Department: Geografía e Historia

PhD program: Programa Oficial de Doctorado en Desarrollo Regional

Universidad: University of La Laguna

Area: Physical Geography

Research group: GEORIESGOS Grupo de Estudios en Ordenación Territorial y Riesgos (GEORIESGOS)

Email: jdiazpac@ull.edu.es

Área de Investigación: Artes y Humanidades

Doctor by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with the thesis Ciudades, autómatas celulares y sistemas complejos evaluación de un modelo dinámico de cambio de usos de suelo urbano de Madrid 2015. Supervised by Dr. Javier Gutiérrez Puebla, Dr. Juan Carlos García Palomares.

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Professor and researcher in Physical Geography at the University of La Laguna and member of the Chair for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilient Cities. His research focuses on the territorial analysis of natural hazards, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and emergency planning, with particular attention to island territories and urban and coastal areas. His research career has been strongly based on the application of Geographic Information Systems, spatial analysis, risk mapping, and territorial modelling. His early research focused on the dynamic simulation of land-use change using cellular automata and complex systems, as well as urban sprawl, land-use monitoring, and their territorial and environmental implications. Subsequently, these tools and approaches have been increasingly applied to the analysis of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability to natural and climate-related risks. He has participated in research projects and contracts addressing flooding and coastal storms, extreme weather events, climate change, volcanic risk, wildfires, territorial resilience, and emergency planning, mainly in the Canary Islands and other island territories, including Cabo Verde. His recent research also addresses multi-hazard risk assessment, climate change impacts, urban vulnerability, and the identification of adaptation measures, including spatial analysis and accessibility assessment for climate shelters. His research has a strong applied and knowledge-transfer orientation towards public administrations, particularly through the development of risk maps and scenarios, emergency and civil protection plans, decision-support tools, and territorial strategies for climate adaptation and resilience. Research lines: - Climate change, adaptation, and territorial resilience. - Disaster risk reduction and multi-hazard risk assessment. - Hazard, exposure, and vulnerability assessment. - Emergency planning and civil protection. - Geographic Information Systems, spatial analysis, and risk mapping. - Climate-related risks in island, urban, and coastal territories.