Dr. Jessica Pineda-Zumaran holds a PhD in Planning and Environmental Management (University of Manchester, UK), masters degrees in Geo-information Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC/University of Twente, the Netherlands) and in Urban Planning and Environmental Management, (National University of Saint Agustine, Peru). She also has a professional degree in Architecture (Peru) and training in different areas such as in Sustainable Land-use Planning (World Bank), Land and Property Markets (Lincoln Institute, US) and Community Planning and Quality of Life Indicators (Colombia). Dr. Pineda-Zumaran has about 12 years of professional experience in urban planning, land-use planning, participatory planning, and strategic planning at the urban level, mostly in cities in southern Peru. Her lecturing experience includes courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in urban planning, spatial policies and analyses, and urban and architecture design in Peru and the UK. Her research interests include the study of planning policy, practice and methodology in developing countries, the use and management of spatial data and spatial analyses, the impacts of urban infrastructure in the built-up environment, and urban functionality and the socio-environmental dimension of public space and housing. She has presented her research findings in several academic conferences in Europe and in professional seminars in Peru. Currently, she is in the process of publishing her doctoral dissertation’s findings.
