Publication – SILVIA TAVARES

Implementation of urban climate-responsive design strategies: an international overview

This article was published last February in the Journal of Urban Design. It is the third publication from an international study led by Professor Sanda Lenzholzer in which I have the privilege of taking part.

The full article can be read here; and the other two articles are available here and here.

The art of finishing (and publishing) research projects

This slide is from a presentation delivered last year by Professor Maria Raciti at the UniSC Research Conference.

As so many academics I’ve had many (many!) publications in the pipeline to be (just) finished. The main challenge is when they really just depend on me and no one is waiting for feedback or relying on it to carry on with their life plans – like when my PhD students need me to read their work, for example.

Urban design and planning for extreme heat: an empirical study of built environment professionals’ perceptions in South East Queensland, Australia

This paper was published by our brilliant (now) PhD student Ryan McNeilly Smith. This project, now published in this article, was his Honours project.

The full article is available here.

Valuation of ecosystem services through offsets: Why are coastal ecosystems more valuable in Australia than in Brazil?

This is a not-so-recent publication which came out last year. In this publication Carol Fassina, Diane Jarvis and Anthea Coggan discuss the differences between environmental offset processes in Australia and Brazil.

The full article is available here.

Implementation of the New Urban Agenda on a local level: An effective methodology for human-centred urban design

In 2018 David Sellars and I, along with Planz Town Planning, Milford Planning, Cairns Regional Council, Townsville City Council, Richard Briggs, and Chuck Wolfe, as our Fulbright expert, organised and hosted an Urban Thinkers Campus, a UN-Habitat World Urban Campaign initiative (I wrote about it here and here).

We recently reported our engagement method in a publication in the Journal of Urbanism, as per abstract below.

Integrating Green Infrastructure with Accessible Design to Reduce Heat Stress on Seniors

As part of a project led by Professor Claudia Baldwin which is analysing ways of planning and integrating green infrastructure to mitigate heat stress in aged care facilities located in the Sunshine Coast, we have published a short commentary paper in the Interface section of Planning Theory and Practice.

Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Public Spaces through a Systems Modelling Approach

Even though we have had already a few publications out of our Urban Design and Town Planning in response to COVID-19 project, I realised I failed to publish here about this one. This paper came out a while ago in the Special Issue 2020: A Year without Public Space under the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Australian Urban Design Guidelines: What do we know and what can we learn?

I have recently co-authored an article focused on existing Urban Design Guidelines in Australia. The article has been recently published in the Australian Planner.

Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Parents During COVID-19

I am a bit late to share the news about this publication (and some others!)…

This article has been recently published in Frontiers of Psychology and it was a great experience to work with researchers from different field and geographical locations.

Special Issue Call for Papers: Human Factors and Ergonomics in Cities, Urban Design and Development

This special issue will highlight how the scientific legacy of the HFE discipline has and can continue to contribute to exploring the complex design and development of our cities and towns.

About Dr Silvia Tavares

Urban designer with a background in architecture, urbanism, and building and city science. Brazilian national. Senior Lecturer in Urban Design and Town Planning at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Affiliate member of PIA and registered architect and urbanist in Brazil.

Passionate about interfaces between urbanism, landscape and architecture. Interested in providing evidence through research to produce public open spaces that are thermally comfortable and economically effective, while promoting the good health of users and the natural environments that surround them.

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All opinions and points of view expressed in this website are my own and do not reflect employer or colleagues' opinions.