centrality logics with Space Syntax. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June, 2024.
- Altafini, D., Pezzica, C., Bleil De Souza, C., Gagarin, A., Rosenberg, G., Gunner, S. and Tryfonas, T. 2024. DECIDE: An outcome-driven decision support system for urban-regional planning. Presented at: Networks, Markets & People (NMP) International Symposium: Communities, Institutions and Enterprises towards post-humanism epistemologies and AI challenges, Reggio Calabria, Italy, 22-24 May 2024.
2023
- Altafini, D., da Costa Braga, A. and Ugalde, C. 2023. Mapping urban flood-prone areas' spatial structure and their tendencies of change: a network study for Brazil's Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region. Cartographica 58(4), pp. 205-226. (10.3138/cart-2023-0003)
- Altafini, D., Bini, D., Cutini, V., Meini, B. and Poloni, F. 2023. An edge centrality measure based on the Kemeny constant. Siam Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications 44(2), pp. 648-669. (10.1137/22M1486728)
- Altafini, D., Mara, F. and Cutini, V. 2023. A data-driven approach for a city-university mobility plan: The case of the University of Pisa. Presented at: 23rd International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2023), Athens, Greece, 3-6 July 2023 Presented at Gervasi, O. et al. eds.Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2023 Workshops: Athens, Greece, July 3–6, 2023, Proceedings, Part VIII. Springer pp. 401-407., (10.1007/978-3-031-37126-4_27)
2022
- Altafini, D., Musolino, D., da Costa Braga, A. and Cutini, V. 2022. Spatial configuration and the Messina Strait question: A discussion on Reggio-Calabria and Messina road-networks linkage. Applied Geography 146, article number: 102750. (10.1016/j.apgeog.2022.102750)
- Pezzica, C., Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2022. Urban-regional dynamics of street network resilience: the spatial outcomes of Genoa's and Bologna's bridge crashes. Presented at: 13th International Space Syntax Symposium (13SSS 2022), Bergen, Norway, 20-24 June 2022Proceedings of the 13th Space Syntax Symposium.
- Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2022. Towards a spatial approach to territorialize economic data in urban areas’ industrial agglomerations. Presented at: Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2022 Workshops, Malaga, Spain, 4-7 July 2022 Presented at Gervasi, O. et al. eds.Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2022 Workshops: Malaga, Spain, July 4–7, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. Springer pp. 370-386., (10.1007/978-3-031-10536-4_25)
- Ugalde, C., Braga, A. and Altafini, D. 2022. Spatial reconfigurations within flood-prone areas: the case of Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region – Brazil. Presented at: 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022, Bergen, Norway, 20-24 June 2022 Presented at Van Nes, A. and Koning, R. E. eds.Proceedings of the 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) pp. 542.
- Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2022. Configurational properties and the internal geography of local-regional urban spaces: findings of a multiscale-based analysis of the Tuscany’s road-circulation networks. Presented at: 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022, Bergen, Norway, 20-24 June 2022 Presented at Van Nes, A. and Koning, R. E. eds.Proceedings of the13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) pp. 523.
- Altafini, D., da Costa Braga, A. and Cutini, V. 2022. Twin-cities over the Messina Strait: a discussion on Reggio Calabria and Messina road-networks linkage. Presented at: XXVIII International Seminar on Urban Form. ISUF2021: Urban Form and the Sustainable and Prosperous Cities, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 29 June - 3 July 2021Annual Conference Proceedings of the XXVIII International Seminar on Urban Form. Glasgow: University of Strathclyde Publishing pp. 821-828., (10.17868/STRATH.00080434)
- Mara, F., Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2022. Urban design, space syntax and crime: An evidence-based approach to evaluate urban crime geographical displacement and surveillance efficiency. Presented at: 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022, Bergen, Norway, 20-24 June 2022 Presented at Van Nes, A. and Koning, R. E. eds.Proceedings of the 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) pp. 519.
