Biography

Prof. Beniamino Mugrante

Department of Engineering

University of Basilicata

Professor

Email: [email protected]


Qualifications

2001 PhD., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Pisa

1998 B.S. & M.S., Engineering and Urban Design, University of Basilicata, Italy


Research Interests

Urban and Regional Planning

Sustainable Urban Development


Publications (Selected）


  1. Murgante, B., Patimisco, L., & Annunziata, A. (2024). Developing a 15-minute city: A comparative study of four Italian Cities-Cagliari, Perugia, Pisa, and Trieste. Cities, 146, 104765. ISSN: 0264-2751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104765  
  2. Murgante, B., Valluzzi, R., & Annunziata, A. (2024). Developing a 15-minute city: Evaluating urban quality using configurational analysis. The case study of Terni and Matera, Italy. Applied Geography, 162, 103171. ISSN: 0143-6228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103171 
  3. Annunziata, A., Scorza, F., Corrado, S., & Murgante, B. (2024). Unveiling intra-rural divides: investigating decline and prosperity in rural areas. The case study of southern Italy. European Planning Studies, 32, 1478-1505. ISSN: 0965-4313. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2024.2335312  
  4. Murgante, B., Annunziata, A., & Tonini, M. (2025). Developing a taxonomy framework for assessing human capital provision: A case study of Southern Italian municipalities. Applied Geography, 179, 103640. ISSN: 0143-6228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103640 
  5. Murgante, B., & Annunziata, A. (2025). Application of the 15-Minute City Criteria to a Metropolitan Area. International Journal of E-Planning Research, 14, 1-40. ISSN: 2160-9918. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijepr.371757 
  6. Molaei Qelichi, M., Ghasemi, K., Tepei, E., & Murgante, B. (2025). Mapping trends in urban livability research: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis. Journal of Planning Literature, 39(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/08854122241312181  
  7. Petrova-Antonova, D., Murgante, B., Malinov, S., Nikolova, S., & Ilieva, S. (2025). Walkability analysis of Sofia's neighborhoods powered by 15-minute city concept. Cities, 165, 106171. ISSN: 0264-2751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106171  
  8. Saganeiti, L., Fiorini, L., Zullo, F., & Murgante, B. (2023). Urban dispersion indicator to assess the Italian settlement pattern. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 51, 1322-1337. ISSN: 2399-8083. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083231218779
  9. Murgante, B., Borruso, G., Balletto, G., Saganeiti, L., Pilogallo, A., Scorza, F., Arghittu, A., Castiglia, P., & Dettori, M. (2022). A methodological proposal to evaluate the health hazard scenario from COVID-19 in Italy. Environmental Research, 209, 112873. ISSN: 0013-9351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.112873
  10. Saganeiti, L., Amato, F., Nole, G., Vona, M., & Murgante, B. (2020). Early estimation of ground displacements and building damage after seismic events using SAR and LiDAR data: The case of the Amatrice earthquake in central Italy, on 24th August 2016. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 51, Article 101924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101924
  11. Saganeiti, L., Mustafa, A., Teller, J., & Murgante, B. (2020). Modeling urban sprinkling with cellular automata. Sustainable Cities and Society, Article 102586. 12 Impact Factor https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102586
  12. Scorza, F., Pilogallo, A., Saganeiti, L., Murgante, B., & Pontrandolfi, P. (2020). Comparing the territorial performances of renewable energy sources' plants with an integrated ecosystem services loss assessment: A case study from the Basilicata region (Italy). Sustainable Cities and Society, 56, Article 102082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102082
  13. Elfadaly, A., Attia, W., Qelichi, M. M., Murgante, B., & Lasaponara, R. (2018). Management of Cultural Heritage Sites Using Remote Sensing Indices and Spatial Analysis Techniques. Surveys in Geophysics, 39(6), 1347-1377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-018-9489-8 
  14. Martellozzo, F., Amato, F., Murgante, B., & Clarke, K. C. (2018). Modelling the impact of urban growth on agriculture and natural land in Italy to 2030. Applied Geography, 91, 156-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.12.004 
  15. Amato, F., Tonini, M., Murgante, B., & Kanevski, M. (2018). Fuzzy definition of rural urban interface: An application based on land use change scenarios in Portugal. Environmental Modelling & Software, 104, 171-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.03.016
  16. Amato, F., Pontrandolfi, P., & Murgante, B. (2015). Supporting planning activities with the assessment and the prediction of urban sprawl using spatio-temporal analysis. Ecological Informatics, 30, 365-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2015.07.004



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