People

• Ph.D., West Virginia University, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, Human and Community Development, specialization in Landscape Architecture/Environmental Planning, 2022
• Graduate Certificate, West Virginia University, GIS and Spatial Analysis, 2019
• Master’s Degree in Architecture, University of Florence, School of Architecture, Italy, 2002

• Geospatial Analysis and Spatial Decision Support: Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Remote Sensing; Spatial Analysis; Geodesign; Spatial Decision Support; Suitability Analysis; Scenario Planning
• Resilience, Social-Ecological Systems, and Ecosystem Services: Climate Adaptation; Coastal Resilience; Community Resilience; Social-Ecological and Socio-Technological Systems; Ecosystem Services; Social Vulnerability; Environmental Justice
• Urban, Landscape, and Environmental Planning and Design: Urban Planning and Urban Design; Landscape Planning and Design; Land-Use Planning; Environmental Planning; Infrastructure Planning; Green Infrastructure; Nature-Based Solutions; Green, Gray, and Hybrid Infrastructure
• Landscape Change, Characterization, and Regeneration: Landscape and Land-Use Change; Land-Use Science; Landscape Character Assessment; Ecological Restoration and Rehabilitation; Post-Extractive Landscapes; Brownfield and Post-Industrial Regeneration; Rural and Regional Transformation

A Geospatial Approach to Aid in Transitioning the Southern Appalachian Coalfields to a Renewable and Sustainable Energy Sector, 2023–2028

Co-Principal Investigator. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Hatch Research Project. Landscape Mapping and Planning for Sustainable Outdoor Recreation Development in West Virginia, 2023–2028

Co-Principal Investigator. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Hatch Research Project. Inter- and Trans-disciplinary Approach to Community Design, Planning and Development, 2023–2028

Co-Principal Investigator. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Hatch Research Project. RE-CYCLE: New Life Cycles for Architecture and Infrastructure of City and Landscape, 2013–2015

Research Fellow, University of Trento. Fellowship within the Italian national PRIN RE-CYCLE research program, focused on the transformation and redesign of architecture, infrastructure, and open spaces at urban and territorial scales. A Study of the Evolution of the Trentino Landscape / Trentino: From Landscape Transformations to Pilot Projects, 2011–2012

Funded Research Contract, University of Trento / Autonomous Province of Trento. InfrA22scape / ALPS Biennale Paesaggio – A22 Motorway: Infrastructure, Landscape, and Energy, 2010–2011

Research Fellow, University of Trento. Multi-phase research examining relationships among motorway infrastructure, landscape, and energy, including the development of prototypes, design strategies, and landscape-based approaches to infrastructure transformation. Rotaliana-Königsberg Territorial Research and Planning Studies, 2015–2016

Funded Research Contract, University of Trento, supporting territorial research and preparation of the Rotaliana-Königsberg Community Spatial Plan. A22 Highway – Noise Barrier and New Motorway Service Areas, 2016

Funded Research Contract, University of Trento. Coordination of design activities and development of guidelines for infrastructure and motorway service areas. Ski Areas and Landscape Redevelopment in Trentino, 2014–2015

Research Consultant, Trentino Landscape Observatory / Trentino School of Management. Two consecutive funded research/consultancy appointments addressing landscape impacts, technical solutions, and pilot projects associated with ski-area development and management.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Cribari, V., Staniscia, S., & Nahyan, M. (2025). Mapping landscape characters through spatial data and multivariate analysis: The case of the Coal River Watershed in West Virginia, USA. Landscape Research, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2025.2552993
• Cribari, V., Strager, M. P., Geneletti, D., & Yuill, C. (2022). Analyzing the interactions among multiple ecosystem services in a rural mining region in Central Appalachians. Ecosystems and People, 18(1), 189–211. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2022.2043445
• Cribari, V., Strager, M. P., Maxwell, A. E., & Yuill, C. (2021). Landscape changes in the Southern Coalfields of West Virginia: Multi-level intensity analysis and surface mining transitions in the headwaters of the Coal River from 1976 to 2016. Land, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/land10070748
• Staniscia, S., Yuill, C., & Cribari, V. (2020). Four plus one dimensions of transferability: Defining a framework for the application of landscape characterization in the USA. City, Territory and Architecture, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40410-020-00116-9
• Cribari, V., Mattiucci, C., & Staniscia, S. (2016). Dicotomie di un territorio tra fondovalle e montagna [Dichotomies of a territory between the valley floor and the mountains]. Scienze del Territorio, 4, 163–171. https://doi.org/10.13128/Scienze_Territorio-19402

Edited Volumes

• Cribari, V., & Del Signore, M. (Eds.). (2017). Seven Strategies for Urbanism. University of Trento Press–LISt, Trento, Italy.
  Battaino, C., Cacciaguerra, G., Costantini, M., Cribari, V., Diamantini, C., Revolti, A., Staniscia, S., & Zecchin, L. (Eds.). (2016). Nuovi cicli di vita per architetture e infrastrutture del paesaggio Trentino [New life cycles for architecture and infrastructure of the Trentino landscape]. Aracne Editrice. ISBN 978-88-548-9906-3.

Book Chapters and Essays

• Diamantini, C., Cribari, V., & Staniscia, S. (2016). Re-cycle. Un’esperienza alla scala di territorio: il tratto della Valle dell’Adige a nord di Trento [Re-cycle: An experience at the territorial scale—the section of the Adige Valley north of Trento]. In C. Battaino, G. Cacciaguerra, M. Costantini, V. Cribari, C. Diamantini, A. Revolti, S. Staniscia, & L. Zecchin (Eds.), Nuovi cicli di vita per architetture e infrastrutture del paesaggio Trentino (pp. 22–73). Aracne Editrice.
• Cribari, V. (2016). Ecologie per il progetto contemporaneo: tra aspettative e metodo [Ecologies for contemporary design: Between expectations and methods]. In V. Cribari & M. Del Signore (Eds.), Seven Strategies for Urbanism. University of Trento Press–LISt, Trento, Italy.
• Cribari, V. (2015). Un treno che genera paesaggi: progetto per la nuova ferrovia Trento–Tione [A train that generates landscapes: The project for the new Trento–Tione railway line]. In P. Scaglione & G. Sgaramella (Eds.), Spostamenti Intelligenti, verso nuovi paesaggi ecologici. LISt, Rovereto, Italy.
• Cribari, V., & Staniscia, S. (2014). Le trasformazioni del paesaggio agricolo della Rotaliana-Königsberg: potenzialità progettuali nell’ambito del recycling [The transformations of the Rotaliana-Königsberg agricultural landscape: Design potentials in the domain of recycling]. In P. Misino & M. Manigrasso (Eds.), Orditure del Terzo Spazio. Dal Consumo di Suolo al Riciclo delle Aree Produttive Agricole (pp. 121–135). Aracne Editrice, Rome.
• Cribari, V. (2013). From machine society to the infrastructural landscapes: The new relational devices of the osmotic infrastructure. In G. Scaglione & M. Ricci (Eds.), A22 New Ecologies for the Osmotic Infrastructures. LISt, Trento, Italy.
• Cribari, V. (2010). Scenari urbani a sud, verso un’altra immagine: dal disastro alla riconversione [Urban scenarios in the South, toward another image: From disaster to redevelopment]. In P. Scaglione (Ed.), Cosengeles. Piccole metropoli spontanee. LIStLab, Trento–Barcelona.v