- Altafini, D., Poloni, F., Meini, B., Bini, D. and Cutini, V. 2022. Markov-Chain based centralities and Space Syntax’ Angular Analysis: an initial overview and application. Presented at: 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022, Bergen, Norway, 20-24 June 2022Proceedings of the 3th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022. pp. 522.
2021
- Benameur, O., Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2021. Form, function and acoustics: Productive assets placement and relationship between the urban soundscape patterns and configuration. Presented at: 21st International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2021), Caligari, Italy, 13-16 September 2021Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021.. Springer International Publishing pp. 704-718., (10.1007/978-3-030-86973-1_49)
- Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2021. Territorial disparities in Tuscan industrial assets: A method to assess average firm-size spatial distribution. Presented at: Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021, Caligari, Italy, 13-16 September 2021 Presented at Gervasi, O. et al. eds.Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021 21st International Conference, Cagliari, Italy, September 13–16, 2021, Proceedings, Part IV. Springer pp. 673-687., (10.1007/978-3-030-86973-1_47)
- Rusci, S., Altafini, D. and Di Pinto, V. 2021. Urban demolition: Application of blight elimination programs and flood buyout programs to the Italian case. Sustainability 13(16), article number: 9412. (10.3390/su13169412)
- Altafini, D., Pozzobon, E., Rusci, S. and Cutini, V. 2021. Computational planning support systems for regional analysis: Real-estate values dynamics and road-networks configuration. Presented at: INPUT 2021: Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning, Catania, Italy, 8-10 September 2021Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning: Proceedings of the 11th INPUT Conference - Volume 1. Springer pp. 291-299., (10.1007/978-3-030-68824-0_32)
- Altafini, D., Braga, A. and Cutini, V. 2021. Planning sustainable urban-industrial configurations: relations among industrial complexes and the centralities of a regional continuum. International Planning Studies 26(4), pp. 349-369. (10.1080/13563475.2021.1875810)
- Altafini, D., Pozzobon, E., Rusci, S. and Cutini, V. 2021. Lo spazio nella contrazione industriale: specificità e risposte del patrimonio immobiliare produttivo toscano. Presented at: Downscaling, Rightsizing: Lo spazio nella contrazione industriale: specificità e risposte del patrimonio immobiliare produttivo toscano, Lo spazio nella contrazione industriale: specificità e risposte del patrimonio immobiliare produttivo toscano, Turin, Italy, 17-18 June 2021 Presented at Giaimo, C., Tosi, M. C. and Voghera, A. eds.Tecniche urbanistiche per una fase di decrescita. Atti della XXIII Conferenza Nazionale SIU. pp. 12-19., (10.53143/plm.c.121)
2020
- Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2020. Tuscany configurational atlas: A GIS-based multiscale assessment of road-circulation networks centralities hierarchies. Presented at: Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020, Caligari, Italy/ Virtual, 1-4 July 2020 Presented at Gervasi, O. et al. eds.Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020: 20th International Conference, Cagliari, Italy, July 1–4, 2020, Proceedings, Part III. Springer pp. 291-306., (10.1007/978-3-030-58808-3_22)
- Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2020. Homothetic behavior of betweenness centralities: A multiscale alternative approach to relate cities and large regional structures. Sustainability 12(19), article number: 7925. (10.3390/SU12197925)
2019
- Altafini, D., Da Costa Braga, A. and Cutini, V. 2019. Planning sustainable urban-industrial configurations: the influence of industrial complexes morphology on industrial placement.. Presented at: Cities as Assemblages: XXVI International Seminar on Urban Form 2019, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2-6 July 2019 Presented at Geddes, I., Charalambous, N. and Camiz, A. eds.Cities as Assemblages Proceedings of the XXVI International Seminar on Urban Form 2019 2-6 July 2019, Nicosia, Cyprus. Vol. 3. Rome: Gruppo editoriale Tab s.r.l. pp. 439-450.
