HR job title
- Associate Professor
- Contact Info
- 1 979 845 6256
- Websites
- ORCiD
- 0000-0002-5825-0630
Guneralp, Burak Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Burak Guneralp's research interests center on socio-economic and environmental aspects of contemporary urbanization, particularly in relation to urban sustainability. He uses various theoretical frameworks and methodologies, in particular, systems analysis and geospatial analysis.
Research Areas
- Overview
- Publications
- Teaching
- Works By Students
- Background
- Contact
- Other
- View All
Overview
Publications
selected publications
-
academic article
-
Ren, Q., He, C., Huang, Q., Shi, P., Zhang, D. a., & Guneralp, B.
(2022).
Impacts of urban expansion on natural habitats in global drylands. Nature Sustainability.
5(10), 869-878.
-
Mansur, A. V., McDonald, R. I., Guneralp, B., Kim, H., de Oliveira, J., Callaghan, C. T., ... Pereira, H. M.
(2022).
Nature futures for the urban century: Integrating multiple values into urban management. Environmental Science and Policy.
131, 46-56.
-
Cao, W., Zhou, Y., Gneralp, B., Li, X., Zhao, K., & Zhang, H.
(2022).
Increasing global urban exposure to flooding: An analysis of long-term annual dynamics. Science of the Total Environment.
817, 153012-153012.
-
Ahasan, R., & Guneralp, B.
(2022).
Transportation in urban land change models: a systematic review and future directions. Journal of Land Use Science.
17(1), 351-367.
-
Guneralp, B., Xu, X., & Lin, W.
(2021).
Infrastructure development with(out) ecological conservation: the Northern Forests in Istanbul. 21(3), 86.
-
Coleman, E. A., Schultz, B., Ramprasad, V., Fischer, H., Rana, P., Filippi, A. M., ... Fleischman, F.
(2021).
Limited effects of tree planting on forest canopy cover and rural livelihoods in Northern India. Nature Sustainability.
4(11), 997-1004.
-
Ma, A., Filippi, A. M., Wang, Z., Yin, Z., Huo, D. a., Li, X., & Guneralp, B.
(2021).
Fast Sequential Feature Extraction for Recurrent Neural Network-Based Hyperspectral Image Classification. 59(7), 5920-5937.
-
Cui, W., Li, J., Xu, W., & Güneralp, B
(2021).
Industrial electricity consumption and economic growth: A spatio-temporal analysis across prefecture-level cities in China from 1999 to 2014. Energy.
222, 119932-119932.
-
Goddard, M. A., Davies, Z. G., Guenat, S., Ferguson, M. J., Fisher, J. C., Akanni, A., ... Dallimer, M.
(2021).
A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution.
5(2), 219-230.
-
Castillo, C. R., Guneralp, I., Hales, B., & Guneralp, B.
(2020).
Scale-Free Structure of Surface-Water Connectivity Within a Lowland River-Floodplain Landscape. Geophysical Research Letters.
47(16),
-
Kim, Y., Newman, G., & Gneralp, B.
(2020).
A Review of Driving Factors, Scenarios, and Topics in Urban Land Change Models. Land.
9(8), 246-246.
-
Fleischman, F., Basant, S., Chhatre, A., Coleman, E. A., Fischer, H. W., Gupta, D., ... Veldman, J. W.
(2020).
Pitfalls of Tree Planting Show Why We Need People-Centered Natural Climate Solutions. BIOSCIENCE.
70(11), 947-950.
-
McDonald, R. I., Mansur, A. V., Ascensao, F., Colbert, M., Crossman, K., Elmqvist, T., ... Ziter, C.
(2020).
Research gaps in knowledge of the impact of urban growth on biodiversity. 3(1), 16-24.
-
Yi, H., Kreuter, U. P., Han, D., & Gneralp, B.
(2019).
Social segregation of ecosystem services delivery in the San Antonio region, Texas, through 2050. Science of the Total Environment.
