1 Personal Information / Informação pessoal

Name / Nome                                                           Sara Maria dos Santos Rodrigues da Cruz

Nationality / Nacionalidade                                      Portugal

Telephone / Telefone                                               +351 22 5081903 (work)

Email                                                                       scruz@fe.up.pt

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1776-4985

Ciência ID: 5117-E386-A9CE

National Representative of the Council of Representatives of AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning) - Period 2024-26 (and 2020-22)  

Member of Thematic Group AESOP – Public Spaces and Urban Cultures

Member of the Portuguese Association of Urbanism

 

2 Research Interests / Áreas de interesse na investigação

Main research interests focus on urban planning, development and management, in particular research into: the urban space and processes that shape it, its social and psychological significance, meanings and values of public spaces, agencies of urban change, and implications of urban change for the communities (and certain vulnerable groups) and for the environment, as well as, transformative climate adaptation and climate action.

Currently supervising doctoral and master candidates on public space, urban resilience and green areas in urban centres.

 

3 Academic degrees / Formação académica

2004   PhD in Civil Engineering (Urban Planning); Thesis Title: ‘Utopic fragments in the chaotic city: closed condominiums in Greater Oporto’; Faculty of Engineering in the University of Oporto, Portugal

1994      MSc in Civil Engineering; Faculty of Engineering in the University of Oporto, Portugal

1991      Degree in Civil Engineering – Planning; Faculty of Engineering in the University of Oporto, Portugal

 

4 Work experience Experiência profissional

2004 - …             Assistant Professor at Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

1995 - 2004       Lecturer at Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

1994-1995         Working in urbanism in several projects and plans of planning; TECNOPOR – Technical Consultants, Lda, Oporto – Portugal

1992                 Working in the conception and design of structures of civil engineering; Engineering and Services, Lda, Oporto – Portugal

 

5 Academic activity Atividade docente

2013     Visiting professor at the University Agostinho Neto in Angola, Master Course of Environmental Engineering

2004 - 2020 Assistant professor at the Territorial Planning and Environment Division, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Oporto, Oporto - Portugal

1995 - 2004 Lecturer at the Territorial Planning and Environment Division, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Oporto, Oporto - Portugal

 

6 Scientific Research Activity / Atividade de investigação científica

Research projects / Projetos de investigação

2022-2024 | CAOP - Climate Adaptation for Older People living in Vulnerable Urban Areas. Designing a climate-responsive and community-based methodology, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Ref: PTDC/GES-URB/2038/2021

2021-2023 | DYNAMICITY - Fostering Dynamic Adaptation of Smart Cities to Cope with Crises and Disruptions. Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte – P2020|Norte2020 - Projetos Integrados ICDT. Ref: NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000073. 

2019-2023 | COST CA18204 – Dynamics of placemaking and digitalization in Europe’s cities; Financial support: European Commission (22/11/2019 – 21/11/2023)- Substitute Member of MC. https://www.placemakingdynamics.eu/

2019-2023 | COST Action CA18126 – Writing Urban Places. New Narratives of the European City; Financial support: European Commission (15/03/2019 – 14/03/2023) – Participant in WG2. https://writingurbanplaces.eu/

2018-2020 | SPLACH – Spatial Planning for Change; Financial support: Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) e Portugal 2020. https://projectsplach.up.pt/

2018-2019 | MOBI-AGE – Promoting Urban Mobility in Ageing Populations; Financial support: FCT-MIT Portugal - MITEXPL/STS/0065/2017. https://mobiage.dec.uc.pt/

2017-2020 | ERA4CS/0001/2016 project – CITIZEN SENSING: Urban Climate Resilience through participatory risk management systems, Financial support by JPI Climate and co-funded by European Union (coordinator of Portuguese team).https://citizensensing.itn.liu.se/

2016-2018 | MIA – Metabolic Impact Assessment: from concept to practice; Financial support: FCT (PTDC/ECM-URB/5973/2014) 

2013-2017 | COST Action TU1204 – People Friendly Cities in a Data Rich World; Financial support: European Commission

2008-2011 | SUME – Sustainable Urban Metabolism for Europe; Financial support: European Commission FP7

2009-2010 | SUPER-CITIES – Sustainable Land Use Policies for Resilient Cities; Financial support: FCT / URBAN-NET network URBAN/AUR/0002/2008

