René E. Ulloa-Espíndola
René is a researcher and a consultant
I hold a Ph.D. in City, Territory and Sustainable Planning from Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2017-2022) and Ph.D. in Project Planning for Rural Development and Sustainable Management from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (2019-2024); a Master's degree in Business Administration from Escuela Politécnica Nacional Quito-Ecuador (2016); a degree in Geography and Environmental Engineer from Escuela Politecnica del Ejército (2010).
He is a researcher specialized in water and sanitation, geo-marketing and geographic techniques aimed at solving phenomena related to the spatial behavior of variables that determine customer behavior, competition, society, urban and rural systems, environment, planning and sustainable management.
Head of Cadastre Department and Researcher coordinator in Dept. of Research, Development, and Innovation (EPMAPS Agua de Quito)
I collaborate in research projects with the SILVANET Research Group, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, 2018. External Collaborating Researcher and, Space Research Center of the University of the Armed Forces ESPE,
CREATIVITY TOOLKIT E CERTIFIED CONSULTANT INNOVATION.
Lead Assessor ISO 14k, 9K
Advisor to the National Polytechnic School for the United Nations Habitat III.
Specialist in environmental, urban and socio-economic modeling, the sustainability of basic supply systems.
Publications
Ulloa-Espíndola, R.; Martín-Fernández, S. Location of the most adequate urban land use areas minimizing their impact on nature areas applying AHP. Land Use Policy 2024.
Ulloa-Espíndola, R.; Cuyo-Cuyo, J.; Lalama-Noboa, E. Towards Rural Resilience: Assessing Future Spatial Urban Expansion and Population Growth in Quito as a Measure of Resilience. Land 2023, 12, 335. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020335
Ulloa-Espíndola, R.; Lalama-Noboa, E.; Cuyo-Cuyo, J. Toward Sustainable Urban Drainage Planning? Geospatial Assessment of Urban Vegetation Density under Socioeconomic Factors for Quito, Ecuador. Geographies 2022, 2, 397-418. https://doi.org/10.3390/geographies2030025
Ulloa-Espíndola, R.; Martín-Fernández, S. Simulation and Analysis of Land Use Changes Applying Cellular Automata in the South of Quito and the Machachi Valley, Province of Pichincha, Ecuador. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9525. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179525
Ulloa-Espíndola, R., & Pérez-Albert, Y. (2021). Validation of an urban growth prediction model in Quito (Ecuador) built using evidence weights and cellular automata. EURE - Latin American Journal of Regional Urban Studies, 48(144). doi: https://doi.org/10.7764/EURE.48.144.06
2018 Geospatial Magazine ISSN: 1390-3993. Ulloa-Espíndola, R.; Lalama-Noboa, E.; Geo-forecasts of rural-urban growth for the study of drinking water demand - lecture at the congress of urban studies flacso ecuador - nov. 2017.
2016 Spanish Academic Editorial ISBN-13: 978-3-659-70118-4 ISBN-10: 3659701181 EAN: 9783659701184. Ulloa-Espíndola, R.; Book: Human Mobility Study Based on Geo-marketing techniques - presentation at Habitat III Quito 2016.
2016 Geospatial Magazine ISSN: 1390-3993. Ulloa-Espíndola, R.; Evaluation of the precision obtained from the RINEX data of a GPS Navigator.
2010 Fundación Desde el Surco – Fundación Coca-Cola. Applying the Self-Sustaining Comprehensive Agriculture (GIA) approach as an incentive for water source protection in high Andean communities in Ecuador.