Prof. Dr. Reto Rupf

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Head Geoecology Research Unit, Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
• Deputy Director Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
• Lecturer Nature Management
• Adjunct Prof. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby/Vancouver Canada

Focus

Environmental and landscape planning (environmental compatibility, environmental construction support, project planning, replacement measures), environmental aspects of sport/leisure/tourism (recreation ecology), visitor management, protected area planning, including parks of national importance, choice experiments

Teaching

• Module Environmental Planning, BSc in Natural Resource Sciences
• Module Research Methods, MSc in Environment and Natural Resources
• Supervisor Master Thesis
• Adjunct Professor, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby/Vancouver Canada

Experience

• Lecturer Nature Management
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
  2004 - today
• Head Research Group Environmental Planning
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
  2004 - 2020
• Lecturer Environmental Planning
  University of Zurich
  2002 - 2017
• Head Profitcenter Landscape, Lecturer Tourism College Grisson
  Academia Engiadina Samedan
  1999 - 2004

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr. nat. techn. / Natural Resources and Life Sciences - Recreational Planning
  BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
  2008 - 2014
• Research Fellow / Choice Modelling
  Simon Fraser University, Burnaby/Vancouver Canada; School of Resource & Environmental Management
  02 / 2009 - 08 / 2009
• MSc Geography
  University of Zurich
  1992 - 1998
• Secondary School Teacher / Mathematics and natural sciences
  St.Gallen University of Teacher Education
  1986 - 1990

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9634-1173

Awards

"Certificate of Merit“ in recognition of Ph.D.-Thesis „Choice-Experimente als Grundlage für Agenten-basierte Modelle zur Planung im naturorientierten Outdoorsport – Wandern und Mountainbiking in Tourismus- und Bergregionen sowie Schutzgebieten
Graduate School Graubünden
06 / 2016

Projects

• Research cooperation to achieve the biodiversity goals of a mountain sports company / Team member / ongoing
• Dynamik Knowledge Platform / Co-project leader / completed
• Success monitoring 2019 of the St.Moritz Ski World Championship / Deputy project leader / completed
• Water balance in the area Sur Chaunt Blais, St. Moritz / Deputy project leader / completed
• Monitoring of the mission statement lake zürich 2050 / Project leader / completed
• Artificial snow at Minschuns - Environmental impact report (UVB) / Project leader / completed
• Ressource management ski world championship 2017 St.Moritz / Team member / completed
• Informal mountain bike trails in the city forest of Zurich / Team member / completed
• Environmental Construction Monitoring Rhaetian Railway / Team member / completed
• Close-range & low-cost Remote Sensing for the Environmental Sciences / Deputy project leader / completed
• Visitor management national parc Adula / Project leader / completed
• Visitor management and nature monitoring Ruinaulta / Team member / completed
• Environmental impact report by-pass road Sta. Maria, Kt. GR / Team member / completed
• Ecological expertise for a micro-hydro unit in St. Moritz / Project leader / completed
• VISIMAN – Contribution for visitor monitorings and management in parks and recreation areas / Project leader / completed
• Flagship species in applied nature conservation / Team member / completed

Other publications

See collection at researchgate.net

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