2005-2008 | ICON – The impact of Closed Condominiums on Urban Form; Financial support: FCT: POCI/ECM/60475/2004

2005-2006 | IMP3 – IMProving the IMPlementation of Environmental IMPact assessment; Financial support: European Commission FP6

  

7 Publications / Publicações

7.1 Papers in international scientific journals

Corgo, J., CRUZ, S.S., Conceição, P. (2024) Nature-based solutions in spatial planning and policies for climate change adaptation: A literature review. Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02052-1   

Figueiredo, T., Midão, L., Rocha, P., CRUZ, S., Lameira, G., Conceição, P., et al. (2024) The interplay between climate change and ageing: A systematic review of health indicators. PLoS ONE 19(4): e0297116. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297116 

Sousa, A., CRUZ, S. S., Breda-Vázquez, I. (2024) “Understanding Transformative Capacity to Boost Urban Climate Adaptation: A Semi-Systematic Literature Review”, Ambio. 53: 276–291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01940-2 

CRUZ, S., Graça, M., Conceição, P., Neset, T., Juhola, S. (2023) Exploring the affective dimension in citizen science to support urban climate adaptation: a conceptual Framework, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2271162

Bomfim, l., CRUZ, S. (2023) Understanding Spatial Cognition for designing pedestrian wayfinding systems: development of practical guidance, U.Porto Journal of Engineering, Special Issue: Education and Research in Spatial Planning: Perspectives and Challenges. 9:2, 132-157, ISSN 2183-6493, https://doi.org/10.24840/2183-6493_009-002_002081  

Graça, M, Cruz, S, Monteiro, A, Neset, T-S (2022) Designing urban green spaces for climate adaptation: A critical review of research outputs. Urban Climate, 42, art. no. 101126. DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101126

Neset, T-S, Navarra, C, Graça, M, Opach, T, Wilk, J, Wallin, P,  Andersson, L, Santos Cruz, S, Monteiro, A, Rød, J (2022) Navigating urban heat – Assessing the potential of a pedestrian routing tool. Urban Climate, Volume 46. ISSN 2212-0955. DOI:10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101333.

Opach, T, Rød, J, Navarra, C, Neset, T-S, Wilk, J, Cruz, S, Joling, A (2022) Identifying relevant volunteered geographic information about adverse weather events in Trondheim using the CitizenSensing participatory system. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 0(0). DOI: 10.1177/23998083221136557

Alves, Fernando; Cruz, Sara; Rother, Sophia; Strunk, Tino. (2021) "An Application of the Walkability Index for Elderly Health—WIEH. The Case of the UNESCO Historic Centre of Porto, Portugal" Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4869. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094869

Madureira, H, Monteiro, A, Cruz, S (2021) Where to Go or Where Not to Go — A Method for Advising Communities during Extreme Temperatures. Climate, 9(49). https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9030049

Neset, T-S, Wilk, J, Cruz, S, Wallin, P, Andersson, L (2021) Co-designing a citizen science climate service. Climate Services, 24.DOI: 10.1016/j.cliser.2021.100273

Alves, F., Cruz, S., Ribeiro, A., Bastos Silva, A., Martins, J. Cunha, I. (2020) Walkability Index for Elderly Health: A Proposal, Sustainability, 12(18), 7360. DOI: 10.3390/su12187360. 

Lopes, M. Santos Cruz, S. Pinho, P. (2020) The Publicness of Contemporary Urban Spaces: A Comparative Study Between Oporto and Newcastle. Journal of Urban Planning and Development. 146(4) DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000608

Lopes, M; Santos Cruz, S; Pinho, P (2019) Revisiting Publicness in Assessment of Contemporary Urban Spaces, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 145(4). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000521. 

Santos Cruz, S., Roskamm, N., Charalambous, N. (2018) Inquiries into public space practices, meanings and values, Journal of Urban Design, 23(6), 797-802, DOI:10.1080/13574809.2018.1525289. (Editors of Special Issue)

Pinho, P; Oliveira, V; Santos Cruz, S; Barbosa, M (2012) "Metabolic Impact Assessment for urban planning", Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 56(2), pp 178-193.

Pinho, P.; S. McCallum, S. Santos Cruz (2010) ´A critical appraisal of EIA screening practice in EU Member States', Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 28(2), 91-107.

