Media and Guest Posts
Websites
Newspaper articles
Opinion piece
Magazine
Guest posts
Radio
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Websites
Brighter – Building a climate-proof future. 28 June 2019. Article about my research on urban microclimates and designing for climate change.
Minds and Hearts (Fulbright) – Thinkers in the Tropical Shade. August 2018. Article about the Urban Thinkers Campus in Cairns and Townsville (co-authored with Charles R. Wolfe and David Sellars)
Public Square (CNU Journal) – Empowering lessons for livable places. 13 July 2018. Article about the Urban Thinkers Campus in Cairns and Townsville (co-authored with Charles R. Wolfe and David Sellars)
Planetizen – Thinkers in the Tropical Shade: Empowering Lessons for Livable Places. 28 June 2018. Article about the Urban Thinkers Campus in Cairns and Townsville (co-authored with Charles R. Wolfe and David Sellars)
Brighter – Committing to a sustainable urban future in the Tropics. 31 July 2017. Article about JCU’s participation in the Habitat-UNI.
Brighter – Built for comfort: Exploring how microclimates impact the economy. 25 July 2017. Interview about the ‘Economic Benefits of Urban Comfort’ research project.
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Newspaper articles
Townsville Bulletin – Talk to an expert: There are theories about how to design good cities, but how can we achieve good outcomes when the cities are already built? 2 August 2019, Townsville, Australia.
Townsville Bulletin – The makings for a centre of attraction. 11 May 2019, Townsville, Australia.
Courier Mail – Scientist seeks to help make Cairns’ urban spaces more attractive to locals and tourists. 2 August 2017, Brisbane, Australia. Article about the project ‘Economic benefits of Urban Comfort’, more on the project here.
Cairns Post – City bid to make best use of space: Urban design specialists help council with options. 2 August 2017, Cairns, Australia. Article about the project ‘Economic benefits of Urban Comfort’, more on the project here.
The Record – Landscape students to revamp preschool. 3 August 2016, Selwyn, New Zealand. Article about the Site Design course project at Lincoln University (LASC 216).
The Record – Turning up the heat on climate change. 19 June 2016, Selwyn, New Zealand. Article about the Urban Climate Adaptation International Study of which Lincoln University has become part of.
The Press – The case for cultural connection in city. 29 April 2015, Christchurch, New Zealand. Article about the need for considering local culture to achieve urban comfort in post-earthquake Christchurch, based upon evidence from my doctorate research.
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Opinion piece
Land8 – Comparing and Contrasting Landscape Architecture in Brazil and New Zealand. 8 July 2014,. Differences on the profession in a country where it is part of Architecture and Urban Design degree (Brazil) and another where it is an independent degree (NZ).
Abode Magazine – Four seasons in one day: creating a liveable city through microclimate design. July/August 2014, Christchurch, New Zealand. (Also published as a Lincoln University Media Release, 17 April, 2014) – Opinion piece about microclimate design considerations on the rebuild of Christchurch Central City.
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Magazine
Mindfood – Changing the future. June 2016, New Zealand – Interview about future changes in urban living.
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Guest posts
Conselho Brasileiro de Lideranças em Placemaking – Placemaking, urbanismo e o futuro dos espaços públicos. 3 April, 2015 (In Portuguese). English version here.
The SoLA Blog – Second year students visit preschool. 18 July 2016.
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Radio
Drive at ABC Brisbane (Queensland) – Heat effects on urban environments. 19 January 2022. Radio conversation about ways of making our cities cooler, plus joint research with Ipswich City Council and Griffith University.
Interview by University of Technology Sydney about how urban spaces and cities will be redesigned and restructured after the COVID-19 Pandemic. 26 May 2020, Sydney (NSW).
Mornings at ABC New Castle (NSW) – Urban Planning and Design post-COVID19. 8 May 2020, New Castle (NSW), Australia. Radio live conversation about the impacts of COVID-19 on the future of public spaces.
News at ABC Sunshine Coast (Queensland) – Urban Planning and Design post-COVID19. 23 April 2020, Sunshine Coast, Australia. Radio conversation about the impacts of COVID-19 on the future of public spaces.
Mornings at ABC Brisbane (Queensland) – Urban Planning and Design post-COVID19. 20 April 2020, Brisbane, Australia. Radio live conversation about the impacts of COVID-19 on the future of public spaces.
Drive at ABC Far North Queensland – City temperatures and city economics. 15 August 2019, Cairns, Australia. Radio live conversation about the relationships between urban planning and design and local strong economies.
Drive at ABC Far North Queensland – Urban Health and Liveability in Tropical Australia Through Urban Diaries and Community Engagement. 05 June 2018, Cairns, Australia. Radio live conversation about the upcoming Urban Thinkers Campus.
Pelotas 13 Horas – Silvia Tavares relata experiências na Nova Zelândia. 05 April, 2013, Pelotas, Brazil (In Portuguese) – Radio live conversation about my experience of living in New Zealand, including perspectives about the Country’s economy, politics, education and recent earthquakes.
SILVIA TAVARES 