Detlef Kammeier
Detlef Kammeier is a specialist in urban, rural, and environmental planning and management at all scales, from project implementation at the "grassroots" up to national programmes and policies.
Detlef has spent most of his career with a university base, but his laboratory has always been the "real world". Even in his teaching and research, the emphasis has been on training and supporting planning practitioners. He is convinced that the conceptual knowledge derived from his teaching and research has shaped his professional practice, just as the latter has informed his teaching and research.
Detlef's area of expertise encompasses urban land use planning, transportation and environmental infrastructure, urban and rural-regional environmental management, urban conservation, regional planning, and rural infrastructure planning, including related aspects of legislation, administrative organization, computer applications, and policy formulation.
For well over 30 years, Detlef has worked mainly in Asia, but he has always tried to keep in in touch with planning practice and research in the rest of the world, especially in Europe. His work has included a large number of consulting and advisory assignments in various countries.
2009. Pilot Plan for the Eastern Region, Syria. For the Minsitry of Local Administration. In Arabic (English version forthcoming).
2009. Handbook on Regional Planning, Syria. For the Ministry of Local Administration. In English and Arabic.
2005. “Global concerns, local responsibilities, global and local benefits: The growing business of World Heritage”. In Paolo La Greca, ed., Planning in a More Globalized and Competitive World, The Hague. Pp. 41-54.
2003. “Coping with ‘pulsar effects’ in the context of sustainable urban development: Towards a conceptual framework”. In E. Beriatos and J. Colman, eds., The Pulsar Effect in Urban Planning. Athens: University of Thessaly Press. Pp. 87-101.
2003. Informal Settlements in Bangkok, 1960-2000: Upgrading Policies and Housing Development. Rome: University La Sapienza. xii + 163 pp. With Federico Malusardi.
2003. “Government Policy and Farmers’ Decision-Making: The Agricultural Diversification Programme for the Chao Phraya River Basin (1993-2000)”. In Francois Molle and Thippawal Srijantr, eds., Thailand’s Rice Bowl: Perspectives on Agricultural and Social Change in the Chao Phraya Delta. Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 2003, Chapter 9, pp. 195-228. With Sirisup Siriluck.
2002. “Changes in the Political Economy of Vietnam and Their Impacts on the Built Environment of Hanoi”, Cities, Vol. 19, No. 6 (December). Pp. 373-88. With Quang Nguyen.
2002, “Planning-Support Systems as an Innovative Blend of Computer Tools: An Approach for Guiding Decisions on Industrial Locations in Punjab Province, Pakistan”. International Development Planning Review. Vol. 24, No. 2 (May). Pp. 203-21. With Awais L. Piracha.
2001. “District road-network planning: Lessons from Nepal”. Third World Planning Review. Vol. 23, No. 4 (November). Pp. 347-66. With C.B. Shrestha and J.K. Routray.
2001. “Nonthaburi, Thailand: Towards Sustainable Development and Management of a Unique Cultural Landscape”. Urbanistica PVS. Vol. XII, No. 27/28 (August). Pp. 3-9.
2000. “Thailand’s incomplete decentralization process: Policy options for further local-government reforms”. In H.D. Kammeier and Harvey Demaine, eds., Decentralization, Local Governance and Rural Development. Bangkok: AIT Press. Pp. 173-207.
1999. “Planning and Financing of Rural Development in Asia”. Regional Development Dialogue. Vol. 20, No.2 (Autumn). Pp. v-xii. With Harvey Demaine.
1999. “Thailand's incomplete decentralization process: Policy options for further local-government reforms”. Regional Development Dialogue. Vol. 20, No.2 (Autumn). Pp. 77-101.
1999. “Spatial analysis of social impacts of the Eastern Seaboard Development Programme, Thailand”. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. Vol. 17, No. 3 (September). Pp. 203-16. With Chandhana Indhapanya and J. C. Routray.
1999. “New Tools for Spatial Analysis and Planning as Components of an Incremental Planning Support System”. Environment and Planning B. Vol. 26, No. 3 (May). Pp. 365-80.
1998. “A computer-aided strategic approach to decision-making in urban planning: An exploratory case study in Thailand”. Cities. Vol. 15, No. 2 (April). Pp. 105-19.
1998. “LOCNET: A PC-based Locational Analysis and Planning Model and its Conceptual Background”. In A. C. Mohapatra and J. K. Routray, eds., Regional Development and Planning. Jaipur and New Delhi: Rawat Publications. Pp. 126-61.
1997. “New Tools for Spatial Analysis and Planning as Part of a Computer-aided Planning Support System”. In P. K. Sikdar, et al., eds., Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management. Volume 2. New Delhi: Narosa Publishing House. Pp. 679-91.
1986. "Planning Legislation and the Development of Regional Centres in Nepal: Realities and Prospects”. Urban Law and Policy. Vol. 8, No. 3. Pp. 153-190. With B.P. Acharya.
1986. “Thailand’s Small Towns: Exploring Facts and Figures Beyond the Population Statistics”. In K. Husa et al., eds., Population Research in Europe and Asia. Vienna: Ferdinand Hirt Verlag. Pp. 299-320.
1984. Equity with Growth? Planning Perspectives for Small Towns in Developing Countries. Bangkok: AIT, 1984, xv+706 pp. Ed. with Peter Swann.