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Eric Koomen is associate professor at the Department of Spatial Economics of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His research interests include land-use change analysis, spatial modelling and policy support. In the past 15 years he managed many research projects related to these topics in the Netherlands and abroad. Eric has edited or co-authored three books and published numerous papers in scientific and applied journals and books. He teaches several courses including 'Land-use change' and 'Imaging and Assessing Landscapes' at VU Amsterdam. In addition he is coordinator of the 'Urban Environment Lab' at Amsterdam University College. Furthermore, he is a regular supervisor of BSc and MSc theses and co-supervisor of several PhD candidates.
Eric graduated in Physical Geography and got his first working experience with GIS at the nature conservation section of a water company. Subsequently he worked as a GIS-adviser at the Dutch Ministry of Transport and Water Management where he focussed on the use of GIS for environmental impact assessment. He managed projects for impact assessment, data collection and data construction. His work also involved the adaptation and construction of GIS-tools. In the past few years Eric worked part-time at the Geodan Next Company where he managed projects for regional authorities that inform planners about likely spatial developments, their potential impacts and possible policy alternatives.
He is editorial board member of: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (since 2015), Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy (since 2017) and Landscape and Urban Planning (since 2019).
Spatial data analysis; land-use change analysis and modelling; policy support.
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Spatial Economics, PhD, Spatial Economics
Award Date: 19 May 2008
Physical geography, Master
Award Date: 31 Aug 1992
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Eric Koomen (Member of editorial board)
Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
Eric Koomen (Speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
Eric Koomen (Examiner)
Activity: PhD thesis Examination › PhD thesis examination
Eric Koomen (Examiner)
Activity: PhD thesis Examination › PhD thesis examination
Eric Koomen (Member of editorial board)
Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
Koomen, Eric (Recipient), Scholten, Henk (Recipient), P. Rietveld (Recipient), F. Snickars (Recipient), A. van den Brink (Recipient) & W.J.J. Manshanden (Recipient), 1 Jul 2012
Prize › Academic
Verhoef, ET (Recipient), Koster, PR (Recipient), Koomen, Eric (Recipient), Rouwendal, Jan (Recipient) & Knockaert, JSA (Recipient), 2017
Prize › Academic
de Groot, Henri (Recipient) & Koomen, Eric (Recipient), 2017
Prize › Academic
Koomen, Eric (Recipient) & de Groot, Henri (Recipient), 24 Jul 2019
Prize › Academic