Santos Cruz, S., Pinho, P. (2009) 'Closed Condominiums as Urban Fragments of the Contemporary City', European Planning Studies, 17(11), 1685-1710.

As Guest Editor of Special Issues

Santos Cruz, S., Roskamm, N., Charalambous, N. (2018) Themed Issue: Becoming Local, Journal of Urban Design, 23(6), 797-802, DOI:10.1080/13574809.2018.1525289. (Editors of Special Issue)

Brandão Alves, F., Santos Cruz, S. (2018) Special Issue: ‘Planning and Ageing for Age-friendly’ Communities’, Urban Science, 2(3). https://www.mdpi.com/journal/urbansci/special_issues/age-friendly_communities (Editors of Special Issue)

 7.2 Books

Santos Cruz, S., Brandão Alves, F., Pinho, P (2015) Becoming Local: Generative Places, Smart Approaches, Happy People, Citta 8^th Annual Conference on Planning Research, September 24^th-25th (ISBN: 978-972-752-195-1).

Santos Cruz, S., Brandão Alves, F., Pinho, P (2013) Planning and Ageing: Think, Act and Share Age-Friendly Cities, Citta 5^th Annual Conference on Planning Research, May (ISBN: 978-972-752-153-1).

7.3 Chapters of Books

Graça, M, Neset, T-S, Juhola, S, Cruz, S (2022) Supporting Urban Climate Adaptation Governance Through Citizen Sensing. World Sustainability Series, pp. 177 – 191. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86304-3_11

Ribeiro, A. S. N., Bastos, A., Alves, F. B., Cruz, S., Cunha, I., & Martins, J. P. (2021). Promoting urban mobility in ageing populations. Transport in Human Scale Cities. Edward Elgar (in press).

Santos Cruz, S; Costa, J.P; Sousa, S; Pinho, P (2012) "Urban Resilience and Spatial Dynamics", Eraydin, A; Taşan-Kok, T, in Resilience Thinking in Urban Planning, Dordrecht, Springer, pp 53-70, ISBN: 978-94-007-5476-8.

Oliveira, V; Martins, A; Santos Cruz, S (2012) "Evaluating urban policies from a resilient perspective: the case of Oporto", Eraydin, A; Tasan-kok, T, in Resilient thinking in urban planning, Dordrecht, Springer, pp 161-78, ISBN: 978-94-007-5476-8.

7.4 Papers in conference proceedings

Corgo, J., CRUZ, S., Conceição, P. (2023) “Nature-based solutions in spatial planning and policies for climate change adaptation: a literature review”, Symposium of Spatial Planning - 5^th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE). 15-16 June. FEUP - Porto.

Sousa, A., CRUZ, S. (2023) “Exploring carrying, adaptive, and transformative capacities through an evolutionary tale of environmental policies”, Symposium on Spatial Planning, 5^th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE). 15^th – 16^th June. FEUP - Porto.

Santos CRUZ, S. (2020) “Appropriation as Transformative, Manipulative and Affective”, in Conference booklet Meaningfulness, Appropriation and Integration of/in City Narratives, p 29-33.      

Monteiro, A., Cruz, A., Conceição, P., Malafaya, F., Gonçalves, P., Opach, T, Simone Neset, T. (2019) “Contributo para uma maior e melhor percepção e consciência dos Riscos Climáticos. Citizen Sensing - O caso do Porto”, IV Conferência P3DT Descentralização & Desenvolvimento, Ermesinde, 11-12 April, 2019. ISBN: 978-989-8969-15-6 

Ribeiro, A. S. N., Bastos, A., Alves, F. B., Cruz, S., Cunha, I., & Martins, J. P. (2019). MOBI-AGE: Promoting urban mobility in ageing populations. ‘Spatial Planning for Change’ 12th CITTA International Conference on Planning Research. 19th – 20th September, 2019.

Ribeiro, A. S. N., Bastos, A., Alves, F. B., Cruz, S., Cunha, I., & Martins, J. P. (2019). MOBI-AGE: Promoting urban mobility in ageing populations. Special Session Friendly spaces and mobility for ageing, AESOP Annual Congress ‘ Planning for Transition’, 9-13 July 2019,  pp 3946- 3954. University of Venice, Venice, Italy.

