Maya Donelson, M.Sc
Umweltgerechte Stadt- und Infrastrukturplanung
Professional Focus
Strategies and Instruments for Sustainable Planning
River Restoration and Watershed Management
Cooperative and Participatory Planning Processes
Integrated Resource Management
Professional Background
Since 2017
Research Associate at the HafenCity University in the Department of “Environmentally Sound Urban and Infrastructure Planning” led by Prof. Dr. –Ing. Wolfgang Dickhaut
2016-2017
Consultant for Sustainable Building at a°blue GmbH in Hamburg, Germany
2013-2016
Studies in Resource Efficiency in Architecture and Planning at the HafenCity University in Hamburg, Germany
2008-2012
Urban Agriculture Project Manager and Educator in San Francisco, California and Bogota, Colombia
2007-2008
Rooftop Resources Project Intern at Bay Localize in Oakland, California
2006-2007
Assistant of Ecological Architecture at T.I.A. Architects in Amherst, Massachusetts
Research
Dissertation with the working title - Urban Rivers: Participation for Enhanced Ecological Restoration
Master’s Thesis - Small Towns Matter: Integrated Resource Management to Support the Revitalization of Small Town Centers – The Case of Colrain, Massachusetts
Teaching
M.Sc. Resource Efficiency in Architecture and Planning (in English):
Methods of Integrated Urban Planning
Project III: Cairo’s Urban Transformation
Project II: Sustainable Urbanism
B.Sc. Urban Planning (in German):
Project II: Urban Riverscapes: Improving Ecological Quality through Better Planning and Participation?
M.Sc. Civil Engineering (in German):
Urban Flowing Waters
Q-Studies (in German):
e-Animate Hamburg: Animals in the City!
Kontakt
Henning-Voscherau-Platz 1
20457 Hamburg
Raum 2.007
maya.donelson(at)hcu-hamburg.de
Tel.: 040-42827-5237