A research lab at ICTA-UAB
Postdoctoral Researcher
Amalia is a postdoctoral researcher at ICTA-UAB. She holds a PhD on Environmental Science and Sustainability from ICTA-UAB,a MSc in Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability from ICTA-UAB and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the Universitat de Barcelona. She is currently investigating how resilient green and gray infrastructure may increase vulnerability to climate gentrification and heat injustices in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona within the ClimateJusticeReady project.
She has also investigated the use and perceptions of green and blue public spaces (i.e., parks, gardens, coastline) while addressing the needs of historically marginalized communities including women and non-binary people within the FEMPUBLIC project. Her doctoral research focused on the planning and implementation of greening policies within sustainability agendas and its implications in terms of environmental justice and incorporating a gender perspective. More broadly, she has contributed to the inclusion of environmental justice and social equity lenses in ecosystem services-based research, policy, and practice at both local and international levels.
Research lines:
Environmental Gentrification and Climate-Linked Displacement
Infrastructures and Social Mobilizations for Just Urban Societies
Keywords
- Urban Environmental Planning
- Urban Green Infrastructure
- Environmental Justice
- Climate Justice
- Environmental Gentrification
- Ecosystem Services
- Social and Gender Equity
- Gender Perspective
- Participatory Research
- Urban Vulnerabilities
- Greening policies
Selected Publications
- Calderón-Argelich A., Anguelovski I., Connolly, J. J. T., Baró F. (2023). Greening plans as (re)presentation of the city: towards an inclusive and gender-sensitive approach to urban greenspaces (2023) Urban Forestry and Urban Greening https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127984
- Matheney A., Garcia-Lamarca M., Calderón-Argelich A., Alfandari N., Papillon D., Casa dels Futurs (2023). A space of possibilities: situated research with/from La Casa dels Futurs. Antipode. https://antipodeonline.org/2023/05/10/a-space-of-possibilities-un-espacio-de-posibilidades/
- Calderón-Argelich, A., Benetti, S., Anguelovski, I., Connolly, J. J. T., Langemeyer, J., & Baró, F. (2021). Tracing and building up environmental justice considerations in the urban ecosystem service literature: A systematic review. Landscape and Urban Planning, 214, 104130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104130
- Baró, F., Calderón-Argelich, A., Langemeyer, J., Connolly, J. J. T. (2019). Under one canopy? Assessing the distributional environmental justice implications of street tree benefits in Barcelona. Environmental Science and Policy, 102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.08.016
Media Mentions
- Featured in TV3 report “Barcelona vol diversificar els arbres i reduir el plàtan al 15% del total en cinc anys [Barcelona wants to diversify trees and reduce London plane at 15% of total in five years]” as scientific expert in ecosystem services and street trees in Barcelona. 29th May 2022
- Research featured at El Periódico report by Catanzaro M. “Los 200.000 árboles de Barcelona retienen al año el agua de 15 piscinas [The 200,000 Barcelona tres retain the water of 15 swimming pools]”. 4th February 2020
- Calderón Argelich, A., Winkelmann, A. (2021). “Rehabitar un planeta en crisi [Re-inhabiting a planet in crisis]”. Idees: Revista de Temes Contemporanis, 53. Monographic “Youth Act! Towards a new generational pact”