Ribeiro, A. S. N., Bastos, A., Alves, F. B., Cruz, S., Cunha, I., & Martins, J. P. (2019). Promoting urban mobility in ageing populations. The 15th Biennial NECTAR Conference, 5-7 June, 2019, p 142. Helsinki, Finland. https://www.helsinki.fi/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nectar2019_abstract_book.pdf 

Ribeiro, A. S. N., Bastos, A., Alves, F. B., Cruz, S., & Cunha, I. (2019). MOBI-AGE- Promoção da Mobilidade e Acessibilidade para Idosos. 9th Portuguese Road Congress, National Civil Engineering Laboratory, Lisbon, Portugal 10pp. http://www.crp.pt/docs/A54S218-9CRP_Artigo_107.pdf

Monteiro, A., Cruz, S., Conceição, P., Gonçalves, P., Malafaya, F. (2018) “Citizen Sensing: pode um Sistema participativo de gestão de risco contribuir para a resiliência urbana?”, XVI Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia, 5-7 October 2018, Lisboa. ISBN: 978-972-636-275-3 (E-Book)  DOI: 10.33787/CEG20190003.

Vaz R, Cruz SS (2015) Public Spaces as Places of Informal Appropriation. In: CITTA 8th Annual Conference on Planning Research, 25th September, Porto, Portugal, pp. 13-27.

Lopes, M; Santos Cruz, S; Pinho, P (2012) "The Changing Publicness of Urban Spaces", in EURAU 2012 – Public Space and the Contemporary City, 12-15 September, Porto, Portugal, pp 10.

Pinho, P.; Oliveira, V.; Santos Cruz, S.; Barbosa, M. (2011) ‘Bringing urban form and urban metabolism into planning – the SUME Project’, in P. Pinho, V. Oliveira (eds.) Bringing city form back into planning, FEUP Edições, Porto, ISBN: 978-972-752-133-3.

Santos Cruz, S., Pinho, P., Ferreira, M. (2009) The impact of Closed condominiums in the urban and structure of metropolitan areas, CITTA 1st Annual Conference on Planning Research. FEUP edições, pp 159-174, ISBN: 978-972-752-111-1.

7.5 Technical Reports

Ribeiro, A., Bastos, A., Alves, F., Santos Cruz, S., Cunha, I., Martins, J.P (2020) MOBIAGE - Promoting urban mobility in ageing populations, Final Report.

Wilk, J., Neset, T., Andersson, L., Conceição, P., Gonçalves, P., Maarse, M., Monteiro, A., Rod, J., Santos Cruz, S. (2019) Stakeholder Interaction Manual – Part III. Deliverable 2.7, Citizen Sensing Project.

Wilk, J., Neset, T., Andersson, L., Conceição, P., Gonçalves, P., Maarse, M., Malafaya, F., Monteiro, A., Rod, J., Santos Cruz, S.,Zijderveld. (2019) Stakeholder Interaction Manual II. Deliverable 2.4, Citizen Sensing Project.

Wilk, J., Andersson, L., Santos Cruz, S., Neset, T., Rod, J., Zijderveld. (2019) Summary brief of outcomes based on the 1st round of stakeholder Interactions. Deliverable 2.3, Citizen Sensing Project.

Santos Cruz, S. (2019) Local Governance Strategies related to climate risk management - Deliverable D2.2. Citizen Sensing Project.

Santos Cruz, S. (2018) Local Governance Strategies related to climate risk management - Deliverable D2.2. Citizen Sensing Project.

Wilk, J., Andersson, L., Opach, T., Santos Cruz, S., Wilkner, J. (2018) Stakeholder Interaction Manual - Part 1. Deliverable 2.1, Citizen Sensing Project.

Pinho, P, Santos Cruz, S, Oliveira, V, Barbosa, M, Silva, M (2011), Planning resource-efficient cities, SUME Synthesis Report, SUME project.

Pinho, P, Santos Cruz, S, Oliveira, V, Barbosa, M, Silva, M (2011), Report on Approaches and Strategies for a Metabolically Sustainable City, Deliverable D3.3, SUME report.

Pinho, P, Santos Cruz, S, Oliveira, V, Barbosa, M, Silva, M (2010) Good practice guide on assessing impacts of urban structures on urban metabolism, Deliverable D3.2, SUME project.

