Selected publications

Tavares, S. G., Abuseif, M., & Dupré, K. (in press). Urban Heat Mitigation in a Tropical Climate: A Computer Simulation-Based Study in Townsville , Australia. City and Environment Interactions. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cacint.2025.100211 

Carvolth, H., & Tavares, S. (2025). Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure in playgrounds: an Australian case study. Journal of Urban Design, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2025.2477476 

Fu, J., Tavares, S. G., King, D., & Naylor, S. (2025). Climate change impacts on public spaces: The role of street greenery in mitigating and adapting to urban heat. In J. Dolley, K. Hardy, & T. Matthews (Eds.), Public Space and the Sustainable Development Goals. Inclusion, Safety, Culture and Nature (pp. 115–124). Edward Elgar. https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/book/9781035322411/9781035322411.xml 

Tavares, S. G., Stevens, N. J., & Mews, G. H. (2024). Advancing Cities: Bioclimatic and Sociotechnical Understanding for Healthy Places. In A. A. Alraouf, Ş. Hoşkara, & L. Fan (Eds.), ISOCARP Review 19: Towards Holistic Climate-Responsive Planning for Equitable Places and Communities (pp. 86–113). https://isocarp.org/product-category/isocarp-reviews/

Tavares, S. G., Wesener, A., Fox-kämper, R., & Krebs, L. (2024). Urban comfort and adaptive capacity: an exploratory study of urban life and climate responses in Aachen , Germany climate responses in Aachen, Germany. Cities & Health, 00(00), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2024.2331896 

Brandsma, S., Lenzholzer, S., Carsjens, G.-J., Brown, R. D., & Tavares, S. G. (2024). Implementation of urban climate-responsive design strategies: an international overview. Journal of Urban Design, 00(00), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2024.2314760 

Tavares, S. G., Sellars, D., Dupré, K., & Mews, G. H. (2024). Implementation of the New Urban Agenda on a local level: an effective community engagement methodology for human-centred urban design. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 17(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2021.2021972 

Masiero, É., & Tavares, S. G. (2023). Análise crítica dos planos municipais de adaptação e mitigação às mudanças climáticas. Forum Ambiental Da Alta Paulista, 19(4). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.17271/1980082719420234328 

McNeilly Smith, R., Tavares, S., & Stevens, N. (2023). Urban design and planning for extreme heat: an empirical study of built environment professionals’ perceptions in South East Queensland, Australia. Cities and Health, 00(00), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2023.2290901 

Boulton, C., Baldwin, C., Matthews, T., & Tavares, S. G. (2023). Environmental Design for Urban Cooling, Access, and Safety: A Novel Approach to Auditing Outdoor Areas in Residential Aged Care Facilities. Land, 12(2), 514. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020514

Mews, G. H., Tavares, S. G., & Stevens, N. J. (2023). Special Section on Health, Urban Climate and Complexity in Urban Design and Planning. The Journal of Public Space, 8(2), 111–116. https://doi.org/10.32891/jps.v8i2.1807

Fu, J., Dupre, K., Tavares, S. G., & King, D. (2022). Optimized greenery configuration to mitigate urban heat: A decade systematic review. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 11(3), 466–491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2021.12.005

Stevens, N. J., Tavares, S. G., & Salmon, P. M. (2021). The adaptive capacity of public space under COVID‐19: Exploring urban design interventions through a sociotechnical systems approach. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 31, 333–348. https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.20906

Stevens, N., Volbert, T., Cupitt, L., Stevens, E., & Salmon, P. M. (2021, June). A Human Factors and Ergonomics Systems Approach to Exploring Sensory Design for Inclusive Public Space. In Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (pp. 401-408). Springer, Cham.

Stevens, N. J., & Tavares, S. G. (2020). Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on public spaces through a systems modelling approach. The Journal of Public Space, 5(3), 191–206. https://doi.org/10.32891/jps.v5i3.1377

Tavares, S. G. (2020). Espaces Publics Sensibles au Climat sous les Tropiques: Une Approche Urbaine Bioclimatique / Climate Responsive Public Spaces in the Tropics: A Bioclimatic Design Approach. In P. Rosier & M. Watin (Eds.), Architecture in Millieu Tropical: Construire le Paysage, entre Pratique et Recherche (pp. 142–167).

Awards

2025 Planning Institute of Australia (National Award), Commendation, Young Planner of the Year: Ryan McNeilly-Smith

2024 Planning Institute of Australia (Queensland Award), Award for Excellence, Young Planner of the Year: Ryan McNeilly-Smith

2024 Planning Institute of Australia (Queensland Award), Commendation, Planning Research: Jiawei Fu; PhD Research: Urban Heat Mitigation through Strategic Street Greenery Arrangement. 

2022 Planning Institute of Australia (National Award), Commendation, Tertiary Student Project: Ryan McNeilly-Smith; Honours Project: Extreme heat and urban design: How can Urban Design policy play a greater role in mitigating heat-health risks?

2021 Planning Institute of Australia (Queensland Award), Award for Excellence, Tertiary Student Project: Ryan McNeilly-Smith; Honours Project: Extreme heat and urban design: How can Urban Design policy play a greater role in mitigating heat-health risks?