About
Yves Marc Räth is a Ph.D. researcher at the ETH Zürich within the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatic Engineering (D-BAUG). His work intersects urban morphology, historical settlement analysis, and network modeling.
- Education: MSc in Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems (2018-2020), BSc in Geography (2015-2018) at University of Zurich
Research focuses on urbanization patterns, settlement network evolution, and geospatial time series analysis. Key projects include the EMPHASES study on socio-ecological systems and HistoRiCH research on historical river landscapes.
Recent publications analyze settlement archetypes through ResearchGate projects, with a 2025 Cities journal article identifying five distinct urban development pathways on the Swiss Plateau since 1899. His 2023 Scientific Reports study examines morphological homogeneity in small settlements near urban centers.
Current affiliations include:
- Ph.D. Researcher at Institute for Spatial and Landscape Development
- Visiting Scholar at Urban Systems Lab, New York City (2024)
- Contributor to Swiss transport planning at INFRAS and EBP
Technical expertise spans:
- Historical map digitization
- Building footprint analysis
- Commuter flow modeling
- Predictive urban archetypes