Pinho, P, Santos Cruz, S, Oliveira, V, Barbosa, M, Silva, M (2010) Manual of Evaluation Methodologies, Deliverable D3.1, SUME project.

Pinho, P., Santos Cruz, S., Oliveira, V., Martins, A (2010) SUPERCITIES - Sustainable Land Use Policies for Resilient Cities , URBAN/AUR/0002/2008.

Cornaro, A., Correia, M., Dallhammer, E., Hilding-Rydevik, T., Lexer, W, Mayer, S., Pinho, P., Santos Cruz, S. (2005) (IMP)³ Policy Options. D 5.2 Final Report, Project funded by the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission.

Mayer, S., Correia, M., Pinho, P., Santos Cruz, S., Hrnčárová, M., Lieskovská, Z., Palúchová, K. (2005) (IMP)³ Projects subject to EIA D 2.4 Report WP 4, Project funded by the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission.

7.6 Other publications

Santos Cruz, S. (2020) Dystopian Narratives, in Vademecum: 77 Minor Terms for Writing Urban Places, K Havik, K Pint, S Riesto H Steiner (Eds), pp 70-71. nai010 Publishers, Rotterdam. 

Santos Cruz, S. (2020) Heteronym, in Vademecum: 77 Minor Terms for Writing Urban Places, K Havik, K Pint, S Riesto H Steiner (Eds), pp 82-83. nai010 Publishers, Rotterdam. 

Santos Cruz, S. (2020 Multiperspectivity, in Vademecum: 77 Minor Terms for Writing Urban Places, K Havik, K Pint, S Riesto H Steiner (Eds), pp 112-113. nai010 Publishers, Rotterdam. 

Pinho, P (coordination) (2002) Atlas da Área Metropolitana do Porto, AMP, Laboratório de Planeamento do Território e Ambiente. Publication in CD-ROM (as a member of the technical team).

7.7 Thesis Teses

Santos Cruz, S (2004) "Utopic fragments in the chaotic city: the case of closed condominiums in Greater Oporto", Phd thesis, Faculty of Engineering, University of Oporto.

Santos Cruz, S. (1994) Comportamento Dinâmico de Pontes Ferroviárias em Vias de Alta Velocidade. Master in Structures in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Oporto.

7.8 Oral communications in scientific meetings by invitation

Santos Cruz, S. (2020) "Appropriation as transformative, Manipulative and Affective", in online conference “Meaningfulness, Appropriation and Integration of/in City Narratives” took place on Tuesday, 17 November 2020.

Santos Cruz, S. (2019) “Do Planeamento à Gestão da Cidade” - Citizen Sensing – Urban Climate Resilience through Participatory Risk Management Systems, invited for Ciclo de Inovação Fora de Portas – Conferences, 3rd December 2019, Municipality of Porto, Portugal.

Santos Cruz, S. (2019) “O Mundo ao Contrário - Reflexão sobre alguns desafios”, invited for 1º Congresso da Associação de Urbanistas Portugueses, 7-8 November 2019, Coimbra.

Santos Cruz, S. (2019) ‘Geographies of Age: the case of the city of Porto’, Geographies of Age. Older people’s access to housing and urban life”, in AESOP Annual Conference, 11th July, Venice.

Santos Cruz, S. (2018) ‘Citizen Sensing: Urban Climate resilience through participatory risk management system’, Clima 2018, Universidade do Algarve, 22-23 Novembro.

Santos Cruz, S. (2016) ‘Desafios do Planeamento Urbano’, I Jornadas de Urbanismo, Paços de Ferreira, 29 de Abril.

Santos Cruz, S. (2012) Ordenamento do Território, podemos decidir?, Conversas sobre Ambiente, Fundação de Serralves, 15 de Março.

Santos Cruz, S. (2009) 'Estratégias de Planeamento para Reduções de Emissões de CO2', Colóquio O Ambiente e a Cidade, Câmara Municipal de V.N. Gaia, 17 Setembro.

Pinho, P; S. Santos Cruz (2006) ´(IMP)3 - Melhorar a Implementação da Avaliação de Impacte Ambiental no quadro Europeu´, CNAI - 2ª Conferência Nacional de Avaliação de Impactes, Castelo Branco - Portugal.

