Born in Tehran (1984), Samaneh is lecturer at Agricultural University of Iceland. She moved to Italy at a young age to hold her studies in Landscape Architecture. She received her Ph.D. in Landscape and Environment from “Sapienza” (March 2018) and her Ph.D. thesis has been elected as the winner of ECLAS Annual Awards 2018 – Outstanding Student Award, 3rd cycle. She graduated with honors from “Sapienza” with a master thesis entitled as “Landscape for river reclamation: Meuse river- its floodplain system, identity, and transformation” in Belgium. Before she got into Landscape studies, she completed the Bachelor of Computer Hardware Engineering (Tehran, 2002-2006). Prior to attending Ph.D. program, she worked for several Architectural Firm, wining several national and international competition. She was engaged on issues ranging from Urban renewal to Green Infrastructure and Water System management, working in New Zealand, Turkey, Italy and Iran. She has conducted field research at PennDesign- Pennsylvania University (2017) and Université de Liège (2012). Prior to moving to Iceland, she has been as the former teaching assistant of Prof. Franco Zagari and Prof. Fabio Di Carlo at Sapienza. Samaneh’s research interests focus on solving Large-Scale Planning problems with particular attention to holistic approaches. She is the author of different essays in journals and books.

• Chapter 1Complexifying urban histories: the Mediterranean perspectiveSamaneh Sadat Nickayin, Kostas Rontos, Luca Salvati, Giovanni QuarantaChapter 2Thirty Years Later: Homage (and Criticism) to Mediterranean CitiesSamaneh Sadat Nickayin, Adele Sateriano, Rosanna Salvia, Luca SalvatiChapter 3Lost in complexity, found in diversity: a summary look of the social geography of a Mediterranean cityJesus Rodrigo Comino, Gianluigi Salvucci, Gianluca Ladaga, Luca SalvatiChapter 4Economic transformations and suburban expansion in the Mediterranean city: metropolitan spaces revisitedAntonio Gimenez Morera, Gianluca Egidi, Anastasios Mavrakis, Luca SalvatiChapter 5Socioeconomic resilience and the background local context: Related variety mattersBarbara Ermini, Sirio Cividino, Kostas Rontos, Luca Salvati

Born in Tehran (1984), Samaneh is lecturer at Agricultural University of Iceland. She moved to Italy at a young age to hold her studies in Landscape Architecture. She received her Ph.D. in Landscape and Environment from “Sapienza” (March 2018) and her Ph.D. thesis has been elected as the winner of ECLAS Annual Awards 2018 – Outstanding Student Award, 3rd cycle. She graduated with honors from “Sapienza” with a master thesis entitled as “Landscape for river reclamation: Meuse river- its floodplain system, identity, and transformation” in Belgium. Before she got into Landscape studies, she completed the Bachelor of Computer Hardware Engineering (Tehran, 2002-2006). Prior to attending Ph.D. program, she worked for several Architectural Firm, wining several national and international competition. She was engaged on issues ranging from Urban renewal to Green Infrastructure and Water System management, working in New Zealand, Turkey, Italy and Iran. She has conducted field research at PennDesign- Pennsylvania University (2017) and Université de Liège (2012). Prior to moving to Iceland, she has been as the former teaching assistant of Prof. Franco Zagari and Prof. Fabio Di Carlo at Sapienza. Samaneh’s research interests focus on solving Large-Scale Planning problems with particular attention to holistic approaches. She is the author of different essays in journals and books.

• Chapter 1Complexifying urban histories: the Mediterranean perspectiveSamaneh Sadat Nickayin, Kostas Rontos, Luca Salvati, Giovanni QuarantaChapter 2Thirty Years Later: Homage (and Criticism) to Mediterranean CitiesSamaneh Sadat Nickayin, Adele Sateriano, Rosanna Salvia, Luca SalvatiChapter 3Lost in complexity, found in diversity: a summary look of the social geography of a Mediterranean cityJesus Rodrigo Comino, Gianluigi Salvucci, Gianluca Ladaga, Luca SalvatiChapter 4Economic transformations and suburban expansion in the Mediterranean city: metropolitan spaces revisitedAntonio Gimenez Morera, Gianluca Egidi, Anastasios Mavrakis, Luca SalvatiChapter 5Socioeconomic resilience and the background local context: Related variety mattersBarbara Ermini, Sirio Cividino, Kostas Rontos, Luca Salvati

Born in Tehran (1984), Samaneh is lecturer at Agricultural University of Iceland. She moved to Italy at a young age to hold her studies in Landscape Architecture. She received her Ph.D. in Landscape and Environment from “Sapienza” (March 2018) and her Ph.D. thesis has been elected as the winner of ECLAS Annual Awards 2018 – Outstanding Student Award, 3rd cycle. She graduated with honors from “Sapienza” with a master thesis entitled as “Landscape for river reclamation: Meuse river- its floodplain system, identity, and transformation” in Belgium. Before she got into Landscape studies, she completed the Bachelor of Computer Hardware Engineering (Tehran, 2002-2006). Prior to attending Ph.D. program, she worked for several Architectural Firm, wining several national and international competition. She was engaged on issues ranging from Urban renewal to Green Infrastructure and Water System management, working in New Zealand, Turkey, Italy and Iran. She has conducted field research at PennDesign- Pennsylvania University (2017) and Université de Liège (2012). Prior to moving to Iceland, she has been as the former teaching assistant of Prof. Franco Zagari and Prof. Fabio Di Carlo at Sapienza. Samaneh’s research interests focus on solving Large-Scale Planning problems with particular attention to holistic approaches. She is the author of different essays in journals and books.

• Chapter 1Complexifying urban histories: the Mediterranean perspectiveSamaneh Sadat Nickayin, Kostas Rontos, Luca Salvati, Giovanni QuarantaChapter 2Thirty Years Later: Homage (and Criticism) to Mediterranean CitiesSamaneh Sadat Nickayin, Adele Sateriano, Rosanna Salvia, Luca SalvatiChapter 3Lost in complexity, found in diversity: a summary look of the social geography of a Mediterranean cityJesus Rodrigo Comino, Gianluigi Salvucci, Gianluca Ladaga, Luca SalvatiChapter 4Economic transformations and suburban expansion in the Mediterranean city: metropolitan spaces revisitedAntonio Gimenez Morera, Gianluca Egidi, Anastasios Mavrakis, Luca SalvatiChapter 5Socioeconomic resilience and the background local context: Related variety mattersBarbara Ermini, Sirio Cividino, Kostas Rontos, Luca Salvati