667, 234-247.
-
Guneralp, B., Lwasa, S., Masundire, H., Parnell, S., & Seto, K. C.
(2018).
Urbanization in Africa: challenges and opportunities for conservation. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS.
13(1), 015002-015002.
-
McDonald, R. I., Guneralp, B., Huan, C., Seto, K. C., & You, M.
(2018).
Conservation priorities to protect vertebrate endemics from global urban expansion. Biological Conservation.
224, 290-299.
-
Yi, H., Gneralp, B., Kreuter, U. P., Gneralp, . ., & Filippi, A. M.
(2018).
Spatial and temporal changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services in the San Antonio River Basin, Texas, from 1984 to 2010. 619-620, 1259-1271.
-
Huang, X., Yang, J., Guneralp, B., & Burris, M.
(2017).
US Metropolitan Spatial Structure Evolution: Investigating Spatial Patterns of Employment Growth from 2000 to 2010. 1(3), 28-28.
-
Bren d'Amour, C., Reitsma, F., Baiocchi, G., Barthel, S., Gneralp, B., Erb, K., ... Seto, K. C.
(2017).
Future urban land expansion and implications for global croplands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
114(34), 8939-8944.
-
Gneralp, B., Zhou, Y., rge-Vorsatz, D., Gupta, M., Yu, S., Patel, P. L., ... Seto, K. C.
(2017).
Global scenarios of urban density and its impacts on building energy use through 2050. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
114(34), 8945-8950.
-
Shen, H., Tao, S., Chen, Y., Ciais, P., Gneralp, B., Ru, M., ... Zhao, S.
(2017).
Urbanization-induced population migration has reduced ambient PM2.5 concentrations in China. Science Advances.
3(7), e1700300.
-
Yi, H., Gueneralp, B., Filippi, A. M., Kreuter, U. P., & Gueneralp, I.
(2017).
Impacts of Land Change on Ecosystem Services in the San Antonio River Basin, Texas, from 1984 to 2010. Ecological Economics.
135(C), 125-135.
-
You, M., Filippi, A. M., Guneralp, I., & Guneralp, B.
(2017).
What is the Direction of Land Change? A New Approach to Land-Change Analysis. Remote Sensing.
9(8), 850-850.
-
Bai, X., Surveyer, A., Elmqvist, T., Gatzweiler, F. W., Guneralp, B., Parnell, S., ... Webb, R.
(2016).
Defining and advancing a systems approach for sustainable cities. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.
23, 69-78.
-
Deng, X., Singh, R. B., Liu, J., & Guneralp, B.
(2016).
Water productivity and integrated water resources management. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C.
96, 1-1.
-
Saxena, A., Guneralp, B., Bailis, R., Yohe, G., & Oliver, C.
(2016).
Evaluating the resilience of forest dependent communities in Central India by combining the sustainable livelihoods framework and the cross scale resilience analysis. CURRENT SCIENCE.
110(7), 1195-1207.
-
Muis, S., Gneralp, B., Jongman, B., Aerts, J., & Ward, P. J.
(2015).
Flood risk and adaptation strategies under climate change and urban expansion: A probabilistic analysis using global data. Science of the Total Environment.
538, 445-457.
-
Gneralp, B., Perlstein, A. S., & Seto, K. C.
(2015).
Balancing urban growth and ecological conservation: A challenge for planning and governance in China. Ambio.
44(6), 532-543.
-
Gueneralp, B., Gueneralp, I., & Liu, Y.
(2015).
Changing global patterns of urban exposure to flood and drought hazards. Global Environmental Change.
31, 217-225.
-
Conde, D. A., Colchero, F., Gneralp, B., Gusset, M., Skolnik, B., Parr, M., ... Fa, J. E.
(2015).
Opportunities and costs for preventing vertebrate extinctions. Current Biology.
25(6), R219-R221.
-
Muis, S., Gueneralp, B., Jongman, B., Aerts, J., & Ward, P. J.