7.9 Other oral communications in scientific meetings

Mehan, A., Gonçalves, P., Monteiro, A., Conceição, P., Santos Cruz, S. (2019) “Citizen Sensing - Development of a participatory risk management system”, 12th CITTA International Conference on Planning Research, 19-20 September, 2019, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal.

Santos Cruz, S. (2019) ‘Insights on Urban Identity through Change’, AESOP Annual Conference – Planning for Transition, 9-13 July 2019, Venice.

Santos Cruz, S., Conceição, P., Monteiro, A., Malafaya, F., Gonçalves, P. (2019) Can Citizen Sensing contribute to Adaptive Governance?, ECCA2019 European Climate Change Adaptation Conference, 28-31 May, Lisbon.

Santos Cruz, S. (2018) ‘Local Governance strategies for urban climate resilience: the Citizen Sensing project’, AESOP annual congress – Making Spaces for Hope, 10-14 July.

Santos Cruz, S. (2017) ‘Citizen Sensing – Urban Climate Resilience through Participatory Risk Management Systems, CITTA 10^th Annual Conference on Planning Research, May 2017.

Santos Cruz, S; Vaz, R. (2017) ‘Appropriations of urban spaces: stories from one city’, Participatory Urbanism 2017, 6-8 April, Brussels.

Martins, A., Santos Cruz, S., Pinho, P (2015) ’Contribution of resilience thinking to the spatial planning of dispersed territories’, AESOP Conference - Definite space – fuzzy responsibility, 16^th July, Prague.

Lopes, M; Santos Cruz, S; Pinho, P (2014) "The Changing Publicness of Urban Spaces", in AESOP Conference: From control to co-evolution, 9-12 July, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Lopes, M; Santos Cruz, S; Pinho, P (2012) "Using Publicness as a Public Space Transdisciplinary Analysis Tool", in Ambivalent Landscapes, 6-7 December, Lisbon, Portugal.

Pinho, P., Oliveira, V., Santos Cruz, S., Barbosa, M. (2010) 'Bringing urban form and urban metabolism into planning - the SUME project', 24th AESOP Annual Conference, 7-10 July, Finland.

Pinho, P., Santos Cruz, S., Oliveira, V., Martins, A. (2010) 'Evaluating urban policies from a resilient perspective', 3rd CITTA Annual Conference, Faculty of Engineering, 14th May.

Pinho, P., Santos Cruz, S., Oliveira, V., Barbosa, M. (2010) 'Bringing urban form and urban metabolism into planning - the SUME project', 3rd CITTA Annual Conference, 14th May, Faculty of Engineering, Oporto.

Santos Cruz, S., Brandão Alves, F. (2010) 'Fragmentation in dispersed settlements in the metropolitan area of Oporto: two comparative case studies', PLIC (Public Life In-Between Cities) Conference, June, Haifa - Israel.

Santos Cruz, S., Pinho, P., Oliveira, V., Martins, A. (2010) 'A Resilient Perspective in the Evaluation of Land-Use Policies', 24th AESOP Annual Conference, 7-10 July, Finland.

Santos Cruz, S., Pinho, P. (2009) The impact of closed condominiums in the urban form and structure of metropolitan areas, CITTA 1st Annual Conference on Planning Research. FEUP edition, 159-174.

Santos Cruz, S., Pinho, P. (2008) Privately governed neighbourhoods, presentation at the AESOP Annual Conference of the Association of European Schools of Planning, Chicago, 7-13 July.

Santos Cruz, S., Pinho, P. (2008) The impact of closed condominiums in the urban form and structure of metropolitan areas, 44th ISOCARP Congress, 19–23 September, Dalian - China.

Pinho, P., Santos Cruz, S., Ferreira, M. (2007) ´The impact of closed condominiums in the form and structure of metropolitan areas´, Conference Private Urban Governance & Gated Communities, 5-8 June, Université de Paris.

Santos Cruz, S (2007) Responsive Planning Policies for Closed Condominiums, AESOP 2007, July, Naples, Italy.

Oliveira, V., Santos Cruz, S., Corte-Real, B., Sousa, F., Pinho, P. (2006) ´The impact of closed condominiums in the urban form - a methodological approach´, ISUF - International Seminar of Urban Form, 2-5 September, Stockholm.

Pinho,P., Santos Cruz, S., Correia, R., Mayer, S. (2006) A Critical Appraisal of EIA screening in EU Member States, IAIA - 2006 Stavanger, Norway, 23 - 27 May.

