John P. Zacharias

Chair Professor Peking University at the College of Architecture & Landscape. Founder of the Peking University Laboratory of Urban Process Modelling and Applications. Board member and Director for the Americas, Associated Research Centres for Urban Underground Space (ACUUS).
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BIO

Professor Zacharias was the Founder and Director of Urban Planning Programme, Concordia University (Montreal) from 1990-2002.  He also was Chair of Geography, Planning and Environment Program (Concordia University) 2002-2005 and served as an Associate Professor at Concordia University. Dr. Zacharias research on pedestrianization has led to several international collaborations, many related to the urban underground space (Rotterdam, Osaka, Paris, San Francisco, Tianjin, Shanghai, Beijing).