Professor Marco Amati
Details
Department: School of GUSS
Campus: City Campus Australia
marco.amati@rmit.edu.au
ORCID: 0000-0002-9600-5572
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Professor Marco Amati is an accomplished environmental scientist with a deep-seated passion for urban research. His expertise spans a broad range of topics related to city environments, including extensive studies on urban greening. His work has involved everything from large-scale surveys of metropolitan trees to examining the impact of indoor plants on mental well-being.
Currently, Professor Amati's research focuses on the future of urban outdoor spaces. He combines his interest in the cooling benefits of shade and trees with a strong emphasis on social sciences. His innovative approach aims to enhance our understanding of how urban greenery can contribute to both environmental sustainability and community well-being.
Supervisor projects
- Establishing a holistic, eco-agricultural habitation structure on Mars, as a self-sustaining, resilient environment, to support a thriving human society
- 11 Feb 2026
- Flood disasters in Peru: Lived Impacts of the 2017 Coastal El Niño in the Chancay-Lambayeque Sub-basin and Implications for Flood Governance, Policy, and Practice
- 12 Jul 2023
- Rethinking the metabolic rift: The regenerative potential of urban agriculture
- 3 Jan 2023
- Sustainable building affordances of Three-Dimensional Visualized Urban Landscape Planning and Design
- 3 May 2022
- Biodiversity Inclusive Design: Non-human Participation Within Design Practice
- 15 Apr 2020
- Land Tenure Security in Disaster Affected Areas and The Role of Spatial Data Infrastructure: A Case Studies of Banda Aceh, Indonesia
- 5 Jun 2019
- Transporting Actor Networks: Examining the Role of Human and Non-human Actors in the Transfer of Bus Rapid Transit to Lahore, Pakistan
- 27 Feb 2017
- Ladies' Parks in Tehran: Power, Space and Women's Experiences
- 29 Feb 2016
- Decentralisation in Question: An Examination of Indonesia’s Decentralised Decision-Making Process in Transportation Infrastructure Development
- 20 Jul 2015
- Urban Trees and Rainfall: An Investigation into the Benefits for Stormwater Management
- 28 May 2015
- Gambling with Justice in the Australian City
- 21 Jul 2014
Teaching interests
Professor Marco Amati teaches courses in planning history, the urban age and strategic planning, where he imparts his extensive knowledge and passion for urban research to the next generation of planners.
As a research supervisor, Professor Amati is keenly interested in guiding students in the following areas:
- Urban green spaces
- The intersection of planning and health
- Peri-urban regions and food systems
- Planning history
- Land reform in developing countries
His supervision aims to foster insightful research that addresses contemporary challenges and advances the field of urban planning.
Research interests
Urban and Regional Planning, Geomatic Engineering, Design Practice and Management, Information Systems, Forestry Sciences, Environmental Science and Management
While mainly focusing on trees and green spaces within urban environments, Marco is also interested in urban agriculture, planning history and Asian cities.
