About Luna Khirfan
I am an architect-turned-urban planner focused on climate justice and heritage. With graduate degrees in archaeology and planning, I research co-design, daylighting urban streams, and equitable adaptation. I’ve authored two books, 27 journal articles, and contributed to IPCC and UN reports. I co-lead research on African informal settlements.Selected Publications
[* indicates student co-authors]Luna Khirfan (accepted). Advancing Climate Justice through Deep Inclusion: Adaptation Planning for Nature-Based Solutions to Climate-Induced Hazards. Chapter in “Climate Justice in the Earth: Research, Movements, and Institutions in Actions for Empowerment”, under contract with CRC Press. Edited by Francesca Peroni and Massimo De Marchi, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Climate Justice, the University of Padova, Luna Khirfan (forthcoming, March 2025). Deliberative methods for cultural ecosystem services: Lessons from the field. Chapter 24 in ““The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Ecosystem Services”, edited by: Pamela D. McElwee, Karen Allen, Rachelle K. Gould, Minna Hsu, and Jun He. Pages: 310-326, Khirfan, L. (2024). Mapping the Solution Space for Climate Action: The Role of Urban Planning and Design, Chapter 5 in the World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action. UN-HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya. Pages 125-156., Tapan Dhar* and Luna Khirfan (2023). A Sixfold Urban Design Framework to Assess Climate Resilience: Generative Transformation in Negril, Jamaica. PLOS One.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287364
Recent Courses Taught
PLAN 309: Site Planning and Design, PLAN 313: Community Design Studio, PLAN 346: Public Participation and Mediation, PLAN 408/648: Seminar on Urban Design
Luna Khirfan
Associate Professor