Dry Urbanism

Prof. dr. ir. Rob Roggema is a Distinguished Professor of Regenerative Culture at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and the principal consultant and director/founder of Cittaideale, office for adaptive design and planning. He is a visiting professor at Queen's University Belfast and the lead author of the Architecture, Urban Design and Planning chapter of the third assessment report of the UCCRN (Urban Climate Change Research Network). He is a Landscape Architect and an internationally renowned design expert on regenerative design, sustainable urbanism, climate adaptation, energy landscapes and urban agriculture. He has previously held several professorship positions at universities in the Netherlands and Australia, State and Municipal governments and design consultancies. Rob developed the Swarm Planning concept, a dynamic way of planning the city for future adaptation to climate change impacts. 

Rob was the leader of the climate adaptive design 2021 team for the Groningen region ('Moeder Zernike'), initiated the Food-Energy-Water-nexus project 'the Moveable Nexus' (SUGI/JPI-Europe), lead the design team of 'Nature-Rich Netherlands' and Greening NEOM. For his PhD, he developed the Swarm Planning concept, a dynamic way of planning urban landscapes for future adaptation to climate change impacts. 

Rob has designed and led over 30 design charrettes around the world, involving communities, academics, governments and industries in design processes for more resilient communities. He is the series editor of the Contemporary Urban Design Thinking series. Additionally, he has written books on nature- and landscape driven planning and design of landscapes and cities, climate adaptation and design, Urban Agriculture, and about design charrettes, Rio's FoodRoofs and Design for Recovery in Japan.

Chapter 1. Designing arid cities: cope, embrace, reverse.- Chapter 2. A regional planning response to water scarce cities: the case of Monterrey, Mexico.- Chapter 3. Importing the Desert into the Urban: Architectural Narratives from the Middle East.- Chapter 4. Fragments and loading docks: Examining the relationship between urban climate change policy and design tools in a hotter, dryer climate of Melbourne, Australia.- Chapter 5. Maguey landscape: regeneration of the desert.- Chapter 6. Dry Urbanism Solutions for arid environments.- Chapter 7. Urban arid green: A nature-based solutions proposal for Ecocity development in arid regions. Case study Tamansourt, Morocco.- Chapter 8. Transforming Cities: The Impact of Small-Scale Green Interventions.- Chapter 9. Integrating Dry Urbanism in Qatar's Urban Development: A Model for Sustainable Growth in Arid Regions.- Chapter 10. Projects for the future city: a design framework for climate justice.- Chapter 11. From Oasis to Paradise: An Introduction to the Multiscale and Multifaceted Adaptation Aspects of Iranian Architecture and Urbanism in Dry Cities.- Chapter 12. Evapotranspiration impacts on summer surface urban heat island distributions and trends in Santa Clara, California: moderating effects of the human environment.- Chapter 13. Towards drought-sensitive cities.