Francesca Leder

Visiting Scholar
Professor
City and Regional Planning
University of Ferrara, Italy

Contact Information
Phone: (617) 495-4303 x293
E-Mail: fleder@fas.harvard.edu




Biographical Statement

Leder is a professor of city and regional planning at the University of Ferrara, Italy, where she holds the chair of Regional and Urban Policies. Since 2002, she has been director of the International Center for Cultural Landscapes Studies (CISPC) at the University of Ferrara. Her research interests cover a broad range of issues focused on regional and local planning, cultural heritage and landscape preservation and management; local development problems in fringe areas; and urban regeneration and urban open-space design. Currently she is completing a cross-European comparative research project on the role of landscape issues in regional planning and local development, and she is preparing a book on this work. Leder will be in residence at CES during the spring semester of 2007.