2017
- Altafini, D., Da Costa Braga, A. and Lopes Zampieri, F. L. 2017. A morfologia das áreas industriais de Porto Alegre: uma aproximação das teorias locacionais econômicas à metodologia da sintaxe espacial. Presented at: XX Encontro de Economia da Região Sul - ANPEC/SUL 2017, 25-27 July 2017, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
- Altafini, D., Da Costa Braga, A. and Maraschin, C. 2017. The morphology of Porto Alegre's industrial district: Between economics locational theories and space syntax methodologies. Presented at: 11th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2017, Lisbon, Portugal, 3-7 July 2017Proceedings - 11th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2017. pp. 39.1-39.19.
- Altafini, D., Da Costa Braga, A. and Zamperi, F. 2017. Spatial configuration of industrial development corridors: configurational impacts of the road expansion in urban industrial sites of Porto Alegre. Presented at: 3rd International Conference on Changing Cities (CCIII), 30 June 2017, Thessaly, Greece.
2015
- Altafini, D. 2015. A Evolução do Setor De Serviços de Porto Alegre: Considerações Perante q Região Metropolitana e ao Estado do Rio Grande do Sul no Período 2000-2010. Boletim Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul 25, pp. 149-172.
Articles
- Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2024. Spatial attractiveness towards industrial placement: a parametric index based on spatial-economic territorial exposure metrics. TeMA - Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Envirionment 17(1), pp. 89-108. (10.6093/1970-9870/10458)
- Altafini, D., da Costa Braga, A. and Ugalde, C. 2023. Mapping urban flood-prone areas' spatial structure and their tendencies of change: a network study for Brazil's Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region. Cartographica 58(4), pp. 205-226. (10.3138/cart-2023-0003)
- Altafini, D., Bini, D., Cutini, V., Meini, B. and Poloni, F. 2023. An edge centrality measure based on the Kemeny constant. Siam Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications 44(2), pp. 648-669. (10.1137/22M1486728)
- Altafini, D., Musolino, D., da Costa Braga, A. and Cutini, V. 2022. Spatial configuration and the Messina Strait question: A discussion on Reggio-Calabria and Messina road-networks linkage. Applied Geography 146, article number: 102750. (10.1016/j.apgeog.2022.102750)
- Rusci, S., Altafini, D. and Di Pinto, V. 2021. Urban demolition: Application of blight elimination programs and flood buyout programs to the Italian case. Sustainability 13(16), article number: 9412. (10.3390/su13169412)
- Altafini, D., Braga, A. and Cutini, V. 2021. Planning sustainable urban-industrial configurations: relations among industrial complexes and the centralities of a regional continuum. International Planning Studies 26(4), pp. 349-369. (10.1080/13563475.2021.1875810)
- Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2020. Homothetic behavior of betweenness centralities: A multiscale alternative approach to relate cities and large regional structures. Sustainability 12(19), article number: 7925. (10.3390/SU12197925)
- Altafini, D. 2015. A Evolução do Setor De Serviços de Porto Alegre: Considerações Perante q Região Metropolitana e ao Estado do Rio Grande do Sul no Período 2000-2010. Boletim Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul 25, pp. 149-172.
