Marco Chitti, Université de Montréal

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Université de Montréal profile.

Infrastructures de transport Aménagement du territoire Urbanisation et aménagement dans les pays en développement Gestion de projets Canada Italie Palestinien Occupé, Territoire Coopération internationale

Latest papers

Jericho, Palestine: From pilgrims to gamblers, a global oasis city always ‘on the map’
Cities · 2024 · first author
Contesti di cooperazione internazionale e circolazione delle idee nelle pratiche di pianificazione urbana tra profili professionali e possibili apprendimenti
ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI · 2021 · senior author
Emerging trends in urbanizing Palestine: neglected city-builders beyond the occupation
Urban Geography · 2019 · first author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

New urban trends in Palestine: Local challenges, regional influences, and global aspirations of emerging city builders in the West Bank
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$39,178

All 1 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Jericho, Palestine: From pilgrims to gamblers, a global oasis city always ‘on the map’

Marco Chitti, Sarah Moser

Cities20241 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2024.105338

02

Contesti di cooperazione internazionale e circolazione delle idee nelle pratiche di pianificazione urbana tra profili professionali e possibili apprendimenti

Daniela De Leo, Marco Chitti

ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3280/asur2021-131003

03

Emerging trends in urbanizing Palestine: neglected city-builders beyond the occupation

Marco Chitti, Sarah Moser

Urban Geography20198 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2019.1596706

04

L’assistance technique Nord-Sud en urbanisme : circulation de modèles ou circulation d’urbanistes ?

Marco Chitti

Les Annales de la Recherche Urbaine20184 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.3406/aru.2018.3273

New urban trends in Palestine: Local challenges, regional influences, and global aspirations of emerging city builders in the West Bank

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Chitti, Marco

Keywords: Globalization; Urban planning; Palestine; Mega-projects; New Cities; Middle-East

$39,178

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Sarah Moser

Department of Geography

2 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Infrastructures de transport Dear Professor Chitti, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Jericho, Palestine: From pilgrims to gamblers, a global oasis city always ‘on the map’" (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "New urban trends in Palestine: Local challenges, regional influences, and global aspirations of emerging city builders in the West Bank" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]