Prof. Portnov holds PhD (1st Russian Doctoral Degree) in Urban and Regional Planning from the Central Research Institute of Town planning (1987; Moscow, USSR) and D.Sc. (2nd Russian doctoral degree) in Urban and Regional Planning from the Moscow Architectural Institute (1994). Since 2012, he holds the position of a Full Professor at the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Haifa (tenured). Prof. Portnov chairs the Departmental PhD Committee. Research interest of Prof. Portnov include Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Urban and Regional Planning; Real Estate Valuation and Management; Spatial data analysis, Population Geography, and Environmental Epidemiology. Prof. Portnov authored or edited (alone and with others) 7 books and 160+ refereed articles and book chapters.

• Geographic Information Systems
• Urban planning
• Population geography
• Real estate valuation and management

• Portnov BA, Erell E (2001) Urban Clustering: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Location. Ashgate, Aldershot, 317 pp.
• Haim A, Portnov BA (2013) Light Pollution as a New Risk Factor for Human Breast and Prostate Cancers, Springer, Dordrecht, 168 pp. (Invited book by the publisher).
• Felsenstein D, Portnov BA (Eds.) (2005) Regional Disparities in Small Countries. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 337 pp.
• Portnov BA, Ingene C, Akron S (2016) Long-term natural cycle momentum and housing price changes in Israel, 1995-2013, Journal of Real Estate Research 38(3): 393-422.
• Portnov BA, Trop T, Svechkina A, Ofek S, Akron S, Ghermandi A (2018) Factors affecting homebuyers’ willingness to pay green building price premium: evidence from a nationwide survey in Israel, Building and Environment 137: 280-291.

Chairman of the Departmental PhD Committee.

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Environmental Research
• 3-Dimentional Environmental Modelling
• Geo-statistical Analysis
• Urban Environment
• Sustainable Development
• Regional and Business Location