(2015).
Flood risk and adaptation strategies under climate change and urban expansion: A probabilistic analysis using global data. Science of the Total Environment.
538, 445-457.
-
Deng, X., Singh, R. B., Liu, J., & Gueneralp, B.
(2015).
Physical and economic processes of water scarcity and water allocation for integrated river basin management. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C.
79-82, 1-1.
-
Deng, X., Singh, R. B., Liu, J., & Gueneralp, B.
(2015).
Water use efficiency and integrated water resource management for river basin. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C.
89-90, 1-2.
-
Deng, X., Gueneralp, B., & Su, H.
(2014).
Observations and Modeling of the Climatic Impact of Land-Use Changes. Advances in Meteorology.
2014, 1-2.
-
Castillo, C. R., Gueneralp, I., & Gueneralp, B.
(2014).
Influence of changes in developed land and precipitation on hydrology of a coastal Texas watershed. APPLIED GEOGRAPHY.
47, 154-167.
-
Duer-Balkind, M., Jacobs, K. R., Gueneralp, B., & Basurto, X.
(2013).
Resilience, Social-Ecological Rules, and Environmental Variability in a Two-Species Artisanal Fishery. Ecology and Society.
18(4),
-
Gueneralp, B., Seto, K. C., & Ramachandran, M.
(2013).
Evidence of urban land teleconnections and impacts on hinterlands. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.
5(5), 445-451.
-
Gueneralp, B., & Seto, K. C.
(2013).
Futures of global urban expansion: uncertainties and implications for biodiversity conservation. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS.
8(1), 014025-014025.
-
Gueneralp, B., Gueneralp, I., Castillo, C. R., & Filippi, A. M.
(2013).
Land Change in the Mission-Aransas Coastal Region, Texas: Implications for Coastal Vulnerability and Protected Areas. Sustainability.
5(10), 4247-4267.
-
Seto, K. C., Gneralp, B., & Hutyra, L. R.
(2012).
Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
109(40), 16083-16088.
-
Gueneralp, B., & Seto, K. C.
(2012).
Can gains in efficiency offset the resource demands and CO2 emissions from constructing and operating the built environment?. APPLIED GEOGRAPHY.
32(1), 40-50.
-
Gueneralp, B., Reilly, M. K., & Seto, K. C.
(2012).
Capturing multiscalar feedbacks in urban land change: a coupled system dynamics spatial logistic approach. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design.
39(5), 858-879.
-
Seto, K. C., Fragkias, M., Gneralp, B., & Reilly, M. K.
(2011).
A meta-analysis of global urban land expansion. PLoS ONE.
6(8), e23777-e23777.
-
Gneralp, B.
(2011).
Urban Growth Models in a Fast-Urbanizing World. 29-32.
-
Xu, C., Guneralp, B., Gertner, G. Z., & Scheller, R. M.
(2010).
Elasticity and loop analyses: tools for understanding forest landscape response to climatic change in spatial dynamic models. Landscape Ecology.
25(6), 855-871.
-
Zuidema, P. A., Brienen, R., During, H. J., & Gneralp, B.
(2009).
Do persistently fast-growing juveniles contribute disproportionately to population growth? A new analysis tool for matrix models and its application to rainforest trees. The American Naturalist.
174(5), 709-719.
-
Gueneralp, B., & Seto, K. C.
(2008).
Environmental impacts of urban growth from an integrated dynamic perspective: A case study of Shenzhen, South China. Global Environmental Change.
18(4), 720-735.
-
Goneralp, B.
(2007).
An improved formal approach to demographic loop analysis. ECOLOGY.
88(8), 2124-2131.
-
Guneralp, B., Gertner, G., Mendoza, G., & Anderson, A.
(2007).
Evaluating probabilistic data with a possibilistic criterion in land-restoration decision-making: Effects on the precision of results. Fuzzy Sets and Systems.
158(14), 1546-1560.
-
Gneralp, B., & Gertner, G.
