Ole Fryd

Ole Fryd

2011: PhD, University of Copenhagen , 2005: MSc Urban Design, Aalborg University

  • Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C

20082019

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Ole Fryd is Associate Professor in Urban and Environmental Planning. His research focuses on the integration of strategic planning, physical urban design and environmental sustainability with a special emphasis on integrated urban water management and the planning and design of urban green infrastructure.

Ole Fryd has an interdisciplinary and context-based approach to urban environmental challenges and tries to support a better way forward through seminars, publications and projects on the ground. He continuously explores the role of urban green spaces as a means to address grand global challenges such as climate change, urbanisation and the provision of safe water and sanitation in developed and developing countries.

His professional experience includes positions as a researcher, lecturer, planner and consultant in Australia, Denmark, Greenland and Thailand.

See some of the recent work he did in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in this video.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Keywords

  • Urban planning
  • Urban landscapes
  • Climate change
  • Coastal change
  • Urban water

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