Conferences
- Pezzica, C., Altafini, D., Mara, F. and Chioni, C. 2024. Travel-time in a grid: Modelling movement dynamics in the "minute city". Presented at: 12th International Conference on Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning (INPUT2023), L'Aquila, 6-8 September 2023 Presented at Marucci, A. et al. eds.Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning: Proceedings of INPUT 2023 - Volume 1, Vol. 467. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Springer, Cham pp. 657-668., (10.1007/978-3-031-54118-6_58)
- Chioni, C., Pezzica, C. and Altafini, D. 2024. Contributions of the configurational approach to territorial imbalances’ mapping: A discussion centred on the Italian cohesion strategy. Presented at: 14th International Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Mara, F., Hacar, ?. ?., Hacar, M., Altafini, D. and Valerio, C. 2024. Exploring spatial crime impedance to highlight risky places: A Space Syntax-based environmental approach to urban security. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Mara, F., Hacar, ?. ?., Gülgen, F. and Altafini, D. 2024. Interpreting the configuration of micro-urban environments: Line-based Analyses vs. Visibility Graph Analyses for estimating pedestrian flows. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Altafini, D., Braga, A. d. C., Musolino, D. and Cutini, V. 2024. Configurational aftereffects of a stable connection across the Messina Strait: How a bridge transforms the Italian road-circulation network movement patterns.. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Hacar, M., Hacar, ?. ?., Altafini, D., Pappalardo, L., Gülgen, F. and Cutini, V. 2024. From streets to screens: A deep dive into urban configuration and Google reviews. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Altafini, D., Del Carlo, F., Caprili, S. and Cutini, V. 2024. A Territorial-Configurational Index to evaluate seismic spatial vulnerability in urban-regional settings: Integrating network configuration and redundancy to risk. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Altafini, D., Benameur, O. and Mahfoud, S. 2024. Climate-driven differences on urban configuration: A space syntax analysis comparing Mediterranean and Saharan urban settlements in Algeria.. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Hacar, M., Mara, F., Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2024. Preprocessing open data for optimizing estimation times in urban network analysis: Extracting, filtering, geoprocessing, and simplifying the road-center lines. Presented at: 12th International Conference on Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning (INPUT2023), L'Aquila, Italy, 6-8 September 2023 Presented at Marucci, A. et al. eds.Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning. INPUT 2023. Springer pp. 551-562., (10.1007/978-3-031-54118-6_49)
- Altafini, D. et al. 2024. The spatial logic of e-mobility commutes within urban areas. Presented at: uSIM2024 - Shaping Net Zero Policies with Building Simulation The 4th IBPSA-Scotland Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 25 November 2024.
- Mara, F., Altafini, D., Hacar, ?. ?., Hacar, M. and Cutini, V. 2024. Does time matter? Temporal dynamics and configurational hierarchy in pedestrian movement. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024.
- Mara, F., Altafini, D., Salardi-Jost, M. and Cutini, V. 2024. Visualising the visibility graph analysis: A comparative analysis of VGA metrics representation and significance at micro-urban scale. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June, 2024.
- Altafini, D., Salardi-Jost, M. and Cutini, V. 2024. Decoding small-worlds networks in a regional context: unveiling local-local and local-global centrality logics with Space Syntax. Presented at: 14th Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June, 2024.
- Altafini, D., Pezzica, C., Bleil De Souza, C., Gagarin, A., Rosenberg, G., Gunner, S. and Tryfonas, T. 2024. DECIDE: An outcome-driven decision support system for urban-regional planning. Presented at: Networks, Markets & People (NMP) International Symposium: Communities, Institutions and Enterprises towards post-humanism epistemologies and AI challenges, Reggio Calabria, Italy, 22-24 May 2024.
- Altafini, D., Mara, F. and Cutini, V. 2023. A data-driven approach for a city-university mobility plan: The case of the University of Pisa. Presented at: 23rd International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2023), Athens, Greece, 3-6 July 2023 Presented at Gervasi, O. et al. eds.Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2023 Workshops: Athens, Greece, July 3–6, 2023, Proceedings, Part VIII. Springer pp. 401-407., (10.1007/978-3-031-37126-4_27)
- Pezzica, C., Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2022. Urban-regional dynamics of street network resilience: the spatial outcomes of Genoa's and Bologna's bridge crashes. Presented at: 13th International Space Syntax Symposium (13SSS 2022), Bergen, Norway, 20-24 June 2022Proceedings of the 13th Space Syntax Symposium.
- Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2022. Towards a spatial approach to territorialize economic data in urban areas’ industrial agglomerations. Presented at: Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2022 Workshops, Malaga, Spain, 4-7 July 2022 Presented at Gervasi, O. et al. eds.Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2022 Workshops: Malaga, Spain, July 4–7, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. Springer pp. 370-386., (10.1007/978-3-031-10536-4_25)
- Ugalde, C., Braga, A. and Altafini, D. 2022. Spatial reconfigurations within flood-prone areas: the case of Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region – Brazil. Presented at: 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022, Bergen, Norway, 20-24 June 2022 Presented at Van Nes, A. and Koning, R. E. eds.Proceedings of the 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) pp. 542.
- Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2022. Configurational properties and the internal geography of local-regional urban spaces: findings of a multiscale-based analysis of the Tuscany’s road-circulation networks. Presented at: 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022, Bergen, Norway, 20-24 June 2022 Presented at Van Nes, A. and Koning, R. E. eds.Proceedings of the13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) pp. 523.
- Altafini, D., da Costa Braga, A. and Cutini, V. 2022. Twin-cities over the Messina Strait: a discussion on Reggio Calabria and Messina road-networks linkage. Presented at: XXVIII International Seminar on Urban Form. ISUF2021: Urban Form and the Sustainable and Prosperous Cities, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 29 June - 3 July 2021Annual Conference Proceedings of the XXVIII International Seminar on Urban Form. Glasgow: University of Strathclyde Publishing pp. 821-828., (10.17868/STRATH.00080434)
- Mara, F., Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2022. Urban design, space syntax and crime: An evidence-based approach to evaluate urban crime geographical displacement and surveillance efficiency. Presented at: 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022, Bergen, Norway, 20-24 June 2022 Presented at Van Nes, A. and Koning, R. E. eds.Proceedings of the 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) pp. 519.
- Altafini, D., Poloni, F., Meini, B., Bini, D. and Cutini, V. 2022. Markov-Chain based centralities and Space Syntax’ Angular Analysis: an initial overview and application. Presented at: 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022, Bergen, Norway, 20-24 June 2022Proceedings of the 3th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2022. pp. 522.
- Benameur, O., Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2021. Form, function and acoustics: Productive assets placement and relationship between the urban soundscape patterns and configuration. Presented at: 21st International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2021), Caligari, Italy, 13-16 September 2021Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021.. Springer International Publishing pp. 704-718., (10.1007/978-3-030-86973-1_49)
- Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2021. Territorial disparities in Tuscan industrial assets: A method to assess average firm-size spatial distribution. Presented at: Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021, Caligari, Italy, 13-16 September 2021 Presented at Gervasi, O. et al. eds.Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021 21st International Conference, Cagliari, Italy, September 13–16, 2021, Proceedings, Part IV. Springer pp. 673-687., (10.1007/978-3-030-86973-1_47)
- Altafini, D., Pozzobon, E., Rusci, S. and Cutini, V. 2021. Computational planning support systems for regional analysis: Real-estate values dynamics and road-networks configuration. Presented at: INPUT 2021: Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning, Catania, Italy, 8-10 September 2021Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning: Proceedings of the 11th INPUT Conference - Volume 1. Springer pp. 291-299., (10.1007/978-3-030-68824-0_32)
- Altafini, D., Pozzobon, E., Rusci, S. and Cutini, V. 2021. Lo spazio nella contrazione industriale: specificità e risposte del patrimonio immobiliare produttivo toscano. Presented at: Downscaling, Rightsizing: Lo spazio nella contrazione industriale: specificità e risposte del patrimonio immobiliare produttivo toscano, Lo spazio nella contrazione industriale: specificità e risposte del patrimonio immobiliare produttivo toscano, Turin, Italy, 17-18 June 2021 Presented at Giaimo, C., Tosi, M. C. and Voghera, A. eds.Tecniche urbanistiche per una fase di decrescita. Atti della XXIII Conferenza Nazionale SIU. pp. 12-19., (10.53143/plm.c.121)
- Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. 2020. Tuscany configurational atlas: A GIS-based multiscale assessment of road-circulation networks centralities hierarchies. Presented at: Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020, Caligari, Italy/ Virtual, 1-4 July 2020 Presented at Gervasi, O. et al. eds.Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020: 20th International Conference, Cagliari, Italy, July 1–4, 2020, Proceedings, Part III. Springer pp. 291-306., (10.1007/978-3-030-58808-3_22)
- Altafini, D., Da Costa Braga, A. and Cutini, V. 2019. Planning sustainable urban-industrial configurations: the influence of industrial complexes morphology on industrial placement.. Presented at: Cities as Assemblages: XXVI International Seminar on Urban Form 2019, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2-6 July 2019 Presented at Geddes, I., Charalambous, N. and Camiz, A. eds.Cities as Assemblages Proceedings of the XXVI International Seminar on Urban Form 2019 2-6 July 2019, Nicosia, Cyprus. Vol. 3. Rome: Gruppo editoriale Tab s.r.l. pp. 439-450.