(2007).
Feedback loop dominance analysis of two tree mortality models: relationship between structure and behavior. Tree Physiology: an international botanical journal.
27(2), 269-280.
-
Guneralp, B.
(2006).
Towards coherent loop dominance analysis: progress in eigenvalue elasticity analysis. SYSTEM DYNAMICS REVIEW.
22(3), 263-289.
-
Guneralp, B., & Barlas, Y.
(2003).
Dynamic modelling of a shallow freshwater lake for ecological and economic sustainability. 167(1-2), 115-138.
-
Gneralp, B., Gertner, G., Mendoza, G., & Anderson, A.
(2003).
Spatial Simulation and Fuzzy Threshold Analyses for Allocating Restoration Areas. Transactions in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
7(3), 325-343.
-
Gharaibeh, N. G., Lee, C., Alhalbouni, T., Wang, F., Lee, J., Newman, G., Gneralp, B., & Zandt, S. V.
Quality of Stormwater Infrastructure Systems in Vulnerable Communities: Three Case Studies from Texas. 518-536.
-
Gneralp, B., Reba, M., Hales, B. U., Wentz, E. A., & Seto, K. C.
Trends in urban land expansion, density, and land transitions from 1970 to 2010: a global synthesis. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS.
15(4), 044015-044015.
-
Ren, Q., He, C., Huang, Q., Shi, P., Zhang, D. a., & Guneralp, B.
(2022).
Impacts of urban expansion on natural habitats in global drylands. Nature Sustainability.
5(10), 869-878.
-
book
-
Deng, X., Gneralp, B., Zhan, J., & Su, H.
(2014).
Preface
-
Elmqvist, T., Goodness, J., Marcotullio, P. J., Parnell, S., Sendstad, M., Wilkinson, C., ... Seto, K. C.
(2013).
Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities. Springer Netherlands.
-
Deng, X., Gneralp, B., Zhan, J., & Su, H.
(2014).
Preface
-
chapter
-
Guneralp, B.
(2016).
RESOURCE USE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS. ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF URBANIZATION AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE.
(pp. 77-92).
-
Elmqvist, T., Zipperer, W. C., & Guneralp, B.
(2016).
URBANIZATION, HABITAT LOSS AND BIODIVERSITY DECLINE Solution pathways to break the cycle. ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF URBANIZATION AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE.
(pp. 139-151).
-
Seto, K. C., Dhakal, S., Bigio, A., Blanco, H., Delgado, G. C., Dewar, D., ... Ramaswami, A.
(2014).
Chapter 12 - Human settlements, infrastructure and spatial planning. Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. IPCC Working Group III Contribution to AR5.
Cambridge University Press.
-
Seto, K. C., Dhakal, S., Bigio, A., Blanco, H., Carlo Delgado, G., Dewar, D., ... Zwickel, T.
(2014).
Human Settlements, Infrastructure, and Spatial Planning. CLIMATE CHANGE 2014: MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
(pp. 923-1000).
-
Deng, X., Guneralp, B., Zhan, J., & Su, H.
(2014).
Land Use Impacts on Climate Preface. LAND USE IMPACTS ON CLIMATE.
(pp. V-VI).
-
Deng, X., Gueneralp, B., & Su, H.
(2014).
Systematic Modeling of Land Use Impacts on Surface Climate. LAND USE IMPACTS ON CLIMATE.
(pp. 1-17).
Springer Nature.
-
Fragkias, M., Gneralp, B., Seto, K. C., & Goodness, J.
(2013).
A Synthesis of Global Urbanization Projections. Elmqvist, T., Fragkias, M., Goodness, J., Güneralp, B., Marcotullio, P. J., McDonald, R. I., ... Wilkinson, C. (Eds.),
Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities.
(pp. 409-435).
Springer Nature.
-
Gneralp, B., Tezer, A., & Albayrak, . .
(2013).
