Student Information
Graduate Student
Urban Planning
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Education
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Master of Science in Territorial, Urban, Environmental, and Landscape Planning, Polytechnic of Turin (Italy)
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One-year internship at École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris La Villette (ENSAPLV/France).
- Bachelor in Architecture and Urbanism, College of Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS/Brazil)
Research Interests
Urban planning, transportation, urban mobility, community development, land use, gentrification, informal settlements, collaborative cartography
Publications
Blog: Peña V. María F., Da Silveira A., Natalia, Kintu, Ingrid. How to easily use Open Source software technologies to face COVID-19 in your region. Medium: 06/26/2020 [Online]: https://medium.com/@fernanda.pena/how-to-easily-use-open-source-softwar…
Paper: N. da Silveira & H. Yances., “MAP Cartagena: metodología para el mapeo de asentamientos precários usando OpenStreetMap” , IPGH: Revista Cartográfica, No 93, 97-116 pp., July-December 2016. [Online]: http://comisiones.ipgh.org/CARTOGRAFIA/rca/RCA93_Digital.pdf
Paper: N. Arruda et al., “Transit-oriented Development in the metropolitan governance: a comparison between the Colombian case and the South Korean experience”, Revista Facultad de Ingeniería, No.85, pp. 53-69, December 2017.
Research Activity
- November 2019 – July 2021
Participatory mapping of waterways, dynamics and environmental impacts in the Ayapel complex wetland ecosystem, Colombia
The research project was developed within the GeoLimna/GeoLab research group of Universidad de Antioquia. Graduatation work of the environmental engineering student Diana Carolina Ortega Espinosa.
Position: Professor advisor
- September 2019 – July 2021
SIGenBici: Collaborative Cartography of Cycling Infrastructure For Route Optimization And Thematic Maps In Medellin, Colombia
Project created from the cooperation between GeoLab (Universidad de Antioquia), and SiCLas (group of cyclists), proposes a collaborative mapping by bicycle users as an urban transport mode.
Position: Main researcher.
COASTMAP – URABÁ: Humanitarian Mapping of Coastal Wetlands and Fishing Livelihoods for
Resilience to Climate Change and Variability (Urabá Gulf, Southern Caribbean, Colombia)
GeoLab group research project, University of Antioquia, winner of the HOT Microgrant Program 2017 in its first version, and winner of the 2018 YouthMappers Research Fellowship in its second version.
Position: Co-researcher.
Transport-oriented development in metropolitan governance. Comparison between the Colombian context and the experience of South Korea.
Research project selected in the 2016 BID-KRIHS Visit Scholarship Program and funded by the GIGA Environmental Sustainability Research Group Universidad de Antioquia.
Position: Main researcher.
Honors / Awards
2021-2022 Interdisciplinary Enrichment Fellowship (IEF) from the Graduate College of Arizona State University for the 2021-22 academic year.
2021-2022 University Graduate Fellowship (UGF) from the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning of Arizona State University for the 2021-2022 academic year.
2018 OpenStreetMap Foundation Scholarship: to participate at the State of the Map global event organized by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. In Milan, Italy, from July 28 to 30, 2018.
OpenStreetMap Awards 2018: category Improving the Latin America Award.
2016 Visiting Scholarship Program IDB – KRIHS: selected researcher in the research program of the Inter-American Development Bank in collaboration with the Korean Research Institute of Human Settlements for the year 2016.
Public Interest Design México Awards 2014: Taller Max Cetto UNAM y Centro di Ricerca e Documentazione sui Paesi de Via di Sviluppo Politecnico di Torino
Beneficiary of Sergio Carestiato scholarship: to pursue the MSc program at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, from September 2011 to August 2013.
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