- Altafini, D., Da Costa Braga, A. and Lopes Zampieri, F. L. 2017. A morfologia das áreas industriais de Porto Alegre: uma aproximação das teorias locacionais econômicas à metodologia da sintaxe espacial. Presented at: XX Encontro de Economia da Região Sul - ANPEC/SUL 2017, 25-27 July 2017, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
- Altafini, D., Da Costa Braga, A. and Maraschin, C. 2017. The morphology of Porto Alegre's industrial district: Between economics locational theories and space syntax methodologies. Presented at: 11th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2017, Lisbon, Portugal, 3-7 July 2017Proceedings - 11th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2017. pp. 39.1-39.19.
- Altafini, D., Da Costa Braga, A. and Zamperi, F. 2017. Spatial configuration of industrial development corridors: configurational impacts of the road expansion in urban industrial sites of Porto Alegre. Presented at: 3rd International Conference on Changing Cities (CCIII), 30 June 2017, Thessaly, Greece.
Biography
Diego joined the WSA as a UKRI/Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postgraduate Fellow in 2023 to work as a Principal Investigator in the Decoding cities for informed decision-making: a digital twin approach for minoring territorial disparities and enhancing urban liveability (DECIDE) project..
Previously, he worked for a year as a research collaborator at the University of Pisa, Italy, in themes of urban mobility and decision support systems (DSS); currently he mantains a collaborative relationship with Pisa in the role of a technical advisor within the Horizon Europe "Digital Urban Transitions" EMC2 project.
He holds an European Ph.D in Energy, Systems, Territory and Construction Engineering (University of Pisa), with a focus on Systems and Territory, in the interdisciplinary area of network analysis, economic development and territorial imbalances. He holds a MSc in Urban and Regional Planning (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS- Brasil), and a bachelor degree in economics.
At the University of Pisa, he co-supervised MSc students in the area of urban-regional analysis and disaster risk analyisis, where he also teached in the courses of Urban and Regional Planning, and Territorial Modelling (Graduate program in Civil Engineering, Master program in Building Engineering and Architecture). He has more than twenty peer-reviewed publications covering the areas of urban-regional digital simulations, visual data representations, network metrics of centrality, mathematics, urban space and crime, visual aspects of micro-urban movement and disaster risk reduction and management.
He benefitted from an international influence in his education, experiencing the environment of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, in Brasil, the Université Côte d'Azur, and the CNRS - UMR ESPACE laboratory, in France, during his abroad period as a visiting Ph.D, as well as contacts and collaborations with colleagues in Brasil, France, Algeria, Norway, Italy and the UK.
Honours and awards
- Grant Awarded: Fellowship, UKRI Postdoc Guarantee Grant Ref: EP/Y028716/1 - DECIDE: Decoding cities for informed decision-making: a digital twin approach forminoring territorial disparities and enhancing urban liveability
- Grant Awarded: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships proposal number - 101107846 - DECIDE: Decoding cities for informed decision-making: a digital twin approach for minoring territorial disparities and enhancing urban liveability