Anne Hecker

Anne Hecker is a Lecturer at Université de Lorraine (formerly Nancy2), specializing in urban geography, transport planning, and historical GIS applications. Her research focuses on the interplay between mobility patterns and urban development, particularly in the context of reurbanization, transport wastelands, and metropolitan transitions.

• Education: Bachelor's and Master's in Geography (Metz/Nancy2), DEA in Geography (Nancy2), PhD in Geography (University of Paris 4 Sorbonne, 2004)

Key research areas include:

• Mobility-oriented urban growth
• Historical GIS for analyzing urban-mobility links
• Reconversion of urban transport wastelands
• Urban-river relations and heritage reconciliation
• Participatory mapping and temporal analysis
• Security implications of landscape transitions

Her publications span from 2012 to 2024, with recent emphasis on spatial-temporal analysis of commercial evolution, historical infrastructure, and urban renewal projects. Notable contributions include GIS-based studies on transport orientations and urban transitions.