Research interests:

Multi-locality of working. I have investigated the emerging workplaces and related socio-spatial characteristics, within urban regions and cities. I have explored urban spaces and technologies which are integrated into new working practices and arrangements. There is a call for a new understanding of the reasons why people work in multiple places. We defined them multi-local workers. More over, I have focused on how the disappearance of the traditional functionalist divisions between housing, work and services challenges urban and regional planning as well as governance structures.

Sustainability, ecology and biodiversity in strategic and land use planning. I have conducted doctoral and post-doctoral studies on knowledge gaps on Green infrastructures and Ecosystem services within the land use changes as well as the knowledge gap between academics and practitioners. My research interest also focuses on understanding the ‘discourse formations’ between all the actors involved in policy-making processes and planning when dealing with green infrastructure, ecosystem services and urban development.

Planning in the age of Web 2.0 – real and virtual participation. This study focuses on the new ways that social media (such as Facebook and Twitter) and Web 2.0 platforms stimulate full active participation and collaboration in the planning processes.

Architecture and planning education: how to support skills, knowledge and experiences in interdisciplinary and inter-professional context. The research aims to provide an understanding of skills, knowledge and experiences that are required to become proficient in the careers of architects and planners (both academics and professionals). The research also focuses on what kind of curriculum is needed in architecture and planning education.

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Download the presentation here: 2017 POLIMI Greening strategies in compact cities.

Between the most relevant works one finds the conception of the index of urban habitability, the definition of the green urban corridors network of Barcelona, the Mobility and Public Space Plan of Vitoria-Gasteiz and an active collaboration in the conceptual definition of Superblocks urban model at BCNecologia.

On the other hand, it is a habitual referee in seminars and international congresses as well as teacher in diverse university másters (URL – La Salle, UdG, Elisava, + CEU San Pablo).

She works in the research programme Urban Technology – team Climate Resilient Cities that closely works together with professionals from the field. The aim of this team and her work is to support young professionals and urban professionals at local and national governments turning localized climate adaptation into practice.

Speakers:

\\ Cynthia Echave, Agencia de Ecología Urbana de Barcelona
Green Infrastructure Planning in Compact Cities. The case of Barcelona, Spain

\\ Carlo Gasparrini, Università degli Studi di Napoli
Sustainable Infrastructure in Urban planning and design in Naples

\\ Kimmo Lapintie, Mina Di Marino, Aalto University Helsinki
The ecosystem infrastructure of the new metropolitan masterplan of Helsinki, Finland

Discussant: Giulia Marra, Caio Penko

Keywords: green infrastructures, landscape and regional planning, ecosystem services, metropolitan scale

More info can be founded here and here.