Prof. Dr. Thomas Hartmann

Thomas Hartmann is the chair of land policy and land management (www.bodenpolitik .de) at the School of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Germany. His research focuses on strategies of municipal land policy, and the relation of flood risk management and property rights. He is also vice-chair of LAND4FLOOD (www.land4flood.eu), and president of the International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights (www.plpr-association.org).