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María Ruiz de Gopegui Aramburu

Cities and their inherent socioeconomic systems are today one of the main causes of climate change, but they can also be the main agents to generate transformative solutions.
In this sense, my research activity is specially focused on exploring the impact of urban planning decisions on the distribution of social justice in the city, and the consequent result in terms of climate resilience.

"Cities and their inherent socioeconomic systems are today one of the main causes of climate change, but they can also be the main agents to generate transformative solutions.
In this sense, my research activity is specially focused on exploring the impact of urban planning decisions on the distribution of social justice in the city, and the consequent result in terms of climate resilience."

Position:
Junior Researcher - PhD Student
FPI Fellow
Main Research Field:
Climate adaptation and mitigation in urban areas, environmental justice
BC3 Research Line:
4. Research Line Adaptation Lab
Contact information:
Email address: maria.gopegui@bc3research.org
Contact phone: 94.401.46.90 Ext. 128
Scopus Author ID: 57215693467
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3215-486X
Download CV: CV MARIA 2018_11_ENG

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María works on the field of urban planning and its link to climate adaptation, resilience and social equity. She is currently pursuing her PhD in collaboration with BC3 and the ICTA-UAB (Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), exploring the link between urban planning, social justice and climate vulnerability.

With a background on Architecture with a specialization in Landscape and Environment (Bsc + Msc 2011, University of Navarra, Pamplona), and more than 5 years of experience as an urban and landscape designer in different offices in Spain, Portugal and Mexico, in 2018 she earned a MSc in Urban Management and Development from IHS, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands), choosing the Urban Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change specialization and acquiring knowledge about city management and the science-policy interrelation.

Since she joined BC3 she has collaborated on Marta Olazabal's project "CLIC: Can we measure the effectiveness of public investments in urban climate resilience?", analysing the progress of climate adaptation policies of global coastal cities (https://clic.bc3research.org/) and also on "URBAN KLIMA 2050", a LIFE project for the implementation of the Basque Climate Change Strategy in urban planning processes
(http://urbanklima2050.eu/eu/).

Journal Articles

2021
Olazabal, M., Ruiz De Gopegui, M. 2021. Adaptation planning in large cities is unlikely to be effective. Landscape and Urban Planning. 206. DOI (10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103974).
2020
Olazabal, M., de Gopegui, M.R. 2020. What climatic impacts are Spanish cities preparing for?. Ekonomiaz. 97. (1) 213-239-239.
2019
Olazabal, M., Ruiz De Gopegui, M., Tompkins, E.L., Venner, K., Smith, R. 2019. A cross-scale worldwide analysis of coastal adaptation planning. Environmental Research Letters. 14. (12) DOI (10.1088/1748-9326/ab5532).

Other Publications

2020
Sanz, M.J. y Galán, E. (editoras), 2020. Impactos y riesgos derivados del cambio climático en España. Oficina Española de Cambio Climático. Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico, Madrid (https://www.adaptecca.es/sites/default/files/documentos/impactosyriesgosccespanawebfinal_tcm30-518210_0.pdf)

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María Ruiz de Gopegui Aramburu

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