PUBLICATIONS, Høje-Taastrup, Nantes, Porto, Sofia — February 5, 2024 [Research Paper] Examining green space characteristics for social cohesion and mental health outcomes The research paper sheds light on the relationships between urban green spaces, social cohesion, and mental health.
PUBLICATIONS, Sofia — December 11, 2023 [Book Chapter]: The role of Social and Solidarity Economy in the inclusive urban regeneration power of nature-based solutions A book chapter about Sofia URBiNAT Healthy Corridor in a Routledge publication that has just been published.
PUBLICATIONS, Høje-Taastrup, Nantes, Porto, Sofia — November 28, 2023 [Research Paper] The relation between proximity to and characteristics of green spaces to physical activity and health Green spaces are associated with increased physical activity of nearby residents. But there are still gaps in understanding which proximity and what characteristics of green spaces can trigger physical activity.
PUBLICATIONS, Sofia — December 16, 2022 [Research Paper 🇧🇬] Findings of URBiNAT’s Frontrunner City Sofia presented at several international conferences Associate professors Milena Tasheva-Petrova and Elena Dimitrova, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG), Sofia, Bulgaria, presented findings from URBiNAT in a number of international conferences.
PUBLICATIONS, Brussels, Høje-Taastrup, Nantes, Nova Gorica, Porto, Siena, Sofia — March 8, 2022 [Research Paper] Inclusive Urban Regeneration with Citizens and Stakeholders: From Living Labs to the URBiNAT CoP Peer-review publication: Inclusive Urban Regeneration with Citizens and Stakeholders: From Living Labs to the URBiNAT CoP
BEST PRACTICES, NBS, PUBLICATIONS, Sofia — December 8, 2021 [Research Paper 🇧🇬] Re-claiming space for public life: messages from the northwestern periphery of Sofia A case-study based qualitative research on public space and public life in four housing estates in the north-western periphery of Sofia provides the basis for re-thinking urban legacy and the Modernist concept of public interest, once placed in the core of urban planning.
CONFERENCE, PUBLICATIONS, Nova Gorica, Sofia — October 22, 2021 [Conference Proceedings🎓] HURBE2021 – Making Healthy Cities for People Proceeding of HURBE 2021 Conference held between 4-5 October 2021, organised by the Faculty of Architecture, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
BEST PRACTICES, PUBLICATIONS, Sofia — June 25, 2021 [MOOC 🇧🇬] Online lecture by URBiNAT researcher as part of MOOC exploring health impact of greenery and urban green system lifecycle management Co-selection and implementation of Nature-Based Solutions and other URBiNAT practices discussed in first MOOC produced by the URBiNAT Frontrunner City, Sofia
PUBLICATIONS, Sofia — March 26, 2021 [Research Paper 🇧🇬] Urban morphology and mobility patterns- myths and real-life transformations of a large housing estate in Sofia Newly published academic paper discussing the long-term urban planning impacts on the urban morphology and mobility patterns in the large housing estates designed and built at the periphery of Sofia in the period 1960-1990
