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Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Büttner

Postal address

Postal:
Arcisstr. 21
80333 München

Focus Areas

Benjamin Büttner has worked at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning since July 2010. He received his PhD in engineering after having completed a German Diploma in geography. He currently works in the fields of accessibility planning and decision and policy making. Urban and transport planning, as well as governance, are the foci of his professional skills. He led multiple research projects ranging from regional to European level. He is an active reviewer for multiple high profile research journals, a regular participant in governance discussions (INZELL initiative, EMM) within the region of Munich, and he contributed to the COST Action TU 1002 on Accessibility Instruments for Planning Practice. Currently Benjamin Büttner is heading a research group on accessibility planning and has been designated co-chair of the NECTAR Accessibility cluster since 2018. Additionally, since 2019 he is coordinator of the EIT Urban Mobility “Doctoral Training Network”.

Curriculum

since 2023 Deputy Chair Holder of the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning 
since 2023 Editorial Board Member "Sustainable Future", Elsevier, Oxford (UK) 
2023 Visiting Researcher and Lecturer at Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne
since 2021 Deputy Chair Holder of the CHair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning, Technical University of Munich 
since 2021 Editorial Board Member "Journal of Transport Geography", Elsevier, Oxford (UK)
since 2020 Founding Co-Editor-in Chief of the "Journal of Urban Mobility", Elsevier, Oxford (UK) 
since 2019 Head of the EIT Urban Mobility “Doctoral Training Network
since 2018 Co-Chair of the NECTAR Accessibility Cluster
2018 Visiting Reseracher and Lecturer at University College London, London (UK) 
since 2017 Head of Research Group “Accessibility Planning” and Academic Council
2016 Dissertation: “Consequences of Sharp Increases in Mobility Costs on
Accessibility – Suggestions for
Individual and Public Development Strategies”
since 2010 Research Associate at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning
2010 Diploma thesis: "Erreichbarkeit innerhalb der Europäischen Metropolregion
München- ein Exkurs des Status Quo anhand gesamträumlichen,
teilräumlichen sowie nahräumlichen GIS-basierten Erreichbarkeitsanalysen"
2008 - 2009 Working student at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning
2005 - 2008 Various internships at companies including Siemens Ltd. China, BMW Group
(Inzell Initiative – P+R regional) and at the Department of Urban Planning
and Building Regulation, City of Munich (VKS EMM)
2004 - 2010 Studied Geography with a concentration in human geography and the focus areas urban development, regional planning and communications sciences at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich
2004 Abitur

Projects

ongoing CLEAR - City LivEAbility by Redesign (more information)
  GOAT 3.0 (more information)
  EMMA - Empowering multimodal and intermodal accessibility (more information)
  ASTUS - Alpine Smart Transport and Urbanism Strategies (more information)
  Zugang zur Bahn (more information)
2016 WAM - Wohnen, Arbeiten, Mobilität in der Metropolregion München
2013 - 2014 MOR€CO II - Handlungsempfehlungen für öffentliche Akteure zur Reaktion auf steigende Mobilitätskosten im
MVV-Raum
2012 - 2013 Better Airport Regions
2011 - 2012 MOR€CO I: Untersuchung der künftigen Wohn- und Mobilitätskosten für private Haushalte in der Region München
  Stress Tests for a Sustainable Mobility: An Accessibility Approach
2009 - 2011 Effekte der Tram 23 auf Siedlungsstruktur und Mobilität
2009 - 2010 Erreichbarkeitsatlas für die Europäische Metropolregion München (EMM)

Publications

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

  • Büttner, B., Kinigadner, J., Ji, C., & Wright, B. (2018). The TUM accessibility atlas: Visualizing spatial and socioeconomic disparities in accessibility to support regional land-use and transport planning. In Networks and Spatial …. Springer. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11067-017-9378-6

2017 

  • Brömmelstroet, M. te, Nicolaisen, M. S., & Büttner, B. (2017). Experiences with transportation models: An international survey of planning practices. Transport Policy. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X16302888
  • Büttner, B. (2017). Consequences of sharp increases in mobility costs on accessibility: Suggestions for individual and public development strategies. Dissertation, München, Technische ….
  • Wulfhorst, G., Büttner, B., & Ji, C. (2017). The TUM Accessibility Atlas as a tool for supporting policies of sustainable mobility in metropolitan regions. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856417303907

2016 

2015

  • Kinigadner, J., Bentlage, M., & Wenner, F. (2015). No longer monocentric, not yet polycentric-On changes of spatial structure and mobility in the Munich Metropolitan Region. XIII NECTAR …. https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1277827

