Erwin Durbiano

Erwin Durbiano serves as an External Lecturer at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) at Polytechnic University of Turin, where he has functioned as Course Collaborator for Urban Planning modules across Architecture programs since 2019/2020. His teaching spans Master's courses like City, Territory, Landscape and Architecture for Sustainability, as well as Bachelor-level workshops in Architecture.

His research centers on Urban and Regional Planning with specialized focus on metropolitan-rural interfaces, climate change adaptation in alpine regions, and sustainable territorial development. Key interests include green infrastructure networks, historic urban conservation, and spatial configurations of rural-urban territories, often drawing on case studies from Piedmont, Italy.

Analysis of his 2017-2023 publications reveals consistent engagement with climate-tourism dynamics in Alpine spaces, metropolitan-rural integration models, and green infrastructure applications. His work demonstrates interdisciplinary approaches bridging environmental science, spatial planning, and cultural landscape preservation, particularly through collaborations with Federica Corrado on Cuneo-area case studies.

Dr. Durbiano maintains active research partnerships with scholars including Philipp Corradini, Andrea Omizzolo, and Alberto Di Gioia, contributing to projects on intermunicipal valley services and sustainable territorial systems through publications in PLANUM, POLITICHE PIEMONTE, and DISLIVELLI.