Santos Cruz, S., Pinho, P (2006) Glocal Urban Products: glimpses of our postmodern urbanism, paper presented at Planning Research Conference Global Places, Local Spaces, 5-7 April, London

Santos Cruz, S., Pinho, P (2005) Closed condominiums or the new urban fragments, paper presented at the AESOP Annual Conference of the Association of European Schools of Planning, 13-17 July, Vienna

7.10 Posters in scientific meetings

Monteiro, A., Santos Cruz, S., Conceição, P., Malafaya, P., Gonçalves, P., Opach, T., Navarra, C. (2019) Increasing citizens’ perception and awareness of climate risks – a case study in Porto, (Poster) ECCA 2019 - European Climate Change Adaptation Conference, Lisbon, 28-31 May, 2019

Sousa, F., Santos Cruz, S., Pinho, P. (2009) 'Uma aplicação da Análise de Dados Multivariados ao estudo do impacto dos condomínios fechados na forma urbana', XVII Congresso Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística, 30 Setembro - 3 Outubro, Sesimbra.

 

8. Organization of Conferences / Organização de Conferências

CITTA 8th Annual Conference on Planning Research – Becoming Local: Generative Places, Smart Approaches, Happy People, in FEUP – Porto, 24-25 September, 2015.

CITTA 5th Annual Conference on Planning Research – Planning and Ageing: Think, Act and Share Age-friendly Cities, in FEUP – Porto, 18 May, 2012.

As General Secretary of the Local Organizing Commitee of the 45th Internacional Congress of ISOCARP (International Society of City and Regional Planners), - 'Low Carbon Cities' in FEUP - Porto, 18 - 22 October, 2009. 

CITTA 1st Annual Conference on Planning Research – Evaluation in Planning, in FEUP – Porto, 30 May, 2008.

1st and 2nd Ciclos de Cinema e Urbanismo da Secção de Planeamento do Território e Ambiente. FEUP, Maio/Junho 2008 (organization – Frederico Moura e Sá, Ricardo Cardoso, Sara Santos Cruz, Vítor Oliveira / Comissariado Cultural FEUP).

3rd Ciclo de Cinema e Urbanismo da Secção de Planeamento do Território e Ambiente. FEUP, Maio/Junho 2008 (organization – Ruben Fernandes, Sara Santos Cruz, Sílvia Sousa, Vítor Oliveira / Comissariado Cultural FEUP).

Conferência: "O Desafio da Expansão do Metro do Porto", Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Dezembro de 2007 (organização: Paulo Pinho, Sara Santos Cruz).

Conferência/Aula: "Plano de Pormenor / Avenida D. Pedro IV”, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, 2 Abril de 2014 (organização: Sara Santos Cruz).

 

9. Supervision of thesis Orientações de teses

PhD Supervision  / Orientações de teses de doutoramento 

2021 | Ana Martins – ‘Resilient Territories. The case of Ave Valley Region’, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Supervisor).

2015 | Miguel Lopes – ‘The Publicness of Urban Spaces’, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Co-supervisor). 

(in progress)

- Daniela Bemfica –‘Avaliação da Sustentabilidade Hídrica Urbana no Sul Global’, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Supervisor).

- Ana Sousa - Boosting the transformative capacity of urban climate adaptation strategies. The role of Policy Articulation (Supervisor)

- Daniel Boris - Nourishing Urban Resilience Through City-Region Food System Approach. An Analysis of the Entre-Douro-e-Minho Agrarian Region (supervisor)

- João Corgo - Monitoring and evaluation of nature-based solutions effectiveness in addressing climate adaptation (Supervisor)

Msc Thesis / Teses de Mestrado

2023       Jeff Anderson - "Cidades Circulares e Sistema Alimentar: três casos de estudo na cidade do Porto". Mestrado em Planeamento e Projecto Urbano (MPPU).

2023     Isadora Santilli Neves - "Spatial Planning and Climate Justice: A case study in Ho Chi Minh City" - Mestrado em Planeamento e Projecto Urbano (MPPU).