2014

  • Büttner, B., Zhao, J., Thierstein, A., & Wulfhorst, G. (2014). When growth stresses development. Interdependencies between housing, employment and mobility in the Munich metropolitan region. In RSAI …. mediatum.ub.tum.de. https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1273264/document.pdf

2012 

2010 

  • Büttner, B., Keller, J., Wulfhorst, G., Lintner, P., & Mentz, H. (2010). Ein Erreichbarkeitsatlas für die Europäische Metropolregion München. In … Metropolregion München, TUM.
  • Wulfhorst, G., Büttner, B., & Keller, J. (2010). Ein Erreichbarkeitsatlas für die europäische Metropolregion München. In München. 
  • Büttner, B., Zhao, J., Thierstein, A., Wulfhorst, G., & Förster, A. (n.d.). Migration and Commuting–Consequences for Local Labour and Housing Markets.

Presentations

2019

  • Büttner, B.: Access to Rail: The Influence of Comfort on Accessibility. NECTAR conference in Helsinki, Finland.

2018

  • Büttner, B.: Improving decision-making through accessibility instruments. Workshop at Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford, UK.
  • Büttner, B.: Accessibility planning for sustainable and resilient cities. Presentation at Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford, UK.
  • Büttner, B.: Improving decision-making through accessibility instruments. Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK.
  • Büttner, B.: Improving decision-making through accessibility instruments. Socially Just Planning, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London (UCL), UK.
  • Büttner, B.: Accessibility instruments for low CO2 scenarios: Towards land-use and transport policies tackling climate change. AESOP congress in Gothenburg, Sweden.

2017

  • Büttner, B.: Accessibility Planning as a Key to Social Justice. Socially Just Planning, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London (UCL), UK.

2016

  • Büttner, B.: The TUM Accessibility Atlas as a tool for fostering decision making processes on sustainable mobility in the metropolitan region of Munich. 14th WCTR 2016, Proceedings. Shanghai.
  • Büttner, B.: WAM - residence - work - mobility: Future perspectives for the Munich Metropolitan Region. 14th WCTR 2016, Proceedings. Shanghai. 

2015

  • Büttner, B.: Consequences of Sharp Increases in Mobility Costs on Accessibility: Suggestions for Local and Regional Development Strategies. NECTAR International Conference 2015 in Ann Arbor, USA. 

2014

  • Büttner, B.: Determination of regional Resilience by Means of the Vulnerability Assessment in the Face of Rising Fuel Prices. International Conference on Resilience in Urban and Regional Development. From Concept to Implementation. Berlin, Germany.

2013

  • Büttner, B.: The impact of sharp increases in mobility costs analysed by means of the Vulnerability Assessment. 13th WCTR 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Büttner, B.: Ensuring accessibility to daily activities for different population segments in respect of sharp increases in mobility costs. NECTAR 2013 International Conference in Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal.

2012

  • Büttner, B.: Better Airport Regions: Accessibility as a key to govern sustainable development. Zurich, Switzerland
  • Büttner, B.: Accessibility Instruments for Planning Practice: EMM Accessibility Instrument. Guest Lecture in Enschede, The Netherlands
  • Büttner, B., te Brömmelstroet, M., Zakowska, L.: Presentation on the Process Protocoll: Insights from Workshops in Breda and Naples. COST TU1002 MC Meeting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Büttner, B.: The impact of sharp increases in mobility costs analysed by means of the Vulnerability Assessment: Case studies on an individual and regional level for the Region of Munich. MOR€CO Conference in Lyon, France
  • Büttner, B.; Franz, S.: MOR€CO - Mobility and Residential Costs: Improving Settlement Development in the Transnational Alpine Space Region. REAL CORP 2012 in Schwechat, Österreich
  • Büttner, B.; Priester, R.: Tramway renaissance in Munich - Effects of the new tram 23 on urban structure and mobility behavior. mobil.TUM 2012 in München, Deutschland

2011

  • Büttner, B.: Ein Erreichbarkeitsatlas für die EMM. EMM e.V. 2.Mitgliederversammlung in Unterföhring, Deutschland
  • Büttner, B.: Cost scenarios - What will happen if energy prices increase sharply? MOR€CO Winter School in Ljubljana, Slovenien
  • Büttner, B.: Stess tests for a sustainable mobility: An accessibility approach. NECTAR Conference 2011 in Antwerpen, Belgien

Activities and Memberships

Current ARL - Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung
  COST - Accessibility instruments for planning practice in Europe
  EMM – European Metropolitanregion of Munich
  Inzell Initiative – Regional Governance
  NECTAR - Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research

Abroad Experience

2018 Supervision of Master and PhD students at University College London (UCL) and
University of Westminster in London, UK within Erasmus+ program
2005 Internship at Siemens Ltd. China in Peking