Publication – SILVIA TAVARES

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.

The adaptive capacity of public space under COVID‐19: Exploring urban design interventions through a sociotechnical systems approach

COVID‐19 had a dramatic impact on public spaces. New approaches to urban design are needed and in this work we provide insights to reestablish access to public spaces while ensuring they remain available under all conditions.

The Integration of Safety Values and Measures in the Design of Resilient Public Spaces / A Integração de Valores e Medidas de Segurança no Projeto de Espaços Públicos Resilientes

For a few years now I’ve had the goal of publishing at least one article per year in Portuguese, my mother tongue. In 2020 I had the great pleasure of publishing an article in the Projectare journal, which is published in my alma mater UFPel. Read more…

Urban Design and Economic Growth: An Analytical Tale of Two Tropical Cities

I have recently had an article published in collaboration with two colleagues from James Cook University, where I worked until January 2020. Read more…

Two recent book chapters published in the book ‘Architecture in Millieu Tropical’

In October 2019 I have the great honour of being a keynote speaker at the conference ‘Architecture in Millieu Tropical: Construire le Paysage, entre Pratique et Recherche’ which took place at ENSAM (École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Montpellier) in La Réunion. Read more…

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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