Dr Mariana Dias Baptista

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Postdoctoral Research Associate

m.d.baptista@sheffield.ac.uk

Level 9, Room 11, Arts Tower

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Dr Mariana Dias Baptista
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Level 9, Room 11
Arts Tower
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN

Profile: I have an academic background in urban forestry. Over my academic formation, I received an undergraduate degree in Forestry and a MSc in Forestry Resources from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and a PhD in Global, Urban and Social Studies from RMIT University, Australia.

Research interests: As a Research Associate in the CONEXUS project, I am working cooperatively with a range of overseas partners, including local authorities, NGOs, citizen groups and private enterprises, to understand current priorities and future aspirations around urban environmental change, including climate change action, resilience, biodiversity conservation, inclusion and health and wellbeing. Other research interests: - Urban forestry for climate change adaptation - Valuation of ecosystem services - Nature-based-solutions for resilient communities

Publications

Journal articles

Devisscher T, Ordóñez-Barona C, Dobbs C, Dias Baptista M, Navarro NM, Orozco Aguilar LA, Cercas Perez JF, Rojas Mancebo Y & Escobedo FJ (2022) Urban forest management and governance in Latin America and the Caribbean : a baseline study of stakeholder views. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 67. View this article in WRRO
Baptista MD, Amati M, Fletcher TD & Burns MJ (2020) The economic benefits of reductions in nitrogen loads from stormwater runoff by street trees. Blue-Green Systems, 2(1), 267-281.
Barona CO, Devisscher T, Dobbs C, Aguilar LO, Baptista MD, Navarro NM, da Silva Filho DF & Escobedo FJ (2020) Trends in urban forestry research in Latin America & the Caribbean: a systematic literature review and synthesis. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 47. View this article in WRRO
Baptista M, Livesley S, G. Parmehr E, Neave M & Amati M (2018) Terrestrial laser scanning to predict canopy area metrics, water storage capacity, and throughfall redistribution in small trees. Remote Sensing, 10(12). View this article in WRRO
Baptista MD, Livesley SJ, Parmehr EG, Neave M & Amati M (2018) Variation in leaf area density drives the rainfall storage capacity of individual urban tree species. Hydrological Processes, 32(25), 3729-3740. View this article in WRRO
Ho S, Dias Baptista M & McEvoy D () Community profiling to support inclusive urban community-based climate adaptation: experiences of a survey-based approach in urban informal settlements in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Climate and Development, 1-15.

Chapters

Carlyle-Moses DE, Livesley S, Baptista MD, Thom J & Szota C (2020) Urban Trees as Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Mitigation and Use, Forest-Water Interactions (pp. 397-432). Springer International Publishing