2022     Amanda Cavalcante - "Justiça Climática nas Estratégias e nos Planos de Adaptação às Alterações Climáticas: Estudo de Caso do Porto" Mestrado em Planeamento e Projecto Urbano (MPPU)

2022     Francisco Ricardo - "Vertical Urban Agriculture in the Contemporary City" Mestrado em Engenharia Civil (MEC).

2022     Lara Bomfim - "Understanding Spatial Cognition for Designing Pedestrian Wayfinding Systems - A Case Study in Oporto City". Mestrado em Planeamento e Projecto Urbano (MPPU).

2022     João Gabriel Ferreira - "The Role of Children in Urban Planning: Contributions from an Experimental Participatory Approach in a School in Matosinhos". Mestrado em Planeamento e Projecto Urbano (MPPU).

2021     Juliana Martins - "Analysis of Tourism Capacity in Historic Centres: The Case of Porto". Mestrado em Planeamento e Projecto Urbano (MPPU).

2021     Carolina Amador - "Aglomerados urbanos informais e o papel do estado: os casos brasileiros Itapoã, Varjão e Telebrasília". Mestrado em Planeamento e Projecto Urbano (MPPU).

2021    Bruna Oliveira  -"Planejamento Participativo –As narrativas que transformam o lugar". Mestrado em Planeamento e Projecto Urbano (MPPU).

2020     Mariza de Alencar, "Talking Walls: Exploring Graffiti as 'Artivism' in Public Spaces", (15th July) Master in Urban Planning and Project MPPU – FEUP (17 valores).

2019     Daniel Boris Maia, "Integrating Food into Urban Planning – Contributions to promote food self-sufficiency in Porto” (4th October), Master in Urban Planning and Project MPPU – FEUP (18 valores).

2019     Louise Brunet, “Urbanismo Tático e o Planejamento Urbano: ações e reações no contexto da cidade contemporânea’, (2nd October), Master in Urban Planning and Project MPPU – FEUP (17 valores).

2019     Isabela Arantes Brito, “A Cidade Fala: As mudanças de paradigmas, as insurgências urbanas e o caso do Largo da Batata’, (16th July), Master in Urban Planning and Project MPPU – FEUP (14 valores).

2018     Fernando Ceratti, ‘O contributo do Planeamento para a Agricultura Urbana: Estudos de Caso no Porto e São Paulo, Master in Urban Planning and Project MPPU - FEUP.

2018     Ana Rita Sousa, ‘A Sensibilidade do Território em Instrumentos de Planeamento’, Master in Civil Engineering – FEUP.

2016      Joana Santos, ‘Espaços Verdes e Saúde Pública: Alergenicidade em Meio Urbano’, Master in Urban Planning and Project MPPU - FEUP.

2015     Rita Vaz, ‘Os espaços públicos como Lugares de Apropriação Informal: o caso da cidade do Porto’, Master in Urban Planning and Project MPPU – FEUP (17 valores).

2015     Ana Luísa Braz, ‘O Recurso à e-Participação em Planeamento”, Master in Urban Planning and Project MPPU - FEUP.

2014      Inês Vieira, ‘Estudo de Estratégias Territoriais face às Alterações Climáticas’, Master in Civil Engineering – FEUP, Outubro (16 valores)

2012     Stephanie Mota, ‘Avaliação técnico-económica de centrais de digestão anaerobia de grande escala para tratamento de resíduos de explorações leiteiras na GAMP (Projecto de Desenvolvimento em Ambiente Empresarial)’; Master in Environmental Engineering – FEUP.

2011     Maria Francisca Moreira, ’Viabilidade Técnica e Económica da Digestão Anaeróbia aplicada ao tratamento dos Resíduos das Boviniculturas da Área Metropolitana do Porto (Projecto de Desenvolvimento em Ambiente Empresarial); Master in Environmental Engineering – FEUP

2011     Joana Teixeira, ‘Viabilidade Socio-Económica da Implementação de Digestores Anaeróbios para o tratamento de Resíduos Provenientes das Explorações Bovinas na Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto (Projecto de Desenvolvimento em Ambiente Empresarial); Master in Environmental Engineering – FEUP

2009     Luísa Magalhães, ‘Requalificação de Frentes de Água: Avaliação de Três Casos do Grande Porto’; Master in Civil Engineering – FEUP

2009     Maria Inês de Matos Vaz, ‘Análise da implementação de um sistema payt na zona do Lidador – Maia, Análise sócio-económica e territorial’, Master in Environmental Engineering – FEUP.