Local Assessment of stanbul: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Elmqvist, T., Fragkias, M., Goodness, J., Güneralp, B., Marcotullio, P. J., McDonald, R. I., ... Wilkinson, C. (Eds.),
Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities.
(pp. 291-311).
Springer Nature.
-
Elmqvist, T., Fragkias, M., Goodness, J., Gneralp, B., Marcotullio, P. J., McDonald, R. I., ... Tidball, K.
(2013).
Stewardship of the Biosphere in the Urban Era. Elmqvist, T., Fragkias, M., Goodness, J., Güneralp, B., Marcotullio, P. J., McDonald, R. I., ... Wilkinson, C. (Eds.),
Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities.
(pp. 719-746).
Springer Nature.
-
Gneralp, B., & Seto, K. C.
(2013).
Sub-regional Assessment of China: Urbanization in Biodiversity Hotspots. Elmqvist, T., Fragkias, M., Goodness, J., Güneralp, B., Marcotullio, P. J., McDonald, R. I., ... Wilkinson, C. (Eds.),
Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities.
(pp. 57-63).
Springer Nature.
-
Gneralp, B., McDonald, R. I., Fragkias, M., Goodness, J., Marcotullio, P. J., & Seto, K. C.
(2013).
Urbanization Forecasts, Effects on Land Use, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services. Elmqvist, T., Fragkias, M., Goodness, J., Güneralp, B., Marcotullio, P. J., McDonald, R. I., ... Wilkinson, C. (Eds.),
Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities.
(pp. 437-452).
Springer Nature.
-
McDonald, R. I., Marcotullio, P. J., & Gneralp, B.
(2013).
Urbanization and Global Trends in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Elmqvist, T., Fragkias, M., Goodness, J., Güneralp, B., Marcotullio, P. J., McDonald, R. I., ... Wilkinson, C. (Eds.),
Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities.
(pp. 31-52).
Springer Nature.
-
Guneralp, B.
(2016).
RESOURCE USE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS. ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF URBANIZATION AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE.
(pp. 77-92).
-
conference paper
-
Gneralp, B., Gertner, G., & Anderson, A.
(2006).
Effects of simultaneous incorporation of possibilistic and probabilistic uncertainty on decision making. United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service General Technical Report Pnw.
-
Anderson, A. B., Wang, G. X., Fang, S. F., Gertner, G. Z., Guneralp, B., & Jones, D.
(2005).
Assessing and predicting changes in vegetation cover associated with military land use activities using field monitoring data at Fort Hood, Texas. Journal of Terramechanics.
207-229.
-
Gneralp, B., Gertner, G., & Anderson, A.
(2006).
Effects of simultaneous incorporation of possibilistic and probabilistic uncertainty on decision making. United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service General Technical Report Pnw.
Teaching
teaching activities
- GEOG306 Intro To Urban Geog Instructor
- GEOG380 Wrkshp In Envir Stdies Instructor
- GEOG467 Dyn Mod Earth & Env Sys Instructor
- GEOG476 Gis Practicum Instructor
- GEOG485 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOG491 Research Instructor
- GEOG616 Urban Geography Instructor
- GEOG667 Dyn Mod Earth & Env Sys Instructor
- GEOG681 Seminar Instructor
- GEOG685 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOG685 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOG691 Research Instructor
- GEOG691 Research Instructor
- GEOG691 Research: In-ab Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
-
Guenther, Eric Joseph (2017-07). Using Spectral Analysis Techniques to Identify Characteristic Scales in Digital Elevation Models.
-
Huang, Xiaoyan (2014-08). U.S. Metropolitan Spatial Structure and Employment Growth.
-
Yi, Hoonchong (2017-05). Spatial and Temporal Changes in Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Provision in the San Antonio River Basin, Texas, from 1984 to 2010.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States) 2006
Contact
first name
- Burak
has last name
- Guneralp
mailing address
-
Texas A&M University
Geography
3147 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3147
USA
Other
In the News
- bguneralp@tamu.edu